Final Jeopardy: On the Map (7-1-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/1/2019) in the category “On the Map” was:

9-letter name for an area of 10 million square miles–4/5 the size of Africa–but only about 120,000 square miles of it is dry land

It’s back to the regular games today with 3x champ E.J. Wolborsky, a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, NY. He has won $66,700 so far. In Game 4, his challengers are: Josh Levit, a union organizer from Brighton, MA; and Debbie Kauffman, a university professor from Greely, CO.

Round 1 Categories: Completes the Nonfiction Title – Whips & Chains – Name That “oon” – Danes – Patinkin – Homeland

Josh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Homeland” under the $800 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $3,800, $800 more than Debbie in second place. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.

The Sinhalese are the majority people of this island nation. show

WHAT IS SRI LANKA?

Josh finished in the lead with $7,300. Debbie was second with $5,000 and E.J. was last with $4,200.

Round 2 Categories: Action Movie Stars – 5-Letter Words – How Angelic – Vile Quotes – “V” in Science – Queens Rule!

E.J. found the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Words” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick. He was in the lead with $11,400 at this point, $1,300 more than Josh in second place. He bet $2,000 and had no response so he was WRONG.

Term for a feudal Anglo-Saxon or Scottish lord; MacBeth was one “of Cawdor” show

WHAT IS A THANE?

Josh got the last Daily Double in “Vile Quotes” under the $1,600 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In the lead with $13,700, he had $2,700 more than E.J. in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

In a 1941 speech, Churchill referred to “a vile race of” these traitors, from the name of a Norwegian one. show

WHAT ARE QUISLINGS?

Josh finished in the lead with $17,100. E.J. was next with $13,000 and Debbie was in third place with $11,800.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS POLYNESIA?

From Ancestry.com: “Most of Polynesia’s islands lie within a triangular area in the Pacific Ocean. The Polynesian Triangle’s “points” are Hawaii, Easter Island (Rapu Nui) and New Zealand. It’s a world defined by the ocean. With about 120,000 square miles of land spread across some 10 million square miles of water, Polynesia’s islands were among the last places on Earth to be settled by humans.” Most of those 120,000 square miles are in New Zealand.

This Daily Double was in the second quarter-final of the 2018 Teen Tournament: WORLD GEOGRAPHY: On a map, New Zealand, Hawaii & Easter Island form the three corners of this roughly triangular region of Oceania that’s noted for its many islands

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Debbie thought it was Patagonia. She bet and lost it all.

E.J. went with Antarctica. He bet and lost it all, too.

Josh came up with Greenland. He bet $8,901 so that left him $8,199 to win the game with. Josh Levit is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

COMPLETES THE NONFICTION TITLE: a Pulitzer prize-wining “Biography of Cancer”: “The Emperor of All ______”

ACTION MOVIE STARS ($1200) This actor returns as Peter Parker in “Spiderman: Far from Home”, trying to enjoy a vacation while battling new foes in Europe

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Transportation”

The first of these to enter service was christened by First Lady Pat Nixon at Dulles Intl. Airport on January 15, 1970. show

WHAT IS THE BOEING 747?

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