Final Jeopardy: Geographic Namesakes (2-16-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/16/2021) in the category “Geographic Namesakes” was:
In 1857, the former Surveyor-General of India objected to giving his name to this landmark as “the natives could not pronounce” it
New champ Phil Hoffman, a graduate student orig. from Mountain Lakes, NJ, won $14,195 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Joe Satran, a writer orig. from Montclair, NJ; and Pam Sung, a physician & scientist, from Philadelphia, PA.
Round 1 Categories: Baby – Yukon – Drive My Car – It Happens in Genesis – Hoops – Differs by One Letter
Phil found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It Happens in Genesis” under the $400 clue on the very first pick of the round. No one had a red cent. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
These 2 cities get wiped out in Genesis 19. show
Phil finished in the lead with $5,600. Pam was second with $5,400 and Joe was last with $5,000. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Alphabet Rockers & Rappers – American History – Piece of Cake – Literature – Natural Construction – Double Consonant Words
Joe found the first Daily Double in “American History” under the $1,600 clue on the third pick. He was in the lead with $5,400 now, $1,400 more than Phil in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and tried “the White Bears.” That was WRONG.
Fighting the Bolsheviks, the American North Russian Expedition Force was better known by this ursine name. show
Joe got the last Daily Double in “Piece of Cake” under the $2,000 clue on the very next pick. He had zilch now and Phil was in the lead with his $4,000. Joe bet the $2,000 allowance and, this time, he was RIGHT.
This Latin American favorite is named for the evaporated milk, the sweetened condensed milk & the cream that’s poured over it. show
Pam finished in the lead with $14,200. Phil was next with $11,600 and Joe was in third place with $3,600. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MOUNT EVEREST?
The above video discusses naming controversies of the Seven Summits (the world’s tallest peaks). It covers Mt. Everest at the 8:24 mark. There’s also an 1888 account that delves into “a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on the 11th of May 1857. Sir George Everest himself was present and expressed his thanks for the honor done to him by Col. Waugh, regarding it as a recognition of the importance…of the Survey, but he thought there were peculiar difficulties in the way of adopting the name Everest which the natives would find it impossible to pronounce.” See Gaurisankar-Everest, page 523.
Two players got this FJ! back in 1988: Surveyor general of India from 1830-43, in 1865 a mountain was renamed in his honor
Joe wrote down Bombay (now Mumbai, its Gate of India landmark has been in several prior clues.) He lost his $2,801 bet and finished with $799.
Phil got it right. His $11,595 bet brought him up to $23,195.
Pam went with the Taj Mahal. She lost her $10,000 bet and finished with $4,200. That meant that Phil remained champ, with a 2-day total of $37,390.
A triple stumper from each round:
ALPHABET ROCKERS & RAPPERS ($2000) Jeff Lynne put “Telephone Line” by this 3-letter band on the soundtrack of the film “Joyride”, which starred Desi Arnaz Jr.
LITERATURE ($1600) Dylan Thomas’ best-known poem urges his father, “Do not” do this. “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “ISLANDS”
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” show
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Triple Stompers?
I should probably stop now.
we could have code, like TS0, TS1, TS2 and TS3 maybe….
or maybe not?
🤣🤣🤣
Dylan thomas was one of my favorite poets but to see the contestants miss that clue on him. Wasn’t he responsible for drowning himself in beer and die from pneumonia VJ? Also, Joe couldn’t get anything going today since phil was pretty quick on the buzzer today.
Another thought: We should have a special term for Triple Stumpers (do we?) where each contestant actually buzzes in and gets it wrong.
[or maybe not]
I try not to be critical when contestants miss seemingly (to me) easy questions, but it was especially surprising to see all 3 miss the Dylan Thomas, well-known quote. When the 1st person gets it wrong, the 2nd usually notices the slight error. But for the 3rd person to have the benefit of hearing the first couple of mistakes, well …
LOL, DC! This bugs me, too, though I try to see the humor in it. Why take a guess on what was wrong with the first answer if you don’t really know? The word Phil had wrong was “dark” but Joe and Pam obviously didn’t know that.
Phil: What is “Do not go gentle into that dark night”?
Joe tries 3 changes: What is “Do not go gently into the dark night”? Into the night.
Pam thinks Phil should have stopped at gently: What is “Do not go gently into that dark night”?
har har har!
Right?
😂
It was kind of an up and down for Joe.