Final Jeopardy: Business (12-14-23)

The Final Jeopardy question (12/14/2023) in the category “Business” was:

Of the big 4 U.S. Airlines, the 4 that each have over 15% of the domestic market, it’s the youngest

Today we’ll see the last Champions Wild Card (Hearts) semifinal and it features these three champs: Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Boulder, CO; Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, LA; and Andrew Chaikin, a musician & teacher from San Francisco, CA.

Round 1 Categories: In the Footsteps of History – Tennis-y Williams – Literature – State of the College – It’s All Relative – A Proverbial Mess

Garrett found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “In the Footsteps of History” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with $1,800. Garrett made it a true Daily Double and tried Minuteman Trail. That was WRONG.

Starting at the Boston Common and ending at the Bunker Hill Monument is this two-word path show

WHAT IS FREEDOM TRAIL?

Yungsheng finished in the lead with $5,400. Garrett was in second place with $2,400. Andrew was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Brownian Notions – Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – The Sea’s Bounty – A Matter of “Life” or “Death” – Hell – High Water

Andrew found the first Daily Double in “Hell” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $7,600, $600 more than Yungsheng in second place. Andrew bet it all and he was RIGHT.

Milton used this word for the capital of Hell: now it means wild confusion show

WHAT IS PANDEMONIUM?

2 clues later, Andrew got the last Daily Double in “Brownian Notions” under the $2,000 clue. He was in the lead with $15,200 now, $8,200 more than Yungsheng in second place. Andrew bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

She ran Vanity Fair & The Daily Beast but said, “I didn’t see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright.” show

WHO IS TINA BROWN?

Andrew finished in the lead with $26,600. Yungsheng was in second place with $18,600. Garrett was last with $4,800. All clues were shown.

ONLY ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS SOUTHWEST AIRLINES?

According to the latest data on Statista.com, the top 4 U.S. airlines by domestic market share are:

American Airlines, 17.5%
Delta Air Lines, 17.3%
Southwest Airlines 16.9%
United Airlines 15.6%

The order changes when you want to know oldest to youngest, but stays the same whether you go by founded (first year shown) or commenced operations (second year shown).

Delta Air Lines – 1925 / 1929
United Airlines – 4.6.1926 / 1931
American Airlines – 4.15.1926 / 1936
Southwest Airlines – 1967 / 1971

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Garrett thought it was Delta. He bet and lost his whole $4,800.

Yungsheng got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $37,200.

Andrew thought it was Delta, too. That cost him $10,601 and left him with $15,999. So, once again (as he did in his quarterfinal), Yungsheng came from second place to claim the victory. It’s gonna be Yungsheng Wang, Tyler Vandenberg and Gary Hollis in the two final matches, the first of which takes place tomorrow.

A triple stumper from each round:

LITERATURE ($600) For telling the truth about a town’s contaminated water supply in an Ibsen play, Dr. Thomas Stockmann becomes this title foe

HIGH WATER ($1600) A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “1950s Public Works”

Dubbed “the greatest construction show on earth”, when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal show

WHAT IS THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY?

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