Final Jeopardy: Islands (2-12-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/12/2019) in the category “Islands” was:
650 miles off the U.S., it was the site of a 1609 shipwreck of colonists bound for Jamestown that may have inspired “The Tempest”
New champ Eric R. Backes, an attorney from Round Rock, TX, won $48,001 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Rob Williams, a renewable energy manager from Portland, OR; and Ellen Clark, a sales support specialist from Virginia Beach, VA.
Round 1 Categories: Peaceful Guns – Quoted in the OED – Countries of the World – Same Day – Bugs Bunny Cartoons – Animal Fakers
Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Quoted in the OED” under the $600 clue, with only 3 clues left worth $2,800 after it. He was in a tie for the lead with Rob. They both had $6,000, $4,200 more than Ellen in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The OED loves this other reference work founded in the U.K. quoting it more than 14,500 times. show
Eric finished in the lead with $10,000. Rob was second with $6,000 and Ellen was last with $2,600.
Round 2 Categories: Famous “N”ames – Top 10 Tunes – Hip to Be Square – Miracle Meds – Classic Adventure Novels – Final Jeopardy
Eric found the first Daily Double in “Famous ‘N’ames” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick. He was in the lead with $13,200 at this point, $4,800 less than Rob in second place. He bet $3,300 and he was RIGHT.
Despite the objects of her family, this Englishwoman went to Germany for medical training in 1850. show
Ellen found the last Daily Double in “Classic Adventure Novels” under the $2,000 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. In third place with $5,800, she had $13,100 less than Eric’s lead. She bet $3,000 and took a shot with Blueblood. That was WRONG.
Rafael Sabatini wrote a novel about this sanguine “captain”, a doctor turned pirate. show
Eric finished in the lead with a runaway $24,900. Rob was next with $10,400 and Ellen was in third place with $6,400.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Shakespeare Online has a page devoted to the shipwreck details: “America may justly claim to have had a large share in suggesting and shaping the delectable workmanship of The Tempest. In May, 1609, a fleet of nine vessels under the command of Sir George Somers sailed from England with provisions and five hundred settlers for the newly founded colony of Virginia. On July 25 a storm separated the “Sea Adventure” (some narratives give the name as “Sea Venture”) from the other vessels of the fleet, and, with Somers and Sir Thomas Gates on board, it was wrecked three days later on the coast of the Bermudas. The crew reached one of the islands in safety, and in May, 1610, continued their voyage to Virginia in two boats of cedar which they had built on the island.” They also have news articles Shakespeare may have read.
This 2004 clue ended up a triple stumper after one player responded with a storm or hurricane and Alex asked him to be more specific. He said “typhoon” but they were looking for “shipwreck” – BERMUDA SHORTS ($800) The first settlement in 1609 resulted from this event, maybe the one depicted in the first scene of “The Tempest”
Ellen bet $4,001, bringing her score up to $10,401.
Rob bet $2,401, finishing with $12,801.
Eric bet $4,000, winning the match with $28,900. His 2-day total is $76,901. Wow!
Two triple stumpers from the last round:
CLASSIC ADVENTURE NOVELS ($800) Robert E. Howard’s only novel-length tale about this Cimmerian is sometimes titled him “The Conqueror”
HIP TO BE SQUARE ($2000) The special day celebrating these comes seldom: 3/3/09, 4/4/16, then not until 5/5/25
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Writers”
A New Orleans literary festival in his honor includes various panels, a walking tour & a Stanley & Stella shouting contest. show
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Might there be a “link,” today?
I just posted the link, Grandpa Lenny. Cheers!
Well, a very interesting start of the week. The second triple solve and Eric looked even more impressive today than yesterday. CONGRATULATIONS to him for win# 2, and he made the most out of it. He was not content with what he had but wagered an even 4K at FJ! 2 days: almost 77K ! As they say (for rhyming reasons) in Austria: “Nicht schlecht, Herr Specht!” = Not bad, Mister Woodpecker! He also got his 2 DDs. He seems like the real deal, I hope nothing odd will trip him up. I guess not many TS in the game ( over 41K before FJ).
Is it just me or are the FJ clues getting easier? Today was a real softball and yesterday was not exactly an Einstein FJ either?
As a PS: last week we had 3 easy FJs (Filibuster, Pony Express and W.) yet only 1 got a triple. Pony Express was a TS, strangely enough. Yet Fri – the toughest imo- got 1 right response….
We’ll see how things are going from here. All it takes is one FJ that is absolutely not Eric’s forte. The best way to win at least five would be to have 3 more runaways…😉
@ John B- Hey pal.. yesterday you predicted that 2 of 3 players would answer FJ! correctly and Monday you forecasted only one right response (even though your gut was telling you ZERO). Apparently you weren’t thinking they were “softballs” then…😉
@JJ, Even when they are softball or really tough, I usually shy away from ZERO or THREE predictions. There is always a chance somebody might screw up the easiest question, and a really tough clue can have a right answer because a player read about it on the plane to L.A., but had never heard of it before. But I think we can agree: today was WAY easier than yesterday.
Haven’t you become more cautious from, say 20 years ago? How did you approach things when you were 18 and today? I always like to have some “insurance”, maybe that explains it best. And if I know it, then it certainly does not always mean the players know it. There is a temptation to say” If I know it, then J players MUST know it”.
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Case in point: last Friday’s FJ, the toughest of the week imo, yet one correct, when Pony Express scored zero…..go figure!!
@John B- I actually knew yesterday’s even though I’ve never seen the show (pop culture is one of my stronger categories) and I guessed today’s, but Bermuda seemed so obvious and logical, I just made the 3 for 3 call.
If things can get in handy, he will make it to 4 or 5, since all 3-time champions are OUT of ToC contention.
Oh my. This is the second time a triple solve has occurred. The second biggest payout so far was 100K from Andrew Pau. And before that Michael bilow had a big 90K payout as well. I wonder if Eric will surpass their totals. Congrats to Eric on his second win. I hope he keeps it going. Also VJ and John have you heard of you know mysteries of the Bermuda triangle? There has been a lot of information regarding that though.
@Lou
Yeah, 5 bombers disappeared in 1945 east of Ft. Lauderdale, flight 19. In my memory one of the more (in)famous incidents.
I just took a break from reading “Beyond Good and Evil” this afternoon to play the J!6 clues on my Amazon Echo, and a clue asked for the author of “Beyond Good and Evil”. What are the chances?
@JP
Slim. Some heavy reading though, especially since it was German in the original and I am sure that a few subtle things can not be EXACTLY translated. There are words in every language that are de facto untranslatable (if that’s a word…) Good luck with it though. Nietzsche gave me some headaches way back….and my native language IS German (well, Austrian, which is just slightly, VERY slightly different). Not officially(It’s still called “Deutsch”) but it’s like a Scot talking to an Aussie when somebody from Vienna talks to a person from Berlin or Dresden…
Well I just finished “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, so BGaE is a breath of fresh air in comparison. TSZ was a torturous piece of self-indulgent garbage, in my opinion, and was the closest I’ve come to quitting a book before finishing it in years. In retrospect, I wish I did abandon it, but I couldn’t accept wasting the $5 I spent on it by not finishing it, even though it resulted in my wasting hours of my time plodding through to the end.
@JP, yeah, those kind of coincidences are rare indeed! That’s why it’s a lot harder to lose at the Clue Responses We Won’t See game than predicting on Spoiler Talk. 😀
LINK: 10 more clues from the round
Exactly. You never know what a player may just have read or heard something s/he did never before.