Final Jeopardy: European Rivers (3-15-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/15/2018) in the category “European Rivers” was:

Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn’t end in “Y” or “A”

New champ Peter Karamitsos, won $27,400 yesterday. In his second game, his challengers are these two ladies: Tracey Hollabaugh, from Cumming, GA; and Amy Yacorzynski, from New Orleans, LA.

Round 1 Categories: Bad Adjectives for a Dating Profile – Sports Traditions – Websites – A Dog & Pony & Lemur Show – State Holidays – Real “D” Lights

Tracey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Websites” under the $1,000 clue, with 9 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $4,600, $1,800 more than Peter in second place. She bet $2,000 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.

In 2008 this former editor of Vanity Fair & The New Yorker launched The Daily Beast. show

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Peter and Tracey finished in a tie for the lead at $3,800. Amy was next with $2,800.

Round 2 Categories: I Am Hussein – ’80s Music – Somehow They Pulled It Off – Literary Styles & Movements – My Treaty – I’ll Pick Up the “Tab”

Amy found the first Daily Double in “’80s Music” under the $800 clue on the very first pick and the scores were the same as above. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

Him: “Well I knew I was in trouble now my hope of winning sank ’cause I got the Daily Double now & then my mind went blank.” show

WHO IS WEIRD AL?

Amy found the last Daily Double in “I Am Hussein” under the $1,600 clue, with one clue left after it. In the lead with $17,200, she had $4,600 more than Peter in second place. She cautiously bet $200, and took a shot with Kosovo. That was WRONG.

Formerly the Mufti of Tuzla, Husein Kavazovic is the current Grand Mufti of this onetime Yugoslav republic. show

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That ended the round. Amy finished in the lead with $17,000. Peter was next with $12,600 and Tracey was in third place with $11,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS UKRAINE?

Matthias Kort will show you the source of the Danube River in Donaueschingen, Germany if you watch his video for a minute. The 10 countries that it flows through in alphabetical order are: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine. World Atlas.com says that “Ukraine is the last country to see the Danube before it empties into the Black Sea. It creates the Danube Delta in both Ukraine and Romania. Around 272 square miles of its total 1,603 square miles are in Ukraine.”

Tracey had a scribbly “Czech R.” That cost her everything but a dollar.

Peter wrote down “What Ukraine.” That tickled Alex and added $11,000 to Peter’s score for a $23,600 finish.

Amy picked Switzerland. She lost her $8,201 bet so she ended up with $8,799. That made Peter a 2-day champ with a total of $51,000. Συγχαρητήρια, Peter!

A triple stumper from each round:

A DOG & PONY & LEMUR SHOW ($800) This state’s Chincoteague Island, off its eastern shore, is known as a playground for wild ponies

I AM HUSSEIN ($1200) In December 2003 TV watchers worldwide saw this man’s mouth being swabbed for a DNA sample

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Great Britons”

A pair of shoes that he wore when making history in 1954 sold at auction in 2015 for more than $400,000. show

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