Final Jeopardy: Geography Words (6-11-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/11/2021) in the category “Geography Words” was:
From the Latin for “key”, this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag
New champ Ankit Gupta, a product manager from Somerville, MA won $13,600 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Mike Goldstein, a copywriter orig. from Downingtown, PA; and Katie Sekelsky, a graphic designer from Kent, OH.
Round 1 Categories: Volcano City USA – Groups of 12 – Baseball’s Big Numbers – Name Calling – Education – Also a Dog Breed
Mike found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Volcano City USA” under the $1,000 with 3 clues left after it. He was tied for the lead with Katie at $3,400, $800 more than Ankit in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This “gem” is an extinct volcanic cone with a summit that overlooks Honolulu show
Mike finished in the lead with $7,000. Katie was second with $4,000 and Ankit was last with $2,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: 1930s Literature – Notable Women – Skillful Words & Phrases – Science – Ghost – Busters
Mike found the first Daily Double in “1930s Literature” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in the lead with $8,600 now, $4,600 more than Katie in second place. He bet $5,000 and he went with “Paradise Regained.” That was WRONG.
After a plane crash in the Himalayas, 4 people end up in Shangri-la in this 1933 novel show
Ankit got the last Daily Double in “Skillful Words & Phrases” under the $1,600 clue, with 14 clues left after it. In third place with $5,600, he had $4,800 less than Mike’s lead. He bet $5,000 but ran out of time so he was WRONG.
From the French for “right”, you’re skillful in mind or body if you’re deemed it show
Mike finished in the lead with $12,800. Katie was next with $11,200 and Ankit was in third place with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS AN ENCLAVE?
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, an enclave is a “small portion of one country which is entirely surrounded by the territory of another”. Then they give various sources for the word, including “Latin in- ‘in’ (from PIE root *en ‘in’) + clavis ‘key’.”
Ankit got it right. He bet nothing and stuck with his $1,800.
Katie came up with a see. That cost her $3,201 and left her with $7,999.
Mike went with principality. He lost his $10,000 bet and finished with $2,800. That made Katie Sekelsky the new Jeopardy! champion.
A triple stumper from each round:
NAME CALLING ($400) This Roman emperor was called “Biberius” due to his noted love of drinking
1930s LITERATURE ($400) In a classic story for children, this title bull ignores the matador & enjoys smelling flowers
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Canadian Cities”
City Hall in this western provincial capital is on Victoria Avenue near the corner of Albert Street show
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TWO san francisco giants questions??
i’m here for that.
I wish I studied French, Spanish, and/or Latin in school. I had 4 years of German and that NEVER did me a bit of good in life. Latin would help with Jeopardy. Spanish would help with getting jobs. French would help with Jeopardy.
That daily double on french was also easy for me as I have been studying french for about a year during the pandemic. A gauche and adroit were not that hard for me to recognize. Too bad ankit couldn’t keep up with the opponents today but I am happy he got final right. VJ since you have been brushing up on french, did you know enclave is actually an italian word? It’s the reason why I am interested in learning that romantic language with french combined.
yes, Lou, it is spelled the same in French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese as in English, although pronounced with 2 syllables in English and 3 in the other languages
Agree with Barbara. Very unhappy about the tennis being on instead of Jeopardy. Absolutely no warning.
Why was jeopardy preempted for Tennis with NO warning. The least they could have done was to give us the courtesy of advance notice.
I don’t know, Barbara. I’m assuming that’s your local station’s doing and totally agree that they could have given advance notice. Maybe they did on Facebook or Twitter, though, I don’t know.
Barbara, perhaps you will be able to see last night’s Jeopardy tonight? We were preempted twice recently for silliness and they showed the episode on Saturday night at the usual weekday time.
This morning, I went the French route to get this one. I thought what is the French word for key? Clé (pr clay), then I knew it. That’s why I thought it was so easy. ha ha ha
My having been learning French the last 3 years definitely made the last daily double easy.
Moi aussi, VJ.
I studied French for 10 years and knew only “clef” as the word for key. But I looked it up in my Larousse, and “cle'” is also valid. (Neither of which enabled me to guess the final.) Many contestants have at least a rudimentary knowledge of French and Spanish. Had Ankit known “droit” means “right,” he probably ends up winning the game. And no one seemed to know that “facile” is French for “easy” and is also used as an English word.