Final Jeopardy: The Southern Hemisphere (9-10-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/10/2018) in the category “The Southern Hemisphere” was:

To set a record for longest solo journey by kayak, 2,010 miles, Helen Skelton traveled through this nation for a month

2x champ Rick Terpstra, a teacher from Havertown, PA, won $39,800 in the last 2 games of Season 34. In the first game of Season 35, he takes on these two players: Isaac Loeb, a senior legislative asst. from Washington, D.C.; and Caitlin Sok, an MD & PhD student from Atlanta, GA.

If you didn’t already know about it, here’s Alex Trebek and his beard. That’s a “no” when I find out where to vote.

Round 1 Categories: US Open: 50 Years – Exercising Your Options – Famous Threesomes – “In” the Dictionary – His Widow Lived On – Our State Looks Up to You

Rick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Famous Threesomes” under the $800 clue, with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,000, $1,800 more than Caitlin in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Their names are Melchior, Balthasar & Gaspar. show

WHO ARE THE 3 WISE MEN (THE MAGI)?

Rick finished in the lead with $9,000. Caitlin was second with $4,200 and Isaac was last with $2,400.

Round 2 Categories: Back to Basics – History – Business – The Movies – Literature – Colleges East of the Mississippi from K to Q

Isaac found the first Daily Double in “Business” under the $1,200 clue on the very first pick. At $2,400, he had $6,600 less than Rick’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

After a $26 billion merger in 2016, this business website might keep nagging Microsoft to update its resume. show

WHAT IS LinkedIn?

Isaac found the last Daily Double in “Colleges East of the Mississippi” under the $800 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $7,600, he had $8,200 less than Rick’s lead. He bet $5,000 and guessed Columbia. That was WRONG.

It’s about a 50-mile drive from Penn to this other Ivy League school that fits the category. show

WHAT IS PRINCETON?

Rick finished in the lead with a runaway $20,200. Caitlin was next with $7,800 and Isaac was in third place with $2,600.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS BRAZIL?

Helen Skelton is an English television presenter and actress who kayaked the entire length of the Amazon River Sport Relief 2010, a fund-raising event on British television. She kayaked 2,010 miles (3,230 km) on a solo journey from Nauta, Peru starting on 1/20/2010 and ending in Almeirim, Brazil on 2/28/2010. Skelton set two Guinness World Records: the longest solo journey by kayak, and the longest distance in a kayak in 24 hours by a woman. According to Britannica, “roughly two-thirds of the Amazon’s main stream and by far the largest portion of its basin are within Brazil,” so the greater part of her journey was in that nation.

See Helen Skelton’s wikipedia entry for her other exploits, like riding a bicycle to the South Pole. She also wrote a children’s book (recommended for ages 8-14) called “Amy Wild: Amazon Summer”

Isaac bet it all, doubling his score to $5,200.

Caitlin bet $1,000, bring her up to $8,800.

Rick didn’t bet anything. He already knew who won the first match of the season. His 3-day total is $60,000 and puts him on the ToC list. What a great way to start the season!

A triple stumper from each round:

FAMOUS THREESOMES ($1000) The Three Tenors were Pavarotti, Domingo and this man who is on an extended farewell tour.

LITERATURE ($2000) In a Saul Bellow novel, Eugene Henderson gets this sacred title from the African Wariri tribe

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Asian Islands”

Phuket, the largest island of this country, has regained its tourism industry after a natural disaster in 2004. show

WHAT IS THAILAND?

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