Final Jeopardy: World War I (2-21-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/21/2018) in the category “World War I” was:

Site of an arduous WWI campaign, this town on the Dardanelles gets its name from the Greek for “beautiful city”

5x champ Rob Worman went over the $100K mark yesterday by $13,899. In Game 6, he is up against these two players: Bryan Brzycki, from Indianapolis, IN; and Kristy Calman, from Louisville, KY.

Round 1 Categories: Very, Very U.K. Election Constituencies – ____ of the ____ – Interjections! – “C” the Flowers – You Know My Name – Look Up the Beatles Number

Kristy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “You Know My Name” under the $400 clue, with 4 clues left after it. She was in second place with $2,600, $5,400 less than Rob’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

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WHO IS JIMMY HOFFA?

Rob finished in the lead with $8,200. Kristy was second with $5,200 and Bryan was last at negative $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: Bestsellers – Sitcomedy Tonight – 5-Letter Palindromes – Classical Architecture – Hodgepodge – Potentate Potables

Rob found the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Palindromes” under the $1,200 clue on the 18th pick. He was in the lead with $12,200 now, $3,800 more than Kristy in second place. He bet a big $7,000 and he was RIGHT.

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Bryan found the last Daily Double in “Classical Architecture” under the $800 clue, with just 3 clues left after it. Bryan was in third place now, in the red for $200. Rob was in the lead with $21,600. Bryan bet the $2,000 allowance and took a shot with colosseums. That was WRONG.

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Rob finished in the lead with $21,600 and Kristy was next with $10,000. Bryan was out of the game at this point at negative $2,200.

NEITHER contestant got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS GALLIPOLI?

There’s a little item on the Trove from The North Western Advocate and Emu Bay Times (a Tasmanian publication) that is dated 11/6/1915: “Certain writers, says ‘Le Figaro,’ in tracing back the history of the Crusades, state that the French landed at the Dardanelles and there established a camp, which subsequently became a town, and was known as the ‘Town of the French’ or ‘Town of the Gaulois.’ But Gallipoli is far previous to the Crusades, and was founded by tho Macedonians, who called it Kallipolis. ‘the beautiful town,’ which by a slight alteration has become Gallipoli.” It’s relevant to the clue not just for the name meaning, but it was published while the Gallipoli Campaign (4/25/1915-1/9/1916) was still ongoing.

For more info on the Battle of Gallipoli, see 10 Significant Battles of World War One on the Imperial War Museum website. (It’s No. 2.)

Kristy didn’t have a response. She lost her $9,900 bet and had $100 left.

Rob didn’t have a response either. He wrote down “Hi, Davi” with a smiley face. He lost $1,599, winning the match with $20,001. His 6-day total is $133,900.

A triple stumper from each round:

VERY, VERY U.K. ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES ($600) In Wales, Llanelli; Pontypridd; this city Central, North & West

BESTSELLERS ($1600) This memoir begins with Jeannette Walls in a taxi, seeing her mom rooting through a dumpster

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Legendary Women”

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