Final Jeopardy: Greek Mythology (11-13-15)

The Final Jeopardy question (11/13/2015) in the category “Greek Mythology” was:

Famous mother of Pyrrha, who survived the great flood and with her husband repopulated the earth.

It’s Quarter-final No. 5 in the 2015 Tournament of Champions, featuring 6x champ Alex Jacob vs 5x champ Scott Lord vs. 3x champ Michael Bilow. By the end of this match, we will know all 5 semi-finalists and all 4 wild cards for sure.

Round 1: Scott found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Writing Your Own Name” under the $1,000 clue before the first break, as you probably figured someone would when they were picking all the bottom row clues first. He was in third place with $600, $2,200 less than Michael’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance, as you also probably figured he would, and he was RIGHT.

A study finds that people who put the dots to the left of their I’s and J’s tend to habitually do this, from the Latin “cras” meaning “tomorrow”. show

Alex finished in the lead with $7,200. Scott and Michael were tied with $3,000 each.

Round 2: Alex found the first Daily Double in “Deserts” under the $1,600 clue on his second pick. He was in the lead with $8,400, now, $5,400 more than Scott and Michael. He bet $5,600 and he was RIGHT.

The name of this desert of the Middle East is from the Hebrew for “dry”. show

Michael found the last Daily Double in “Time Magazine’s Person of the Year” under the $1,600 clue shortly after that. He was now in third place by himself with $4,200, $11,800 behind Alex in the lead. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Larry Flynt. That was WRONG.

1991: This mouthy media mogul. show

Alex finished with a runaway $26,800. Scott was next with $10,200 and Michael was in third place with $8,400.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS PANDORA?

“PANDORA was the very first woman who was formed out of clay by the gods. The Titan Prometheus had originally been assigned with the task of creating man. But because he was displeased with their lot, stole fire from heaven. Zeus was angered, and commanded Hephaistos and the other gods to create a woman, Pandora…. Pandora’s daughter Pyrrha (Fire) was the first-born mortal child. She and her husband Deukalion alone survived the Great Deluge.” (Theoi Greek Mythology)



Michael wrote down Thisbe. He bet and lost it all.

Scott thought it was Demeter. He lost $4,000 and finished with $6,200.

Alex wrote down Gaea. He lost $143 and finished with $26,657. As Trebek said, it didn’t matter. He already had won the last semi-final spot.

So the final results of the first week of the 2015 TOC are:

SEMI FINALISTS
$26,657 Alex Jacob
$24,898 Matt Jackson
$22,000 Kerry Greene
$18,000 Brennan Bushee
$17,600 Catherine Hardee
WILD CARDS
$19,400 Andrew Haringer
$16,599 Vaughn Winchell
$15,000 John Schultz
$14,000 Dan Feitel

2 years ago:: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Play Characters”

In Peter Roach’s phonetic glossary, this alliterative guy is the “best-known fictional phonetician.” show

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15 Responses

  1. aaaa says:

    47/61 here, wasn’t that hard I guess.

  2. Cece says:

    @VJ, Matt made a mention of Fikkle Fame on his Facebook page.

  3. Eric S says:

    Anyone interested in seeing more of Alex can search on YouTube for him and poker.
    You will see why they called him Fro-pro.

  4. JEOPARDY says:

    at least one should get this fj. 7:21p

  5. aaaa says:

    ABC was also showing coverage of the Paris tragedy at 7:45PM EST or so, but the local CBS and Fox stations weren’t breaking in for news here.

  6. aaaa says:

    NBC cut into J!(or WOF) where they aired at 7:30PM EST on the East Coast for a report on the Paris tragedy. MIchael was answering the Ted Turner DD wrong at the time.

  7. jacob ska says:

    I’m with the contestants on today’s fj. It’s all Greek to me.

    I’ve heard of Pandora’s Box but nothing about Pyrrha being her daughter.

    I like the 9 TOC players for next week. Good players imo. Next week will be exciting.

  8. Leena says:

    Good playing to:

    Kristin Sausville
    Greg Seroka
    Scott Lord
    Eliott Yates
    Jennifer Giles
    Michael Bilow