Final Jeopardy: Lists (2-5-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/5/2015), in the category “Lists” was:
Efforts to save historic treasures threatened by the creation of the Aswan High Dam led UNESCO to create this list.
It’s Thursday already! And we’re on the 4th quarter-final match of the 2015 Teachers Tournament. Today’s teachers are: Chris Grinvalds, from Bennington, NE; Jennifer Giles from Longmont, CO; and Mary Bayer from Hoffman Estates, IL
Round 1: Mary found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “What Do I Hear?” under the $1,000 clue before the first break. She was in second place with $1,400, half of Jennifer’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and thought it was an autoharp. That was WRONG.
Vivaldi wrote for it, but it’s also popular in American Bluegrass music.
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Jennifer finished in the lead with $6,000. Chris was second with $4,000 and Mary was last with $200.
Round 2: Chris found the first Daily Double in “U.S. Bodies of Water” under the $800 clue. He was in third place with $6,800, $5,200 less than Jennifer’s lead. He bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.
This beautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains is nearly 2,000 feet deep. show
Jennifer found the last Daily Double in “Saints Go Marching In” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $14,400, she had $5,400 more than Mary in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Born at Lourdes in 1844, she was canonized in 1933. show
Jennifer finished with a runaway $18,400. Mary was next with $9,000 and Chris was in third place with $8,400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The UNESCO World Heritage List spotlights the planet’s most fascinating– and sometimes most threatened– places and customs. UNESCO dedicates a part of its website to the World Heritage List and sites that have been chosen, including their designations. You can even buy a wall map over there. National Geographic also has a comprehensive World Heritage section.
Test your knowledge with National Geographic’s World Heritage Quiz.
Chris crossed out “endangered” and wrote down “famous landmarks.” He bet and lost it all.
Mary thought it was the Wonders of the World. She bet nothing so she remained at $9,000.
Jennifer got it right and won the semi-final spot. She added another $400 to finish with $18,800.
Here is Keith Williams analysis of the bets, including some info on the cutoffs and why it wasn’t the best move for Jennifer to risk a tie-breaker.
Jennifer Giles is a third grade teacher. During the chat, she talked about teaching English in France.
Here is the Wild Card list as of today. Mary’s zero bet got her a spot on it:
$12,600 – Erin McLaughlin
$9,000 – Mary Bayer
$4,600 – Cathy Farrell
$3,000 – MaryLou McKenna
2 years ago:: ALL of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Government”
Recently in the news, this agency traces its origins to an 1803 act helping Portsmouth, N.H. after a fire. show
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would they even had a tiebreaker? both would have qualified with 18K. but what if-theoretically- we had already 2 non winners with over 18 K?? then tomorrow could produce 2 more a winner and 2 non winners with over 18 K. so they would need a WINNER for today, if 18K flat were not enough for a wc?
I think they would have had a tiebreaker in order to determine who won the game. Mary then would’ve taken a WC spot with 18K.
As for Chris, he should have bet $0 and hoped his $8,400 would get him a WC as well imo.
Cece, you are so correct.
Good thinking on your part CeCe. In his final wager video on tonight’s game Keith Williams stated Chris didn’t know it but he was in a good position for a Wild Card spot because of the low scores so far.
Very good thinking CeCe.
VJ can you link Keith’s February 5, 2015 video here so CeCe can see how right she was?
I moved the video over here, Jacob, because it won’t get deleted (like on the CotD posts).
Thank you, Jacob! It was so very nice of you to ask VJ to move the video over here for my benefit.
Thank you VJ, for being so accommodating, as always!
And since I’m at it, one more thanks: TGIF! 🙂
I couldn’t possibly give a more yes and no (then no and yes) response. Yes, there would be a tie-breaker, as there simply always is in tournament play. Clearly, though, it is not certain that Mary would have lost it: the loser would enter the WC pool.
Yes, it is your opinion that Chris should have bet zero (which, I believe and agree, stems from his lackluster performance in all non-sports categories). Naturally, though, I disagree with staying on 8400: it simply wouldn’t historically be enough. Further, I never like the idea of staying and hoping on a weak stance. Of course, this analysis would change if (if and only if) the category was clearly a weakness. Ultimately, though, it must be kept in mind that these are role models and the active stance just sets a better example. Would anyone really want to go to teach Friday’s class with students who still have palm prints on their face?
Not to put you too much on the spot, Cece, but I know you came here from Brazil. All of the Brazilians I know truly live their life with gusto and a shining brilliance. Having seen these examples, why not ask yourself: which option would make me feel more alive?
At that small of an amount, and not having any idea of the amounts of the others, I say, “well done, Chris! You didn’t bring too heavy of a bat to swing!”.
Eric, your argument is not without merit—so we disagree on Chris’ bet. That’s cool.
However, no disrespect, but your second reasoning boggles my mind:
“…why not ask yourself: which option would make me feel more alive?”
What does the premise here have to do with “Brazilians living their lives with gusto and a shining brilliance”, feeling more alive, and all that jazz?
You lost me. 🙂
No worries.
Good luck.
so now we are 2/4 days in fj,which is also 2/12 players.. 2 correct answers in fj overall in 4 days and 12 players.
after yesterday 1/9 or 11.11%
after today 2/12 or 16.66%
the average goes up, thanks to at least ONE correct answer.
@VJ
if the numbers are correct: if mary had bet it all and had been right :18.000
if jennifer would have been wrong: 18.400 minus 400 ????
why would she risk a tie and a tiebreaker question?? any bet over 399 would be insane. but maybe there is a typo somewhere, i cant believe that jennifer would almost pull a cliff clavin!jennifer had only won her semifinal spot after mary did not wager anything.after that the 400 did not matter.if wrong j. would still have had 18K compared to mary’s 9K.
but betting for a tie when i have a runaway in the bag????
the only explanation: jennifer thought her 18 K -if wrong- would be enough for a wild card, so it did not matter whether she finishes first or second?
I rechecked – $400 — that’s what Jennifer bet
then she must have thought or known that 18K would be enough for a wc. but i thought that the contestants are not told the results from previous games? for all jennifer knew, there could have been already 3 non winners with over 18K..
an unnecessary risk she took there imo.