Final Jeopardy: Landmarks (12-17-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/17/2015) in the category “Landmarks” was:
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, who designed this Paris landmark, was interred there 49 years after dying.
2x champ Tiombi Prince has won $33,100 so far. Today her opponents are: Mark Blankenship, from New York, NY; and Claudia Corriere, from Kennesaw, GA.
Round 1: Claudia found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Tinkerers” under the $1,000 clue. She was in second place with $2,600, $1,400 less than Mark in the lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1899 this man equipped ships with wireless tech so they could report on the America’s Cup to a NYC newspaper. show
Claudia finished in the lead with $7,200. Mark was second with $3,400 and Tiombi was last with $2,800.
Round 2: Tiombi found the first Daily Double in “Literary Directions” under the $1,600 clue. She was in third place with $3,600, $4,600 less than Mark’s lead. She bet $2,000 and thought it was Peary. That was WRONG.
“South” is this explorer’s account of his efforts from 1914 to 1917 to become the first man to cross Antarctica. show
Claudia found the last Daily Double in “Good Causes” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $8,000, she was only $200 behind Mark’s lead. She bet $3,000 and didn’t know so she was WRONG.
In 2007 he was commemorated on an Australian postage stamp with proceeds going to his Wildife Warriors Charity. show
Mark finished in the lead with $10,200. Claudia was next with $9,800 and Tiombi was in third place with $3,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE PANTHÉON (PARIS)?
“Among those buried in the Panthéon’s necropolis are Voltaire, Rousseau, Honoré Mirabeau, Marat, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Jean Moulin, Marie Curie (the only woman to be so honored), René Descartes, Louis Braille and Soufflot, its architect.” Pantheon Paris.com
On the Facts page of the same site, it says that Soufflot died before the Panthéon was completed so that’s probably why it was such a long time before he was buried there.
Tiombi came up with the Louvre. She lost her $3,000 bet and finished with $600.
Claudia came up with Notre Dame. That cost her $2,000, leaving her with $7,800.
Mark had Notre Dame too. He lost $9,800 and finished with $400. That made Claudia Corriere the new Jeopardy! champ.
Not stupid enough: Did you get the $1,000 clue in “Stupid Answers” in the first round? It was the only one the players all passed on: “Nickname of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, meant to evoke an earlier era of classical music,” prompting Alex Trebek to say: “I guess it’s not so stupid, after all.”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “TV Characters”
Jerry Jones, Mark Cuban & Mayor Mike Rawlings were 3 of the real folks at the 2013 memorial for this TV character. show
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“It precedes ‘deck’ in part of a ship and in part of Popeye’s father’s name” would have been a better $1200 clue in Palindromes than “It precedes ‘out’ when you get tired or fail”
Either way, I wouldn’t have known the answer. Popeye’s father was called Poop? 🙂
This is the 2nd time this week someone gives the wrong answer “Peary” (Sam said Peary, instead of Byrd on Tuesday).
What was the drug used for depression? I didn’t catch Tiombi’s answer.
Good thing I knew FJ tonight, otherwise the bf would have gone all Frenchy Froggy on me. 🙂
LOL don’t tell your boyfriend I showed you this link to poop deck where it says the origin of the word poop is from the French word for stern, la poupe.
Popeye’s father is Poopdeck Pappy.
drug for depression = Xanax
Funny, I know the word poupe in French in relation to ship but didn’t know the word stern in English, or that the word poop had anything to do with it. And how the heck did the word poop come to have that other meaning?
So she did say Xanax; maybe it was her pronunciation but it didn’t sound like that to me (or maybe she mumbled it).
Assuming you mean the poo poo meaning, just by dropping the second set of o’s, I guess. Don’t ask me how poo poo came about. LOL!
Wow! This is pretty interesting. Can’t recall a contestant from GA dethroning another contestant from that state. GA rules this week on Jeopardy.
Fascinating!
And NY bombs! :):):)
Word! I was very disappointed on that. I thought Mark, the arts editor & reporter, would be the one to get it.
@Cece, you’re right. Shocked @ NYer performance. Maybe he’s a transient. lol
Boo! :(:(:(
Oh, I was just teasing. C’mon, he wasn’t that bad—he led before FJ.
But he may be originally from CA. 🙂
Seriously, no Seine response?
A prime example of a time when the person in second should not bet everything. By wagering between 401 and 2599, Claudia did two things: she gave herself the lead if the leader missed and eliminated any chance of the third place person winning. Clearly, it is the later reason why she was correct to not bet it all.