Final Jeopardy: Eurasia (3-18-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/18/2024) in the category “Eurasia” was:
Zvartnots international airport serves this capital & has the code EVN, all letters found in the city’s name
Today is the 5th game in the 2024 Tournament of Champions finals with these contestants: 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 1 Troy 1 Ben 2
Round 1 Categories: “K”-Town – Annual Events – Musical Films – 21st Century Words – Choose a Protein – & 5 Sides
Troy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘K’-Town” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was tied for the lead with Yogesh at $1,800, $1,000 more than Ben in last place. Troy bet it all and he was RIGHT.
It’s the capital city on the Nile that fits the category show
Yogesh finished in the lead with $8,800. Ben was in second place with $4,800. Troy was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Vice Presidential Quotes – Introductory Words – The Book of Mormons – Statues of the World – Business Partners – Horrors!
Troy found the first Daily Double in “Vice Presidential Quotes” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,200, $6,800 less than Yogesh’s lead. Troy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In 1948 Hubert Humphrey said the Democrats must “get out of the shadow of” these “rights” often used to counter civil rights show
Yogesh found the last Daily Double in “Horrors!” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $15,200 now, $4,800 more than Troy in second place. Yogesh made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The title of this 1962 Ray Bradbury novel is a Shakespeare line that rhymes with “by the pricking of my thumbs” show
Yogesh finished in the lead with a runaway $38,800. Troy was in second place with $16,800. Ben was last with $9,200. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS YEREVAN?
The EVN code for Zvartnots International Airport has 3 of the last 4 letters in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital. Actually, there are only 3 capital cities in Europe and Asia that contain the letters EVN. They are Vienna, Austria; Vientiane, Laos; and Yerevan, Armenia. Of course, unless you already knew that (and why would you?), you wouldn’t even approach the clue that way on the Alex Trebek stage. A quick mental trip to the Caucasus region right after eliminating Moscow and Ankara was probably the best approach unless you already knew this.
Armenia is one of 7 Eurasian countries on Learner Trip. Their list is based on “sovereign nations that geographically and/or politically belong to both the European and Asian continent.” Other Eurasian lists include a lot more countries, but I think it’s safe to assume that the clue writers were thinking of the short list when they chose Eurasia as the category.
Armenia is one of 7 Eurasian countries on Learner Trip. Their list is based on “sovereign nations that geographically and/or politically belong to both the European and Asian continent.” Other Eurasian lists include a lot more countries, but I think it’s safe to assume that the clue writers were thinking of the short list when they chose Eurasia as the category.
Ben got it right. He bet $7,601 and finished with $16,801.
Troy also got it. He bet $1,601 and finished with $18,401.
Yogesh didn’t give an answer to the clue, just a joke about his Game 1 wager. Whatever, he was today’s winner with his $38,800 runaway. Now it’s up to Troy to keep it going. Otherwise, Yogesh or Ben will bring this ToC to and end tomorrow.
Games won at the finish line:
Yogesh 2 Troy 1 Ben 2
2 triple stumpers in the whole game:
STATUES OF THE WORLD ($400) Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha
BUSINESS PARTNERS ($1600) Before launching a wellness studio, Elizabeth Cutler & Julie Rice co-founded this fitness company for indoor spinning
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “World War I”
Suvla Bay & Cape Helles were major landing sites along this peninsula show
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In the question about Paul Walker, I can’t believe they accepted Yogesh’s response of “Fast and Furious”. As far as I know, there is no “Fast and Furious” film franchise.
Perhaps I’m nitpicking, perhaps I’m anti-Yogesh.
I just put it into Wikipedia, and got “Fast & Furious, also known as Fast and Furious, is a film franchise”. It also said something to the effect of, “also known as ‘The Fast and The Furious ‘.”
With the DDs coming in a timely manner, it appears that the status quo in this tourney is “all in”. They all realize that it’s win or go home. There’s none of the fiddling around, trying to come up with a clever wager, which fails as much as works.
I think my channel guide gave it away, but, I won’t say today.
Pretty good game, even though it was a runaway. A few blown responses, but not too many stumpers. FJ stumped me, but knew all 3 DDs. For a moment I thought Troy wasn’t going to get that middle DD.
Well of course I knew that, and which explained why I failed to come up with the correct response for FJ.