Final Jeopardy: States and the Census (11-25-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/25/2022) in the category “States and the Census” was:
The 2020 census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11%
14x champ Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, NJ, took a BIG leap yesterday and, with $487,923 in winnings, he’s closing in on the half mil mark. In Game 15, his competitors are: Sam Papuha, a graduate student from Edmonton, Alberta; and Holly Smith, a writer & editor, orig. from Toledo, Ohio.
Round 1 Categories: Let’s Play Sports There! – Do the Math – A Garden Party – Whether You’re a Brother or Whether You’re a Mother – Stayin’ Alive – Ah, Ha Ha “Ha”
Cris found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “LET’S PLAY SPORTS THERE!” under the $1,000 clue on the very first pick of the round. Everyone was at zero dollars. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
Site of a brief 1983 coup, this West Indies Isle of Spice hosted 2007 World Cup games at its National Cricket Stadium. show
Cris finished in the lead with $7,400. Sam was next with $2,800 and Holly was in third place with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Only Half the Battle – 2-Word Book Titles – Our Flag Means… – Sellin’ It! – Some of that Jazz – Unfriend
Holly found the first Daily Double in “2-Word Book Titles” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick. She was in second place with $5600 now, $10.200 less than Cris’s lead. Holly bet it all but could not come up with a response so she was WRONG.
Pitcher Jim Bouton issued 50 walks in the 1969 season so 50 times he heard this title of his season diary. show
Cris got the last Daily Double in “Unfriend” under the $800 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $22,600, he had $17,400 more than Sam in second place. Cris bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
One who used the same stream as another led to this word for a competitor. show
Cris finished in the lead with $26,400, yet another runaway. Sam was next with $5,200 and Holly was in third place with $3,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS YELLOWSTONE?
According to an April 2021 AP report, 2020 U.S. Census Bureau figures showed that Montana regained the second U.S. House of Representatives seat it lost almost three decades earlier. Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Oregon also gained an extra seat in the House. Texas gained two seats.
The article lists Missoula (Missoula County), Bozeman (Gallatin County), and Kalispell (Flathead County) as towns contributing to an overall population growth that exceeded one million. However, Yellowstone County is the most populous county in Big Sky Country and Billings, the county seat, is Montana’s most populous city. The website Discovering Montana lists all 56 counties by population, with profiles of each one’s popular attractions.
Holly wrote down Bozeman. She lost her $3,599 bet and finished with $1.00.
Sam went with Flathead. That cost her $2,200 and left her with $3,000.
Cris got it right. He bet $12,221 and won the game with $38,621. His 15-day total is $526,544.
A triple stumper from each round:
STAYIN’ ALIVE ($600) In 2019 this trio of sibs topped the Billboard 200 with “Happiness Begins”
ONLY HALF THE BATTLE ($1200) The Germans were advancing on Paris in September 1914 when General Joffre turned their flank, winning the first battle of this river
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Musical Theater”
The word “practical” was dropped from the title of this hit musical not long before it premiered in 1981 on London’s West End show
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The FJ clue was a mystery to me, regardless of where the park actually lies. But I must add that in March 2020, I won an all-expenses-paid 3-night/4-day trip for 2 to the Marlboro ranch in Bozeman. It was delayed, then canceled, because of Covid, and they sent me a check for $5766 instead! Taxable, of course, but well worth it. Speaking of mysteries, I know just as much about Cris’s occupation after Ken grilled him about as I did previously, which is nothing.
Holly got a bad draw on that baseball book DD. We sports junkies knew that cold, I’m sure.
I went to a Yankees game around 1963 when Bouton entered the game as a reliever, and it may have been his first major league appearance. We saw his name and number in the scorecard, and I said to Dad, “Who’s Jim Boo-TON?”
I don’t recall what the clue was (it’s not in the recap), but I knew the math question whose answer was 9 when Cris said 8. I figured at least one of them would know the singing trio and the French battle site; also Billie Eilish’s brother. All of them are pretty well-known.
Oh, I see it now. 12% of 75. As Ken pointed out, much easier to take 75% of 12.
I don’t understand why you can figure it out that way, but then I am not very good at math.
I didn’t get that at first either, Rhonda, but then I realized that 75% is 3/4. Who the hell knows what 12% is? 🤣🤣
Thanks for helping, VJ and Jacob. What a confusing question, at least for me!
Rhonda, no problem. Remember when we were in school, grades k-12, there was no Internet or Google. We had to memorize things & work them out in our heads and/or count using fingers & toes. 😂😂 Today children in those grades have smartphones, tablets, etc.All they have to do is tap in the numbers.
VJ, It appears we were responding to Rhonda about the same time. Oddly, we both mentioned 3/4. I’m beginning to think my wife is correct. We have mental telepathy going. LOL.
Yes, Jacob, I wonder what kids are required to know in their heads these days?
It’s no wonder they are barely literate nor can they do math in their heads, simple things like figuring out how much change to give require using a smartphone.
Howard & Rhonda, I calculated it in my head a different way. 3/4×12=9. Mentally done in less than 30 seconds. I’m old school.
In my world 75% of anything is the same as saying 3/4. But that’s me.
Same here. 75 means 3/4. I was always a whiz at arithmetic. Still pretty good in my early 70s. One of several geniuses in my HS class wrote in my yearbook, “To the fastest arithmetician there is.”
But then again it was 2 a.m. when Jeopardy aired here due to sports preemption. Go figure. No pun intended.
I am usually “dumber than a rock”, but all one has to do is read the statement over again and it is perfectly clear that Yellowstone is correct. It wasn’t about the Park at all it was about the county. Rock on Jeopardy!!
Still, Maryjo, you’d have to know or guess that Yellowstone was a county name in Montana. I don’t watch that TV show “Yellowstone” myself, so I don’t even know if you could get that info from that show.
I thought it would have something to do with Custer and they do have Custer County and Big Horn County. I learned both of those counties have museums. Big Horn has an annual reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Does anybody know Cris’s college major?
Jeopardy aired here last night at 2 a.m. I finally got a chance to watch it. Yippee!
No, Yellowstone National Park lies in Gallatin county, and not in Yellowstone county, Montana. Now why would any tourist be in Yellowstone county whereas Yellowstone National Park actually lies in Gallatin county? In fact, why would tourists even bother with Montana anyways since only 3% of Yellowstone National Park lies there? I mean, it’s no small wonder why none of the contestants actually came up with the correct response. You know, I thought that something was fishy here.
Cris answered Yellowstone.
Yeah, I know: “………..this one that attracts tourists”. As I had earlier explained to VJ, the problem here was that Yellowstone county wasn’t the one that attracted tourists, but rather Gallatin county.
I’m wondering if Jeopardy officials read these comments so they can research. Just wondering I was trying to figure out how to contact them to question their answer
The clue doesn’t want to know what county had the most growth. It wants to know the most populous county. .If you read the recap, i provided links to two sites with additional info. The AP article mentions the fastest growing counties. The other site lists the counties by population.
Also at the end of the recap, there’s a link to the show’s email!
VI, I beg to differ here as part of the clue emphasized that the county in question was specifically the one that attracts tourists What other county in Montana could it have possibly been other than Gallatin county, Montana?
Rick, look at the clue and take out everything before the semicolon. Replace the word “its” with Montana. Then it would read: “Montana’s most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11%.
It doesn’t say the county had the most growth. It doesn’t say anything about a national park. If Ken got the park location wrong, that’s on him and not the clue.
Now go look at the chart on Discovering Montana that I linked to. (I know some visitors read and appreciate the extra info so I don’t complain when others don’t read it or check it out).
That chart shows that Flathead County actually had the largest growth BUT way more people still live in Yellowstone County.
I believe according to the quick research I just ran I live in Western Montana and I believe that the answer should have been Gallatin County which is the Bozeman area which is a very large tourist growth
According to Ken Jennings, Yellowstone County in Montana is “…where part of the park is located.” Yellowstone County is further northeast and does not border the park at all.
Yes you are correct I’m thinking that the answer should have been Gallatin because in some research I just did Kalispell Missoula and Bozeman have been the growth areas to get us an extra senator
Extra representative. Every state gets 2 members of the Senate.
I have to admit, that Unfriend DD, I racked my brain and just could NOT come up with it. That was extra level good on Cris.
Something about being at the left lectern seems to empower people. When the woman from Toledo went for the true DD, she seemed like that she was reluctant. Go big or go home!
And, I laughed out loud at the Isle of Spice clue, because I did my first two years of med school in Grenada! The nutmeg is interesting; I was told the story when I was there that, in the 1800s, to take nutmeg plants or seeds out of Indonesia was at risk of capital punishment. But, to my knowledge (which may now be out of date), the world leader in nutmeg production is still Indonesia, and Grenada is #2.
A tough finale considering the fact that the Yellowstone National Park is typically visited in Wyoming for the most part. Still, given the clue, Yellowstone county would not be all that obvious.
Way to go Cris, winning again. He had a big win yesterday and today he passed Jason Zuffranieri’s total.