Final Jeopardy: French Towns (1-31-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/31/2020) in the category “French Towns” was:

Legend says local farm wife Marie Harel & a priest from Brie created the famous product of this Normandy village

New champ Michelle Paul, a managing director from Newark, DE, won $17,900 yesterday. In Game 2, she is up against: Matthew Leonard, a client services coordinator from New Haven, CT; and Audrey Koh, professional taste tester from Oakland, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Symbols – % (percentage) – @ (at) – “&” (and) – * (footnote) – > (greater than)

(Only the symbols were shown on the board which seemed a little off-putting for the players. I know I would have said “asterisk” for “footnote”)

Matthew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “@” under the $600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,800, $800 less than Michelle’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and guessed the Bay of Portugal. That was WRONG.

This waterway extends 51 miles from Limon Bay to a second bay whose name would kinda give it away. show

WHAT IS THE PANAMA CANAL?

Michelle finished in the lead with $4,800. Audrey was second with $3,400 and Matthew was last with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: Species Names – 14-letter Words – Literary Festivals – Historic Pleas – World Transportation – Real-life Celebrity Superheroes

Audrey found the first Daily Double in “Historic Pleas” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. She was in second place with $5,800 now, $200 less than Michelle’s lead. She bet $4,000 and very seriously said: “Can I change my wager?” That was a “no.” Her time ran out before she could respond so she was WRONG.

Chief Joseph met Teddy Roosevelt & pleaded with him to allow this tribe to return to its ancestral home. show

WHO ARE THE NEZ PERCE?

Michelle found the last Daily Double in “Species Names” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick. In the lead with $7,200, she had $6,000 more than Matthew in second place. She bet $2,200 and she was RIGHT.

Pandalus borealis, the deepwater prawn, is also known as this directional shrimp. show

WHAT IS NORTHERN?
Michelled said “North” and added “-ern.” Alex indicated either would work

Michelle finished in the lead with a runaway $10,200. Matthew was next with $3,200. Audrey was out of the game at negative $2,600.

Only ONE of 2 contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.

WHAT IS CAMEMBERT?

From Sheridan’s Cheesemongers: “The legend of Marie Harel, the inventor of Camembert, is possibly the best known of all the French cheese myths. The story goes that a priest, to whom she gave shelter during the Revolution, gave her the recipe for Camembert as a token of his gratitude. However the first recorded mentions of Camembert-style cheese in the region occur over 100 years prior to this. For a thorough debunking of the myth of Marie Harel… consult Pierre Boisard’s ‘Camembert: A National Myth’.”

They also tell you that Camembert cheese smells like “cabbage and mould.”

Matthew wrote down the same thing I said when I saw the clue this morning– “cheese.” He bet and lost it all.

Michelle got it right. She bet $2,022 bet and won the game with $12,222. Her 2-day total is $30,122.

A triple stumper from each round:

LITERARY FESTIVALS ($1200) Each year the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada hosts the national gathering for poetry named for this rustic job

($1600) Louisville’s GonzoFest is not about Muppets; it celebrates the writing of this native son

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Official State Songs”

Composers of this State’s various official songs include Richard Rodgers & Woody Guthrie. show

WHAT IS OKLAHOMA?

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