Final Jeopardy: Bodies of Water (12-1-23)

The Final Jeopardy question (12/1/2023) in the category “Bodies of Water” was:

The Goshute, a western people, called this vast body of water Teittse Paa, meaning “bad water”

The Champions Wild Card quarter-finals continue today with these three champs:Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Boulder, CO; Bryce Hwang, an ophthalmology resident from Philadelphia, PA; and Brianne Barker, a biology professor from Madison, NJ.

Round 1 Categories: Landmarks for Sale – A Red-Hot Latin Lawyer – Macbeth’s Witches on Food Network – Crossword Clues “H” – Nursery Rhyme Phobias – Aerosmith

Garrett found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A Red-Hot Latin Lawyer” under the $800 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,000, $200 less than Brianne’s lead. Garrett bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

This Latin word, still used today, originally meant “he pledged”; today, it’s a sworn written statement show

WHAT IS AN AFFIDAVIT?

Garrett finished in the lead with $7,800. Bryce was in second place with $2,800. Brianne was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Eve 6 – Fun with Geometry – OK, Corral Me – One of These Kings Is Not Like the Others – Punny & Not-Punny Definitions – Eros Myth

Garrett found the first Daily Double in “Eros Myth” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,800, $6,800 more than Brianne in second place. Garrett bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.

This word for the mind shares a name with a girl loved by Eros show

WHAT IS PSYCHE?

Garrett got the last Daily Double in “Punny & Not-Punny Definitions” under the $1,600 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $22,800 now, $12,400 more than Bryce in second place. Garrett bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

“A colossal brim of a cap”, or an overseeing manager show

WHAT IS A SUPERVISOR?

Garrett finished in the lead with a runaway $27,400. Brianne was in second place with $12,600. Bryce was last with $10,400. All clues were shown.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE GREAT SALT LAKE?

The Goshute are a tribe of Western Shoshone Native Americans. They lived mainly in Utah and Nevada and called the Great Salt Lake “Titsa-pa” meaning “fish water” or “bad water” and also “Pia-pa” meaning “great water”. The “fish water” translation makes one think of the “rotten egg” smell the lake is known for. The “bad water” translation makes one think the Goshute didn’t go to the Great Salt Lake to fill up the canteens.

The Freedom General blog has a list of fun facts, like: “The Great Salt Lake has a huge variance in salinity that can be anywhere from 5% to 27%, depending on what area you are in…. because the minerals that come into contact with the lake have no way to get out. This is common with land-locked lakes, and there are many around the world like the Dead Sea and Don Juan Pond in Antarctica that have much higher salinity than the Great Salt Lake.”

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Brianne thought it was Lake Oneida. She lost $8,201 and finished with $4,399.

Bryce got it right but didn’t bet anything. He finished with $$10,400.

Garrett also got it right. He didn’t bet anything because he already won the semi-final spot with $$27,400.

2 triple stumpers from the first round:

A RED-HOT LATIN LAWYER ($1000) If the movie title had some Latin, Paul Newman would’ve starred in “The Iudicium”, or this

AEROSMITH ($800) Aerosmith covered “Come Together” in this 1978 movie that starred Peter Frampton & the Bee Gees

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Fictional Languages”

Lapine is the name of the language created for this 1972 book beloved by children show

WHAT IS “WATERSHIP DOWN”?

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