Final Jeopardy: Mountains (1-21-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/21/2022) in the category “Mountains” was:
First scaled in 1829, this 17,000-foot mountain has caused excitement by the supposed discovery of wood high up on it
37x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $1,253,200. Woo hoo! It’s Game 38 and Amy aims to tie Matt Amodio’s record with a win today. Also hoping to win are: Avinash Rajendra, a PhD student from Milwaukee, WI; and Koré Carey, an office manager from Avondale Estates, GA.
Round 1 Categories: Landmark of the City – Word Pairs – Fictional Planets – Nonsense – Balderdash – Who “E”
Avinash found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Who ‘E’” under the $800 clue with 2 clues left after it. He was in third place with $2,800, $4,000 less than Amy in first place. Avinash bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
He edited the second & third of the 3 volumes of “Das Kapital” show
Amy finished in the lead with $8,400. Avinash was second with $3,600 and Koré was last with $3,400. All clues were uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Explorers – The Producers – Philosophic & Religious -Isms – Symphonies – Some Random Elements – Words from Russian
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Explorers” under the $1,200 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. She was in the lead with $9,200 now, $5,400 more than Avinash in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Bridges over New York Bay & Narragansett Bay are named for this explorer who sailed into both bodies of water in 1524 show
Amy got the last Daily Double in “Philosophic & Religious-isms” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $17,600, $13,800 more than Avinash in second place. Amy bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
This 5-letter philosophy popular with some of the Founding Fathers believes in a God, but one who stays out of human affairs show
Amy finished in the lead with $34,000. Avinash was second with $5,400 and Koré was last with $4,200. All clues were uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MOUNT ARARAT?
Per Wikipedia, Mount Ararat “is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); Little Ararat’s elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft).” So it looks like the clue is talking about Greater Ararat. The first recorded climb to the summit by Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and 4 others in 1829 is also mentioned.
Biblical archaeology arose in the late 19th century with archaeological expeditions and searches popping up throughout the lands identified in the Bible. Searches for Noah’s ark has been a particular focus of these endeavors to the extent that they are referred to as “arkeology”. The interesting video I posted above shows some of those searches.
Koré thought it was the Matterhorn. She lost her $4,000 bet and finished with $200.
Avinash went with Kilimanjaro. That cost him $3,001 and left him with $2,399.
Amy got it right. She bet $20,000 and won the game with $54,000. Amy has done it! She is tied at No. 2 with Matt Amodio. Amy’s 38-day total is $1,307,200. (Matt Amodio’s 38th game was on October 8, 2021. His total winnings were $1,518,601)
3 triple stumpers from SYMPHONIES:
($1200) It’s thought that the grand scale & exuberant energy of Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major earned it this nickname
($1600) Charles Ives used all kinds of existing tunes in his Symphony No. 3, including this hymn also called “Erie”; “what a” choice
($2000) At the end of this Haydn symphony, the musicians say goodbye; they gradually stop playing & leave the stage
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “DNA Makes News”
In 1993 remains of the Russian royal family killed in 1918 were confirmed by comparing their DNA to this member of the British royal family show
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I’m just guessing, but, both the FJ clue and the “Symphonies” $1600 triple stumper seemed “clunky” to me, and I would guess that the same writer wrote both. It’s like the writer who loves Pericles from Shakespeare, and the other who is all about Descartes. The style slightly stands out.
Ken Jennings is an excellent host. He has grown into the skill set. I prefer him to Mayim Bialiik
Agree Ken is doing a great job. He has grown and seems very comfortable now.
Hubby prefers him too.
Actually, since naming a permanent host seems to be like wading through a minefield, they should simply keep the current arrangement between Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik.
I quickly came up with Mount Ararat in FJ, but if any wood was in fact discovered on that mountain, carbon dating revealed that none of that wood came from Noah’s Ark.
Congrats to Amy on tying Matt Amodio! Also nice to see her big bet losing streak is over. Good thing she didn’t lose her nerve over it.
Boo hiss to Ken: someone needs to tell him to stop opening the show the way he has been going. He spoke for 38 seconds today between thanking Johnny Gilbert and saying “Let’s get into the game.” He devoted 37 seconds of that time to Amy and one second to welcoming Avinash and Koré. I think that’s just plain rude for a host.
I don’t think that Ken meant to be rude as he had much to say about Amy, and time was simply running against him.
That’s fine if you don’t agree with me, Rick, but it was only 38 seconds and it’s happening at the beginning of the show. I don’t see how he could be up against the clock at that point and I’m sure he could devote 10 seconds to welcoming all his guests properly before carrying on about Amy’s accomplishments.
I agree, I don’t really care to hear a rehashing of all things Amy, enough with the gushing.
Counting seconds, wow! My chuckle for the day. No disrespect.
Cocoa, just counting the seconds to be fair to Ken and show the basis of my observation. But of course, that will go unnoticed by some.
“Give the challengers a proper welcome” is a constructive criticism that he can do something about and I think he should.
It’s interesting anyway. I thought he was talking for at least a minute!
Amy will appear on Good Morning America Monday morning 24 Jan 2022. When I heard that this morning I thought she was going to lose tonight or have a tight game. Neither happened. I should have known better.
Congratulations Amy on your fantastic 38th game win and matching Matt Amodio’s number of winning games record.
Congrats once again to any on tying with Matt amodio for the number of wins. But she still has about 200K less than he did. I bet both amy and Matt will have fierce competition in the tournament of Champions later on. I read about Noah’s ark in the bible and the whole flood thing which lead me to Ararat. Good players today. We finish off the week without triple stumpers and another clean sweep by Amy.
Congrats to Amy for tying with Matt Amodio for second place with the number of consecutive wins. Will Amy surpass Matt Amodio for second place all by herself or will the same thing happened just like Matt Amodio in his 39th game? We’ll find out on Monday.