Final Jeopardy: British History (11-3-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/3/2023) in the category “British History” was:
At Leicester Cathedral in March 2015, the Archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased English monarch
The Champions Wild Card semi-finals continue today with these three champs: T.J. Tallie, an associate professor of African history from San Diego, CA; Leah Wiegand, a stay-at-home mom from Austin, TX; and Aaron Craig, an attorney orig. from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Round 1 Categories: Hospitals – Big-Screen Elvis – Famous Pairs – The Third Word – Only Partly True – Espanol
Leah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Famous Pairs” under the $1,000 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in last place with $800, $1,600 less than T.J.’s lead. Leah bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Their first map appeared in an 1872 issue of the “Railway Guide” show
Aaron finished in the lead with $6,200. T.J. was in second place with $4,600. Leah was last with $3,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Comets – Talk about…Pup Music – Art Heists – Going through the Emotions – This Category Doesn’t Stink – It Just Sounds Questionable
Aaron found the first Daily Double in “This Category Doesn’t Stink” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,600, $2,000 more than Leah and T.J. who were tied in second place. Aaron bet $4,000 and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
A strange visitor from another planet would find this gas, atomic number 36, odorless & colorless show
Leah got the last Daily Double in “Art Heists” under the $1,200 clue with 3 clues left after it. She was tied in the lead with Aaron at $9,400, $5,600 more than T.J. in second place. Leah bet $5,000 and said Kandinsky. That was WRONG.
In 2001 his “Study for ‘Over Vitebsk’” wandered off after a cocktail reception at the Jewish Museum in New York show
Aaron finished in the lead with a runaway $9,800. Leah was second with $4,400 and T.J. was last with $4,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS RICHARD III?
“From car park to cathedral…Today we come to give this King, and these mortal remains the dignity and honour denied to them in death.” And they sure did… the March 2015 reinterment of Richard III was a splendid affair for a controversial king whose remains were finally located in a car park in 2012, more than 500 years after he died at the Battle of Bosworth.
As I said the last time Richard III was an FJ! topic, he makes frequent appearances in Final Jeopardy! The discovery of his remains and subsequent confirmation by DNA was big news at the time. Remembering that was the key today’s clue. Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch of the United Kingdom from 1952 until 2022. Consorts don’t count.
T.J. went for a “Heath Ledger” joke (from his QF game, when it took him 3x to get that right in the “Joker’ category). T.J. bet and lost his whole $4,200.
Leah went with Prince Philip, who was QEII’s consort, and was still alive in 2015. Leah also bet and lost it all ($4,400).
Aaron didn’t have a response. He lost $32 and won the game with the $9,768 he had left. Aaron Craig will join Emily Sands in the finals.
A triple stumper from each round:
ART HEISTS ($800) An early version of “The Potato Eaters” was among three of his paintings taken from a museum in Holland in 1988
($2000) 14 years after they were stolen, 7 of her paintings, including “The Old Inn”, turned up at a Bennington, Vermont museum
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Songs & U.S. History”
Victory in 1805’s Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929 show
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Time for all 3 contestants to join the Richard III Society, clearly!
I don’t like Aaron. He seems kind of jerky.
I like Aaron. I was hoping he would win and I’m glad he did.
I thought Aaron was acting the way he did for his two teenage children sitting in the audience. He appears to be the “fun dad” type. He kept looking in their direction when the opportunity presented itself. Great that he brought them to the show to experience something that they won’t ever forget imo.
Hear, hear!
Missed the whole show except for FJ, which was a head-scratcher. The first two DDs also got me. Thankfully I knew the last DD to avoid a total washout.
Way too many triple stumpers for players of this caliber. The 7 paintings heist; MGH hospital; NYC hospital; fear of strangers; “Peace Train” writer; and the “blithe” and “your ____” clues all were knowable.
I still can’t get my head into this hokey tournament structure. If nothing else, it’s probably keeping 150-odd new players from their shot at glory.
I was 1/3 for DD. On DJ, I said, confidently, “the Queen Mother”, even as I said that was 2002. But, then, I cheated, and stopped the replay, and looked up Richard II. So, I was STILL wrong! Finally got it on the third try. “Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat”!
I think Ken got it wrong, though. Aaron already had the runaway before the last clue. Neither could break $9000, and he was at $9200 or $9400 before the last clue. Notably, to my recollection, that is the lowest runaway win total I think I’ve ever seen. I’m confident that it isn’t, but just what I recall. Nonetheless, a win is a win! I’ll put my money on Aaron.
For the second time this week, I was less than half of the TS.
Jason, the way I look at it, if the Queen Mother was truly a monarch, she would have continued to reign after George VI died. The only time something like that happened was when William III and Mary II were joint monarchs. William continued to reign after Mary died.
Hey, I tode ye I was wrong!!
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I cry foul on the Spanish category during the regular Jeopardy. No, the Spanish terms for ‘and’ & ‘stop’ are ‘con’ & ‘alto’. Actually, I didn’t have the foggiest of what the Jeopardy writers were thinking.
Regarding FJ, I chose Prince Philip, but I knew that he died a few years later.
Well, ‘con’ is indeed the Spanish word for ‘with’, and not ‘and’. My error.
Rick, that clue was in the “Questionable” category in Double Jeopardy!
($1200) This letter means “and” in Spanish
The clues in the Spanish category are on page 2
Ignore my comments on the Spanish category as my mind must have been on something else. Anyways, I got 3 out of the 5 right in that category.
And we end the week with another triple stumper since today’s final was a tough one. The DDs were not nice to anyone in the DJ! round.