Final Jeopardy: Scientists (3-27-17)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/27/2017) in the category “Scientists” was:
This European’s 1751 “Philosophia Botanica” gave rules of nomenclature & said don’t change generic names.
New champ Robert Weibezahl won $11,000 last Friday. In his second match, his challengers are: Meral Cultu, from Cleveland, OH; and Adam Vesterholt, from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: His Real First Name – European History – The Busy Businessman – Oh My Gods! – The Word Is Flat – 1970s “Song” Titles
Adam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Oh My Gods” under the $600 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,400, $1,400 more than Robert in second place. He bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
This Roman god has his own fountain in Madrid.
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Adam finished in the lead with $7,200. Robert was second with $6,600 and Meral was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: Animals Playing Dead – Stringed Instruments – The Southwest – Conservative Bookshelf – Ghostly Actors – The “OC”
Adam found the first Daily Double in “The Southwest” under the $800 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. He was in second place with $9,600 at this point, $2,200 less than Robert’s lead. He bet $3,600 and he was RIGHT.
Of the 4 states that meet at Four Corners National Monument, this state is last alphabetically. show
Adam found the last Daily Double in “Conservative Bookshelf” under the $1,600 clue, with only the $2K clue in the same category to go after it. In second place with $12,000, he had $1,400 less than Robert’s lead. He bet $1,401, much to Trebek’s amusement, and he was RIGHT.
In 1913 Federal law & the 16th Amend. levied this on many Americans; in 1954 a book called it the “Root of All Evil.” show
Adam finished in the lead with $13,401. Robert was next with $13,400 and Meral was in third place with $11,800.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), Swedish botanist and zoologist, laid the foundations for the biological binomial nomenclature system still used today. As the father of modern taxonomy and ecology, he is known as the “most famous botanist of all time.” (Institute for Creation Research)
In his second match (9/28/2015), Matt Jackson made $3 grand on a Daily Double for knowing another one of Linnaeus’ works, “Species Plantarum.”
Meral got it right. She bet $1,602 and finished with $13,402.
Robert wrote down “Boyle.” He lost his $1,600 bet, leaving him with $11,800.
Adam also got it right. He bet $13,400 so he won the match with $26,801 and he is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Two triple stumpers worth $2,000 each:
GHOSTLY ACTORS: Nicole Kidman finds out in this 2001 movie that the ghosts her family has been dealing with are a little closer to home.
CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF: In 1948 Richard M. Weaver pointed out the dangers of relativist thinking in “Ideas Have” these
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Women Authors”
In addition to her novels, she also wrote a children’s book about Sun Yat-Sen and an “Oriental Cookbook” show
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I liked that 70s “Songs” Category today, too, and included it in the extra clues. Hope they have more like that soon from other decades.
LINK: 10 more clues from this match
Thanks for including the Songs category, VJ. It was a lot of fun.
All botanists should get this one.
I got 4 out of 5 in His Real First Name.
($200) Jay Z
($400) Tip O’Neill
($600) Charlie Sheen
($800) Calvin Coolidge
($1000) Elvis Costello
Missed that last one even though I know it. It just wouldn’t come up before Robert gave the answer. Kudos to Robert on that one, as well as the others he got ($400 and $600)
Congrats to Adam on getting final jeopardy right. Definitely makes me think of matt Jackson’s game back in 2015. I studied about Linnaeus back in biology class so this should jog my memory
Dalton, the leader got FJ right today. YES!
Thanks!