Final Jeopardy: African Monarchs (7-21-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/21/2021) in the category “African Monarchs” was:
Some devotees of this emperor who died in 1975 trace his lineage to King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
3x champ Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, ID has won $66,405 so far. In Game 4, the challengers are: Elizabeth Devereaux, a middle school teacher from Lawrence, KS; and Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, CT.
Round 1 Categories: Med School – Sing “Out” – Exodus Tells Us… – 2 Letters, 3 Letters – 15 Minutes or Less – We Guarantee It
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Exodus Tells Us…” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,800, $200 more than Josh and Elizabeth tied for second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
”I will smite all thy borders with” these creatures: “and the river shall bring forth” them “abundantly” show
Matt finished in the lead with $7,400. Josh was second with $5,000 and Elizabeth was last with $3,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: European Peninsulas – Birding – Math in the Old Days – They’ve Got an EGOT – Books of 1990 – You “Pic” It
Elizabeth found the first Daily Double in “European Peninsulas” under the $1,200 clue on the 1st pick. She was in third place with $3,400 now, $4,000 less than Matt’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
The name of this French region that protrudes into the Atlantic has a name related to the land to its north. show
Josh got the last Daily Double in “Math in the Old Days” under the $1,200 clue in the 6th pick of the round. In the lead with $9,000, he had $2,600 more than Matt in second. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
Their numerals weren’t handy for arithmetic so ancient Romans did most of their calculating on this device show
Matt finished in the lead with $20,200. Josh was next with $19,800 and Elizabeth was in third place with $12,400. One clue went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
This page on Weebly.com has a great big picture of members of the Imperial House of Ethiopia. Traditionally, the article says, the Solomonic dynasty began with King Menelik I, who was said to be the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.The dynasty became a bastion of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, ruling over Ethiopia since the 13th century. The dynasty ended in the 20th century when Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974, the year before his death.
An old clue: WORLD LEADERS ($600) Revered by Rastafarians, Ras Tafari was crowned Ethiopian “King of Kings” under this name in 1930
Elizabeth just had Emperor. That cost her $12,130 and left her with $270.
Josh got it right. He bet $5,005 and finished with $24,805.
Matt got it, too. He bet the farm and won the game with $40,400. That made Matt Amodio the new Jeopardy! champion.
A triple stumper from each round:
WE GUARANTEE IT ($200) “For years politicians have promised” this, Nixon said in 1969–“I’m the first one to be able to deliver it”
THEY’VE GOT AN EGOT ($400) This composer’s EGOT includes Tonys for “Evita”, “Cats” & “Sunset Boulevard”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “17th Century Names”
In the 1670s English author Charles Cotton built a fishing cabin on the banks of the River Dove to honor this friend & author show
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Epic game today. Excellent players. Matt was in a distant 3rd late in the game but went on a run and took the lead. Josh fought back but missed an easy $400 question at the end (said Sondheim instead of Webber). That cost him a tie, or the lead if he’d gotten it right. Which ultimately affected the final outcome. Had they tied with $20200, they both likely would have bet it all on FJ and moved on to a tie-breaker. FJ was easier than two of the 3 DDs (abacus was a gimme).
Matt has a disturbing habit of beginning every one of his responses with “What’s” even if the answer is a person or a plural. I don’t think I’ve even seen that before. It’s acceptable, of course, but off-putting.
Great game today! I was happy to see Josh and Matt get FJ! right and Matt won $40,400 which is the 3rd highest win this season.
Me too, Jeopardy! lover! It’s on a list I have made on the top 55 (I should have probably put 61 or something like that.) highest wins ever on season 37! Here are the highest wins from the $40K rank!
1 – Tim Moon, Ben Lewis ($44,401)
2 – Jen Jazwinski, Jennifer Quail ($42,001)
3 – Matt Amodio ($40,400)
4 – Bryce Hwang ($40,200)
And here are my last six rankings since I missed those already:
56 – Phil Hoffman ($23,195)
57 – Zach Shrier ($22,801)
58 – Garrett Marcotte – ($22,000)
59 – Stuart Crane – ($21,800)
60 – Greg Marrerro – ($21,200)
61 – Sandy Olive ($21,000) (Last Place)
Most Common – Lucy Ricketts ($31,399)
My Favorite: Matt Amodio ($40,400)
Least Common: Zach Newkirk ($25,171)
Hopefully that makes your reply, Jeopardy! lover!
It does, thanks Darius!
Very easy final today! The daily doubles were never missed and we got through about forty-two games with all of the three daily doubles with the correct answers in this mid 2021. Very cool!
I Love Jeopardy! I am a true fan and Whenever I see a new Jeopardy! game come on every single week, I would love to watch it! I am a very true fan!
Congrats to Matt Amodio on his very big $40,400 payday! I think this is the third highest money win amount in this season. Very glad to hear that. Let’s give you the top 55 of the highest paydays ever in Season 37, with a couple of extras among the way.
Highest #1 – Sam Kavanaugh ($58,388)
1 – Tim Moon, Ben Lewis ($44,401)
2 – Jen Jazwinski, Jennifer Quail ($42,001)
3 – Matt Amodio ($40,400)
4 – Bryce Hwang ($40,200)
5 (Maybe) – Valerie Costelo, Sam Kavanaugh ($38,000)
6 – Brian Chang ($37,600)
7 – Jon Spurney ($37,201)
8 – Emily Sands ($36,600)
9 – Susan MacMillan or McMillan ? I literally cannot remember ! ($35,600)
10 – Brayden Smith (R.I.P.) ($35,000)
11 – John Focht ($34,000)
12 – Sam Stapleton ($33,201)
13 – Lucy Ricketts – ($33,100)
14 – Ryan Bilger ($32,405)
15 – Jamie Logan ($32,201)
15 – Brayden Smith ($31,799)
16 – Veronica Vichit-Vadakan ($31,600)
17 – Jon Spurney ($31,400)
18 – Sandy Olive, Jeff Mitchum ($31,200)
19 – Henry Baer, Brayden Smith ($31,000)
20 – Brian Chang (Either $30,800 or $30,600. It really needs to be one of those choices.)
21 – Henry Baer ($30,400)
22 – Tyler Vandenberg, Charlie Fonville ($30,000)
23 – Jennifer Quail ($29,999)
24 – Kevin Walsh, Scott Shewfelt ($29,600)
25 – Aaron Craig ($29,227)
26 – Ryan Hemmel ($29,401)
27 – Ryan Hemmel ($28,801)
28 – Emily White, Sam Kavanaugh, Mike Nelson ($28,600)
29 – Josh Saak ($28,405)
30x – Donesh Olyaie ($28,400)
31 – Dave Pie ($28,300)
32 – Tim Moon, Carmela Chan ($28,200)
33 – Brayden Smith ($27,800)
34 – Garrett Marcotte ($27,700)
35 – Mara Davis ($27,600)
36 – Andy Wood ($27,201)
37 – Kelly Donohue ($26,801)
38 – Tanay Kothari ($26,800)
39 – Devin Rossiter, Andy Wood ($26,799)
40 – Mike Nelson ($26,600)
41 – Kendra Blanchette ($26,400)
42 – Colin Davy ($26,100)
43 – Dennis Chase ($25,900)
44 – Devin Rossiter ($25,405)
45 – Aimee Lim ($25,200)
46 – Jennifer Linde (And everybody else with $24,801. I am really sorry I cannot say all of the names. That might be a very long list of names with that amount of money, so, yeah! Sorry guys!) ($24,801)
47 – John Focht ($24,800)
48 – Jim Gilligan, Patrick Hume, Brandon Duestch ($24,401)
49 – Scott Shrum ($24,100)
50 – Juliet Mayer ($23,800)
51 – Nikole Villanueva ($23,300)
52 – Phillip Howard ($23,000)
53 – Dennis Chase ($22,500)
54 – Sameer Gandhi ($22,200)
55 – Patrick Hume ($22,100)
And that is all I could get from the top 55! If I missed anything, please do not hesitate to let me know. Congrats to Matt for $40,400 in part of the top 55 highest payouts and congrats to Josh Saak for 3 wins!
Please note: VJ is the best, please agree with me!
You are correct. VJ’s Jeopardy site is superior
You, Albert, are also correct! You Know, there were a LOT of highest paydays in this season! Jeez, I could have got all of them!
Easy final here today but still Josh’s misspelling will not affect his gameplay today. He played well for three days. Furthermore we shall see what Matt can do. Was Elizabeth thinking of Emperor Mansa Musa from the Mali empire? Or perhaps Pachacouti? I noticed her response was incomplete.