Final Jeopardy: Plants & Trees (12-18-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/18/2019) in the category “Plants & Trees” was:
One of Britain’s few native evergreen trees, it’s prized for bringing color to winter, & its foliage is often hung in homes
New champ Rodolfo Yuichiro Bedoy, an IT Project Manager from New York, NY, won $18,799 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Christine Hurt, a law professor from Orem, Utah; and Dave Algase, an information professional & writer from Saline, MI.
Round 1 Categories: On the First Lady’s IMDB Page – The Sporting Life – Baskin-robbins’ 31 Original Flavors – Peaceful Words – Place on Earth – Good Wheel Toward Men
Christine found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Good Wheels” under the $600 clue, with 3 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $6,600, $3,600 more than Dave in second place. She bet $920 and she was RIGHT.
“An America in which all seniors live nourished lives with independence & dignity” is the vision of this charity with a rhyming name. show
Christine finished in the lead with $7,520. Dave was second with $2,000 and Rodolfo was last with $1,600.
Round 2 Categories: Bride & Prejudice – World History – Musicians Who Act – Literature – Acronyms & Abbreviations – It’s Astronomical
Christine found the first Daily Double in “World History” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick. She was in the lead with $9,120 at this point, $7,120 more than Dave in second place. She bet $1,118 and was off by 2 points so her response was WRONG.
In 1918 Woodrow Wilson outlined these, one of which was free navigation of all seas. show
Christine found the last Daily Double in “It’s Astronomical” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $9,202, she had $1,998 less than Rodolfo’s lead. She bet $624 and thought it was Explorer. That was WRONG.
In 2012 this probe left the heliopause (the boundary of the sun’s magnetic field) & headed out into interstellar space. show
Christine finished in the lead with $14,178. Rodolfo was next with $11,200 and Dave was in third place with $5,200.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Heart of England Forest’s website has an article on the long-time uses of holly by the Romans and early Europeans and the Celts, also noting: “With the spread of Christianity, holly took on a new meaning, symbolising the crown of thorns worn by Christ during his crucifixion, while the red drop-like berries signified his blood.”
English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) is No. 7 on The Spruce’s list of “18 Species of Holly Plants.”
Dave got it right, after nixing mistletoe. He added $3,018 to finish with $8,218.
Rodolfo knew that was bad news because he stuck with mistletoe. He lost his $11,199 bet and was left with a buck.
Christine wrote down “fir.” She lost $8,223 and had $5,955 left. That made Dave Algase the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
GOOD WHEEL TOWARD MEN ($1000) Made in 100-pound wheels, this Swiss cheese from Fribourg has a golden-brown rind & a firm, pale yellow interior
LITERATURE ($2000) The apostles Peter & Paul & the Roman emperor all show up in this Henryk Sienkiewicz novel whose title is a question
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “European Countries”
This country’s last 3 queens abdicated in favor of their children. show
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“Ack” there’s no Jeopardy here because the hearings are still going on.
Same here, Rhonda. Come on ABC! Show some restraint! Give us jeopardy and Wheel instead of that impeachment crap! How is that a special report and how is it historic? That station can do a lot better than that.
Don’t even know when the impeachment hearings will end. Do you?
Christine was trying to do what james did previously but those daily doubles in the second round eluded her. The hint deck the halls should have led her to the right response. But still 8000 dollars for Dave isn’t bad, just hope he can build up on his win.
@Lou, oh, they surely would have known it if they had a “deck the halls” hint. I didn’t know it myself this morning till I got an email that said that. I was thinking in terms of Christmas trees before that!
Dave sure played spoiler.