Final Jeopardy: Authors (11-26-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/26/2013), in the category “Authors” was:
An international airport in Jamaica is named for this author who set many of his stories of the 1950s and 1960s there.
5-day champ Rani Peffer has won $68,701 so far. Today her competition comes from these two players: Janel Stogdill, from Valrico, FL; and Mike Nickel, from St. Louis, MO.
Mike found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Tomb Service.” He was in third place with $2,800, $2,200 behind Rani’s lead. He bet $1,500 and said H.G. Wells. That was WRONG and Mike recognized his faux pas as soon as Alex reminded him the tomb was in France.
This writer’s tomb in Amiens, France was featured on the masthead of Amazing Stories Magazine for many years. show
Rani finished in the lead with $6,200. Janel was second with $3,000 and Mike was last with $1,300.
Mike found the first Daily Double in “The French and Indian War.” He was now in second place with $5,700, $1,300 less than Rani’s lead. He bet $2,000, and he was RIGHT.
In 1758 the British captured Fort Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, thus gaining access to this vital river. show
Mike found the last Daily Double in “Driving in Europe.” He was now in the lead with $13,700, a $5,500 lead over Rani in second place. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.
This little 1959 car was built because of the Suez fuel crisis. A British race car driver soon put his own stamp on it. show
Mike finished in the lead with $20,200. Rani was next with $14,600. Janel was out of the game at this point since a few bad guesses put her in the red with -$1,800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
When Boscobel Aerodrome was renamed Ian Fleming Airport in 2011, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding explained: “Ian Fleming gave Jamaica an image much larger than it would otherwise have had, as this was the place where the creativity emerged that enabled him to write 13 James Bond novels. Golding also said that Fleming’s name “would have some resonance” in the market they were appealing to, and “we wanted to take advantage of his celebrity status.” (Ian Fleming airport a strategic decision – PM)
Rani wrote down Jack Kerouac. She lost $14,599 and finished with $1.00.
Mike got it right and added $9,010 to his score, finishing with $29,210 and winning the match — and we have a new champ, folks.
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@aaaa and @john – yeah, he bet $9,010 — here’s what happened. Alex said he bet $9,000. I didn’t get a good night’s sleep and was so tired, I wasn’t looking at the screen by then and just took that down. Then I went to sleep for a while. Sorry ’bout that. It’s fixed now.
Alex is having a rough week. First “Joh[a]nna”, now this.
@ vj
as i said, i had not seen the show yet and you are forgiven…:):):)
but my point still stands: you have seen yourself that the winner plays for a tie and then the runner up bites him/herself…..
@ vj yes, after i saw the show i realized how you just took down what alex SAID. he really seems to slip lately. well, we all do not get any younger…. i still like him.
MIke won $29200, not $29210. 14600-20200 is a 2/3 game, as they’ll talk about on Jboard. Rani should have wagered 3400 or less, if she did she’d win on the double stumper assuming Mike does the shutout bet (20200-shutout bet of 9001)=11199
Actually Mike didn’t bet for the tie, he did bet to finish $10 ahead of her no matter what Rani wagered. No offering a tie as the other poster said.
@aaaa i had not seen the game yet and was going with the numbers posted at that time
In a 2/3 game in particular, there’s a possibility to get into some mind games.
If Mike anticipates Rani will wager 3,400 or less, he could stay small, guaranteeing a win if he’s right. And if Rani thinks Mike might do that, and is at all confident in the category, she should go for broke.
see: mike played for a tie. had rani wagered all and been right she would have been co-champion. it did not matter since she was wrong, but i pointed out the bad habit of wagering all minus 1 dollar several times already. i am glad i have an example to show. bravo,mike! although, compared to yesterday’s fj it was kind of a no brainer….