Final Jeopardy: 20th Century America (11-6-19)
There was only one other triple stumper. It was in Round 2 in SCIENCE & EXPLORATION:
($2000) According to “National Geographic”, since 1995, there have been major collapses of sections A and B of the ice shelf named for this Norwegian explorer; an iceberg about the size of Delaware broke off section C in 2017
Also, here are the 4 other clues in INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS III:
($400) For the sex symbol who played “The Girl” in “The Seven Year Itch”
($800) For a U.S. President during the Jazz Age
($1200) For TV’s Mexican-born “Dog Whisperer”
($1600) For the late auto exec who first gained fame by promoting the Ford Mustang
ANSWERS: show
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This is James’s 30th runaway game.
I disliked what James did. When James got to $25,000 he should have stopped and just let the other two players buzz in. By stopping at $25,000 James could have allowed the other two to better qualify for a wildcard spot. That is just me, though. I am a nice, considerate person and that is what I would have done if I were in James’s position.
Nice is not the name of the game, smart is. Why would James hold back and, possibly, allow his fellow contestants to better their money score positions, whereby giving either a chance of not only catching up but overcoming him, possibly, in Final Jeopardy?
That’s just my take.
I agree with Laurent on this. I don’t think the opponents would really appreciate that behavior at all, with the possible exception of letting a player who is at zero get a crack at the last clue, like in yesterday’s game.
And I’m not saying that’s what the players did yesterday. I don’t know.
Also, you can’t say he should have been nice and let them buzz in so they had a better chance at the wild card, because you could just as easily say he should have tried to keep their shoes as low as possible, because that would have let players from the other days have a better shot at the wild card. It’s a zero sum game. Helping the players he’s up against is hurting the players from other days.
Oh by the way- to the site master/founder of this website- thank you for what you do!!! 🙏🙏🙏 Absolutely awesome site, I’m on here every day there’s a new show!! Appreciate you!!
No “Extra Clues” today??? 😭😭😭😭😭
@James, there were only 3 clues in the whole match that stumped the players. I put the 3rd one and the Roman Numerals category on page 2 of this post to save me some time. (I’m babysitting my 4-year-old grandkids)
Oh you’re the best!! I’m sorry, I didn’t want to sound like I was complaining!! I love that feature (get to fake-impress the in laws 😂), and for some reason sometimes I have trouble finding it, and then I saw it in the write-up something about page 2 but I may have completely misunderstood 🙏
And 4 year olds!? 😱😱 That sounds like a TON of work!!
Thanks James. No problem. Next time, I’ll make sure to mention it in the comments.
Re: The twins — they are pretty good for me. Believe it or not, they like to watch Popeye with me.
Well today’s game was a lot better and James didn’t need the big daily double bets even if he gets to the finals. I just hope we get some big scores tomorrow from the remaining players. Also VJ aside from Martin Luther king and Anderson being on the five dollar bill, which other potential candidate can you think of that might also be on there?
@Lou, this is a done deal for the $5 bill — Marian Anderson, MLK and Eleanor Roosevelt are going to be depicted on the back of it per their connections to the Lincoln Memorial
Sally Ride, perhaps?
For the “Initials to Roman Numerals to Numbers” Daily Double, I figured the second initial was definitely ‘I’, and, not having read the book in about 20 years (and not having particularly cared for it), figured the most likely options for the first letter were C, D, or M. I guessed incorrectly. It seems like James didn’t have to guess.
I wonder if it would been harder if they asked for the actor who portrayed that character on the TV series
I hope James Holzhauer might make it to the finals game.
We’ll see.
The standings after Quarter Final No. 3 (11-6-19) are:
Semifinalists:
James Holzhauer: $30,635
Dhruv Gaur: $20,001
Gilbert Collins: $16,801
Wild Cards:
Kyle Jones: $16,800
Lindsey Shultz: $14,000
Rachel Lindgren: $13,601
Anneke Garcia: $4,799
$5,000 Winners:
Rob Worman: $799
Alan Dunn: $1
And then there were 13.