Final Jeopardy: Countries of the World (1-26-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/26/2022) in the category “Countries of the World” was:

The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it’s also one of the 10 most populous

40x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $1,382,800. In Game 41, she is up against: Janice Hawthorne Timm, a music educator and choral director from Ukiah, CA; and Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, IL.

Round 1 Categories: The Carolinas – Creature Comforts – Cereal – Homophones – 10 of a Kind – Conference Championship Heroes

Rhone found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Carolinas” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, $600 more than Janice in second place. Rhone made it a true Daily Double, and said Fort Smith. That was WRONG.

This army post northwest of Fayetteville boasts of being “Home of the Airborne & Special Operations Forces” show

WHAT IS FORT BRAGG?

Amy finished in the lead with $7,200. Rhone was second with $3,400 and Janice was last at $2,000. All clues were uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: That 1770s Show – Book Bindings – OMG! – Alphabet Soup – Celebs Who Appeared on Kids’ TV – E Before I

Amy found the first Daily Double in “That 1770s Show“ under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $10,400 now, $6,600 more than Rhone in second place. Amy bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

In 1776 he wrote, “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet… the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph” show

WHO IS THOMAS PAINE?

Rhone got the last Daily Double in “OMG!” under the $1,200 clue with 7 clues worth $6,400 left after it. He was in second place with $7,800, $16,200 less than Amy in first place. Rhone went the Daily Double route again. This time, he was RIGHT and Amy no longer had a runaway.

The Greek goddesses of vengeance are called the Eumenides, better known as these, a word from Latin show

WHAT ARE THE FURIES?

Amy finished in the lead with $27,600. Rhone was second with $17,600 and Janice was last with $3,200. All clues were uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS BANGLADESH?

Per the World Fact Book, Bangladesh is slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined. Those two states have a combined population of approx. 22,300,838 (2020 est, Wikipedia). By comparison, the 2018 estimate for Bangladesh’s population is 161,376,708, making it the 8th most populous country in the world. More fun facts about Bangladesh

I played this Sporcle quiz (name all the countries of the world in 7 minutes by entering 3-letter sequences) so many times that I thought of Bangladesh immediately. The clue confirmed it by pointing out that it was the only country that ends in H.

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Janice was going for Syria but didn’t get it all in there. She knew that was wrong anyhow. She lost $500 and finished with $2,700.

Rhone got it right. He bet $12,000 and that brought him up to $29,600.

Amy had no response. She lost her $8,000 bet and finished with $19,600. That made Rhone Talsma the new Jeopardy! champ. Wowza! Congratulations, Rhone! You’re a Jeopardy! giant killer. Love the glasses! We’ll be seeing Amy in the next Tournament of Champions.

2 triple stumpers from CELEBS WHO APPEARED ON KIDS’ TV:

($1200) Once upon a time in Hollywood, long before even his role in “The Basketball Diaries”, at age 5 he appeared on “Romper Room”

($1600) Before she was whispering to ghosts, she was on “Kids Incorporated” singing at a club for young people

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Territories”

Of the 5 inhabited U.S. Territories, this is the only one where cars drive on the left show

WHAT ARE THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS?

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