Final Jeopardy: Chemical Names (3-27-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/27/2023) in the category “Chemical Names” was:
The name of this pungent gaseous compound is ultimately derived from the top god of the ancient Egyptians
New champ Tamara Ghattas, an editor from Chicago, IL, won $15,601 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Nicole Rudolph, an associate dean from Williston Park, NY; and Kevin Manning, an engineer from Kansas City, MO.
Round 1 Categories: The Statue of Liberty – You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bowl – British to American Language Translator – Fantasy Sports – I Led What Cabinet Department? – Number “One” Movies
Kevin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Statue of Liberty” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,000. Tamara and Nicole were tied for the lead at twice that. Kevin bet it all and thought it was Bartholdi. That was WRONG.
The statue’s internal flexible skeletal system was designed by this Frenchman, known for his iron work show
Nicole finished in the lead with $5,800. Kevin was second with $3,000. Tamara was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: What a Bunch of Caricatures! – The Bible – Figures of Speech – We Quote Mr. TS – Islands of the Far North – I Like American Music
Tamara found the first Daily Double in “Islands of the Far North” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick. She was in the lead with $11,600, $7,600 more than Nicole in second place. Tamara bet $5,000 and said the Northwest Territory. That was WRONG.
Canada’s northernmost point, Cape Columbia is on Ellesmere Island, part of this vast territory created in 1999 show
Nicole got the last Daily Double in “We Quote Mr. Ts” under the $1,600 with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,600, she had $5,200 more than Tamara in second place. Nicole bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
”These lands are ours. No one has a right to remove us, because we were the first owners”, said this Shawnee rival of Wm. H. Harrison show
Nicole finished in the lead with a runaway $16,800. Tamara was second with $7,800. Kevin was last with $7,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS AMMONIA?
According to an article on ChemistryWorld.com, the colorless gas ammonia was named by “back formation”. Originally, the compound ammonium chloride was known as “sal ammoniac”. Brian Clegg says: “The name means ‘salt of Ammon’ because it was supposed to have been first made from camel dung, deposited near the temple of Jupiter Ammon in what is now Libya, named after the Egyptian deity Amun. (Incidentally it is still made from camel dung in Egypt.)” It is also noted that Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman came up with the name “ammonia” in 1782 “to recognise it as the gas that was derived from sal ammoniac.”
For those of us who thought it was associated with the Ra part of Amon-Ra, aside from radium and radon being elements, Etymology Online says that radium was named in 1898, from Latin radius “ray” plus the metallic element ending -ium. Radon’s entry cites radium as the inspiration.
Kevin got it right. His $801 bet brought his score up to $7,801.
Nicole thought it might be ozone. That cost her $6,201 and left her with $1,599.
Nicole went with radon. It didn’t matter. Having already won the game with $16,800, she bet nothing. Nicole Rudolph is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from NUMBER “ONE” MOVIES :
($400) This animated Disney “tail” was first released in 1961
($800) Steven Spielberg directed this 2018 movie about the hunt for an “Easter egg” in a virtual reality called OASIS
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Shakespearean References”
This name given to U.K. labor strife in December 1978 and January 1979 was taken from the first line of a Shakespeare history play. show
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Never took a chem class, but that’s no excuse for not knowing the chief Egyptian god and maybe deriving the answer from that. Sulphur was my only guess. I did know the Clem Burke band and the Alaskan island.
Nicole was very smart and likable. She was a worthy winner who beat two decent players who made a few too many boo-boos. That first DD wasn’t difficult, as the Statue of Liberty and the French landmark came about around the same time.
Pretty sure William Weyser would say darn those daily doubles.
Hmmmm………I was thinking of hydrogen sulfide for FJ, but I suppose if I knew the name of the Egyptian deity, I probably would have come up with ammonia instead.
Actually, I used hydrogen sulfide in the past for removing the copper so as to make homemade circuit board foils. In fact, I still have some hydrogen sulfide at home.