Final Jeopardy: British Royalty (9-24-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/24/2018) in the category “British Royalty” was:
In Sept. 2017 Prince Charles became the longest-serving Prince of Wales, passing the man who became this king
New champ Rob Salerno, a writer & actor from Los Angeles CA, won $22,100 on Friday, defeating 7x champ Kyle Jones in the process. In his second game, he is up against: William Benson, a psychologist from New York, NY; and Nancy Schoppa, a retired H.S. teacher, from St. Jo, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Galapagos: Plants & Animals – The Company Car – It Can’t Get Much Worse – Fashion From Head to Toe – Words From the Comics – In the “For” Cast
Nancy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Galapagos: Plants & Animals” under the $800 clue with only one clue left after it. She was in the lead with $4,800, $1,200 more than Rob in second place. She bet $1,200 and went with a gull. That was WRONG.
“Darwin’s finches writ large” is how Carl Safina describes this soaring bird. The waved type here in the Galapagos is the only truly tropical type, and it has evolved distinct markings that help provide its name. show
Nancy finished in the lead with $3,600. Rob was second with $2,600 and William was last with $2,200.
Round 2 Categories: poetry – River Words – “IN”, the Middle – Government & Politics – Painted Ladies – I’m a Huge Fan!
William found the first Daily Double in “Government & Politics” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick. He was in the lead with $4,200 at this point, $200 more than Nancy in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The Govt. reached a milestone in 2018, awarding its 10 millionth of these protections; more than 100,000 have gone to IBM. show
Nancy found the last Daily Double in “I’m a Huge Fan!” under the $2,000 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In second place with $5,600, she had $2,800 less than William’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Die-hard fans of this 1975 move are naturally “finaddicts” show
William finished in the lead with $8,400. Nancy was next with $7,600 and Rob was in third place with $6,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to People Magazine, Prince Charles surpassed the record of Queen Victoria’s oldest son, Edward VII, on 9/10/2017 “to become the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history, with 59 years, one month and 15 days on the job.” This occurred 2 years after Charles’ mother, Queen Elizabeth II, beat Queen Victoria’s record as the longest-reigning British monarch, with 63 years and 216 days.
Here’s an old Jeopardy! clue that sheds some light on why Edward VII was called “The Playboy Prince”: HISTORIC AMOURS ($1600) This Parisian actress born in 1844 counted Victor Hugo & the future Edward VII among her lovers
Rob wrote down Edward VI (Henry VIII’s only son), after crossing out George. He lost $6,195 and was left with a fin.
Nancy came up with George IV (George III’s oldest son). That cost her $4,000, for a $3,600 finish.
William chose Edward VIII, the famous abdicator for love. He lost his $7,601, knocking him down to $799. So Nancy Schoppa won the game with the same amount that she had at the end of the first round! She is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
IN THE “FOR” CAST ($1000) 1971: Sean Connery, Charles Gray, Jill St. John
I’M A HUGE FAN! ($1200) Sons of the Desert, a fan society of this comedy duo is named for the pair’s 1933 film
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “International Business”
This European company uses about 1% of the world’s lumber each year; it aims to make that 100% sustainable by 2020. show
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I loved how Alex was giving the answers to the old time clues and acting like “What-ttt? You don’t know that?”
Also, how after the think music he said: “You had to think about Queen Victoria. That would have helped you a great deal here.”
Or not — if you didn’t know her son’s name and number.
And which not many do, Victoria was reigning so long and was dominating – an entire epoch was named for her – that her son just “went under” so to speak. The same thing that Charles would experience. I hope he will step aside in favor of William when the time comes. Charles would not do the monarchy a favor if he decides to become king.
Well, judging by the triple stumper for the third time in a row, I guess no one knows anything about British royalty. Furthermore, you were right about that fluke Rob got last week, I think Nancy might not last long either given the fact Vincent is coming back. Also VJ who succeeded Edward the seventh after his reign on the throne? I mean Nancy wasn’t even close with her response so a disappointing start of the week.
Well, unless you’ve got a steel trap memory or a deep interest in British royalty, it ain’t easy coming up with the right number, let alone the right name, and at least the guys picked Edwards. Just one number off either way.
Edward VII’s second son succeeded him, Lou, as George V.
LINK: 12 more clues from the match
Sorry VJ, I was typing when you posted!
With all those triple stumpers and 8.400 worth of unplayed clues, no wonder we are looking at rather low numbers. Had Nancy and Rob gone all in and William bet “conservative” he would have won with 1.599. I guess Nancy was not too confident and figured that the others would not know too much about the category. It has a wide range, some 950 years since William the Conqueror.
@Lou, I’ll jump in for VJ, I hope she doesn’t mind:
The monarchs were:
Victoria, Edward VII,George V,Edward VIII (Wallis Simpson affair, abdicated), George VI, Elizabeth II…..????
Just like that, huh?
@Richard Yeah, just like that, and it’s ironic that one of the categories in the J! round is, “It Can’t Get Much Worse”.
It can’t get much worse than the movies “Ferdinand” and “Coco”.
Wow. One of the J! clues is “It Can’t Get Much Worse”, and WORSE it is as we started the week with another Triple Stumper, the third time in a row… How embarrassing, but Nancy won the game with a small $3,600. I guess they hadn’t known about British history, huh?
And not even THAT far back. Edward VII reigned from 1901-1910, so we are talking 20th century. He died just 4 years before WWI.
But yeah, 3 triple doughnuts in a row….
Congratulations to Nancy, a win is a win. A new champ, the ToC clock starts again. Edward VII was not really known for anything, he was overshadowed by his mother, Queen Victoria. Charles is suffering the same fate should he ever become the King of England. The British favour William though by a wide margin. But Elizabeth might still be Queen when she turns 100, if she takes after her mother………
Judging from the numbers probably not a stellar game and somehow I have the feeling that Nancy will not last very long as champion.