Final Jeopardy: Astronomy & Geography (1-23-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/23/2023) in the category “Astronomy & Geography” was:
At the winter solstice, the sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name
2x champ Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, FL won $62,600 last week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Duncan Bowling, an ICU nurse manager from Washington, DC; and Anne Faircloth, a farmer from Clinton, NC.
Round 1 Categories: City Name Changes – The Oscar-Winning Formula – Medications – “Side” Effects – Chess Pains – Boating after Meals
Troy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “City Name Changes” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $2,400 more than Duncan in second place. Troy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This Moroccan port city was built over a village named Anfa, but that wouldn’t have looked as good on a movie marquee show
Troy finished in the lead with $13,600. Duncan was second with $5,200 and Anne was last with negative $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Afghanistan & Pakistan – Now That’s Novel – Potent “P”otables – TV Connectors – Words of Peace – Hey…Where’d Ya Go?
Duncan found the first Daily Double in “Words of Peace” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in second place with $13,200, $9,200 less than Troy’s lead. Duncan bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
From a Latin word meaning “to come to a stop”, it’s an agreement to stop fighting & was in the original name of Veterans Day show
On the very next pick, Duncan got the last Daily Double in “Hey…Where’d Ya Go?” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $18,200, he had $4,200 less than Troy’s lead. Duncan bet $5,000 and said Cook. That was WRONG.
A shelter possibly built by this alliterative Capt. was found in the 1630s but he was never seen again after a 1611 mutiny show
Troy finished in the lead with a runaway $32,000 and Duncan was second with $13,600. With no money, the game was over for Anne at this point.
BOTH of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CAPRICORN?
The imaginary line that circles the Earth at 23° 26′ 22″ latitude south of the Equator is known as the Tropic of Capricorn. According to Wikipedia for Schools, the line “is so named because about 2,000 years ago the sun was entering the constellation Capricornus (capricorn is Latin for goat horn) at the December solstice. In modern times the sun appears in the constellation Sagittarius during this time. The change is due to precession of the equinoxes. The word ‘tropic’ itself comes from the Greek tropos, meaning turn, referring to the fact that the sun appears to ‘turn back’ at the solstices.”
Duncan bet $2,500 and finished with $16,100.
Troy bet $3,000 and won the game with $35,000, the same amount he won on Friday. His 3-day total is $97,600.
2 triple stumpers from TV CONNECTORS:
($2000) JoJo’s Bizarre ____ Time
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Movie Settings”
In 2017 this New York City luxury store opened its first cafe, with truffle eggs, waffles & croissants on the menu show
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Once again, we have another two-player Final J! as Anne finished with no money.
Still another slam dunk for FJ. Actually, both my mother and I came up with the correct response.