Final Jeopardy: Winter Olympic Sports (10-7-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/7/2021) in the category “Winter Olympic Sports” was:
The official Olympic website says this event “has its roots in survival skills” practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia
36x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT has won $1,417,401 so far. In Game 37, his opponents are: Tyler Seiple, a voice and speech teacher orig. from Columbus, OH; and Maddie Williams, a PhD candidate orig. from Cape Cod, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Seen Here – Saturday Night Live People – Compound Words – 30 Something – Character Development – “EZ” Geography
Matt got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Compound Words” under the $1,000 clue on the 4th pick. In the lead with $1,000, Matt had twice as much as Tyler in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
A Wonder of the World gave us the word Pharos, meaning one of these. show
Matt finished in the lead with $10,200. Tyler was second with $3,800 and Maddie was last at negative $600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Scene Here – A Presi-Dental Category – The Earth – We Did Start the Fire – U.S. Franchises – Say It In Latin
Matt landed on the first Daily Double in “Say It In Latin” under the $800 clue, with just 12 clues left after it. He was in first place with $29,000, $22,800 more than Tyler in second place. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Great work show
3 clues later, Matt got the last Daily Double in “We Did Start the Fire” under the $800 clue. Now leading with $35,200, he had $29,000 more than Tyler in second place. Matt bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Also an automotive noise, it can be a blaze deliberately set for wildfire control, (image) as seen here show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $41,400. Tyler was second with $6,600. At negative $1,000, Maddie was out of the game. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT IS BIATHLON?
On the Official Olympic website, in the History of Biathlon section, it states that “Biathlon combines the power and aggression of cross-country skiing with the precision and calm of marksmanship….The word “biathlon” stems from the Greek word for two contests, and is today seen as the joining of two sports: skiing and shooting. Biathlon has its roots in survival skills practised in the snow-covered forests of Scandinavia, where people hunted on skis with rifles slung over their shoulders.”
An old clue from 2005: OH, SHOOT! ($1000) This Olympic event, from words meaning “two contests”, first began as a sport in the late 1700s
Tyler wrote down “Biathalon”,, adding that extra “a” that JP was wondering about on Spoiler Talk this morning. “Unfortunately”, Mayim said, they couldn’t accept that. Tyler lost his “all in” bet and finished with zero.
Matt got it right. He bet $9,000 and won the game with $50,400. Matt also made $50,400 on 9/17/2021 when he won his 23rd game.
Matt Amodio is now a 37-day champ and he’s won $1,467,801.
A triple stumper from each round:
SEEN HERE ($600) Think of this state‘s nickname & it makes sense that a cornucopia, representing abundance, is on its flag, seen here (image)
A PRESI-DENTAL CATEGORY ($400) On a golf trip to this Coachella Valley city, Ike chipped a tooth; a quiet dentist visit started rumors of a meeting with aliens
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Phrase Origins”
The OED’s first citation for this phrase referring to a region of the U.S. is from a Durant, Oklahoma newspaper in 1936 show
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Why can’t the show allow people with zero or less going into the Final still be allowed to answer the Final? Their answers obviously wouldn’t count, but it would still be nice to be allowed a chance to answer the Final. It would have been interesting to see what Maddie would have answered. Just my 2 cents.
Probably because it’s the ruling. If the player has a negative amount, then they won’t have enough to wager and play Final with, unless they are given extra money to play the round of Final Jeopardy!
That happened once in March 16, 2012.
I don’t think it happened then. Check the J! Archive.
When I was updating the Spelling Decisions, I came across this Power Players game (5/13/2004) where Gretchen Carlson’s negative final score was converted to a positive score so she could play FJ! It makes sense because she was playing for charity.
Whoever is below zero, or exactly zero, they cannot participate in Final Jeopardy. They will try again next time!
Nice recovery from Matt after a very costly Final Jeopardy, an example of runaway games that cannot be complacent, and the safest way to do it is to avoid wagering too much. Commiseration to Tyler because he added a syllable to his response, an example of “careful with the spelling”.
Nice job, Matt!! You are so AWESOME at Jeopardy!!
Sorry that the clues were mean to Maddie.
William Weyser would say darn those clues.
It’s fine. But, Matt is still good at Jeopardy! He was originally from Medina, Ohio where I live.
He has won 37 games! So amazing! He is a personal talent at Jeopardy!
It wasn’t Maddie’s day unfortunately but still Matt made another comeback after yesterday’s loss. Too bad Tyler’s response was rejected with the extra a. Still a good game by the players today and no giant killer yet. All the daily doubles are nailed.
This is the second dismissal of the season, Poor Maddie, she was stuck in the red the entire game and never got out of the red. And I disagree with the judges’ decision to neg “biathalon”; in many vocalizations, going from an “th” to an “l” gives a vocalized “schwa” sound; Tyler was simply transcribing that. But his response was rejected by adding an extra syllable.
Yeah, adding an extra syllable won’t help. Spelling is okay but adding even one single letter like “Saragasso” meant for “Sargasso” won’t even help. Another great addition to the “Spelling Decisions” list.