Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Books (2-4-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/4/2016) in the category “19th Century Books” was:
“Instinct,” “Hybridism” & “Geographical Distribution” are chapters in this book.
It’s the fourth quarter-final match of the 2016 Jeopardy! College Championship already. Today’s contestants are Sarah Dubnik a senior at the University of Pittsburgh; Hannah Norem, a sophomore at Augustana University; and Gus Woythaler, a senior at Stanford University. We started the wild card list in yesterday’s recap, so let’s see if anyone gets bumped today.
Round 1 Categories: Starbuck’s Order – Tall – Soy – Half Calf – With Foam – Add a Shot
Sarah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “With Foam” under the $600 clue, with only two clues left after it. She was in second place with $4,600, $2,200 less than Gus in the lead. She confidently bet $3,400 and she was RIGHT.
The westernmost point of this sea is in a bay on the coast of Belize. show
Sarah finished in the lead with $8,000. Gus was second with $7,800 and Hannah was last with $1,400.
Round 2 Categories: Ottoman History – Elemental Symbols – Fictional Worlds – Starts & Ends with K – All About Numbers – Wall-to-Wall
Gus found the first Daily Double in “Elemental Symbols” under the $1,200 clue on the fourth pick of the round. In the lead with $9,000 now, he had $1,000 more than Sarah in second place. He confidently bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
It was discovered way out West: Bk. show
Sarah found the last Daily Double in “Wall-to-Wall” under the $2,000 clue. She was in second place with $12,400 now, $10,200 behind the lead held by Gus. There were only two clues left after it. She bet $3,600 and she was RIGHT.
A national trail in England follows the line of this historic wall from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway. show
Gus finished in the lead with $20,600. Sarah was next with $16,000 and Hannah was in third place with $7,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The original full title of Charles Darwin’s 1859 work was “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life,” whittled down by 1872 to omit the “On,” and eventually referred to simply as “The Origin of Species.” We are linking the chapters to some interesting articles on Science Blogs. “Instinct” is the 7th chapter. “Hybridism” is the 8th chapter and “Geographical Distributions” is the 11th.
Hannah got it right. Her $7,000 bet brought her up to $14,400.
Sarah wrote down “On the Origin of the Species.” Adding that second “the” got her answer disqualified. She only bet $1,199 so she remained in second place with $14,801.
Gus got it right. His $1,622 bet brought him up to the winning total of $22,222.
So Kevin and Amanda are now off the Wild Card list and three of the players finished with $14,400. According to this wikipedia article, in Wild Card ties, the pre-FJ total determines who gets the spot. So if it is necessary to bump someone tomorrow, they’ll have to go back to the end of Round 1 for Kate ($3,200) and Michael ($2,600).
The last two clues in Double Jeopardy! (“Ottoman History”) were Triple Stumpers:
Hannah’s Kublai Khan answer cost her $1,600: “The 1402 Battle of Ankara saw Turkish forces overwhelmed by this man aka Timur” The answer also comes up in Poetry categories.
The very last clue cost Gus $2,000 with his Hellespont answer: “In 1354 Suleyman turned this peninsula on the Dardanelles into a strategic base; in 1915 it played a key role in WW1″
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Countries of the World”
Once a poor British protectorate, in 2012, this peninsular country ranked as the world’s richest per capita. show
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Ties for second place in regular games go in favor of the person who was leading at the end of DJ!, then if those scores are tied, who was leading at the end of the first round. We’ll see if it changed to determine the WIld Card spots tomorrow if the scores require a tie to be broken. The rule about ties at the end of FJ! being broken by a tiebreaker question hasn’t been mentioned on air, as there hasn’t been a tie since the rule changed. Ties at the end of FJ! in tournament semi finals and final games have always broken by a tiebreaker clue, as was a tie at the end of a Kids’ week game where it wasn’t really necessary(back in 2002). 54/61 for me. Three of the four shows so far this week have had a full credit roll plus all 60 clues are played. All 60 clues are always played in tournament first round games. Pace must be a little faster this week than normal
I actually don’t understand why Gus or Sarah wagered anything.
I don’t see anyone else discussing something Alex did tonight that in my opinion may have suggested an answer, or even if it didn’t help the player, gave the appearance of impropriety on Alex’s part.
In the Elements category, for the $800 answer “It was discovered out west: Cf.” (What is Californium?), Alex commented “It was discovered at Berkeley.”
Very next clue, same category, for $1200 (Daily Double), “It was discovered way out west: Bk.” The student correctly answered “What is Berkelium?” Alex says “yes, also discovered at Berkeley.”
I’m bothered by the fact that Alex mentoned Berkeley in his earlier comments, knowing that the very next answer in the series was Berkelium. He reviews the questions beforehand, he knew what he was doing. Very poor judgment in my opinion.
I suppose it’s almost as bad as when Alex reads clues in give-away accents. Most recently, he did it in a Daily Double on 1/28 (the contestant didn’t get it though)
Why are this tournament’s Final Jeopardy questions ridiculously easy?
I think they will get harder as the rounds advance. I’m happy that they seem to have the same degree of difficulty (sorry Monday players) in the same round.
Gus Woythaler spelled origin orijin and he still got it correct? What is the ruling on misspelling final jeopardy?
Check out this post with a collection of spelling decisions.
Actually they all got it wrong. The title is “On the Origen of Species”. The “on” in the title suggests his conviction on the subject as opposed to “here’s the way it is” attitude adopted by so many educators.
If you’re really going to get into semantics, the correct answer is “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”.
Both would have been acceptable. FYI, you can see the 6th edition from 1872 when the “On” was dropped at Darwin Online.
I think Gus won the trophy next week.
Not sure I’d trust Wikipedia with Jeopardy info. They still seem to think ties are allowed in regular play.
According to Keith Williams, in his History of Tiebreakers article — as of 11/24/2014, ALL ties are now resolved with a tiebreaker. He does have a wild card scenario on there but it was in 2012, so I guess if there has to be a tiebreaker, it will be a first for wild cards.