Final Jeopardy: International Groups (11-12-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/12/2018) in the category “International Groups” was:

The economic bloc known as the G8 became the G7 in 2014 upon the expulsion of this country

We’re starting the week with the 4th Quarterfinal of the 2018 Teen Tournament. Today’s player are all high school seniors: Tim Cho, from Champaign, IL; Jack Izzo, from San Diego, CA; and Rhea Sinha, from Chatham, NJ.

Round 1 Categories: School Uniforms – U.S. Cities – Movie Adjectives – Music Class – Just My Luck! – In the Spanish Dictionary

Tim found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “U.S. Cities” under the $800 clue, with 10 clues to go after it. He was in second place with $1,800, $2,800 behind both Jack and Rhea, tied for the lead. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Providence. That was WRONG.

This New England capital shares its name with James Madison’s Virginia plantation. show

WHAT IS MONTPELIER?

Jack finished in the lead with $6,000. Rhea was second with $4,600 and Tim was last with $2,200.

Round 2 Categories: Assigned Lockers – Hodgepodge – Classic Literature – Theme Parks – Ecology – In the English Dictionary

Tim found the first Daily Double in “Classic Literature” under the $800 clue on the very first pick. So the scores were the same as above. He went with a true Daily Double again and this time, he was RIGHT.

When these 2 boys & their pal Joe Harper are presumed dead, they hide in the church & hear their own funerals. show

WHO ARE TOM SAWYER & HUCKLEBERRY FINN?

Tim got the last Daily Double in “Ecology” under the $2,000 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In second place with $13,600, he had $400 less than Jack’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

In 2018 the U.K. ran without this fossil fuel for 3 consecutive days for the first time since the 19th century. show

WHAT IS COAL?

Tim finished in the lead with $17,400. Jack was next with $16,800 and Rhea was in third place with $11,800.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS RUSSIA?

In March 2014, Russia was suspended from the G8 bloc over its annexation of Crimea. The G8 then became the G7 (the UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada). According to The Independent, in January 2017, Russia announced that it had no plans to rejoin the bloc and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated that “Vladimir Putin’s priority was now the G20 – a much wider group of countries which includes emerging economies such as Brazil and Mexico as well as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.”

In 7/22/2010, there was a whole category called “I COULDA HAD A G8.” This was the $400 clue: There is actually a ninth member of the G8, this organization usually referred to by 2 letters

Rhea wasn’t able to finish her response of “Germa.” She lost her $5,000 bet, leaving her with $6,800.

Jack got it right. He bet $1,200 and finished with $18,000.

Tim got it right, too. He bet $16,201 and won the semi-final spot with $33,601.

Jack got a good spot on the Wild Card list with his score and Rhea got the last spot for now. With one more quarterfinal to go, the scores to beat are
$16,999 and $6,800.

Two triple stumpers from the first round:

MOVIE ADJECTIVES ($800) “The ___ Now”, Miles Teller & Shailene Woodley

JUST MY LUCK! ($200) St. Dunstan, a blacksmith, made a deal that Satan couldn’t enter through a door with this lucky item nailed above it

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “History Repeats”

This practice officially began in Pakistan in 1977, 44 years after an amendment ended it in the United States. show

WHAT IS PROHIBITION?

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