Final Jeopardy: Borders (3-4-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/4/2014), in the category “Borders” was:
Twice as long as Hadrian’s Wall, Offa’s Dyke was the traditional border between these 2 lands.
Today the 1990s edition of Battle of the Decades continues with these 3 tournament winners: Pam Mueller 2000 College Championship winner; Dan Melia, the 1998 TOC winner; and Fritz Holznagel, the 1995 TOC winner.
Fritz found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Like It’s 1998” under the $600 clue. He was in second place with $1,200, $200 less than Pam’s lead. He bet $1,111 and he was RIGHT.
On July 17 this ruler & some of his family members were re-buried in St. Petersburg. show
Fritz finished in the lead with $7,711. Pam was second with $4,200 and Dan was last with $2,200.
Dan found the first Daily Double in “Art & Artists” under the $1,600 clue. He was now in second place with $6,200, $1,111 less than Fritz’ lead. He bet $2,500 and guessed Kandinsky. That was WRONG.
His 1911 work “I and The Village” evokes the look of his Hasidic hometown. show
Fritz found the last Daily Double in “Science Timeline” under the $1,600 clue. He was now in second place with $8,511, $4,089 less than Pam’s lead. Alex got a big kick out of Fritz saying he wasn’t crazy about the category. Cautious Fritz only bet $777 and guessed Copernicus. That was WRONG.
In 1576 King Frederick II granted him title to the Island of Ven to build an observatory. show
Pam finished in the lead with $17,000. Fritz was next with $12,934 and Dan was in third place with $5,700.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“Offa’s Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Offa) is a massive linear earthwork, roughly followed by some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to 65 feet (19.8 m) wide (including its flanking ditch) and 8 feet (2.4 m) high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh Kingdom of Powys.” (wikipedia)
Dan got it right. His $4,000 bet brought him up to $9,700.
Fritz thought it was the Netherlands and Germany. That cost him $1,331 and he finished with $11,603.
Pam wrote down Scotland and Wales, but she didn’t bet a shilling. She won the match with $17,000 and landed a spot in the semi-finals.
2 Years Ago: 2 contestants got this FJ right: CIVILIZATIONS
Starting in the 300s BC, Hellenistic civilization was spread from this land where a new country was declared in 1991. show
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scotland and wales don’t even border each other…….
obviously fritz bet as in “nobody will get it”. he still guarded against dan who could have reached a max of 11.400. unfortunately for f. pam guessed so too and as a consequence bet NOTHING. risky, but pam’s strategy worked. so congratulatons!
Shrewd wagering means we have the first non-TofC winner to win a game in the BotD tournament
hindsight is always 20/20. had she guarded against fritz (who guarded against dan (????), it would have blown up in her face and fritz – who bet little enough not to lose to dan- would have won. a sixth sense, as i said already plays a big role when wagering. that and to evaluate your opponents correctly. being a psychologist would certainly help when several possibilities for wagering in fj are available! 🙂