Final Jeopardy: Western Hemisphere Flags (1-15-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/15/2016) in the category “Western Hemisphere Flags” was:
This country whose name contains a religious order founded in the 1200s has a bible on its flag.
3x champ Amelia Hershberger has won $43,000 and is now going for that 4th win we have all been anxiously awaiting. These two players want to be the champ, too: Mike Drummond, from Columbus, OH; and Jenn Frohlich, from San Diego, CA.
Round 1: Amelia found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “O Canada” under the $1,000 clue before the first break. She was in second place with $1,400, $200 less than Mike’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Alphabetically last of Canada’s 3 territories, it can range in temperatures with 80s in the summer & -60s in the winter. show
Amelia finished in the lead with $3,400. Mike was second with $3,200 and Jenn was last with $800.
Round 2: Mike found the first Daily Double in “The Senate Majority Leader” under the $1,600 clue. He was in third place with $6,400, $1,600 less than Jenn’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
It took nearly 4 years for this Kansas man to recover from his WWII injuries. show
Amelia found the last Daily Double in “Holy Houses” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $8,200, she had $3,400 less than Mike’s lead. She bet $1,800 and thought it was the Alhambra. That was WRONG.
This Turkish mosque built by Mehmet Aga in the 17th century is named for its 20,000-plus colored tiles. show
Mike finished in the lead with $11,600. Jenn was next with $10,400 and Amelia was in third place with $6,400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
A good timeline of the Dominican Republic’s history is on Michigan State’s Global Edge. The country first gained independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844. The bible is in the coat of arms on the Dominican flag. You can see a close-up image of the coat of arms and all its symbols on Heraldry Wiki. There is a cross above the book so you’ll know it’s the Holy Book.
The Order of Preachers (later known as the Dominican Friars) was founded in 1216 by the Spanish priest (and later saint) Dominic de Guzman. (wikipedia)
Amelia wrote down “What is Barbados?” and it looked like “Yay!” after that. Trebek said she was going for something else but what it was went unexplained. She lost her $5,200 bet and finished with $1,200.
Jenn came up with “St. Francis & Nevins.” They must have cut out the part where Trebek told her she meant St. Kitts and just left in the Nevis part. She bet and lost it all.
Mike got it right. His $9,201 bet brought him up to $20,801. He is the new Jeopardy! champ we will be seeing on Monday.
Some of the first round triple stumpers really were surprising. Here’s one from the category “Our Home & Native Land” that was worth $400: “Jean Sibelius, Linus Torvalds.” Jenn guessed Norway and Mike went with Sweden. Amelia just left it alone.
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “American Theater”
This 1949 drama that ends with a requiem asks, “Why did you do it? I search and search and I search, and I can’t understand it.” show
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40/57 here.
A better game today than yesterday. I was very frustrated for not getting FJ—so obvious after it was revealed—but I had no idea what the DR flag looked like and 1200’s didn’t help me. Never gave any thought to the word “Dominican” before.
By contrast, I found yesterday’s FJ very easy, even though I never read the book. Of 3 Volcanos, Etna (on Sicily), Vesuvius (not Island), so Stromboli it is.
Alex was probably pleased with the contestants getting all Canada’s clues.
I was raised Catholic so it was religious order that gave it to me right away. I loved my saints book when I was little and knew about the orders started by St. Dominic, Francis, Benedict, etc. My grandmother had a calendar every year that had the feast day saint on every day.
Well, let’s just say that they tried to raise me Catholic too, but I rebelled against it, lol.
Speaking of flags, it reminds me of an FJ clue on flags at the beginning of last year and some of the discussion got a little annoying and you commented with a link of galleries of flags on Wikipedia, mentioning all kind s of things found in flags “…people, animals, keys, trees, plants,…”
See, if you had included bibles, I’d have got today’s FJ, lol!
Peut-être, Cece peut-être pas. LOL, I did find that flag gallery rather fascinating, particularly the African flags, at the time (looking back, the game you’re remembering was on 2-4-15). But I would be hard-pressed to remember more than a handful in 30 seconds without some helpful hints. :):)
PS – speaking of saints, St. John Bosco was a particular favorite of mine when I was little. I thought that Bosco chocolate syrup was named after him. LOL. Check out these retro Bosco jars.
Thanks for the link to that game; I gotta take a look at that flag gallery. Those retro Bosco jars are so cool. Did you collect them as a child?
No, I do remember the Bosco bear jar but I didn’t collect anything when I was a child. My brother was like Jenn’s twin… perhaps she was kidding but I’m not. I learned very early to keep my mouth shut about anything I really liked. We did look a lot alike too and people would ask if we were twins, but he was a year older and shot up to 6 feet at age 14 when I was 5’3″ (and still am)
Easy fj today if you know your flags otherwise its somewhat easy. Having that year in the fj might possibly have been confusing.
Surprised that only 1 person got it right. Didn’t Amelia give an incorrect response of Dominican Republic to an earlier question? The correct answer was Panama.
Yes, Rhonda, that was another Native Land clue “Mariano Rivera, Ruben Blades” that produced two wrong guesses. Mike said Cuba. Cost them each $1,000.