Final Jeopardy: Awards (12-15-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/15/2021) in the category “Awards” was:
The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award honors influential people from this state, including Western author Louis L’Amour
Semi-Final No. 3 of the 2021 Professors Tournament features: Ed Hashima, a history professor at American River College in Sacramento, CA; Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor at Roanoke College, Salem, VA; and Deborah Steinberger, an associate professor of French literature at The University Of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Round 1 Categories: Playing Professor – Southern California History – 4-Syllable Words – A Cut above – Prequels & Sequels – Whirled Menu
Gary found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Prequels and Sequels” under the $800 clue on the 14th clue. He was in second place with $800, $2,800 less than Ed in first place. Gary bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Co-authored by Brian Herbert, “House Atreides” is the first in a series of prequels to this series. show
Ed finished in the lead with $6,000. Greg was second with $1,400 and Deborah was last with $1,000. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Nuclear Physics – Starts with “W” – World Cities – Music Stars – Czechs – Balances
Deborah found the first Daily Double in “World Cities” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick. In third place with $3,400, she had $4,800 less than Gary’s lead. She bet $2,000 and couldn’t think of a response so she was WRONG.
The name of this second-largest city in Wales starts with a big bird. show
Ed got the last Daily Double in “Czechs” under the $1,200 clue with a dozen clues left after it. In the lead with $12,400 now, he had $5,400 more than Gary in second place. Ed bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
In the 1890s he moved briefly from Prague to New York City inspiring his best-known symphony. show
Ed finished in the lead with $15,600. Gary was second with $10,200 and Deborah was last with $4,200. No clues went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NORTH DAKOTA?
Louis L’Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota on 3/22/1908 as Louis Dearborn LaMoore. His French-Canadian father anglicized the family surname from L’Amour to LaMoore. Upon embarking on a writing career, Louis changed his surname back to L’Amour. However, all that is incidental to solving the FJ! clue.
You’re supposed to zero in on the man the award is named for. The connection with the 26th president stems from Roosevelt having spent several years as a young man in the North Dakota Badlands and crediting his experiences there with helping him become President of the United States. North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders Award was established in 1961. The honorary rank of colonel is bestowed upon each recipient by the Governor. Louis L’Amour got the honor in 1972 when he was 64 years old. See more honorees from 1961-2021 here. (Each name links to a short biography.)
Deborah thought it was Texas. She didn’t bet anything, remaining at $4,200.
Gary chose New Mexico. He lost his $8,000 bet and finished with $2,200.
Ed went with Wyoming. He lost $5,000 but won the last finalist spot with $10,600. That means that Ed Hashima, Alisa Hove and Sam Buttrey will play the last two games of the week for $100,000 (first place), $50,000 (second place) and $25,000 (third place).
2 triple stumpers from PLAYING PROFESSOR:
($800) On “How to Get Away with Murder”, she played a professor at Middleton Law School
($1000) Judith Light is among those who have portrayed the professor stricken with cancer in this Pulitzer-winning play
More clues on Page 2
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “National Historical Parks”
Est. in 2015, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park has sites in Hanford, Washington; Los Alamos, N.M.; & this Tennessee city show
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I am an emergency physician by training, and one hallmark is that we are “three miles wide and one inch deep”, whereas the consultants we call are “one inch wide and three miles deep”. I feel these professors are the same – they don’t share the wide ranging at a moment information the regular contestants have to have. I said what was said above on an earlier day – that these professor contestants are a step below the regular ones. I recall Austin what’s-his-name, and he studied history and music at Macalester College, which is wide ranging. And, what lists do you study if you’re going on the game? US presidents, US states, Canadian provinces, locations of Olympic games and years, MAYBE Nobel Peace Prize winners (not medicine or chemistry or the others). It’s chip shot answers.
And, as an aside, it has continuously been announced that it’s a “$100,000 prize” for winning, not “at least $100k”, although the likelihood of that occurring is, to me, well, unlikely! If there was a stats prof competing, we could throw it to them!
Sam has an undergraduate degree in Statistics from Princeton, a graduate degree in Statistics, and a Doctoral degree in Statistics from UC Berkeley per his CV.
They must have fixed his page over the weekend! Last week, when he was first on, I went to the NPS page for him, and his CV was a 404!
It’s a brief CV. Here’s the link
Regarding the finale, I elected to choose California so I missed it too. Well, better luck next time.
It doesn’t seem like the questions during the tournament have been any more difficult than usual (except for a noticeable increase in scientific studies), but these “professors” seem to confirm the theory that everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten. Scores have been much lower than usual…I certainly expected more from educators. I don’t mean to sound nasty or smug, but I am disappointed. AITA or has anyone else noticed?
i noticed it too and agree with u that the profs have been disappointing. some triple stumpers have been too easy. and then they’ve even shown lack of math awareness in their wagering.
I thought yesterday’s FJ and today’s were way more difficult than most final clues. I fail to see why the clue writers would think at least one-third of the show’s contestants would have any reason to know where Louis L’Amour was born or whether he had anything to do with Teddy Roosevelt. Only those lucky enough to realize that they were separate hints and knew of Roosevelt’s ND connection had a shot at this FJ.
I took at good look at that list of 40-something people who got that award and there is only one person on it that I would immediately recall was from North Dakota because I know a lot about ’60s music. That is Bobby Vee, the singer who was tapped to replace Buddy Holly on tour the Day the Music Died. That’s just me. I have no idea what percentage of contestants would get to North Dakota faster with Bobby Vee than L’Amour or TR.
Second triple stumper so far for the professors tournament but let’s hope this does not happen when Amy returns. I have heard of the rough riders award. But Louis L’Amour was something that I never heard of. But still congrats to the finalists and hopefully we can see an easy final for the two day point affair. Teddy Roosevelt was in the amazon expedition based on the game I played in the past and there is a face of him on mount rushmore in South Dakota.
Another tough final as we got another triple stumper. Just like before, nobody knows about geography.
I would have guessed “ostrichville” for the Welsh city. Tough clue.
JP, I took the same path.
I looked at a couple of “Born in North Dakota” videos on YouTube but they didn’t have Louis L’Amour in them and I thought the man on the street talking to New Yawkers was most amusing.
Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York City.