Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (2-20-15)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/20/2015), in the category “Word Origins” was:

Describing anything very showy, in architecture it refers to a style using curves like tongues of fire.

2x champ Christina McTighe has won $36,800 so far. In her third game, she faces these two challengers who will help wrap this week up: Ashley Singh, from Louisville, KY; and Dava-Leigh Brush, from Arnold, MO.

Round 1: Christina found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Small Stuff” under the $400 clue. She was in second place with $800, $1,000 less than Ashley’s lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and guessed “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” just to say something. That was WRONG.

Placed on an insect’s leg, the onetime world’s smallest ad was fittingly created for this book’s website. show

WHAT IS THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS?

Ashley finished in the lead with $4,400. Dava-Leigh was second with $3,800 and Christina was last, in the hole for $200.

Round 2: Ashley found the first Daily Double in “Nonfiction” under the $1,600 clue. She was in second place with $5,600, $200 behind Dava-Leigh’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

Sebastian Junger told “a true story of men against the sea” in this bestseller. show

WHAT IS “THE PERFECT STORM”?

Christina found the last Daily Double in “At the Museum” under the $800 clue. In third place with $5,000, she had $1,600 less than Ashley’s lead. She bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.

The Ulster Museum in Belfast displays treasures from the Girona & 2 other ships that were part of this famed fleet. show

WHAT IS THE SPANISH ARMADA?

Christina finished in the lead with $13,900. Dava-Leigh was next with $11,000 and Ashley was in third place with $7,400.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS FLAMBOYANT?

The Flamboyant style of architecture was a French Gothic phase during the late 14th and early 15th centuries. “A style characterized by tracery designs which resemble upward spiraling flames, dominant in the north of France. A classic example of this work is the north spire of Chartres which stands in evident contrast to the remainder of the cathedral, completed two centuries before.” (Gothic Architecture)

Collins Dictionary’s first definition for flamboyant is “elaborate or extravagant; florid; showy.” Its 4th is: “of, denoting, or relating to the French Gothic style of architecture characterized by flamelike tracery and elaborate carving”

Ashley began but didn’t quite finish writing down “ornate”. She bet and lost everything.

Dava-Leigh had ornate, too. She lost her $9,500 bet, finishing with $1,500.

Christina made it unanimous with the same wrong answer. Like Ashley, she bet and lost everything. And that made a very surprised Dava-Leigh the new Jeopardy! champ.

Dava-Leigh Brush is a homemaker. During the chat she talked about her son’s experience at a frog-jumping contest in Branson, when he was shocked to find out that real frogs were doing the jumping, not him.

2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “American Authors”

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