Final Jeopardy: European Landmarks (3-3-21)
Here are 9 more triple stumpers from the 3/3/2021 Jeopardy! game:
GEOGRAPHY ($800) aka Tahoma, this 14,400-foot active volcano is about 60 miles southeast of Seattle
HOW NOW, DOW JONES COMPANY? ($800) There’s no business like this shoe business that joined the Dow in 2013
STARTS WITH AN ANIMAL ($800) Bilirubin & carotene are these coloring agents
ILLUSTRATORS ($200) In the early 1900s Rose O’Neill’s popular drawings of this winged god evolved into wildly popular kewpie dolls
“WEE” FOLK ($2000) He was Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Eight Man Out”, and Doug Dorsey in “The Cutting Edge”
LANGUAGES ($800) In 2013 he added Latin to the 8 still-living languages of his Twitter account
($2000) Official in the Kingdom of Cambodia, this language has 74 letters in its alphabet
TOUGH TALK ($800) There’s a sensory organ in this hyphenated adjective meaning tough-minded
($1600) Meaning able to recover quickly from a setback, it’s from Latin for “to bounce back”
Sneak Peek clues — WHATCHA WATCHING?
($200) “Space Force” in which this actor seen here portrays Dr. Adrian Mallory
($400) Drag queens lip-sync for their legacy on this host’s “Drag Race All Stars”
($600) This 2008 film about bomb defusers
($800) “Truth Seekers”, which reunited Nick Frost & this guy who was “Shaun fof the Dead”
($1000) Drake’s “Nice for What” video, featuring Olivia Wilde & this ballerina
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That was a poorly worded question. IM Pei was a foreigner and worked on the Louvre in the 1980s. The Pyramid was commissioned in 1984 and completed in 1989. Is Pei not considered a primary architect?
Also, isn’t the period from 1984 to 1989 considered the 1980s?
Of course, uxbridgeite, you are right that Pei is considered a primary architect and the 1984-1989 period is considered the 1980s. However, I can’t speak to your interpretation of the clue as including that period. I didn’t construe it that way myself because I would expect it to say “through” the 1980s, or “up to and including” the 1980s, if that was the intent.
I imagine that Jeopardy! will either put up an explanation on this issue if enough folks have complained about it, or give the contestants a call back if it is concluded that they were unfairly disadvantaged.
Okay, can someone tell me whether there was a tie breaker question for second place last night? I’m still confused by the final amounts each man had.
As for hosts, Mike has no charisma or real sense of humor as Alex did. I find him flat and uninspiring. Some of you prefer him to Ken. I far prefer Ken. Thanks!
No, Suzanne, there was no tie-breaker to determine second place. That was determined by who had the most money at the end of the Jeopardy! round — “Jon was second with $3,800 and Tim was last with $2,600”
Why that is so is covered in the responses to Ken’s 5:07 p.m. comment yesterday.
Oh, I now see some discussion of this above. Thank you.
Did the final shot of Jeopardy yesterday show the men with $1,000 and Melis with her winnings of $2,000? My mother said she saw each contestant’s screen at the very end, and it showed the men with money. That doesn’t make sense to me since each of the male contestants lost all of their winnings in Final Jeopardy. But she swears that’s what she saw and is as baffled as I am. She called to ask me whether I knew the reason why, and I wondered whether I had missed something or whether she was seeing things.
How many underdogs do we have on Jeopardy? I know Leslie Minot and Melis Sahin-Collins Manny Abell Siddharth Hariharan Dave Algase Xiaoke Ying And much more
That was really something; two gentlemen with very high scores cancelling each other out, and leaving the woman as the champion.
Good thinking on her part. She logically figured both contestants would wager it all and if both were incorrect she would be the one left standing. Even though she won only $2,000 she can still say she is a Jeopardy champion.
How does the tiebreaker work? If both players miss the tiebreaker question is a second or third question posed?
That is covered in No. 1 Tie Breakers in the Four Rare Jeopardy Scenarios article I posted a link to earlier
Badly worded Final Jeopardy. I. M. Pei, a foreign architect, worked on Le Louvre in the 1980’s. The pyramid opened in 1989.
But why did Jon get $2000 for second place and Tim $1000 for third place when they both had $0 at the end?
The tie breaker is the contestant who had more money at the start of the Double Jeopardy round.
Actually, the first tie breaker is who was ahead going into Final Jeopardy, but because they were tied, it actually went to the second tie breaker (who was ahead at the end of the first round).
You can see how that all works out in Breaking Down Four Rare Jeopardy Scenarios on Jeopardy.com.
It’s in No. 3 — Wild Card Ties: They explain that, then under the infographic it says: “Incidentally, this is also how Jeopardy! decides 2nd and 3rd place contestants who are tied at the end of a game in regular play.”
I have the same question!
Ugh. 11 Triple Stumpers!
I definitely prefer Mike to Ken Jennings. But I’ll wait to see all the guest hosts before voting for my choice.
11, before FJ that is.
Tough Final as we got a triple stumper.
The fj clue was a little ambiguous and poorly worded here. Though they should invite Jon back hopefully if possible VJ don’t you think so? Ryan fenster also was invited back previously and I really thought Jon.had a good shot at hitting 90000 dollars but still though melis couldn’t get much going and I doubt she could build up a streak.
Yep, it certainly was a game and a wild finish as well. This game is similar to what happen exactly three months ago when a player in a distant third wins the game while the other two players who are close to each other wagered big. And you’ll notice what happens if Melis wagered all her 2,000, we will have a three way tie at 0 but I’m glad that didn’t happen. We’ll see if Melis can try to win more tomorrow.