Final Jeopardy: The United Nations (3-14-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/14/2024) in the category “The United Nations” was:
Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N.Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere
Today’s Tournament of Champions finals continue with: Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, WA; Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, FL; and Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, WI.
Games won at the starting line:
Yogesh 0 Troy 1 Ben 1
Round 1 Categories: Look at the Map – Health & Medicine – Khan You Dig It? – Festivals – Songs of Youth – Crossword Clues “R”
Troy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Khan You Dig It?” under the $1,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,600, $2,000 more than Ben’s lead. Troy bet it all and thought it was Khalif. That was WRONG.
The Aga Khans hold this title as leaders of the Shiite Nizari Ismaili sect show
Ben finished in the lead with $5,800. Yogesh was in second place with $4,600. Troy was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Ancient History – Books by Reporters – Memorials & Monuments – It’s a Fact! – The Name on the Oscar – Ends in “IX”
Troy found the first Daily Double in “Memorials & Monuments” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,600, $7,400 less than Ben’s lead. Troy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen, it’s the final resting place of women too, including Marie Curie & Simone Veil show
Yogesh found the last Daily Double in “Ends in ‘IX’” under the $1,200 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in last place with $12,200 now, $5,600 less than Ben’s lead. Yogesh made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 show
Yogesh finished in the lead with $29,600. Ben was in second place with $17,800. Troy was last with $15,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PERU?
The clue confused some of us this morning over whether “its hemisphere” referred to the U.N. headquarters or the country the Secretary-General was from. However, the contestants didn’t have an issue with it. The table below illustrates that “its hemisphere” refers to Peru, native land of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the 5th Secretary-General of the U.N. from 1982 to 1991.
Troy bet it all and doubled his score to $30,400.
Ben bet $12,601 and finished with $30,401.
Yogesh bet $6,001 and won the game with $35,601. Now we have a tie for games won and that means, no matter who wins tomorrow, the finals will continue next week.
Games won at the finish line:
Yogesh 1 Troy 1 Ben 1
One triple stumper in the whole game:
SONGS OF YOUTH ($500) Inspired by her bestie, Tay Tay sang when “somebody tells you they love you” at this title age “you’re gonna believe them”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous Trials”
On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over show
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I said “Myanmar, or Burma”, thinking U Thant for Final. Wrong! I did think they wouldn’t use a nation with 2 names, but, I still went with it.
Ben was again only mildly animated, from my viewing, tonight. However, some of his enunciations are kinda weird.
I was thinking about what you said above, VJ., in Re: Yogesh and “Save me”. The clue asked for the nation. Were one to say “the guy from Peru”, I might guess that that would be wrong. And two wrongs don’t make a right. So, I dunno.
I misread the clue when I first saw it, Jason, and I thought they wanted the guy’s name, so I really meant that in a joking way, but I still had the right response in there.
They’d probably be a lot less likely to expect them to know that man’s name then your scenario. 🤣
Oh, now I get you. Now, it makes more sense to me.
When I had my oral boards for board certification, there was an X-ray of something I recognized, but just could NOT remember the name. I described all the correct treatments and interventions, but I recall the examiner saying something to the effect of “the defect you identified”, because she couldn’t give it to me!
Something more challenging would be “the current King of the UK, son of QE2.” That IDs everything but “Charles”.
Another terrific game among heavyweights.
Re the FJ from two years ago: 10 years ago I won a Lifetime TV sweepstakes for a trip to Fall River, MA and two nights at the Lizzie Borden House, a B&B.
It was a tie-in with a new TV movie about the incident. Enjoyed my stay very much. I slept in the room where her stepmother was axed!
But everything inside the house is non-original.
I would have demanded credit for “Who is that guy from Peru” after Yogesh got a thumbs up on “Save me, Chaka Khan”
Very unusual that the same answer (or, response, I guess) appeared twice: “What is 15?”
2,800 is Troy’s score at the end of Round 1. Anyway, I’m glad that we have a three way tie. Everybody has one win each.