Final Jeopardy: Coastlines (12-27-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/27/2018) in the category “Coastlines” was:
At 3,700 miles, the longest ocean trench is named for these 2 nations that share most of South America’s Pacific coast
New champ Jon Barber, an investment professional from San Francisco, CA, won $19,999 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Heath Herel, a scrum master from Niantic, CT; and Kathryn Kienholz, a retired CPA from Milltown, WI.
Round 1 Categories: Confusing Lyrics – Airport Codes – Alliterative People – Stuck on Ewe – “Glass” Works – Bowl Game Sponsors
Heath found the first Daily Double in “Alliterative People” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick. (It was a good category for today since Heath and Kathryn are both Alliterative People). He was in second place with $800, $200 less than Jon’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
In 1778 he was made President of the Continental Congress. In 1789, he was made Chief Justice of the United States. show
Heath finished in the lead with $7,600. Kathryn was second with $4,600 and Jon was last with $3,400.
Round 2 Categories: On The Heavenly Body – American Literature Nobelists – Send Lawyers, Guns & Money – Newer Words – Almost President – International Entertainment?
Jon found the first Daily Double in “Almost President” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick. He was in third place with $3,800 now, $5,800 less than Heath’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Because he held this job in 1973, Carl Albert would have been Pres. had Nixon resigned before a new Veep was confirmed. show
6 clues later, Heath found the last Daily Double in “American Literature Nobelists” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $10.400, he had $1,800 more than Kathryn in second place. He bet $2,000 and had no guess so he was WRONG.
This “colorful” Toni Morrison work follows a black girl’s struggle to achieve white ideals of beauty. show
Kathryn finished in the lead with $13,000. Heath was next with $10,800 and Jon was in third place with $6,800.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE CHILE & PERU?
In case you are wondering whether it is called the Chile-Peru Trench or the Peru-Chile Trench, MarineRegions.org can fill you in that it is okay to call it either one, plus there’s a list of other names it is known by.
More trenches: SCIENCE & NATURE ($800) The Puerto Rico Trench has the Atlantic’s deepest point; this trench has the Pacific’s
Jon got Chile but couldn’t get the “ru” in Peru before time ran out. He lost his $2,400 bet for a $4,400 finish.
Heath got it right. He bet $4,200, bringing him up to $15,000.
Kathryn got it, too. She bet $9,000 and won the game with $22,000. Kathryn Kienholz is the newest new champ this week.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
AMERICAN LITERATURE NOBELISTS ($800) She penned “Fighting Angel”, a biography of her father, Absalom Sydenstricker, a missionary in China
INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT? ($2000) Jessica Lange’s first Best Actress nomination came for this film in which she portrayed a Hollywood legend
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Countries of the World”
Of the 5 countries with the lowest population density, this U.N. Member is the only one named for a desert. show
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I have noticed that CPAs don’t last very long on Jeopardy. Maybe they don’t have the liberal arts background (history & literature) that others have. I’m a CPA and I taught myself, after college, the liberal arts type of material needed for Jeopardy. For example, I was 33 years old before I knew the difference between a Chagall and a Renoir and a Modigliani. Now I know Art like Sister Wendy (RIP).
And you learn something new everyday in all kind of areas. The trick is to pay attention and to try to not forget things. You never know when something might come in handy, be it professionally, in personal life etc….
And yet another Tombstone clue, jeesh.
@Lou, I remember that one, too, where Lisa Schlitt had trouble with Massachusetts.
Why does it seem like they never finish the category you like best? I wanted to see that other clue in International Entertainment?
LINK: 11 more clues from the game
For some reason Kathryn is on a chair.
@Richard
Could be for all kind of reasons, an injury e.g. Or when you are starting the taping day and may have to go 3 episodes -if you win- it’s long until lunch break and it could be a permanent medical condition, who knows? Not for us to guess unless Kathryn volunteers the info I think. A medical condition is something personal, we just had the example with Jackie….it’s like in the CIA… a need to know basis😎
Since 2018 is ending soon, we already got two four time winners this month and I do remember how Lisa schlitt did in the geography final in one of her games and somehow won. She could feel for Jon’s loss but still he did well. Congrats to kathy on her win and to heath on getting this right. Let’s hope she can build up her win next week and get 2019 off to a good start don’t you guys agree John and VJ?
@Lou
Yeah, it’s about time to end the one day wins. Maybe she can make a good transition into 2019, she seems to have the experience and as a CPA you usually file things away, you don’t forget them completely, so we’ll see!
@John B./I. Indeed. I hope Kathryn can stop the “one-day win” curse before the end of the year. Also, Jon wrote incorrect because it is incomplete, so writing within the 30-second limit is important and would’ve made a Triple Solver, but in this case, it didn’t.
@JCA
One more second would have done it, he obviously knew it. But even if he had gotten it in he would have been short since
1.. Kathryn and Heath got it right and
2. his bet was too small unless he would have been the only one right and K and H had lost big wagers. So we are still waiting for a repeat.
2018 is coming to an end and with today the last chance of an at least 4 day winning streak disappeared. Heath’s miss on the DD probably cost him the game, his wager at FJ would have been different had he 4K more… Tough break for Jon. Ironically, PE is the international designation on cars for Peru, like A for Austria, D for Germany etc…
J! might as well change the intro music to “One Day Tripper”…a lot of “Flu”kes going around since Jackie.☹ Win 1, lose the next.
But CONGRATULATIONS to KATHRYN. Being a little more mature has its advantages, you have learned more and if you were/are able to retain your experience and knowledge…maybe she can start something, going into next year? Being a “mature” person myself – to put it mildly – I am kind of rooting for her.