Final Jeopardy: Fictional Places (3-15-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/15/2021) in the category “Fictional Places” was:
Introduced to readers in 2008, its name comes from a Latin phrase for “bread & circuses”, offerings used to appease the masses
2x champ Dave Pai, a field application scientist orig. from Mechanicsburg, PA, has now won $32,700. In Game 3, he is up against: Kathleen McNutt, a graduate student from Skokie, IL; and Tom Duffey, an engineering manager orig. from Chicago, IL.
Round 1 Categories: The Squad – Financial Terms – That’s Totally Lit – Real-Life Cartoon Characters – 8-Letter Words – Nation of the Airlines
Tom found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Real-Life Cartoon Characters” under the $1,000 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,200, $4,800 more than Dave in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This mystic continues to haunt the Romanovs from beyond the grave in the 1997 cartoon “Anastasia” show
Dave finished in the lead with $13,000. Dave was second with $6,400 and Kathleen was last with $1,000. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: A College Conference Call – Art – Historic Places – Spaced Out – “T.O.C.” – TV Finales
Kathleen found the first Daily Double in “A College Conference Call” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick. She was in third place with $4,200 now, $11,600 less than Tom’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Southern: This school was established in 1842 & combined with the Arsenal to form the South Carolina Military Academy. show
Kathleen got the last Daily Double in “Spaced Out” under the $800 clue, with 3 clues worth $4,400 left after it. In third place with $12,400, she had $6,600 less than Tom’s lead. She bet $3,000 and thought it was a propeller. That was WRONG.
Term for the first stage of a rocket; it refers to the extra power needed during liftoff. show
Tom finished in the lead with $21,400. Dave was next with $15,600 and Kathleen was in third place with $9,400. No clues went uncovered.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to Hunger Games Fandom, “Panem is a sovereign state that was established sometime after a series of ecological disasters and a global conflict brought about the collapse of modern civilization. It is situated primarily in North America, consisting of a federal district, the Capitol, and thirteen outlying districts.” Regarding the meaning, The name Panem derives from the Latin phrase Panem et circenses, which literally translates into ‘bread and circuses’. The phrase itself is used to describe entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters. Furthermore, by the government providing ample food and entertainment, the citizens would give up their political rights.
From 2018: THE BOOKS OF ROMANS ($1600) In his “Satire X”, Juvenal derided Rome’s populace for trading freedom for “panem et circenses”, these
Kathleen bet $9,400. She finished with $15,601
Dave bet $5,801. His final score was $21,401.
Tom bet $10,000 and won the game with $31,400. Tom Duffey is the new Jeopardy! champ.
There were 3 triple stumpers in the whole game:
A COLLEGE CONFERENCE CALL ($1600) Southwestern Athletic: This HBU was once the North Louisiana Agricultural & Industrial school; go Tigers
ART ($2000) Many great artists have called Nuremberg home, including this Renaissance master renowned for both paintings like his self-portrait & woodcuts like the series “The Revelation of St. John”
HISTORIC PLACES ($2000) Walk the footsteps of Peter the Great in this Russian equivalent of Versailles meaning “Peter’s court”–oddly, in Dutch
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Novel Quotes”
A boy at the end of this 1952 novel says to the main character, “Say it ain’t true, Roy” show
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Glad that everyone got final right. Speaking of Panem, didn’t the Hunger Games have Panem as one of its locations VJ? Still though I remember hearing about Panem as a location in that movie, though I forgot if it was in the Mockingjay movie or something else.
So glad to see a fj triple solve.
Rasputin seems to haunt Jeopardy clues as well.