Final Jeopardy: Myths & Legends (11-15-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/15/2021) in the category “Myths and Legends” was:
This legendary place has been identified as being in Caerleon, Wales & in Winchester, England
3x champ Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, CA won $107,101 last week. In Game 4, he takes on these two players: Molly Karol, a CPA from Austin, TX; and Jeff Meyers, an accountant from Redondo Beach, CA.
Round 1 Categories: World Colleges & Universities – Time – A Person, Place or Ring – Novel Quotes – Foreign Words & Phrases – What “A” Team!
Andrew got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Person, Place or Ring” under the $1,000 clue on the 1st pick of the round. Nobody was on the board yet. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
When water is low, minerals leave a so-called bathtub ring in lakes like this man made one in Utah and Arizona named for an explorer. show
Andrew finished in the lead with $5,600. Molly was second with $5,400 and Jeff was last with $2,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: National Geographic Ocean: a Global Odyssey – Islands of Europe – Composers – Famous Names – Elaborating on the Hitchcock Title – Words with a Single Vowel
Molly landed on the first Daily Double in “Famous Names” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. In the lead with $7,000, she had $1,400 more than Andrew in second place. Molly bet every penny of it and she was RIGHT.
In 1922 this archaeologist sent a cable saying, “At last have made wonderful discovery in valley”. show
Andrew selected the last Daily Double in “Composers” under the $800 clue with 12 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $14,000 and had $1,200 more than Jeff in second place. He also bet every penny he had and he was RIGHT!
He was born near St. Petersburg in early June 1882; no wonder his music is rite for spring. show
Andrew finished in the lead with $30,400. Molly was second with $15,200 (thanks to getting the *last clue in DJ). Jeff was last with $13,200. No clues went uncovered.
*ISLANDS OF EUROPE ($400) You’ll find plenty of small silver herring off the shores of this second-largest Italian island
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CAMELOT?
Historic-UK.com places Caerleon in South Wales as the No. 1 contender out of four for Camelot’s most likely location: “Arthur is considered by many to have been a Romano-British leader fighting the Anglo-Saxon invaders. So the placing of Camelot in Wales at Caerleon could be quite plausible.”
Cadbury Castle, Somerset is No. 2: “Local names and traditions seem to reinforce the links between Arthur’s Camelot and Cadbury Castle.”
Tintagel Castle in Cornwall is No. 3. It was King Arthur’s birthplace according to Geoffrey of Monmouth, leading to speculation that it could also be Camelot. (Geoffrey of Monmouth also indicated that “Old King Cole”, that merry old soul, was real and one of Arthur’s ancestors.)
No. 4: Winchester in Hampshire is a candidate for Camelot courtesy of Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory’s. Scholars are not even sure who Thomas Malory was, let alone where Camelot was. 🤣🤣🤣
Jeff bet $2,001 and finished with $15,201.
Molly bet it all and doubled her score to $30,400.
Andrew bet one dollar and won the game with $30,401. His 4-day total is $137,502. Ken Jennings hopes to see more games like this soon. Can we stand the suspense?
2 triple stumpers from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OCEAN: A GLOBAL ODYSSEY
($800) A very brave cleaner shrimp gets a meal of parasites & dead skin from the mouth of one of these scary predators
($1000) The plastic & debris-strewn area known as the Great Pacific this covers 600,000 square miles between Hawaii & California
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Famous Phrases”
In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 exposé of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow “How the” show
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I laughed out loud, though, when Ken said, “As Dean Martin would have said, that’s a moray”!
The Final wasn’t too tough; I figured they’d all know it.
I’ve discovered Ken’s weak spot: MATH! Andrew had 101K and change over 3 days, and Ken walked on and said he’d averaged over $35K per day.
CORRECTION: $107,101 (see above) divided by 3 days is over $35K per day, indeed. I’m good at math and knew Ken was right, when he first said that.
With this narrow win, he (that’s Mr. He) is averaging over $34K. Ken averaged a similar amount, just over $34K over 74 wins.
The Lenin clue puzzled. Future dictator of WHAT?
Would King Arthur’s Court have been accepted in the Final?
All the players showed their skills in the last round: Molly opened up with 3 clues incl. that $7K DD (+$10,200). Jeff took over and got 5 clues ($6,800). Then Andrew got control and got 5 ($7,600)