Final Jeopardy: Official Languages (11-4-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/4/2021) in the category “Official Languages” was:
It’s the only U.N. Member state outside Europe with Dutch as an official language
New champ Tony Freitas, a project director from Los Angeles, CA won $16,200 yesterday. In Game 2, the challengers are: Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, NY; and Sri Kompella, a corporate strategy professional from Frisco, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Prime Number, Please – 19th Century African Americans – Institutions – Regular Verbs – Zombiethon – Charted
Cindy got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Charted” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick. Cindy was in first place with $3,000, $800 more than Tony in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
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Cindy finished in the lead with $8,200. Tony was second with $7,000. Sri was last with $2,200. No clues went uncovered.
Before Round 2 began, Tony’s score dropped to $5,000 and Sri’s score dropped to $1,000 to reflect 2 reversals (on Page 2).
Round 2 Categories: That’s Our Factory – Eponymous -Isms – Old Literature – “Anti” Up – Dark Matter – Re-Charted
Tony landed on the first Daily Double in “Dark Matter” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick. He was in second place with $8,200, $2,200 less than Cindy’s lead. He bet $4,000 and thought it was Omar Khayyam. That was WRONG.
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Sri picked the last Daily Double in “Eponymous-isms” under the $800 clue with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $9,800, he had $5,600 less than Cindy’s lead. Sri bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
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Sri finished in the lead with $16,400. Cindy was second with $16,200 and Tony was last with $7,800. The $400 clue in That’s Our Factory went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS SURINAME?
In Europe, Dutch is the only official language of the Netherlands. In Belgium, it is one of three official languages, along with French and German. Outside of Europe, Suriname in South America is the world’s only independent country where Dutch is an official language. A Dutch colony for approx. 4 centuries, Suriname became a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954. In 1975, the country became fully independent as well as a Member State of the United Nations. The CIA World Factbook states that English is widely spoken in Suriname. Sranan Tongo (aka Surinamese) is the country’s lingua franca and the most popular of several recognized dialects.
On WorldAtlas.com: See a list of former Dutch colonies
Tony was going for Indonesia. He lost his $7,500 bet and finished with $300.
Cindy got it right. She bet $400 and that brought her up to $16,600.
Sri also got it right. He bet $13,600 and won the game with an impressive $30,000. Way to go, Sri. You’re the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
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RE-CHARTED ($2000) One of the many Prince songs that re-charted after his 2016 death was this opening track of “Purple Rain”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Novelists”
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Terrific game tonight; anyone could have taken it. Those stumpers were tough; only one I remember knowing was the singer of Stand by Me. I did know the Final. I vaguely remember a family who lived down the street about 60 years ago and were from what was then called Surinam.
No, I remembered the singer of “Stand By Me” also.
Aruba also has Dutch as an official languages
I wasn’t aware that Suriname was a former Dutch colony. Well, as they say, one learns something new every day.
what a dumb wager by Sri, yet he won. If only Cindy had doubled up!
Well Sri has made us very proud to begin his stint as the new champ. Hope he wins 5 or many more games like Tyler did. Suriname was also the daily double response Roger Craig got previously. A great game and now looking forward to see Ken hosting next.