Final Jeopardy: People & Places (2-22-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/22/2023) in the category “People & Places” was:
Thought to descend from people of Southeast Asia, the Chamorro make up this U.S. territory’s largest ethnic group
In the third game of the High School Reunion Tournament the contestants are: Stephanie Pierson, a Junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Macon, GA; Autumn Shelton, a Junior at Princeton University from Lamar, MO; and Sreekar Madabushi, a Junior at the Georgia Institute of Technology from Basking Ridge, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: European Cities – Who Played ‘Em? – Have a Nosh – Science Critters – Welcome Back! – It’s Great to “Cu”
Sreekar found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science Critters” under the $800 clue with one clue left after it. He was in the lead with $8,600, $4,400 more than Autumn in second place. Sreekar bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
This Russian physiologist trained many breeds of dogs to reflexively salivate at the sound of noises they associated with food show
Sreekar finished in the lead with $11,600. Autumn was second with $4,200 and Stephanie was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Colleges & Universities – Travel Facts – The Presidential Victor – TV Switcheroo – Literary Movements – A Jolly Rhyme
Sreekar found the first Daily Double in “Travel Facts” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $17,600, $13,200 more than Stephanie in second place. Sreekar bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
No shorts or miniskirts if you want to get into this Vatican chapel constructed from 1473 to 1481 show
Stephanie got the last Daily Double in “Literary Movements” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. In second place with $5,200, she had $19,400 less than Sreekar’s lead. Stephanie made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Gertrude Stein is credited with giving this bleak nickname to a group of young writers alienated from post-World War I society show
Sreekar finished in the lead with $25,800. Stephanie was second with $14,400 and Autumn was last with $4,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS GUAM?
The Chamorro people, or Chamoru people, are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, which include the United States territories of Guam and the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in Micronesia. The CIA World Factbook’s estimated population for CNMI in 2022 is 51,475 and 23.9% of that are Chamorro. Guam is the largest island of the Marianas and the World Factbook estimates the population of Guam for 2022 at 169,086, 37.3% of which are Chamorro.
According to Guampedia, in 2020, 58,240 individuals had migrated and were living in the USA. They say: “While the population is increasing in all areas, the proportion of the Chamorro population on the islands is decreasing rapidly.” By now, there may be more Chamorro living in the States than on Guam, but Guam is still the U.S. territory with the largest Chamorro population.
Autumn went with the U.S. Virgin Islands. She lost her $200 bet and finished with $4,200.
Stephanie got it right. She added $8,401, bringing her score up to $22,801.
Sreekar thought it was America Samoa. He lost $3,001 and finished with $22,799. That made Stephanie Pierson the winner of this match and the third semi-finalist.
2 triple stumpers LITERARY MOVEMENTS:
($1200) Poet & playwright Amiri Baraka is considered the founder of this 1960s & ’70s movement, BAM for short
($2000) For their gallant verses & loyalty to Charles I, 1600s poets like Richard Lovelace were known as these mounted knights
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Winter Sports”
The specific skill that gave this sport its name was eliminated from intl. competition after the 1990 world championships show
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Heck of a comeback for Stephanie, who barely averted a runaway. Sreekar looked very distraught after he lost. I did some quick mental geography and came up with Guam. Never considered Samoa,
but that seemed like a legit guess.
Yes,, in retrospect, Guam would have certainly been the logical choice due to its proximity to the far east.
Hmmmm……….I picked the U.S. Virgin Islands too in FJ, and was surprised to learn that the correct response was Guam. Actually, Guam would have been one of my last choices since that island was typically associated with U.S. military bases.
I meant to mention this on Monday, but I haven’t been feeling so great this week and I kept forgetting
If you click on the names of the players in the tags, you will see what Season 35 games they were in.
Fun Fact: All 3 players from the 1st Quarter-Final game of the 2019 Teen Tournament that aired on 6/17/19 can now say that they won a game on “Jeopardy!”. 1st, Teagan O’Sullivan, who won that game. Then, Ryan Presler, who won his Semi-Final game. Ryan was the only 1 among these 3 to go to the Finals, and now, Stephanie Pierson, who won this game.