Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (3-11-24)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/11/2024) in the category “Word Origins” was:

A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons not ethics

The last semifinal match in the Tournament of Champions airs today and features these 3 contestants: Luigi De Guzman, an attorney from Arlington, VA; Troy Meyer, a music exec from Tampa, FL; and Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from Lafollette, TN.

Round 1 Categories: Renaissance Women – Down in the Valley – On Wheels – Resistance Is Futile – Dealing with Tv Reality – Enigmatic Anagrams

Luigi found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Down in the Valley” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,600, $2,400 more than Brian in second place. Luigi bet it all and he was RIGHT.

You’ll find this Scots word for a valley before “eagles”, “mor” & “coe”, among many others show

WHAT IS “GLEN”?

Luigi finished in the lead with $10,600. Troy was in second place with $2,400. Brian was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: The Civil War – Behind the Music – Nature – It’s Curtains – World of Lit – “AI”

Troy found the first Daily Double in “The Civil War” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,800, $5,400 less than Luigi’s lead. Troy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

When the war started, this future general was helping drill a volunteer company in Galena, Illinois show

WHO IS ULYSSES GRANT?

Troy found the last Daily Double in “‘AI’” under the $2,000 clue with 6 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $25,600 now, $7,400 more than Luigi in second place. Troy bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

A contemporary of Buddha, Mahavira is revered as a leader & organizer of this religion show

WHAT IS JAINISM?

Troy finished in the lead with $28,400. Luigi was in second place with $18,600 and Brian was last with $6,200. All clues were shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS REALPOLITIK?

Realpolitik is a term coined by Ludwig von Rochau in “Grundsätze der Realpolitik” (Principles of Practical Politics), an 1853 essay intended to apply to the German Confederation. Practical politics is, more or less, the opposite of ethical politics. I found a video that will explain it better than I can but first, let’s tackle the pronunciation. Forvo has soundbites in 4 different languages. The “real” part is 2 syllables in all of them, even English.

The 1833 Frankfurt uprising von Rochau was involved in is an interesting story in itself. He escaped from jail and lived in France for 10 years. Others fled to the United States. von Rochau returned to his native land years later as a political journalist, but fled to Italy in 1853 (where he wrote RealPolitik).

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Brian gave a shoutout to his family. He lost $6,195 and finished with $5.

Luigi went with pragmatism. That cost him $18,599 and left him with one dollar.

Troy tried pragmatic. He lost $8,801 but won the game with $19,599. That completes the semifinals. Starting tomorrow, we’ll be seeing Troy Meyer, Ben Chan and Yogesh Raut battle it out until one of them wins 3 games.

2 triple stumpers from DEALING WITH TV REALITY:

($400) Oh, the Scandoval! Let’s say Ariana did not wish Tom well after he cheated on her with Raquel on this show that debuted in 2013

($600) Jennifer Lawrence said she’d give her Oscar to Heather Gay, Monica Garcia & “The Real Housewives of” here for that season finale in ’24

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NEITHER player left in Final Jeopardy! got this one in “Central America”

A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country’s area show

WHAT ARE LAKE NICARAGUA & LAKE MANAGUA?

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