Final Jeopardy: Baseball Teams (10-16-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/16/2015) in the category “Baseball Teams” was:
When translated, the full name of this Major League baseball team gets you a double redundancy.
New champ Josh Silverman won $21,200 in yesterday’s game. In the last game of the week, he takes on these two players: Matt Akridge, from Hardinsburg, KY; and Zelda Pulliam, from Chicago, IL.
Round 1: Josh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Symbols” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick. He was in a second place tie with Zelda. They both had $200, $800 less than Matt’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
This punctuation mark can also be called a screamer or a bang. show
Zelda finished in the lead with $6,000. Matt was second with $4,800 and Josh was last with $4,200.
Round 2: Matt found the first Daily Double in “Historical Quotes” under the $1,600 clue. He was in second place with $8,600, which was only $200 off Matt’s lead in this tight game. Zelda had $7,200. He bet $4,600 and he was RIGHT.
In one of his notebooks, Leonardo Da Vinci wrote that this family “created and destroyed me.” show
Josh found the last Daily Double in “Architects” under the $800 clue. There was only one clue left after it. He was now in the lead with $22,800, $9,600 more than Matt in second place. He bet $2,800 and did not know so he was WRONG.
In 1982, he completed his first project in his native China, the Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing. show
Josh finished in the lead with $20,000. Matt was next with $13,200 and Zelda was in third place with $9,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Urban Dictionary has an entry on this though no one seems to have noticed the “Angel/Angle typo.” Apparently, it is a big enough deal for astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson to tweet about: “Does it disturb anyone else that “The Los Angeles Angels” baseball team translates directly to “The The Angels Angels”?
Zelda picked the Minnesota Twins. She lost her $8,600 bet and finished with $1,000.
Matt went for alliteration with the Chicago Cubs. That cost him $13,000 and he was left with $200.
Josh wrote down “N.Y. Metropolitans.” He lost his $6,401 bet, retaining $13,599. That was way more than enough to remain champ and his 2-day total is $34,800.
During the chat (after Alex mistakenly called him John Silverman), Josh talked about giving himself whiplash at a headbangers’ concert where he saw Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer. Later, the answer to the $600 clue* in “The Beat of the Drum” was “Whiplash” and he got it!
*Oscar winner J.K. Simmons has some suggestions about Miles Teller’s drumming in this 2014 film.
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Cars”
Introduced as a 2-seater and later celebrated in song, it was Motor Trend’s car of the year in 1958, 1987, 1989 & 2002. show
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To Terry Gordon: Here is an example of a “double redundancy”: My redundancy gets repetitive over and over again..
To Cece: The (Los) Angeles (Angels) is not a double redundancy. They are two separate redundancies.
To Alex Trebek: Hire better grammarians!
So, your example is a double redundancy but “The The Angels Angels” isn’t.
Yeah, OK.
No one got FJQ on Fri. 10/16??? Our network didn’t show Friday’s Jeop due to the baseball game but as soon as I read the question, I knew the answer.
“Los Angeles Angels” is “redundant” which means a duplication, or repetition. But it is not “doubly redundant”. Saying “I speak “Italiano” Italian” is redundant, not “doubly redundant.” Don’t know what a “double redundancy” would be, but it must be something different than a “redundancy” simpliciter and no baseball team’s name is a “double redundancy”.
Well, they claim the name of the team is The Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim?).
The (Los) = 1st redundancy
Angeles (Angels) = 2nd redundancy
Is Josh’s stage name Gilbert Gottfried ?
No, Bullhorn.
Cece, thank you for your comments regarding mental health. I know VJ feels the same, but has been extremely busy. Through twitter, I have come to know some who struggle. Thank you also for the time we spent there.
Eric, thanks for sharing the same sentiment regarding the issue. I deal with all kinds of mental health issues on a daily basis as part of my job. Anyway, it was a pleasure spending some time with you on Twitter.
I really liked this game — it was close for a while there. Even after Josh got the DD that put him ahead, it looked like Matt might catch up and it was really nice to see a competitive game. All of the players were good.
Well, Zelda kind of lost her tongue for a while in the DJ round. I love her sense of humor, though. I hope Josh doesn’t shout through 5 games or more. When is he gonna lose? LOL.
Btw, my favorite redundancy is “Chicken coq au vin.”
LOL. We went from 2 weeks of cutthroat Jeopardy! to devil-may-care. Oh well, at least Josh doesn’t cut Alex Trebek off all the time.
Hey, J-Archive has that Halloween Costume Ideas category up already. The $200 one was an “are they kidding” clue and the $1000 one was a “Nobody knew that?????!!!!!!”
Yeah, Alex is happy he can resume running his commentaries after clues are answered, clearing the boards be damned.
And maybe I’ve been influenced by Tom, but his Russian accent tonight really got on my nerves.
Yup, I don’t know about Abbott & Costello movies, but, really??? And on the $1K clue, another 2 ways to get there…, but, 3 huh(s)?
Oh, and I hope Josh is not hearing impaired; I just thought of it. Nah, he’s just loud, right? When is he gonna lose? [giggles]
why did his Russian accent annoy you though, when Alex is half Ukrainian.
I saw all the Abbott & Costello monster movies when I was a kid and they are very funny when you are a kid. People still talk about their Who’s on First sketch, but when I was a kid, the one that we used to laugh our heads off at was Niagara Falls, slowly I turned.
Idk why it annoyed me, but it did. I’m not saying it was a bad accent, just not entertaining.
Thanks, I watched the clip—guess you had to be there as a child. :):)
LOL. Don’t know any Russian myself except Nyet and Da. I used to have a Russian neighbor in NJ named Boris. He was a good old guy. When my kids were good, he would say “Keeds, I like you.” When they did something that pissed him off, he would say “Keeds, I no like you.”
How about a cheese quesadilla?
44/59 here. Josh probably should have wagered to try to get the lock game on the IM Pei DD, but getting it wrong would have made it a 2/3 game if he did that. Whether Matt who is not named Jackson would have seen it was a 2/3 game and won on the triple stumper at that point, who knows.
What about the Philadelphia Phillies?
It’s not surprising the FJ was a triple stumper. I thought the team name would need translation, not the name of the city!
But all three answers had nothing to do with translations. I understand the idea of redundancy in the “Twins” and “New York Metropolitans” (New York being the U.S. Metropolis) — but Chicago Cubs?!
I looked up the derivation of the name Chicago, and for it to be redundant, the team would have had to be named the Chicago Wild Onions (or Wild Garlic).
This is why I love Jeopardy — it leads to learning things. I’ve been to Chicago many times and never knew it was named after wild onions (or garlic).