Final Jeopardy: Phrase Origins (11-5-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/5/2024) in the category “Phrase Origins” was:
In 1935, an article popularized this term for the part of the U.S. where residents were “depending on rain.”
3x champ Greg Jolin, a system specialist & accountant from Raymond, NH, has now won $75,002. In Game 4, his challengers are: Priscilla Gruenewald, a retired writer & editor from Nipomo, CA; and Chuck Rea, a director of software engineering orig. from Pittsburgh, PA.
Round 1 Categories: A Night At The Theater – Hyphenated Words – Canonized Shots – Playing Games – Science – The Lawyers’ Notes On My New Memoir
Greg found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science” under the $800 with 5 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,600, $3,200 more than Chuck in second place. Greg bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The 2 chemical elements bearing the names of U.S. states are Tennessine & this one show
Greg finished in the lead with $9,800. Chuck was second with $2,800 and Priscilla was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Mary, Queen Of Scots – A Taxing Category – Short Movie Titles – Essays – Animals On The Map – “OON” Doggle
Greg found the first Daily Double in “Animals on the Map” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $16,600, $11,400 more than Priscilla in second place. Greg bet $10,000 and he was RIGHT.
This city in Erie County is home to the Nickel City Opera show
Chuck found the last Daily Double in “A Taxing Category” under the $1,600 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,800, $21,400 less than Greg’s lead. Chuck bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Most of the proceeds from the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (or FICA) tax go to this program show
Greg finished in the lead with a runaway $30,200. Chuck was second with $7,400 and Priscilla was last with $6,000. The $1,000 clue in “Mary, Queen of Scots” was not shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE DUST BOWL?
In April 1935, the term “dust bowl” was coined by Associated Press staff writer Robert Geiger, after traveling through areas hit by dust storms. Geiger spoke with many afflicted residents and wrote a series of articles about it. As the Oklahoma Historical Society explains, the panhandle city of Guymon, Oklahoma was the dateline of Geiger’s first article. As a result, “dust bowl” came to be synonymous with the Sooner State, although dust storms in Texas were just as bad, if not worse.
This is the first sentence of Geiger’s first article: “Three little words–achingly familiar on a western farmer’s tongue–rule life today in the dust bowl of the continent– If it rains…”
Priscilla bet $2,000 and finished with $8,000.
Chuck bet $2,600 and finished with $10,000.
Greg bet $5,200 and won the game with $35,400. Greg’s 4-day total is $110,402.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
PLAYING GAMES ($1000) Abe Nathanson, the son of a fruit seller, created this a-peel-ing word game with his family
ANIMALS ON THE MAP ($1200) Just 2 hours from Los Angeles, this large lake in the San Bernardino mountains is a popular resort for skiers
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES”
The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural show
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Show was scheduled for 1 am here, so I didn’t stay up or record it.
Very rare night–I hit all 3 DDs and that cinch Final.
The “leprosy guy” was pretty easy, also the earthquake guy. Sort of remembered the SoCal ski area from when I lived there long ago. Hard to believe they didn’t know the name for taxes taken from paychecks. Same with the taxes on goods and activities. (Maybe I’m too harsh, having worked a combined 30 years for SSA and IRS!)
So, from the recap, I was 3/3 on DD, and got FJ. It helps living here in Erie Co NY!
As for TS, I was living in HI when that person was canonized!!
Greg was smart to recognize his opportunity and bet big on that $800 Animals on the Map DD.
Even though they didn’t have an American saint in that Canonized category, they did cover 5 different nationalities. The patron saint of England is considered to have been Greek. Then they had one Italian, one English, one French and the priest who worked in the leper colony in HI was Belgian.
I wrote about Bernadette, the French saint in the other TS, in my article about the “incorruptibles”
This is lame. Jeopardy shows on my local CBS affiliate. This specific affiliate has two channels. Usually, if something is on the main one, they move WoF and J! over. The normal program at 7pm on the second channel is local news at 7. Not, today, they have the local news – which are showing national stories, which were just shown on the 6:30 national news!
All told, I want Jeopardy!!
Greg is currently the biggest winner this season and has won over 110,000 so far. There are a lot of preemptions due to the Election night coverage.