Final Jeopardy: English Cities (11-18-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/18/2022) in the category “English Cities” was:
William the Conqueror’s son built a fortress on a key northern river in 1080, giving this city its name
In Game 5 of the 2022 Tournament of Champions finals, 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 of operations research from Pacific Grove, CA.
2022 ToC Finalists at the Starting Gate in Game 5:
Amy 2 Andrew 2 Sam 0
Round 1 Categories: U.S. Cities – Furniture – 5-Syllable Words – TV Dramas by Episode Titles – The “Anti” Category – The Neanderthals
Amy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Furniture” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,000, $800 more than Andrew in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and guessed armoire at the last second. That was WRONG.
The name of this piece of furniture comes from the French for “to put to bed” show
Amy finished in the lead with $6,600. Andrew was next with $2,200 and Sam was in third place with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historic Castles – Band Ad – Paint Samples – American Women – 20th Century Fiction – Before, During & After
Andrew found the first Daily Double in “20th Century Fiction” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick. He was in third place with $5,000 now, $3,600 less than Amy’s lead. Andrew made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This book with a facial feature in its title was Toni Morrison’s debut novel. show
Andrew got the last Daily Double in “Paint Samples” under the $1,200 clue on the very next pick. In the lead with $10,000 now, he had $3,200 more than Amy in second place. He put it all on the line again but this time, having no response, he was WRONG.
Don’t try to pet the cat in a tricky canvas by Louis Leopold Boilly, who invented this French term. show
Amy finished in the lead with $15,800. Sam was next with $11,200 and Andrew was in third place with $6,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NEWCASTLE?
According to his life story on www.newcastlecastle.co.uk, Robert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, who is credited with nicknaming him “Curthose”, or “Shorty Pants”, a snipe at his height. During a peaceful period in their often-contentious relationship, William the Conqueror sent Robert to strengthen England’s northern defenses against Scotland’s king, Malcolm III. This resulted in a truce between England and Scotland. Evidently, Robert didn’t expect that to last. On his way back, he found a place he liked on the north bank of the Tyne River, and built a castle there. It was called Novum Castellum or New Castle. The name was later extended to the adjoining town. Its full name is Newcastle upon Tyne.
Did you know? There are 2 River Tynes in Great Britain, the 30 mile long Tyne in southeast Scotland and the 62 mile long Tyne in northeast England.
Andrew thought it was Avon. He lost his $6,700 bet and finished with $100.
Sam got it right. He doubled his $11,200 to $22,400.
Amy got it right, too. However, she only bet $1,800 for a $17,600 finish. That handed the game to Sam Buttrey!
2022 ToC Finalists at the Finish Line in Game 5:
Amy 2 Andrew 2 Sam 1
A triple stumper from each round:
TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE TITLES ($1000) “Sophomoric”, “Senioritis” & “Ben Don’t Leave”
FURNITURE ($800) Often wrought iron, a shelving unit that’s handy in the kitchen is called this kitchen personage’s rack
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Monuments”
More than 100 years after it was first proposed, this monument was dedicated by President Chester Arthur show
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Well, I have to give Andrew props for sticking to his guns. You live by the sword, you die by it. To win big, you gotta bet big, and, sometimes, you will lose.
But, what do I know? I said “Cambridge”!
Sometimes Jeopardy Clue writers baffle me. They inundated the contestants with an entire category on “historic castles” in double jeopardy in this game. Then in final jeopardy up pops a clue with the word “fortress” in it which is a synonym for the word “castle.” Lo and behold, the actual name of the city had the name “castle” in it. When the correct response was revealed Ken Jennings said, verbatim, “He literally built a new castle on the Tyne River.” This repetition pattern in Jeopardy clues is something that we discuss on Spoiler Talk from time to time. Sometimes, the jeopardy clue writers get on a train and don’t know when to get off. I’m surprised I didn’t dream about castles last night.
Happy to see Sam winning the game yesterday. But still I was certain amy would have put this one away.
I’m glad steve martin won a game. I hope steve martin wins the tournament.
Sometimes andrew knows soooo much and other times andrew seems ordinary.
Amy, what were you thinking? A totally non-aggressive wager in FJ. Her $1800 wager locked out Andrew if he doubled and she missed, but left the door WIDE open for Sam, who charged through it. I just don’t get it; she had the overall title in her grasp. Now Andrew can win it all on Monday.
Andrew, Andrew, Andrew: you are absolutely brilliant. You knew a Toni Morrison title I’d never heard of, but didn’t know the fairly well-known French art term for “trick the eye?” I was sure he’d get that one.
The tambour furniture stumper was right there in the picture for anyone to see.
Right on all counts. But maybe Amy was thinking, “Oh, let the old guy have one.”
Andrew went 50/50 on the “eye” questions, both I thought pretty easy.
I forget–didn’t they show a picture of a roll-top desk for the tambour question? That’s different than a tambour desk, which has vertical doors.
Otto, the clue is on the second page and yes, they did show a roll-top. I linked to a picture of one but not the same one that was on the show. All I know about tambour is it means drum in French. But tambour and roll-top do show up together in a google search
Andrew’s last big daily double failure because he timed out.
Hmmmmmm……..I thought it might have been Stratford-upon-Avon too.
It looks like Amy only focused on Andrew when considering her FJ wager amount.
Was that it, DC? Unless I’m mistaken, Amy also left an opening ($25K – $6K) for Sam if she was wrong and he stood pat ($20K) or was right in yesterday’s game. Andrew with $6800, (same pre-FJ score as today), wasn’t even a factor in that one.
Yes, Amy’s Thursday wager was even more baffling since Andrew was a non-factor in FJ. She’s fortunate Sam didn’t seize the opportunity in that game. A $15001 wager or standing pat I could somewhat understand (in the latter case if she thought the TOC FJ’s have gotten really tough) but $6K is a head-scratcher.