Final Jeopardy: City Origin Stories (4-26-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/26/2021) in the category “City Origin Stories” was:
The mythical founder Byzas consulted the Oracle of Delphi before establishing what’s now known as this city
2x Kelly Donohue, a bank examiner from Winthrop, MA, won $48,000 last week. In Game 3, he is up against: Lyrka Lawler, a digital media specialist from Big Rock, IL; and Nick Arciero, a writer’s assistant orig. from Mounds View, MN.
Round 1 Categories: Official State Songs – At the Movies – Business Acronyms & Abbrev. – 18th Century Stuff – Fantastic Beasts – Starts with 3 Consonants
Nick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “18th Century Stuff” under the $800 clue with 9 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,200, $1,400 less than Kelly in the lead. He bet $1,600 and he guessed “being copycats.” That was WRONG.
When his sound effect method was copied in a staging of “Macbeth,” John Dennis accused perpetrators of this, now an idiom show
Kelly finished in the lead with $7,600. Lyrka was second with $2,600 and Nick was last with $600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Female Authors & Some Male Ones, Too – Q, No U – Stringed Instruments – The Cabinet – Hard Science – Radio on the TV
Kelly found the first Daily Double in “Hard Science” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $8,400 now, $3,400 more than Lyrka in second. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The number used to designate a pencil’s hardness relates to the ratio of clay to this material, a form of carbon show
Nick got the last Daily Double in “The Cabinet” under the $1,200 clue, on the 11th pick of the round. In third place with $1,800, he had $9,600 less than Kelly’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double but didn’t know the answer so he was WRONG.
Henry Knox in 1789 and Kenneth Royall in 1947 were the first and last secretaries of this department show
Kelly finished in the lead with $19,800. Lyrka was next with $15,800 and Nick was in third place with $2,400. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
https://youtu.be/lG7xMTMdaLA
WHAT IS ISTANBUL?
It’s a little unclear to me who Byzas was exactly. In one part on hellenicaworld.com, it says according to Greek legend, he was the son of King Nisou. In the Greek mythology part, it says he was the son of Poseidon by Keroessa. Whoever he was, Byzas reportedly consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi and was instructed to settle opposite from the “Land of the Blind”: “Byzas found a superb location opposite Chalcedon, at the tip of the Istanbul peninsula, today known as the Seraglio Point on the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait.” This led to the founding of Byzantium in 667 BC, completing the oracle’s instructions. In 330 AD, Byzantium was renamed Constantinople, and in 1930, it was renamed Istanbul.
About Istanbul (not Constantinople): This song was originally recorded by The Four Lads and released in 1953, earning the group its first gold record. In 1990, a later generation would be introduced to a faster version of song by the alternative rock band, They Might Be Giants.
Nick missed “what’s now known as” and came up with “Byzantium.” He lost his $2,400 bet and was left with nothing.
Lyrka got it right. She bet $7,000 and finished with $22,800.
Kelly got it, too. He bet $11,801 and won the game with $31,601. His 3-day total is $79,601.
2 triple stumpers from FEMALE AUTHORS & SOME MALE ONES, TOO:
($1600) A documentary called this woman “and Still I Rise” detailed her life as a memoirist, actress & poet
($2000) The husband of this French author also wrote under one name, Willy
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Brits”
In a poem Lord Byron, a lover of Greece, calls this diplomat & fellow lord a “plunderer” show
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“Like others, I really do not like Tarantino. The gratuitous violence is lazy filmmaking in my opinion, although I guess it has worked for him.”
Best thing I read on the internet all day, courtesy of JP.
Lyrka did very well against a strong champion today
Is Nick related to Karen Arciero who was on back on July 14, 2005?
I’d forgotten all about that fun song, VJ, thanks so much for reminding me!
Yeah, Rhonda, it is a fun song. It’s one of a bunch of songs that my kids were astonished to find out I already knew. Another was Bohemian Rhapsody.
@VJ is there a misspelling of Istanbul after the name of The Four Lads written over the video? I see “Istambul.” Perhaps my eyes are playing tricks on me.
Rhonda, I remember that song too. Our age is showing.
There is, Jacob. Whoever made the video apparently hit the M key instead of the N when typing the title and didn’t notice it till later. Still, it’s the best live performance by the Four Lads I found on YouTube so I used it anyway.
@VJ thanks.
I didn’t like the first Daily Double clue. It makes sense when you see the answer, but I thought the wording in the clue was too vague to point to the correct response. But maybe I’m just being a poor sport because I didn’t figure it out.
Oh, I don’t think you’re being a poor sport. I was wondering how the clue writers figured the players ought to know that.
Well it was interesting to learn of its origin, nonetheless.
Those daily doubles were not so nice to nick today. Also I was wondering if this FJ clue today is sort of a combination of Ancient civilization/Western Civilization sort of category? Glad that two people got final right. A good start to the week for Kelly as I am definitely hoping he can end this streak of leader curses and get a fourth win.
As Richard Corliss says, darn those daily doubles.