Final Jeopardy: International Sports (2-19-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/19/2020) in the category “International Sports” was:
It’s the only country that has played in every FIFA World Cup tournament, winning 5 times
2-day champ MacKenzie Jones, a program development director from Tulsa, OK, has now won $38,800. In Game 3, she takes on these two players: Adam Greenfield, a clients escalation manager from Astoria, NY; and Sam Leon, an international trade specialist from Washington, DC.
Round 1 Categories: Around the World – Offbeat History – Influential Writing – Animated TV Characters – Weights & Measures – 4-Letter Words Ending in “O”
Sam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Around the World” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,800, $1,000 more than MacKenzie in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The 3 T’s in Chinese censorship are Taiwan, Tibet & this locale made infamous in 1989. show
Sam finished in the lead with $7,200. MacKenzie was second with $5,000 and Adam was last with $2,000.
Round 2 Categories: Famous Texans – Mythical Creatures – “B” in Medicine – Potpourri – A Disaster Area – Same First & Last Letter
Sam found the first Daily Double in “A Disaster Area” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick. He was in the lead with $10,400 now, $3,800 more than MacKenzie in second place. He bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
In the 1670s the 202-foot monument column was built in this city near the origin of a large fire a few years before. show
MacKenzie found the last Daily Double in “Mythical Creatures” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick. In second place with $11,400, she had $8,800 less than Sam’s lead. She bet $8,000 and she was RIGHT.
Those who couldn’t answer her riddle “what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon, and 3 in the evening,” were killed. show
MacKenzie finished in the lead with $30,200. Sam was next with $23,400 and Adam was in third place with $3,600.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS BRAZIL?
The FIFA World Cup began in 1930 and has been held every 4 years, except for 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
As of this date, Brazil has won 5 times: in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Germany and Italy have won 4 times. Uruguay, Argentina and France have won twice. England and Spain have won once. For more info, check out the Results List on Wikipedia’s article, List of FIFA World Cup Finals
Adam thought it was France, the 2018 winner. He lost his $3,500 bet and finished with $100.
Sam got it right. He bet the farm and finished with $46,800.
Mackenzie got it, too. She figured Sam would bet the farm so she wagered $16,601 and won the game with $46,801. Her 3-day total is $85,601. What an incredible game!
2 triple stumpers from INFLUENTIAL WRITING:
($200) Rudolf Flesch found that the son of a friend had never been taught to sound out letters; hence the book “Why” he “Can’t Read”
($1000) An unfulfilled housewife in this feminist classic by Betty Friedan asks, “Is this all?”
2 years ago: NEITHER of the 2 players left in FJ! got this clue in “World War I”
Site of an arduous WWI campaign, this town on the Dardanelles gets its name from the Greek for “beautiful city” show
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Had to be one of the highest losing totals ever.
Asking for a 4-letter word ending with ‘o’, that is associated with “ctrl-z” on a computer, seems overvalued at $1,000. Granted, I probably use “ctrl-z” 500 per day at my job.
Well played, MacKenzie & Sam!
Incredible play from both sam and Mackenzie as both players were too quick for Adam to catch up. This was almost the same amount won by Steve mould from Kentucky. Congrats to our players on getting final. Speaking of soccer, do your kids play fifa sports on the computer or a gaming console VJ?
No, Lou, my kids like American football.
My favorite clue today was the one about the Henry VIII unit of measure because I posted this old clue from 1996 in today’s Spoiler Talk (I love when that happens): FRUITS: This fruit plant can grow 20 feet high & produce a dozen hands
It was a Daily Double and the player lost $1,700 on it. Canadian children’s entertainer Raffi uses the measure in his version of “Day-O” — “pick 6 hand, 7 hand, 8 hand bunch”
Wow! What a game! This was MacKenzie and Sam’s game. A runaway. They just took it away from Adam.