Final Jeopardy: Religion (11-1-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/1/2019) in the category “Religion” was:
This denomination takes its name from the day, as told in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles
New champ Andrew Thomson, a journalist from Ottawa, Ontario, won $24,601 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Christine McKeever, a writer from Los Angeles, CA; and Jennifer Cooper, a university volunteer coordinator from Sylva, NC.
Alex opened the show with: “The Tournament of Champions starts this coming Monday. Jeopardy James Holzhauer, that popular and very successful player, coming back along with 14 other Jeopardy! champions. It’s gonna be exciting stuff.”
Round 1 Categories: A Shroom With a View – Named for a President – A Fashionable Category – The U.N. Reports – Their Main Musical Instrument – “B.C.”
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Named for a President” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000, $600 more than Jennifer in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
The Department of Commerce headquarters building is named for this president who once served as Commerce Secretary. show
Jennifer finished in the lead with $7,000. Andrew was second with $3,600 and Christine was last with $1,600.
Round 2 Categories: Feel the Bern! – Big & Small Screen Classics – Agriculture – Contractions – The National Book Awards- B.C.
Andrew found the first Daily Double in “Agriculture” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. He was in third place with $5,200 at this point, $1,800 less than Christine’s lead. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.
In France & Germany, asparagus is grown undergrown to inhibit this pigment, creating a delicious white variety. show
Andrew found the last Daily Double in “B.C.” under the $1,600 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In the lead with $10,700, he had $900 more than Jennifer in second place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.
In the 1st century B.C. Philo of Larissa taught his skeptical philosophy at this school founded by Plato. show
Andrew finished in the lead with $15,000. Christine was next with $11,600 and Jennifer was in third place with $10,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right, and they all had the same response.
In Acts 2 of the New Testament, the first line is “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.” Pentecost comes from the Greek for “fiftieth” (that was a Daily Double in the 7/30/2015 game). Pentecost Sunday takes place 50 days after Easter. In some countries, it is called Whitsunday, or some variation of that.
As for Pentecostal churches, according to Christianity.com: “There are a number of churches and groups that call themselves ‘Pentecostal.’ There are ‘Classical Pentecostals,’ who came out of the first revival in the early 1900s; Charismatics,’ who arose in the 1960s; and Neo-Charismatics, which is considered the third wave of the growth of Pentecostalism. Many denominations share similar beliefs, but differ on other issues.”
Jennifer had the 7th Day Adventists. She bet and lost it all.
Christine had the same response. She also bet the farm and finished with zero.
Andrew made it a 7th Day Adventists trifecta. He only bet $8,201 and won the game with the remaining $6,799. His 2-day total is $30,800. We will see Andrew again after we see the 2-week Tournament of Champions.
A triple stumper from each round:
“B.C.” ($800) It’s the slang term for the ideological barrier separating China from the West
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS ($2000) He won Fiction Awards for “The Magic Barrel” & “The Fixer” but not for “The Natural”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “World Capitals”
The world’s highest intl. airport at an elevation of over 13,000′, serves this South American capital city. show
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My biggest pet peeve of Jeopardy is when the 3rd place contestant doesn’t know how to bet properly in final jeopardy. Could have won by not betting a thing.
But by liking the category, and going all in, Jennifer throws a sizeable check, no matter how much money it would have been.
Pentecostal is not a denomination, but rather a group in many denominations, much like conservative, liberal, evangelical, fundamental. I think the question was a little misleading and all contestants should be brought back for another show.
Pentecostal is not a denomination. It is a branch of Christianity similar to Catholic or Protestant. A denomination, according to the dictionary, is “a recognized autonomous branch of the Christian church. There are dozens of different Pentecostal denominations just like there are dozens of Protestant denominations.
@Nancy, idk if you realize that you just wrote “There are a dozen different Pentecostal denominations” which contradicts saying it’s not a denomination.
Anyhow, wikipedia also has an article Christian Denominations and on the sidebar, they have Pentecostal listed under the “Denominations – groups” heading.
I’m pretty sure we could find contradictory statements on this point all over the web — even the article I linked to in the recap starts out calling Pentecostalism “one of the oft-talked about denominations and sometimes draws the most controversy, but Pentecostalism has a long history in Christianity.”
In any event, when the Holy Spirit descends on the apostles in Acts, it’s Pentecost.
I think the clue was fine. Like many words, denomination has a more general definition as well as a more specific definition.
The more specific definition refers to a religious sect that has a centralized governing body to which churches belong.
But any dictionary will give the more general definition of a particular religious group with beliefs distinguishing them from another group in the same religion, without reference to an organizing body. Pentecostalism clearly fits this definition.
I’d say the more specific definition is what most people think of, so I can understand why people might be confused. But as you pointed out, the descent of the Holy Spirit as attested in Acts points so strongly to Pentecost that claims of unfairness seem unwarranted.
For the past 4 Fridays in a row, except for last week, because it was a Triple Solve, it seems like Fridays love Triple Stumpers…, BUT I DON’T!
Nobody likes triple stumpers.
My answer was the same thing. The actual answer never crossed my mind because it wasn’t something I would hear in churches that often. But congratulations to Andrew on his win. Looking forward to seeing how this tournament of champions plays out soon
My answer was the same as the contestants when I reached the first comma, but I came to the correct answer after finishing the clue, with the only question being which suffixes would be accepted.
Similar to my line of thinking, JP, except I never thought of the Adventists.
I loved Andrew’s expression after he gave the right response to that $1600 Bern clue: Any pirate could tell you that Bern lies along this river with a double “A” rating that rises in the Alps
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
I thought the “Home Sweet Home” clue was horrible!
VJ, instead of the “Home Sweet Home” answer, Alaska is repeated by mistake. It really was an awful clue, I agree.
Thanks, Rhonda. I fixed it. I did like that cabbage clue 😀
Rhonda, This is crazy but I woke up at 6 in the morning. My TV was still on the Movies channel and Laurel and Hardy’s “Saps at Sea” was playing. Ollie has “hornophobia” in it and when they get in trouble with an escaped convict, Stan plays “Home Sweet Home” on the slide trombone so Ollie will go berserk and beat up the convict. omg!
That’s really crazy, VJ, and funny at the same time, What are the chances of that happening?
Very slim, Rhonda. It’s very unusual for me to wake up at 6 a.m. in the first place!
LOL VJ, same here with waking up at 6!
On the weekly recap for March 18th to 22nd, someone mentioned today’s date: November 1st.
Well, isn’t that something that you remember that! I said it and I didn’t remember. Didn’t hear anything about Arbor Day and I don’t see anything about it in today’s Houston Chronicle either