Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (1-4-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/4/2022) in the category “Word Origins” was:

From the Greek for “ring”, the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000

24x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has won $897,600 thus far. In Game 25, her opponents are: George Adesanya, a consultant from Washington, DC; and Gregg Morrow, a writer from Tiverton, RI.

Round 1 Categories: Waterlogged Reading – Taglines of Scary Movies – Getting Adjectival – Model Railroading – Euro-Pourri – “N” Joy

Gregg found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Euro-Pourri” under the $600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with $200. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

A medieval tapestry that depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066 hangs in a museum in this French town. show

WHAT IS BAYEUX?

Amy finished in the lead with $9,400. Gregg was second with $4,600 and George was last with $1,600. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Famous Americans on Stage – The New Testament – Giving You the Third Degree – Recent Pop Culture – Science – Middle “J”

Gregg found the first Daily Double in “Giving You The Third Degree” under the $1,600 clue with 10 clues left after it. In third place with $5,000, he had $18,800 less than Amy in first place. Gregg bet $4,500 and went with New Guinea. That was WRONG.

One country & parts of 2 others share this third-largest island. show

WHAT IS BORNEO?

5 clues later, Amy got the last Daily Double in “Famous Americans on Stage” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $24,200, she had $15,400 more than George in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

In 1908, this author (image) toured in a stage show called “The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays” show

WHO IS L. FRANK BAUM?

Amy finished in the lead with a runaway $27,400. George was second with $9,600 and Gregg was last with $1,700. No clues went uncovered.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CIRCUS?

Etymology Online notes that the Latin word “circus” was “from or cognate with Greek kirkos.” The Romans applied the term to “circular arenas for performances and contests and oval courses for racing (especially the Circus Maximus).” As you can see in the above video, the Circus Maximus wasn’t circular at all, but had an elliptical shape.

Etymology Online also gives other senses of circus, including the “Big Top” kind we usually associate the word with, and the “circular road” types described in London’s Many Circuses

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Gregg wrote down “ampitheater”, (making us glad it wasn’t amphitheater). He lost $1,699 and finished with $1.00.

George thought it was arena. He lost $6,199 and finished with $3,401.

Amy also went with arena. She lost $7,000 but won the game with the remaining $20,400. Amy’s 25-day total is $918,000.

2 triple stumpers from FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE:

($1600) A decade after surviving the Titanic, she won awards in France for interpreting Sarah Bernhardt’s classic roles

($2000) This buddy of Alexander Graham Bell toured as an actor & lectured on “The Birth of Babyhood on the Telephone”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Business & Innovation”

Stuck with 260 tons of unused turkey in late 1953, this co. ordered aluminum trays & sold 10 million units of a new item in 1954 show

WHAT IS SWANSON?

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