Final Jeopardy: Name’s the Same (11-15-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/14/2022) in the category “Name’s the Same” was:
Name shared by a Victorian novelist & an 1805 flagship captain whose name is heard in a famous phrase
In the second tournament final of the 2022 Tournament of Champions, the players are: Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, CA; Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, CA; and Sam Buttrey, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, CA.
2022 ToC Finalists at the Starting Gate in Game 2:
Amy 0 Andrew 1 Sam 0
Round 1 Categories: Zoom Backgrounds of Historic People – USA – Facts & Figures – Playing the Hits of 2022 – What Can I Bring in My Carry on? – Jeoportmanteau!
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Facts & Figures” under the $800 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $3,800, $1,000 more than Amy in second place. Andrew bet it all as usual and he was RIGHT.
50% of our genes– 10,000 of 20,000– are regulated by this rhythm, from Latin for “about” & “day” show
Andrew finished in the lead with $9,200. Amy was in second place with $4,600 and Sam was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: First-time Responses – A Little Peace of History – Now Streaming on Dumont+ – Late 20th Century Books – Talkin’ Econ – Champion Words
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Talkin’ Econ” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick. She was in second place with $6,200, $3,400 less than Andrew’s lead. Amy bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
The birth of economics as its own discipline is often traced to a 1776 work by this man show
Andrew got the last Daily Double in “A Little Piece of History” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick of the round. In second place with $10,000, he had $200 less than Amy’s lead. Andrew bet it all again and he was RIGHT.
The 2006 Greentree Agreement, settling a fight by shifting a peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon was brokered by this African show
Andrew finished in the lead with $23,200. Amy was in second place with $22,200 and Sam was last with $9,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS THOMAS HARDY?
Hmmm… the Jeopardy! cluewriters must like to make clues on the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar hard. There was another FJ! clue this past June that no one got. It didn’t even include the year of the battle. Today’s clue did but if you did not know who the captain of the HMS Victory was, you were sunk! “Kiss me, Hardy” is said to be Admiral Horatio Nelson’s last words to the ship’s captain, Thomas Hardy, although it continues to be debated if that is what Nelson actually said. How famous the phrase is appears to be debatable, too. The same-named Victorian author, Thomas Hardy, wrote several well-known novels, including “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” and “Far from the Madding Crowd”, among others.
I particularly like this analysis in Richard Camden’s book “Auspicious Thoughts, Propitious Mind” (2019) “People often assume that Nelson’s dying words were ‘Kiss me, Hardy,’ when it is just as likely that he actually said in his dying mind either ‘Kismet, Hardy’ (Kismet meaning ‘It is fate” ) or ‘Kist me, Hardy’ meaning ‘don’t bury me at sea, put me in my sea-chest, my kist, and take me home’). Nelson could hardly be expected to enunciate clearly with a lung filling with blood … and we should not assume that the ears of those around listening were unaffected by all the roar and thunder of cannons repeatedly fired….”
Finally, here’s an article on Famous Navy Quotations like “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” There are no quotes from Admiral Nelson on it.
Sam had Gridley. (The 1898 Gridley quote is on the above list of Naval quotations.) Sam bet nothing, remaining at $9,400.
Amy went with Nelson. That only cost her $1,100 and left her with $21,100.
Andrew had Gridley, too. He lost a whopping $21,201, dropping him down to $1,999. That made Amy Schneider today’s winner.
2022 ToC Finalists at the Finish Line in Game 2:
Amy 1 Andrew 1 Sam 0
2 triple stumpers from PLAYING THE HITS OF 2022:
($800) After being on soundtrack hits from the “Descendants” franchise, she had a hit with “Boyfriend”
($1000) A groove from 1981’s “Genius Of Love” by this Talking Heads side project found its way into Latto’s “Big Energy”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “History in the Movies”
Vehicles in “2001: A Space Odyssey” featured this airline’s logo, but the company went bankrupt in 1991 show
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So, like the contestants, I got FJ! wrong. I said “Nelson”, knowing I was wrong. Who wasn’t? My wife, who is not a J! fan. I read her the FJ clues from time to time, and this day, she got it from the novelist, not the ship captain.
I was really rooting for Sam although I was definitely happy when Andrew won yesterday I don’t care if Amy ever wins again she’s so full of herself.
I hope tomorrow Andrew or Sam win… I think both of them are twice as smart as Amy.
I have always been confused that they don’t go right to the bottom level and rack up as much money as they can…getting the top level doesn’t seem like it’s worth the effort.
Glad to see Amy make that comeback for the win. Andrew is a formidable opponent. Her wager in FJ was smart. Andrew could have outsmarted her by betting zero, as it turned out, but he pretty much had to go almost all-in. By wagering only $1100. she locked out Sam completely and knew Andrew had to miss.
The first 2 DDs were pretty easy, the 3rd one and the FJ total brainbusters.
I had an unpleasant trip to Florida that included an unscheduled layover in that Fort city that no one got. Surprised it was a stumper; not that many cities in Florida beginning with Fort.
I’m fairly certain that Sam is a popular professor. Since he is a data scientist, who has taught future astronauts, etc., I bet his postgraduate students and doctoral students find his humor a relief. If anyone likes reference books about statistics, Sam’s book “A Data Scientist’s Guide to Acquiring, Cleaning, and Managing Data in R,” is a good reference. It simplifies statistical modelling imo.
Man, I was so mad when Sam didn’t even try to find the DD in the first round and went up to the top rows! And sure enough, that enabled Andrew to get it.
VJ, Don’t be mad. Have you watched Sam’s interview videos online recorded in his office at the Naval Postgraduate School? He said he doesn’t believe in going to the bottom first. He believes in starting at the top to build up money and then hunt for the daily doubles. Imo it’s weird logic but he’s the Data Scientist not me. That appears to be his approach and he seems to be sticking with it.
I could imagine going to the top rows to build up some money for the very first clues of the first round might be better than searching for and wasting a daily double before one has accumulated any money. But as soon as any contestant has a thousand dollars or more, the daily doubles become the most valuable and important clues on the board.
I suppose a computer programmer could write a computer program to simulate such scenarios and see which strategy comes out on top…
Thanks, Jacob, for the info but this was near the end of the round!
P.S. re: Nelson’s dying words. Before the kiss part, Nelson was talking about his wife,”poor Lady Hamilton “, so I believe he meant to say “kiss her for me; Hardy”
Happy to see Amy winning today. I am rooting for Sam to get a win.
And we got our first triple stumper this week as today’s Final is a tough one and is also a James Holhauzer level.