Final Jeopardy: European Landmarks (6-3-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/3/2020) in the category “European Landmarks” was:
As described in an 1831 book, it has “three recessed and pointed doorways…immense central rose window…two dark and massive towers”
In the last semi-final game of the 2020 Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament, the players are: Ben Henri, a 7th-12th grade vocal music teacher from St. Clair Shores, MI; Sam Matson, a high school English teacher from Cookeville, TN.; and Lauren Schneider Lipton, a high school health teacher from Seattle, WA.
Round 1 Categories: Politics: Who Said It? – Boulder Dash – Mysteries & Thrillers – Mustard or Mayo – Is It Bigger Than a Chicken? – “De” Plus 3
Lauren found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Politics: Who Said It?” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. At $600, she was the only one with any dough by virtue of the first clue. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
1950: “I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party. show
Ben finished in the lead with $8,400. Lauren was second with $3,800 and Sam was last with $2,400. Lauren benefited from a reversal after the break (see below), and her score rose to $5,000.
Round 2 Categories: Let’s Look at Some Math – Abbreviations – Opera & Ballet – Back in the 20th Century – Hot Stuff! – Fountains
Sam found the first Daily Double in “Back in the 20th Century” under the $800 clue on the first pick. The scores were the same as above. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In April 1946 this international org. formally gave up the ghost, though it did give a lot of its stuff to its replacement. show
Lauren got the last Daily Double in “Fountains” under the $1,600 clue, with just the $2,000 clue in the same category left after it. In second place with $17,000, she had $1,800 less than Ben’s lead. She bet $2,000 and took a shot at it with Jupiter. That was WRONG.
Fittingly, the Latona Fountain built by Louis XIV in Versailles was named for the mother of this Roman god. show
Ben finished in the lead with $20,800. Lauren was next with $15,000 and Sam was in third place with $7,200.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NOTRE DAME?
Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “Notre Dame de Paris” is commonly known as “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” in English. In Book Third, the chapter entitled “Notre-Dame” describes the cathedral that Hugo calls “a majestic and sublime edifice.” The words in the clue are, of course, a translation from French and I don’t know what book it came from. Other translations, like this one on Literature Page, call the “three recessed and pointed doorways” three portals hollowed out in an arch. The immense central rose window is sometimes the huge central rose window and the towers can be dark and massive or black and massive.
There was a whole category about Notre Dame in the 10-2-2019 Jeopardy! game
Sam got it right. He bet $7,199 and finished with $14,399.
Lauren bet it all and doubled her score to $30,000.
Ben bet $9,201 and won the last finalist spot with $30,001. He will join Will Satterwhite and Meggie Kwait in the 2 final games of the tournament.
Reversal: BOULDER DASH ($600) In this 1981 movie Indiana Jones gets covered in webs while outrunning a large rock — Lauren said “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”. Alex said no. Ben got it with “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. The judges found out that the DVD has the title Lauren gave and she was awarded $1200.
A triple stumper from Round 1:
POLITICS: WHO SAID IT? ($1000) 1969: “There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full”
MYSTERIES & THRILLERS ($1000) A review for this Ruth Ware bestseller set at sea says it “just may do to cruise vacations what ‘Jaws’ did to ocean swimming”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “GAMES”
Names used in other languages for this chess piece include malka, rainha & rouva. show
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Looks like my name is mostly going to be well represented in the Finals.
A difficult third daily double clue. Going from Louis XIV to Sun King to (fittingly) the Greek sun god Apollo is a lot for a $1,600 clue.
Roman god, I should say, although they are the same.
If Lauren got that Daily Double correct, none of this would be happening!
It would have been worse if she did. She would have only had $19,000 and Ben would have taken the lead back on the $2000 clue.
When she got it, Ben threw his head all the way back like OH NO!! But he must have realized he would still have a chance if she was right after she made that bet.
Do you think Ben will win the whole tournament?
I don’t know. Do you think he can outbuzz Meggie?
Yes and no.
Meggie won the first game but she didn’t get the daily double correct in the double Jeopardy Round she told will to do it a true daily double
I am just glad that the reversal helped Lauren. Congrats to the players on getting final right. And also I congratulate the finalists.