Final Jeopardy: European Geography (12-10-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/10/2020) in the category “European Geography” was:
Once a residence of rulers of Austria, this city on the Danube less than 20 miles from Vienna became a national capital in 1993
New champ, Kendra, a registered dietician from Elk Grove, CA, has won $26,401. In Game 2, she takes on these 2 players: Gabriel, a Ph.D student from Toronto, Ontario; and Becca, an attorney from Phoenix, AZ.
Round 1 Categories: Let’s Make a Supergroup – Brand Names – Leo Potpourri-o – Ends in Double-“S” – All Roads – To Lead Rome
Kendra found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ends in Double-‘S'” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, $200 more than Becca in second place. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
It’s been said when you look into this, from the Greek for “bottomless”, it also looks into you. show
Kendra finished in the lead with $7,800. Becca was second with $2,000 and Gabriel was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered. There was one reversal (see below).
Round 2 Categories: Awww Inspiring – What’s That On Your Head? – Very Puritanical – Game Shows – Needless Verbiage – Literature Titles By Last Word
Becca found the first Daily Double in “Very Puritanical” under the $2,000 clue, with 12 clues left after it. She was in second place with $6,000 now, $10,200 less than Kendra’s lead. She bet $3,000 and thought it might be Quaker. That was WRONG.
Last name of Richard, who was too Puritan for England & founded a dynasty of stern ministers in North America. show
Becca got the last Daily Double in “What’s That On Your Head?” under the $2,000 clue on the very next pick. With $3,000 left, she was still in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
“‘Twas the night before Christmas” has Mama in this headgear “and I in my cap” show
Kendra finished in the lead with a runaway $20,200. Becca was next with $7,000 and Gabriel was in third place with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
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WHAT IS BRATISLAVA?
In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into 2 separate countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic kept Prague as its capital and Bratislava became the capital of Slovakia. Click here to see a map of Eastern European countries, showing capitals and major cities. You can see how close Vienna and Bratislava are, and that Budapest, Hungary is the next capital you can get to in a relatively short period of time. Even before Czechoslovakia split, Prague was not the closest capital city to Vienna.
Click here to read about even closer world capitals, Brazzaville and Kinshasha, on Conde Nast Traveler.
Gabriel came up with Salzburg, which is in Austria and not a national capital. He lost his $1,785 bet and finished with $15.00.
Becca had Salzburg, too. She lost $3,000 and was left with $4,000.
Kendra went with Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She lost $6,000 but won the game with $14,200. Her 2-day total is $40,601.
Reversal: ALL ROADS ($400) On Australia’s Great Ocean Road, you may get inspiration from the limestone towers known as this biblical dozen – Alex wanted Gabriel to be more specific with his “Apostles” answer and was specifically looking for “Twelve”. Gabriel said “Christ’s” and Alex called him wrong. The judges decided that because the word “dozen” was in the clue, Gabriel may have thought “twelve” was not needed in the response.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
LET’S MAKE A SUPERGROUP ($200) On lead guitar, this lefty from Seattle who was a paratrooper before joining up with Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell
TO LEAD ROME ($1000) The infamous Commodus was the son of this “Golden Era” ruler
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “World Affairs 2018”
An Arab League summit final statement rejected “interference” by this country often mistakenly called an Arab land itself show
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Not widely known, but good clue for Geography majors.
Tough final as we got another triple stumper this week. Like I said this before, nobody knows about geography.
Yes, Geography has been unkind to people, not named David Madden this year.
That reversal may have worked for gabe today but still a triple stumper will hopefully help Kendra improve her game play tomorrow. He couldn’t build any rhythm but still not tough of a final jeopardy. I thought for sure geography was a strong subject for the contestants. If you guys remember David Madden was very good at that.