Final Jeopardy: International Landmarks (12-24-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/24/2021) in the category “International Landmarks” was:
In December 2020 an international agreement added nearly 3 feet to this; one surveyor lost half a toe in the effort
17x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $687,400. In Game 18, she takes on these two players: David Carpman, an attorney from Seattle, WA; and Chris O’Malley, an executive director from New York, NY.
Happy Holidays to all those celebrating Christmas Eve and Christmas. It is also National Eggnog Day so here’s a link to a light eggnog recipe in case you love eggnog but the store bought kind doesn’t love you!
Round 1 Categories: Some Last-Minute Christmas Shopping – Homophonic Pairs – All Around the World – Are You Ready for Some Football Movies? – It Happened in December – First Responders
Amy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It Happened in December” under the $800 clue with 12 clues left after it. She was leading with $8,000 now, $7,400 more than David in second place. Amy bet $6,000 and she was RIGHT.
In December 1577 he set sail from England with 5 ships & a crew of more than 150 men on a voyage around the world. show
Amy finished in the lead with $18,600. Chris was second with $1,800 and David was last with $800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Scientific American – 20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad – Notorious – “K” 9 – Novels & Novelists – First Responses
Amy found the first Daily Double in “K”9 under the $1,600 clue on the second pick. In first place with $19,800, She had $18,000 more than Chris in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and said keeper, just to say something (we think). She must have known that was WRONG.
One who uses political influence to put another in power. show
Amy got the last Daily Double in “Novels & Novelists” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick. In first place with $19,000, she had $14,200 more than David in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and thought it was Defoe. That was WRONG.
”La Galatea”, his first novel, appeared in 1585, 20 years before his most famous one. show
Amy finished in the lead with $21,400. Chris was second with $8,600 and David was last with $4,400. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Ordinarily, I try to stick with videos under 4 minutes, but this one is really interesting and informative. I don’t think you’ll be sorry if you make time for it.
WHAT IS MOUNT EVEREST?
Nepal chose to measure Mount Everest in 2017 because of a debate over whether an earthquake had caused the landmark to lose height. In 2019, China decided to participate in the survey to settle their long-standing disagreement with Nepal over the height of the world’s highest peak. Also in 2019, Khim Lal Gautam, Nepal’s lead surveyor, lost a toe due to frostbite while installing height-measuring equipment on Mount Everest’s summit.
The new height, 8848.86 metres (29,028 feet), was officially announced in early December 2020. Learn more from Radio New Zealand.
David got it right. He added $4,300 to his score and finished with $8,700.
Chris came up with the International Date Line. That cost him a mere $201 and left him with $8,399.
Amy thought it was the DMZ. She lost her $2,000 bet but still won the game with the remaining $19,400. That gave Amy an 18-day total of $706,800. Most impressive!
A triple stumper from each round:
20TH CENTURY SONG, 21ST CENTURY AD ($1600) Kia: “Holding Out For A Hero” by this ’80s singer
NOTORIOUS ($2000) Born Arthur Flegenheimer (image), he was gunned down in 1935 after his plan to murder prosecutor Thomas Dewey alarmed other mobsters
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Classic Fiction”
A 1902 work says of a riverboat journey, “We penetrated deeper and deeper into” this, the work’s title show
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Will Amy or Matt win the TOC? I really dont have a clue?
Amy.
Is Amy showing signs of mortality? I thought the final was more or less a cinch, and also knew both of the DDs she missed. And, at the risk of revealing my age, Thursday was the 34th “airaversary” of my somewhat undeserved loss on Jeopardy! The day the Fates conspired to steal a win from my grasp.
I would probably give Amy another week at the most here as she cleans up November and the rest of December. With new years eve coming I am definitely thinking she has potential to continue into January with her high percentage of wins. We end this week with a couple of single solves and double solves but hey, three incorrect final jeopardy responses isn’t going to hurt Amy. Speaking of Mount everest, did you know that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay also made their expeditions on that mountain VJ? They took a long trek to get up there and made headlines. 18 wins so far is very impressive as Amy is closing in on 750K.
I doubt anyone lost their toes flying across the international date line in an airplane and no it’s not a natural wonder.
Some people love it when they get a clue that was a triple stumper and I’m no exception, but it’s even better when a superchamp is on.
I got that Arthur Flegenheimer clue today. I know it because my father lived in Newark, NJ in 1935 when that gangster was shot to death at the Palace Chophouse. My father was 11 years old then. It must have made a big impression on him because he showed me that place when I was about 11.
And I got the two daily doubles that Amy missed, I’m quite pleased with myself as well.
As William Weyser says, darn those daily doubles.
Not really, because Amy got the Daily Double in the 1st Round right.
I hope Amy beats the current champions’ records and winning streaks.
Lol I give her another week at most