Final Jeopardy: Geography Fun (10-6-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/6/2020) in the category “Geography Fun” was:
It’s the largest country in area that begins & ends with the same letter
New champ, Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Santa Monica, CA, won $14,000 yesterday. In Game 2, he is up against these ladies: Claire-Marie Murphy, a film advertising executive from Los Angeles, CA; and Mandy Friel, a project specialist from Camarillo, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Talking Front Office Baseball – Words at Their Final Resting Places – Add a Vowel – Potent Portmanteau – Yes We “Can” – Ken Jennings Knows Mountain G.O.A.T.S
Claire-Marie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Words at Their Final Resting Places” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues to go after it. She was in second place with $2,600, $1,800 less than Garrett’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
“Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement” show
Garrett finished in the lead with $6,200. Claire-Marie was second with $5,400 and Mandy was last with $2,800. Two $200 clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Historical Hodgepodge – 1990s Best Picture by Tagline – Enzymes & Amino Acids – Speed Reading – Religion – Corporate Lingo
Mandy found the first Daily Double in “1990s Best Picture” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick. She was in third place with $4,400 now, $3,000 less than Garrett’s lead. She bet $1,500 and guessed “Natural Born Killers”. That was WRONG.
“It a hell of a thing, killing a man” show
5 clues later, Garrett got the last Daily Double in “Speed Reading” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $11,000, he had $4,400 more than Claire-Marie in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
It’s the 4-letter title of Lisa Patton’s novel about students caught up in the frenzy of matching students with sororities. show
Garrett finished in the lead with $18,200. Claire-Marie was next with $13,800 and Mandy was in third place with $3,300. 2 clues stayed on the board in this round.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS AUSTRALIA?
According to statista.com, Australia comes in sixth on Statista.com’s list of “30 largest countries in the world by total area.” The other 2 in their Top 10 that start and end with the same letter are: Argentina (No. 8) and Algeria (No. 10). Why they have Greenland on there at No. 12 is anybody’s guess!
For geography lovers: JP shared a link on this morning’s Spoiler Talk to website The True Size Of
Mandy picked Algeria. She bet and lost it all.
Claire-Marie got it right. She bet $13,000, bringing her up to $26,800.
Garrett got it, too. He bet $9,500 and won the game with $27,700. His 2-day total is $41,700.
A triple stumper from each round:
WORDS AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACES ($800) This OK Corral survivor: “That nothing’s so sacred as honor, and nothing so loyal as love!”
SPEED READING ($2000) Robert James Waller’s second bestseller left the bridges of Madison County for a “Slow Waltz in” this title place
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Oscar Hyphenates”
This actor has never been nominated for acting– he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012. show
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Without using the full name, why was “America” not the correct answer?
“America” is not the name of any country. It is often used colloquially to refer to “The United States of America”.
One might argue that is similar to how “Mexico” is used in place of the full, official name “United Mexican States”. But I’d say the difference is that “Mexico” is the universally understood official shortening of the country’s name, whereas, “America” is not considered an official shortening of the U.S.A.
This is especially the case as there are two continents including the name “America”. Without context, “America” could refer to either (or both) of the continents.
Why was Antarctica not the correct answer?
Larry Swalhein
Antarctica is a continent, but not a country. A country, by definition, must have some kind of government. But Antarctica just has parts of it split up between various actual countries for research purposes.
Mandy can’t seem to get anything going since Claire Marie and Garrett were fast on the buzzer today. Congrats to Garrett on his second win. We want him to keep it going.
@jp I haven’t read that much of Lisa Patton novels. Rush didn’t come to me today. By the way VJ did you see the news on Eddie Van Halen?
Yes, Lou, I heard about Eddie Van Halen. My mom died from throat cancer, too, but she was 7 years older than him.
Has anyone else never heard of Lisa Patton or her novel? I typically feel pretty good about literature questions, but such categories really are limitless.
JP, I could put Lisa Patton on my “nevah hoid of ya” list for this month. lol. So I blew that DD but I got the other 2.
I nevah hoid of Lisa Patton eitha, VJ.
It doesn’t look like her book made any top seller lists, and the book doesn’t even have its own Wikipedia page.
I guess they were expecting the contestant to get the title from the “4-letter title” part of the clue. That’s a stretch, and I think a terrible clue to make a Daily Double.
I actually misheard it and thought it was a 4-word title so I said “Hell If I Know”