Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (3-6-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/6/2019) in the category “Word Origins” was:

This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts

Returning champ Dana Wayne, is back after a 2-week break. An educator from No. Hollywood, CA, Dana won $26,401 in her first game on 2/19/2019. In Game 2, her challengers are : Eric Eifrig, a lawyer from Cincinnati, OH; and Tim Varecka, an engineer from Tucson, AZ.

Round 1 Categories: Historic Structures – Alphanumeric Athletes – In the “Mi”ddle – Cold Play – Speed of Sound – YOLO

Dana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Speed of Sound” under the $800 clue, with 11 clues left after it. She was in second place with $1,800 now, $3,200 less than Tim’s lead. She bet $400 and had no response so she was WRONG.

A tachometer measures RPM; this, named for scientist Ernst, measures speed in relation to the speed of sound. show

WHAT IS A MACHMETER?

Tim finished in the lead with $4,000. Eric was second with $3,200 and Dana was last with $2,200.

Round 2 Categories: High-Scoring Scrabble Words – Ex-creatures – Around the Pacific – 19th Century People – Talk Like an Old Sailor – This Is “My” Song

Tim found the first Daily Double in “Ex-Creatures” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. He was in the lead with $5,200 now, $2,000 more than Eric in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

This type of feline named for its scary canines has turned up in the La Brea tar pits. show

WHAT IS A SABER-TOOTHED TIGER?

Eric found the last Daily Double in “19th Century People” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In third place with $7,200, he had $3,600 less than Tim’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

This Maine senator who became Lincoln’s Veep was named for an uncle who was named for a Carthaginian general. show

WH) IS HANNIBAL HAMLIN?

Tim finished in the lead with $14,400. Eric was next with $11,400 and Dana was in third place with $10,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS BACKLASH?

The video will explain the mechanical definition for those not familiar with it. As I mentioned this morning on Spoiler Talk, the reaction part is something that we often see in the headlines these days. Here’s one from this week that surely made everyone gasp: “Kylie Jenner Faces Backlash over ‘Self-Made Billionaire’ Title”.

Also, this same response showed up in Final Jeopardy! back in Oct. 2014, with a keyboard connection.

Dana wrote down “pullback.” She lost her $4,600 bet and finished with $6,000.

Eric thought it was “kneejerk.” He lost $9,801 and was left with $1,599.

Tim went with “sparkgap.” He lost $8,401. That left him with $5,999 or one dollar less than Dana, so she remained the Jeopardy! champ with a 2-day total of $32,401.

A triple stumper from each round:

HISTORIC STRUCTURES ($800) “Scholars” know the Knights Hospitaller had a palace for the Grand Master on this large Greek island

THIS IS “MY” SONG ($800) Toni Braxton topped the charts & won a Grammy for this song that pleads “say you’ll love me again”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Children’s Authors ”

“The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots”, written by her in 1914, was first published in 2016. show

WHO IS BEATRIX POTTER?

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