Final Jeopardy: Countries of the World (1-14-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (1/14/2025) in the category “Countries of the World” was:

“Bilady, Bilady, Bilady”, its national anthem, replaced a more militaristic one following a 1979 peace treaty

Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants in QF2 are: Davey Morrison, an actor & filmmaker orig. from Provo, UT; Stevie Ruiz, an asst. front office manager from Montauk, NY; and Evan Dorey, a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: Movie Profession in Common – As They Say… – Lit-pourri – Icelandia – The Cold Truth – 1980s Monster Trucks

Evan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “As They Say…” under the $1,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,000, $2,600 more than Davey in second place. Evan bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

No backsies with this phrase, iacta alea est in Latin show

WHAT IS THE DIE IS CAST?

Evan finished in the lead with $9,800. Davey was second with $3,800 and Stevie was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: We’re Just Gonna Call Him Hercules – Fashionable Names – American History – A Wild Song for You – Botany – Crossword Clues “O”

Davey found the first Daily Double in “We’re Just Gonna Call Him Hercules” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,600, $5,200 less than Evan’s lead. Davey made it a true Daily Double and said Agamemnon. That was WRONG.

Hercules had a hand in the Trojan War, as his slaying of Laomedon made this man Troy’s King show

WHO IS PRIAM?

Davey found the last Daily Double in “Botany” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,800, $14,600 less than Evan’s lead. Davey bet $2,800 and he was RIGHT.

The agave is this type of plant whose name comes from the Latin for “juice” show

WHAT IS A SUCCULENT?

Evan finished in the lead with $20,600. Davey was second with $8,800 and Stevie was last with $7,000. All clues were shown.

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NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS EGYPT?

According to Egyptian Streets, Egypt had 4 national anthems before adopting “Bilady” (My Homeland) in 1979. The militaristic song referred to in the clue, “W’Allah Zaman ya Selahy”, began as the national anthem for the United Arab Republic (Egypt & Syria). When Syria declared its independence in 1961, Egypt kept using its “war anthem” until 1979. “Bilady” became Egypt’s official national anthem at the direction of then-president, Anwar Sadat, to usher in a new era of peace after the Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt was signed on 3/26/1979.

See these posts for more clues on National Anthems and more clues on Treaties

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Stevie thought it could be Ireland. He lost $1,801 and finished with $5,199.

Davey went with Iran. He didn’t have a rial to his name after losing his whole $8,800.

Evan came up with Vietnam. He stood pat on his $20,000, having already won the game. Evan and Will Yancey are definite semifinalists. Paul and Jen’s scores from yesterday ($8,000 & $8,200) are looking a bit better today.

A triple stumper from each round:

MOVIE PROFESSION IN COMMON ($1000) Rick Moranis in “Ghostbusters” & Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff (the title profession)

A WILD SONG FOR YOU ($2000) Meshell Ndegeocello -went to Indiana to record a cover of “Wild Night” with this guy from Seymour

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “GEOGRAPHY MNEMONICS”

MIMAL, sometimes said to be the silhouette of a chef or elf, stands for Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, these 2 states show

WHAT ARE ARKANSAS & LOUISIANA?

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