Final Jeopardy: Innovation (12-18-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/18/2020) in the category “Innovations” was:
This company takes credit for inventing modern gift wrap, dating to its sale of fancy decorated envelope linings at Christmas in 1917
3x champ, Brayden Smith, a policy intern from Las Vegas, NV, has now won $93,800. In Game 4, his challengers are: Devon Cromwell, a voice over actor & realtor from Tarzana, CA; and Amanda Barkley-Levenson, a behavioral genetics researcher, originally from Portland, OR.
Round 1 Categories: States by County – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Donating Their Winnings – Moving – Yacht Rock – Final “Re”
Brayden found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ginsburg” under the $800 clue on the second pick of the round. The only one with money, he just picked up $1,000 in the same category. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Ruth began law school at Harvard but transferred to this NYC school where she became the first female tenured professor. show
Brayden finished in the lead with $7,600. Devon was second with $2,400 and Amanda was last with $1,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Chinese History – 4-Letter Films – Literature – Biology – Money Makes the World Go ‘Round – In Excelsis Deo
Amanda found the first Daily Double in “Biology” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick. She was in second place with $6,400 now, $6,000 less than Brayden’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
As exhibited by many turtles, TSD is the determination of sex by this environmental factor that affects the eggs. show
Brayden got the last Daily Double in “Money” under the $1,200 clue, with 12 clues left after it. In the lead with $16,400, he had $5,400 more than Amanda in second place. He bet $5,000 and guessed Turkey. That was WRONG.
A monetary unit called the Balboa is used in this country nicknamed “The Crossroads of the World” show
Brayden finished in the lead with $16,200. Amanda was next with $14,200 and Devon was in third place with $1,200. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS HALLMARK?
Hallmark does take credit for bringing modern gift wrapping papers to the United States in 1917 with the introduction of various decorative designs. Although they mainly recognize that this was an improvisation, on their website they have the word “invented” in quotes, perhaps under the “necessity is the mother of invention” rationale. According to Wikipedia’s gift-wrapping article, the tradition has been around in one form or another since the second century in ancient China.
Devon got it right. He didn’t bet anything so he remained at $1200.
Amanda thought it was 3M. That cost her $11,000. She finished with $3,200.
Brayden came up with Western Union. He lost $12,201 but won the game with the $3,999 he had left. His 4-day total is $97,799.
A triple stumper from each round:
YACHT ROCK ($800) After “Takin’ It To The Streets”, these musical “siblings” set sail with “What A Fool Believes”
LITERATURE ($1200) This author’s last finished work wasn’t an adventure story, but the “Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine” published after his 1870 death
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Business & Industry”
After it stopped U.S. operations in 2018, its website said, “Promise us just this one thing: Don’t ever grow up” show
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What is WRONG with these players? 2nd time recently someone lost big bucks by not wagering properly. All Amanda had to do was bet $2001 and hope Brayden got Final wrong. (And it was a very easy Final, at that.)
Those missed Yacht Rock questions were a cinch for this old man.
CALM DOWN!!!
Both yesterday & today, a lot of people, including me, were convinced that Brayden would make it to the elusive $100,000 mark, and both times, it wound up being too much to ask for, but at least, Brayden got his 4th win, ax well as his 10th Consecutive & Correct Daily Double, and this means that we’re gonna have to wait, until January 4th to see if he gets it right.
There is a channel on television called the hallmark channel. Hallmark greeting cards are being sold in stores everywhere. I thought the other two would get it. Congrats to Brayden even if his winnings were small. Why would amanda make such a bad move risking 12K? Brayden could have bet nothing and still win.
Amanda could and should have bet nothing and she would’ve won. Second placer before FJ should stay put and hope the leader gets FJ wrong. This is sheer mathematical ineptitude! Hard to fathom this in someone good enough to be on Jeopardy!
Hallmark takes credit where credit is not due.
It sure does. Asian countries would strongly disagree and rightfully so.
Well that is a wild way to end the week, It looks like we gonna to see a big payday all this week but instead we end the week with a small payday. It looks like we would say adios to Brayden but he got lucky at the end and remained champ. The bad news is we will not see Brayden’s next game until January 4, 2021. Starting next week is a rerun of 10 best alex trebek moments around the world.
So, Brayden won by about $799, just $1 under $4,000, and that makes it 4 in a row for him.