Final Jeopardy: Scientists (11-2-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/2/2021) in the category “Scientists” was:
Galileo thanked this astronomer “because you were…practically the only one, to have complete faith in my assertions”
4x champ Tyler Rhode, a healthcare data specialist from New York, NY has now won $78,301. In Game 5, his opponents are: Abby Haddican, a graphic designer from Saint Paul, MN; and Chuck McKeever, a community college instructor from Seattle, WA.
Round 1 Categories: America in the 19-Aughts – Fairy Tales: a Closer Look – Organizations – Also a Facebook Reaction – Reality TV – Geographic Idioms
Tyler got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “America in the 10-Aughts” under the $400 clue with 3 clues left after it. Tyler was in first place with $7,600 now, $2,600 more than Chuck in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
This coin got a makeover in 1909 for the 100th anniversary of a President’s birth. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $10,800. Chuck was in second with $5,200 and Abby was last with $2,200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: In Their 60s – The Middle East – Complete the Tony-Winning Play Title – This Category Has Legs – The “Hit” Parade – Unpack Your Adjectives
Chuck landed on the first Daily Double in “Unpack Your Adjectives” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick. He was in second place with $8,800, $4,000 less than Tyler’s lead. Chuck bet $4,100 and went with adamantine. That was WRONG.
Meaning snakelike as an adjective, it refers to a green mineral as a noun. show
With 10 clues left, Chuck picked the last Daily Double in “The Middle East” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $8,300, he had $8,500 less than Tyler in first place. Undeterred by his last experience, Chuck bet $4,000 and, this time, he was RIGHT.
Halab is the name in Arabic for this largest city of Northern Syria, heavily damaged in the recent civil war. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $17,600. Chuck was second with $12,700 and Abby was last with $3,400. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS JOHANNES KEPLER?
From The Galileo Project: “In 1610 [Johannes] Kepler heard and read about Galileo’s discoveries with the spyglass. He quickly composed a long letter of support which he published as Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo (“Conversation with the Sidereal Messenger”), and when, later that year, he obtained the use of a suitable telescope, he published… Narratio de Observatis Quatuor Jovis Satellitibus (“Narration about Four Satellites of Jupiter observed”). These tracts were an enormous support to Galileo, whose discoveries were doubted or denied by many.”
The University of Oklahoma has an online exhibit that includes Kepler’s first publication, noting Galileo’s appreciation in the description: “I thank you because you were the first one, and practically the only one, to have complete faith in my assertions.” Bearing in mind that the original letter was probably in Italian or Latin, I looked about for alternate translations. On Famous Trials.com, I found a 1610 letter that begins in a similar way. It comes from “Galileo Galilei”, an 1879 book by Austrian historian Karl Von Gebler (freely available on Google Books).
Abby thought it was Copernicus. She bet and lost it all.
Chuck had Copernicus, too. That cost him $5,899 and left him with $6,801.
Tyler got it right. He bet a big $10,000 and won the game with $27,600. His 5-day total is $105,901. Welcome to the Tournament of Champions, Tyler!
A triple stumper from each round:
IN THEIR 60S ($1600) In his 60s Winfield Scott led U.S. forces to victory in this war but led his own presidential campaign to defeat
($2000) Out of favor in the 1830s, in the ’40s, Ingres was known as France’s top painter with sitters like a baroness of this rich family
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “1950’s Cinema”
Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer & a possible murderer show
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Why on earth would the two challengers ever write ‘Copernicus’ for the final question? No, the astronomer would have obviously been Johannes Kepler.
Congrats Tyler on your five game winning streak. It’s been back to back streakers so far for September through November. Looks like our wishes has been granted. Copernicus was not even close. Didn’t Copernicus pass away before Galileo vj? I wonder why they chose him if there were a few other options like brahe or Bruno? This game was a definite runaway.
no one you named was alive in 1611 except Galileo, Lou.