Final Jeopardy: Historic Geography (2-1-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/1/2022) in the category “Historic Geography” was:
This city on the Rhone River that is partly a World Heritage Site was Papal property until the French Revolution
2x champ Jay Foster, an engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA has won $25,599 so far. In Game 3, his opponents are: Zoha Khalili, a movement lawyer from Anaheim, CA; and Scott Plummer, a software developer from Golden, CO.
Round 1 Categories: One Woman – “Too” Words – 3 Stars of the Film – 4-Letter Geography – 5 Random Things – 6 Flags
Jay found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “4-Letter Geography” under the $800 clue on the very first pick of the round. Of course, no one had a dime. Jay bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
This world capital began hosting Holmenkollen ski jump competition in 1892. show
Jay finished in the lead with $7,600. Scott was second with $3,800 and Zoha was last with $1,200. All clues were uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Little Things in a Big World – Conductors – Read It or Eat It? – International Get-Togethers – More than One Meaning – Killer TV Shows
Scott found the first Daily Double in “Conductors” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $9,400 now, $600 less than Jay’s lead. Scott bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
On an 1887 cruise New York Symphony Society conductor Walter Damrosch met this tycoon & talked him into building a hall show
Zoha got the last Daily Double in “More Than One Meaning” under the $1,600 clue with 6 clues left after it. She was in last place with $5,200, $8,800 less than Jay in second place. Zoha made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
A wind-blown pile of snow, or the meaning of what you’re saying show
Zoha finished in the lead with $15,600. Scott was second with $14,600 and Jay was last with $12,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS AVIGNON?
From National Geographic: “Built on the banks of the Rhone River, Avignon sprang to international prominence in the 14th century A.D. At the time, the town was not part of French territory, but belonged to the duke of Anjou, a vassal of the Pope. As such, Pope Clement V deemed it a safe location in which to center the Church.” A succession of popes resided in Avignon from 1309 to 1377. During that time, a stupendous Gothic palace was built and became home to seven popes. The palace was the property of the papacy until the French Revolution. Avignon’s historic center was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995, including the Popes’ Palace, the Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge.
More Cities on the Rhone River
Jay got it right. He bet all $12,800 and finished with $25,600.
Scott also got it right. He bet $14,200. That brought him up to $28,800.
Zoha wrote down Orleans (on the Loire River). She lost her $13,601 bet and finished with $1,999. That made Scott Plummer the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from KILLER TV SHOWS:
($1200) Good cops CCH Pounder & Forest Whitaker hounded killer cop Michael Chiklis & the Strike Team on this FX series
($1600) The “Murders” in this British detective show take place in the fictional title county, not the dog days of August
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “World Capitals”
Sharing its name with another ancient city on the sea, this African capital is called “Bride of the Mediterranean” show
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I’ve a different take on this. I take this as a ‘parable’” that illustrates “advantage” or “privilege,” NOT necessarily UNFAIR.
Westerners like Scott and Jay seem to me to have advantage over Zoha who appears to have an Eastern or Middle-Eastern background. I would expect Westerners to know more about the papal estates than those with Eastern or Middle-Eastern background.
I totally zoned, and said “Rheims”, so, I was wrong. Ok. But, being a school boy French speaker, I was, at first, fine with Mayim saying “AH-vee-nyoh”, not “AH-vig-non”, but, with Zoha’s response, Orleans, I was incredulous that Mayim said “OR-leenz”, in place of “OR-lee-onh”. I mean, I just was dumbfounded. Maybe it was because of how she so clearly enunciated it, which showed me, at least, that she’s “all in”, even if on the wrong one!
Avignon is indeed pronounced ah vee nyoh so not sure what you are talking about. Lived there for a while. Fluent french speaker. Canadian. You can also hear it on countless youtube videos. I am dumbfounded!
Forvo is my go to site for foreign pronunciations
Best game in ages tonight. All deserved to win. I’d much rather see a tight game than a blowout that’s over before the first commercial break.
Absolutely agree! It makes all the difference in the world.
Totally agree, Howard. Great game!
Glad that Jay and Scott got this final today. At least now all the daily doubles are nailed. Maybe Scott has a streak build up but we will see.
Moi aussi!
10 years of francais pour moi, starting in 4th grade. I’m still somewhat fluent, 50+ years later.
I got by pretty well when I visited Paris, Montreal and Quebec in the 70s.
But I blew the Final. Couldn’t decide between Lourdes and Orleans.