Final Jeopardy: Who Said It in the Bible (10-7-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/7/2020) in the category “Who Said It in the Bible?” was:
He tells his son not to worry about the lamb for the burnt offering– God will provide it
2x champ, Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Santa Monica, CA, has now won $41,700. In Game 3, his challengers are: Sheldon Beverly, a commercial senior property manager originally from Franklin, LA; and Holly McQuillan, a market research analyst from Woodland Hills, CA.
Round 1 Categories: History – Miscellany – Animated Films – The State Was in Play – Magazines’ First Issues – In Order
Garrett found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The State Was in Play” under the $600 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $4,400, $2,800 more than Holly in second place. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.
Like many states in 1960, this one was close when native son Richard Nixon beat JFK by just 35,000. show
Garrett finished in the lead with $9,100. Holly was second with $1,600 and Sheldon was at zero. 2 clues in “Miscellany” stayed on the board.
Round 2 Categories: The Librarian Invasions – Alliterative Business – “Wat”s in a Name – Latin Lover Needed – Europe – Wordsworth at 250
Sheldon found the first Daily Double in “Alliterative Business” under the $2,000 clue, with 10 clues left after it. He was in third place with $2,000 now, $13,100 less than Garrett’s lead. He bet it all but could not come up with a response so he was WRONG.
In 1987 founders Leonard Feinstein & Warren Eisenberg added the third element to the name of this home goods superstore. show
3 clues later, Garrett got the last Daily Double in “Wordsworth” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $16,300, he had $11,100 more than Holly in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This romantic poet & lord was not a huge fan of William & called him “Turdsworth” show
Garret finished in the lead with a runaway $23,500. Holly was next with $5,200 and Sheldon was in third place with $1,600. 2 clues went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ABRAHAM?
The story of God instructing Abraham to do his son Isaac in as a “burnt offering” appears in Genesis 22. Isaac went with his father under the assumption that a lamb would be the burnt offering, but noticed that, in the way of supplies, Abraham had everything but a lamb. It is in Verse 8 that Abraham says “My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering”. As it turned out, God was only testing Abraham. He sent an angel to call off the filicide and provided a ram.
From 2013: That wasn’t the only bad thing that happened to Isaac: BIBLICAL JEALOUSY ($400) The Philistines were jealous of the wealth of this son of Abraham, so they filled his wells with earth
Sheldon thought it was Jacob (Isaac’s son). He didn’t bet anything and remained at $1,600.
Holly wrote down “This was so much fun! Thank you!” She lost $1,000 and finished with $4,200.
Garrett thought it was Job. He lost $1,500 but won the game with the remaining $22,000. His 3-day total is $63,700.
A triple stumper from each round:
HISTORY ($1000) In 1559 Protestant reformer John Calvin founded the University of this Swiss city
THE LIBRARIAN INVASIONS ($2000) Lucien becomes chief librarian of the Dreaming in this Neil Gaiman comic book series with a one-word title
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Cities in History”
The Cathedral of St. Pierre was the center of the Calvinist Reformation in this lakeside city show
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I loved that “Music Man” clue. Here’s a link to the song.
Robert Preston was the man!
Well I am surprised that we had a triple stumper in final jeopardy. But still it’s not surprising that Isaac didn’t know bed bath and beyond. Looks like Garrett broke the leader curse that went on for three weeks. I though for sure that comic books was one of Garrett’s favorite subject.
I was stunned by FJ being a triple stumper. Although perhaps the “cubit” clue being a triple stumper in the Jeopardy! Round could be seen as foreshadowing the FJ result.
I suppose a charitable interpretation would be that the contestants were familiar with the story, but failed to connect the specific language in the clue to the story. There are many times where the FJ response is obvious to me after the fact, and I just missed the clue(s) left by the writers.
Although if you’ve read the story in the last 20 years, the language would probably jump out immediately.
I agree about the foreshadowing…. I knew I wasn’t getting a triple solve when I saw that! Still didn’t expect these results.
As for that Library Invasions TS, the covers I saw from that comic book series all have the word “The” in the title. That makes it a 2-word title in my comic book. Garrett ought to ask for his $2 grand back.
I’m pretty sure that this is the first time that the 2 years ago clue had the same response as a clue in the game (The $1000 History clue)
VJ, did you see my comment on the Yesterday on Wheel of Fortune tab?
Yes, I did, Richard. Thanks for the info. I will put it in the post