Final Jeopardy: World Cities (10-28-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/28/2021) in the category “World Cities” was:
From Sydney, Australia go 7,000 miles east & less than 1/2 degree of latitude north to this capital also near the Pacific
New champ Tyler Rhode, a healthcare data specialist from New York, NY won $12,500 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Peter Stein, a documentary filmmaker from San Francisco, CA; and Judi Dimund, a management consultant from Fairfax, VA.
Round 1 Categories: U.S. Geography – Actress by Roles – Potent Etymology – Red – “Bean”s – Anne Rice
Peter got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “U.S. Geography” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick. Peter had $600 in second place, $3,800 less than Tyler’s lead. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Las Vegas & Joshua Tree National Park are both found in this 25,000-square-mile desert. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $5,200. Peter was next with $3,800 and Judi was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: The Vikings – Doctor Is Not My First Name – At The Ballet – “K”-Pop – Science – One Syllable or Two?
Judi landed on the first Daily Double in “Science” under the $1,600 clue, with 10 clues left after it. She was in third place with $5,800, $6,200 less than Tyler’s lead. She bet $2,000 and guessed bivalves. That was WRONG.
A substance called chitin largely makes up this shell of certain crustaceans. show
With 3 clues left, Tyler picked the last Daily Double in “The Vikings” under the $800 clue. He was in first place with $15,600 and had $4,200 more than Peter in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Based on a real-life 11th century Viking & involving killing trolls & monsters, the tale of Grettir the outlaw is one of these epic stories. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $22,400. Peter was in second with $11,400 and Judi was last with $4,200. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS SANTIAGO, CHILE?
Different sites have slightly different latitudes for Sydney and Santiago and I don’t know what source the clue writers were using to come up with the difference they put in the clue. I used the latitudes in wikipedia to make this composite image just to give you an idea on how close the latitudes are and how far apart the cities are.
Did you know? Qantas Airlines was operating a flight from Sydney, Australia to Santiago, Chile but it got suspended in 2020 due to CoVid-19. The route may be reinstated soon. According to Air Miles Calculator, the flight covers 7060 miles and takes almost 14 hours. The time difference between the 2 cities is 14 hours.
Judi came up with Queensland, an Australian state. She didn’t bet anything and stayed at $4,200.
Peter went with Wellington, the capital of New Zealand (we presume). That cost him $11,300 and left him with $100.
Tyler got it right. He added $401 to his score and won the game with $22,801. His 2-day total is $35,301.
A triple stumper from each round:
ACTRESS BY ROLES ($600) We were unable to ignore her as Sunny von Bulow or Patty Hewes
THE VIKINGS ($2000) This “Great” Anglo-Saxon king defeated an army of invading Danish Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “The History of France”
This modern regime that lasted 4 years changed the national motto to “Travail, Famille, Patrie”–“Work, Family, Fatherland” show
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The two wrong answers on Final were head-scratchers. Neither was a capital 7000 miles from Sydney. (I did come up with the right city once I realized it had to be in South America.)
Quite a few tough stumpers tonight. I did get the wrestler, choreographer, and city in Missouri.
phew, almost a runaway but not, thankfully. runaways destroy the ending. my heart was beating as tyler almost ran the “vikings” category but no one buzzed in for the last clue. if tyler had known that, game was over then and FJ would be meaningless to watch since i knew the correct response.
why don’t these people know anything about geography? it is annoying since it is the easiest topic to master. get a $5 dollar wall map and study it. how hard is that!!!
@klm, some things you can study till kingdom come and the information just won’t stick. That’s true for me in math and science subjects. Still, the percentage of Jeopardy! contestants who are good at geography seems to be noticeably smaller than one would expect.
Exactly, VJ, different people have different strengths and abilities. What is easy for one person to learn is difficult for another.
Tyler is off to a good start. I am surprised at how quick he was on the buzzer today and Judi couldnt keep up. A strong opponent for Tyler today. But still that queensland response kind of baffled me a bit. I had two other choices in south america one was Quito and the other lima since they were close to the pacific ocean. We shall see if Tyler can build up his win