Final Jeopardy: Mythological Heroes (10-10-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/10/2018) in the category “Mythological Heroes” was:

The second half of his service to Eurystheus took him to 6 different places, like Crete, Thrace & the Underworld

2x champ Alex Schmidt, a writer & comedian from Pasadena, CA, has now won $39,679. In Game 3, his opponents are: Mary Adolph, a behavior analyst from Austin, TX; and Chris Wong, a software engineer from Alexandria, VA.

Round 1 Categories: Hello! – I Composed It – “M” & Emmys – Compound Words – History – Big Pharma

Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘M’ & Emmys” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in a tie with Chris at $800 and Mary had half of that. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

In 2014 Alison Janney won 2 Emmys: one for this sitcom & one for this drama about Masters & Johnson. show

WHAT ARE “MOM” & “MASTERS OF SEX”?

Alex finished in the lead with $8,200. Chris was second with $3,400 and Mary was last with $1,800.

Round 2 Categories: To Start With, Get “Out” – Aviation – Jack & the Fiend Stalk – The End of the Road – Movie by MacGuffin – Big Farmer

Mary found the first Daily Double in “Aviation” under the $1,200 clue, with 9 clues left after it. She was in third place with $6,600 at this point, $10,400 behind Alex’ lead. She bet $2,000 and gave it a shot with “Alien”. That was WRONG.

The “A” in the plane called the A380 is for this company with a more terrestrial type of transport in its name. show

WHAT IS AIRBUS?

2 clues later, Alex uncovered the last Daily Double in “Big Farmer” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $18,600, he had $10,800 more than Chris in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

He was known as “Long Tom” & also as “the worst farmer in Virginia” for his constant failed efforts to grow new crops. show

WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON?

Alex finished in the lead with a runaway $25,200. Chris was next with $7,800 and Mary was in third place with $5,400.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS HERCULES?

Greek Mythology.com has a map of 11 of the 12 Labors of Hercules. The 12th was the trip to the Underworld to capture Cerberus, the 3-headed dog. The Cretan bull Hercules had to capture (No. 7) was, of course, hanging out in Crete. Diomedes’ horses that our hero had to steal (No. 8) were in Thrace.

Old clue from 2008: MYTHOLOGY ($600) In Roman myth, this powerful tot killed 2 serpents in his cradle

Mary wrote down Perseus. That cost her $5,350 and left her with $50.

Chris got it right. He bet $3,160, bringing him up to $10,960.

Alex also got it. He didn’t bet anything this time so $25,200 was the prize. His 3-day total is $64,879.

A triple stumper from each round:

HELLO! ($800) This company that has let people say “hello” for almost 140 years now has a youthful social media studio called Hello Lab

JACK & THE FIEND STALK ($1200) Buck the sled dog find the Yeehat Indians who killed his master & takes vengeance in this Jack London tale

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “State Songs”

The first line of its state song, “Eight stars of gold on a field of blue”, refers to the star group on its flag. show

WHAT IS ALASKA?

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