Final Jeopardy: Renaissance Men (10-4-21)
Here are some more clues from the 10/4/2021 Jeopardy! game:
INCONCEIVABLE! ($400) Add a “Y” to this 4-letter word for gloom or a dark mist & you get a word for hard to understand
FRY FRY AGAIN ($1000) This ovoid appetizer with a nationality in its name is enclosed in sausage & breadcrumbs
Matt got all the clues in YOU DON’T SUCCEED (although not in order, as in running the category)
($200) Killing a man was one good reason this vice president did not succeed his boss, Jefferson; later, he got busted for treason
($400) In a 1998 floor speech, Bob Livingston stunned colleagues by saying he would not succeed Newt Gingrich in this job
($600) In 1978 Giovanni Benelli was said to be a favorite–twice–to be the successor in this job but did not have the votes
($800) Joice Mujuru was set to succeed Robert Mugabe as leader of this African nation but got dismissed as vice president in 2014
($1000) In 2004 the line of succession changed in this country when King Abdullah II dubbed his half-brother Hamzah ex-heir apparent
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — BEFORE & AFTER
($400) Top equestrian trio of races that are next in line to be the reigning monarch
($800) Southern state capital confection that’s made of crystallized sugar
($1200) Geographic latitude separating the 2 Koreas that’s a gymnastics apparatus
($1600) Artistic left bank region of Paris that’s a meaty McDonald’s burger
($2000) Late summer arts festival in the desert that’s a basement hangout with TV & beer
ANSWERS: show
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Regarding the final question, I was stumped as I never heard of Niccolo Machiavelli before now, nor of his famous work ‘The Prince’.
This is by far the most impressed I have been with Matt. Matt was answering so many questions correctly to which I did not know the answer. For example, “Bronchodilator” blew my mind. I used to think Matt would not break Ken’s record, but now I think Matt can break the 74-game win streak and the $2.5 million record. Then again, Jeopardy is a baffling and humbling game where Matt can lose tomorrow.
I agree, Albert. We were just stunned by how quickly he ran through Double Jeopardy! today. My daughter said Mike and Elizabeth knew a lot of the answers but they just could not beat him on the buzzer.
When is there gonna be a new champion?
idk when we’re gonna have a new champion, Richard. When the cows come home?
Seems like they are playing fast and loose with the rules at times. In the category about movie synopses, Matt said “what’s Martian”. Mayim answered back, “yes, THE Martian”. I double checked. The name of the movie is “The Martian”. I’ve noticed this a few other times as well. Any thoughts?
An official rule for years is that the word, “THE”, can be added or eliminated at the beginning when answering a question. For example, when answering a question about the movie, “The Godfather”, both “Godfather” and “The Godfather” are considered correct answers by the judges of the show.
Matt was on Good Morning America this morning & T. J. Holmes asked him about some of the criticism about how he responds to certain clues. Matt responded that he follows the rules as written and threw in the mix that his father is a lawyer. I’m assuming his father made sure Matt knew what would be acceptable.
The video from Matt’s appearance is on YouTube from this morning. It runs a little over 3 minutes.
Congrats to Matt on his big win today surpassing Roger’s 77K total. He seems to be getting closer to that 2 million mark. Speaking of Machiavelli, that name reminded me of Machiavelli the Prince a old multiplayer game from 1995 though I am not sure if anyone here remembered that game. Anyway, seems as though matt has a good chance to get another big payday tomorrow. I am happy to see both contestants getting final today.
Interesting! Matt’s one day total today surpassed another Ph.D. computer science major Roger Craig. Roger Craig, per J!Archive, was a Ph.D. computer science major in 2010 when his highest one day total was $77,000. He is now Dr. Roger Craig. Matt nor Roger have exceeded the one day winnings of James Holzhauer, who holds B. S. Degree in mathematics. These three contestants know how to rack up money on Jeopardy in one day that most people would take a year to earn. Congrats Matt on today’s haul.
Roger is one of my all-time favorite players. When he appeared in the Tournament of Champions, I predicted that he would win, which he did. And when they did the Decades tournament, I predicted Ken, Brad and Roger would be the final 3 of the 45 contestants.
So he shocked me no end when he tanked during the All-Star shows.
Matt is now just a few $$ shy of a $40K per show average, far below James but about $7K ahead of Ken’s average.
Final was a cinch tonight, especially given what year was in the clue.