Final Jeopardy: Famous Places (12-14-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/14/2020) in the category “Famous Places” was:

Opened in 1973, it includes the Joan Sutherland Theatre, named for the singer, & the Utzon Room, named for the architect

New champ, Kate Freeman, a financial analyst originally from Lake Orion, MI, won $5,599 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Valerie Castelo, a career counselor from San Leandro, CA; and Jeffrey Williams, a television editor originally from Detroit, MI.

Round 1 Categories: Barbie Celebrates Role Models – Sez You, Shakespeare!
The Big, Little or No Bang – World Capital Bingo – Blended Words – Olympic Sports You Can Do Barefoot

Jeffrey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sez You, Shakespeare!” under the $1,000 clue, with 2 full categories left after it. He was in the lead with $4,200, $600 more than Kate in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

“Here in this island we arrived; and here have I, thy schoolmaster, made thee more profit” show

WHO IS PROSPERO?

Jeffrey finished in the lead with $9,000. Valerie was second with $6,000 and Kate was last with $5,000. The $400 Olympic Sports clue stayed on the board.

Round 2 Categories: The First Nobel – The Angels Did Say – Historic Declarations – Invented Languages – Movies by Matchup – Gramm”or”

Valerie found the first Daily Double in “Invented Languages” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick. She was in second place with $8,000 now, $3,400 less than Jeffrey’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

This 1887 language got its name from “Doctor Hopeful”, the pen name in that language of creator L.L. Zamenhof show

WHAT IS ESPERANTO?

Kate got the last Daily Double in “The First Nobel” under the $2,000 clue, with 3 clues worth $1,600 left after it. She was in third place with $10,200 now, $10,400 less than Valerie’s lead. She bet $8,000 and she was RIGHT.

1901 laureate Emil Von Behring used antibodies to cure diptheria, making him a pioneer of this -ology, coined in the same decade. show

WHAT IS IMMUNOLOGY?

Valerie finished in the lead with $20,600. Kate was second with $19,000 and Jeffrey was last with $14,600. 2 clues worth $400 each stayed on the board.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE?

In 1956, an international competition was held to decide who would design an opera house on Bennelong Point in Sydney Australia. Then 38-year-old Jørn Utzon from Denmark won the contest out of a total of 233 designs. He received ₤5000 for his design. Construction began in 1959, the project took 14 years later to complete. It’s no surprise that a theatre in the opera house was named for Dame Joan Sutherland. The nation’s most famous opera singer, she was also the first Australian to win a Grammy Award (for Best Classical Performance) in 1962.

Here’s a clue from 1/14/2010: OPERA OPERAS ($400) In 1973 the Australian opera’s production of Prokofiev’s “War and Peace” was the first performance at this landmark. No. 5 of Interesting Facts About the Sydney Opera House says: “Paul Robeson was the first person to perform at Sydney Opera House. In 1960, he climbed the scaffolding and sang Ol’ Man River to the construction workers as they ate lunch.”

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Jeffrey went with the Centre Pompidou. That cost him $12,000 and left him with $2,600.

Kate came up with the L.A. Opera House. She bet and lost the whole $19,000.

Valerie got it right. She bet a hefty $17,401 and won the game with $38,001. Valerie Castelo is the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from Round 2:

MOVIES BY MATCHUP ($2000) 1961: “Fast” Eddie Felson vs. Minnesota Fats

THE ANGELS DID SAY ($2000) A suddenly visible angel asks this Old Testament man why he’s been striking his faithful beast

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “2-Word World Capitals”

From 1936 to 1941 this city was the capital of Italian East Africa show

WHAT IS ADDIS ABABA??

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