Final Jeopardy: Capital Cities (3-14-17)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/14/2017) in the category “Capital Cities” was:
This is the most populous city on the world’s most populous island; both begin with the same letter.
2x champ Jessica Johnston has now won $40,300. Today she is up against these two players: Grant McSheffrey, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and Lolita Welch, from Fort Worth, TX.
Round 1 Categories: The Other Side of the World – Women on Television – Shakespearean Baby Names – 2 Words to Complete the Phrase – RVs – It’s a Toy Hall-er
Grant found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Shakespearean Baby Names” under the $800 clue, with only one clue left after it. He was in second place with $4,000, $3,000 less than Lolita’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
This feminine name from “The Taming of the Shrew” means “white” show
Lolita finished in the lead with $7,000. Grant was second with $6,000 and Jessica was last with $4,400.
Round 2 Categories: Fungi – Grammy Record of the Year – Writers’ Vocabulary – State Holidays – 1917 – That’s a Mythtake!
Lolita found the first Daily Double in “Mythtake” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. She was in the lead with $8,200 at this point, $600 more than Grant in second place. She bet $1,800 and she was RIGHT.
She angered Hera, who took away her power of speech, except for the ability to repeat the last words of another. show
Grant found the last Daily Double in “Fungi” under the $1,600 clue, the second to last clue once again. He was in a second place tie with Lolita. They both had $10,400, $1,200 less than Jessica’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Seed is to plant as this is to fungus. show
Grant finished in the lead with $13,400. Jessica was next with $11,600 and Lolita was in third place with $10,400.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS JAKARTA?
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is located on the island of Java. This 2011 video puts Jakarta at No. 6 in most populous capital cities. These figures appear to come from Enchanted Learning’s chart, and doesn’t include the entire metro area. This sortable chart on world capitals on Doheth.co.uk includes metro areas but it doesn’t say what year the information is from.
Lolita bet $2,027 bringing her up to $12,427.
Jessica bet it all, doubling her score to $23,200.
Grant bet $10,000, enough to win the match with $23,400. “You are the new Jeopardy! champion,” Alex told him, “and that’s American money.” You could hear Grant giggling.
A triple stumper from each round:
IT’S A TOY HALL-ER ($800) This action figure with 21 moving parts & “life like hair’ stepped up for a different kind of induction in 2004
1917 ($2000) In August this U.S. journalist sailed to Russia & joined the Bureau of International Revolutionary Propaganda
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Numbers”
This 2-digit number is the smallest prime number whose digits are both themselves prime numbers. show
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Hey VJ, are you VJ Balse the 2010 tournament of champions winner?
nope
Grant’s reaction when he won was great and, also, that was a great pick-up on the Gotye song.
LINK: 11 more clues from the game