Final Jeopardy: Business (2-25-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/25/2014), in the category “Business” was:
“The Everything Store” is a book about this company that in 2012 was home to 1% of all North American internet traffic.
5x champ Arthur Chu hit another home run yesterday, bringing his winnings up to $123,600. Today he takes on these two players: Myfanwy Davies, from Ottawa, Ontario, CA; and Padraic Connolly, from Chicago, IL.
Arthur found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Cars” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $6,000, $2,200 ahead of Myfanwy in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Inspired by the ’56 Packard, the 1962 Chaika was a favorite of Nikita Kruschev who owned one himself and gave one as a present to this first cosmonaut. show
Arthur finished in the lead with $15,000. Myfanwy was second with $3,800 and Padraic was last with $200.
Arthur found the first Daily Double in “Observatories” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $15,800, he had $9,200 more than Myfanwy in second place. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Since 1999 a green laser has been beamed into the sky from this observatory to mark the prime meridian. show
Arthur found the last Daily Double in “2013 Bestsellers” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $22,800, he had $16,200 more than Myfanwy in second place. He bet $5,000 and thought it was the Resistance. That was WRONG.
The nonfiction book about these title men tells how art historians & museum curators saved art from Nazi looting. show
Arthur finished in the lead with $29,400, another runaway. Myfanwy was next with $9,800 and Padraic was in third place with $3,400.
ALL of the contestants got this ridiculously easy Final Jeopardy! right.
From the book’s overview: “Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn’t content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that’s never been cracked. Until now.” The Everything Store
Padraic bet $1,119. He finished with $4,519.
Myfanwy bet $9,000, finishing with $18,800.
Arthur bet $5,000 so he won this match with $34,400. His 6-day total is $158,000.
2 years ago, no one got this FJ: U.S. Memorials
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time’, from Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’, is inscribed on a wall at this memorial.” show
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….the energizer bunny, much to the chagrin of some people…. 🙂
Not gonna lie. I will happy when his battery goes dead. I don’t have a problem with the board jumping but it’s like he gets irritated when someone else buzzes in before him. His wife’s song should have been named Arthur Thinks He Knows Everything.
You’re not the only one who has noticed the annoyed look. I noticed it yesterday when Sofi had a good lead and got the DD in the first round. He looked positively mad to me. But then she flubbed it and lost her confidence. Today I was thinking, well, maybe that’s just his intent look, but I saw it mentioned on twitter, too.
well, never judge a book by it’s cover. however, in the age of tv looks DO matter (that’s in part why jfk won….) and a jfk he’s not. sorry, arthur. i know that’s bad manners but a fact. you may be the nicest person personally. as i said, never judge…..
and as a p.s.: looks SHOULD not matter, but we are all human. and when you are not a jfk AND have a somewhat irritating body language sometimes, people get upset. but then, by now arthur, you can laugh all the way to the bank!! so regardless and in all fairness: congratulations. you DO know a lot and play gutsy as well (and are lucky too).