Final Jeopardy: Historic Figures (4-17-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/17/2020) in the category “Historic Figures” was:
In legend, this real European leader fielded an elite corps called the 12 Peers that included Oliver & Roland
Today is the final game of the 2020 College Championship. Here are the finalists and their scores from yesterday: Tyler Combs, a senior (Indiana Univ.) has $200; Nibir Sarma, a sophomore (Univ. of Minnesota) has $22,195; and Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore (Univ. of Southern California), has $800.
Round 1 Categories: In the National Inventors Hall of Fame – Pets – TV Theme Songs – Pluralize It – College Life – Greek, Weak
Tyler found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “National Inventors Hall of Fame” under the $1,000 clue, with a dozen clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,600, $400 more than Nibir in second place. He bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
Joshua Lionel Cowen entered the HOF for his work on these playthings which he branded with his own middle name. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $7,800. Nibir was second with $6,400 and Xiaoke was last with $3,200.
Round 2 Categories: World Capitals – Note Books – Positive History – 3 G’s – Pop Culture – Get Your Group On
Nibir found the first Daily Double in “World Capitals” under the $1,600 clue on the third pick. He was in second place with $8,400 now, $600 less than Tyler’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Eucalypta, Kangaremu & Cookaburra were suggested names for this capital. show
Nibir got the last Daily Double in “Get Your Group On” under the $1,200 clue, with 8 clues left after it. In the lead with $28,400, he had $18,200 more than Tyler in second place. He laughed at Alex asking if he was going to make it a true Daily Double and bet $5.00. He thought it was the Big Dipper but that was WRONG.
The North Star is part of this famous grouping within Ursa Minor. show
Nibir finished in the lead with $27,595. Tyler was next with $14,600 and Xiaoke was in third place with $11,600.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS CHARLEMAGNE?
TimelessMyths.com has separate sections comparing the historical Charlemagne with his legends, including Roland and Oliver who are listed under “The Twelve Peers Explained”. In “The Song of Roland”, he was Charlemagne’s nephew, a son of his unnamed sister. After the death of Roland’s father, she married Ganelon, the villain, so Roland was betrayed by his stepfather. “Charlemagne, the Legend” debunks that through Einhard, Charlemagne’s biographer, who wrote that Gisela, Charlemagne’s sister, “took the vow to become a nun, so she didn’t have any husbands, let alone two sons, one from each husband.” I don’t see what that proves as married and widowed women were put away in convents back then but, whatever, there’s also a Historical Background section on “The Song of Roland”.
Xiaoke got it right. She bet $1,600 and finished with $13,200. Yesterday’s $800 brought her up to $14,000.
Tyler got it, too. He bet $5,200 to finish with $19,800 today. His $200 from
yesterday gave him $20,000 even.
Nibir wrote down Charlemagne, to show he knew it. Then crossed it out and wrote down “Who da man?” To show he wasn’t talking about himself, he pointed at Alex and said “You da man.” He lost his $2020 bet, dropping today’s score down to $25,575. That was enough to win the tournament by itself but with his $22,195 from yesterday, his score shot up to $47,770.
Nibir won $100,000, a guaranteed spot in the next ToC and a trophy; Tyler won $50,000; and Xiaoke won $25,000. Congratulations to all three!
Two triple stumpers from TV Theme Songs:
($600) Washed Out’s “Feel It All Around” grooved as the opening tune to this IFC comedy starring Fred Armisen
($800) This CW show starring Rose McIver used the appropriate theme “Stop, I’m Already Dead”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Classic Literary Characters”
He declares that one of the people he is trying to emulate is a medieval knight known as Amadis of Gaul show
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Classy move by Nibir on FJ
Congrats to nibir on the big win and to all three on a great game. That five dollar betting strategy was something he learned from james holzhauer.
I wonder if this unnamed sister made the right choice in marrying Ganelon because many villains can end up abusing the women that they love and torture them, VJ. Do you remember zeus and hera? How he never divorced hera was another mystery but do you know if that bears some similarity with Ganelon and that girl he married?
I don’t know, Lou, but a second husband’s resentment of a woman’s kid(s) by her first husband and/or resentment of the stepfather by the kid(s) is a common theme in many stories. I remember that it was a subplot in “The Thorn Birds” — and how about “The Stepfather” movies (omg!)
I hope he can go faster than Jason if he was his opponent.
You three stay safe.
See you later, Nibir.