Final Jeopardy: Sports Terms (2-10-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/10/2020) in the category “Sports Terms” was:
A member of the British Amateur Athletic Club wrote this 1867 set of 12 regulations whose name honors nobleman John Sholto Douglas
New champ Gauravi Shah, a nuclear engineer & improv comedian, won $25,601 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Vinny Byju, a student from Cambridge, MA; and Natalie Hadjiloukas, a translator from Bethlehem, PA.
Round 1 Categories: Country Drop a Letter – The Iliad – Cousin Effect – The Rest of the Saying – No Bell – Prize
Vinny found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “No Bell” under the $800 clue, with 13 clues left after it. He was in second place with $1,200, $3,400 less than Natalie’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
In Greek myth, sailors resisted the calls of these sea nymphs by putting wax in their ears. show
Natalie finished in the lead with $5,800. Gauravi was second with $4,200 and Vinny was last with $2,600.
Round 2 Categories: Wintry Reading – Meet Your Waterloo – Before & After at the Movies – Saturn – Presidential Homes – A Unique Synonym
Natalie found the first Daily Double in “Before & After at the Movies” under the $800 clue, with 8 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $14,600 at this point, $3,600 more than Guaravi in second place. She bet $3,000 and only gave half the answer so she was WRONG.
A holiday classic where an angel gets his wings & Roberto Benigni get an Oscar. show
Natalie found the last Daily Double in “Presidential Homes” under the $2,000 clue, with 2 clues left after it. In the lead with $14,800, she had $3,000 more than Gauravi in second place. She bet $2,000 this time and took a shot with Madison (Wisconsin). That was WRONG.
Dead just 3 months after retiring,, James K. Polk was buried at Polk Place in this state capital. show
The round ended there with Natalie in the lead at $12,800. Gauravi was next with $11,800 and Vinny was in third place with $6,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE QUEENSBERRY RULES?
From the International Boxing Hall of Fame: “Although his association with boxing was rather tangential, John Sholto Douglas, the Marquess of Queensberry, gained lasting fame when he sponsored the rules compiled by his friend John Graham Chambers. Douglas became acquainted with Chambers at Magdalene College at Cambridge and in 1867, he agreed to lend the new rules his name and patronage.” The Queensberry Rules were in the news a few years ago when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor announced that their 8/26/2017 boxing match would be fought under those rules.
The Marquess of Queensberry is also known for his role in Oscar Wilde’s ruination.
Vinny was going for rugby but he only got as far as “rug.” He lost his $2,801 bet and finished with $3,399.
Gauravi wrote down “the Doug Rules.” That cost her $9,801 and left her with $1,999.
Natalie got in “Douglas” with an apostrophe after the s. She lost $12,000 and finished with $800. That made Vinny Byju the new Jeopardy! champ. Congrats, Vinny!
A triple stumper from each round:
THE ILIAD ($1000) This Trojan warrior is saved by Aphrodite, or there might never have been that epic by Virgil
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES ($1600) He wrote part of 1809’s “History of New York” while staying in what would later be Martin Van Buren’s home, Lindenwald.
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “American Business”
A 2007 headline said after being ridiculed since the 1950s, it “takes its victory lap” & noted the auction of one for $184,000. show
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I think many men in their 50s and older on the show would have answered the Final correctly.
That was an EXTREMELY tough final. I knew it because I’m 69 and a sports junkie.
Although I’m not so sure too many of my peers would have known it.
Fun to have $9K in triple stumpers including the face value of missed DD’s and a correct FJ! and be able to win the game from the fourth podium
Tough Final Jeopardy as nobody knows about boxing.
I heard of Floyd Mayweather but I am not quite familiar with the Queensberry rules. I know not a lot of people watch boxing but what were you going for as your response to this final, VJ? Rugby has nothing to do with boxing. Gauravi should have stayed with her original amount and not bet anything at all. And what is the Doug rules?
I knew the answer, Lou. I used to follow boxing years ago. (I wrote an article on boxing nicknames on here a while back.) I pretty much lost interest in it after the Sugar Ray Leonard / Roberto Duran “No Mas” fight.
The Doug Rules was just a wrong answer.
Are you aware that contestants make their wagers before they see the clue, and that they can’t change their wagers after seeing the clue?