Final Jeopardy: Big Business (3-9-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/9/2018) in the category “Big Business” was:
Bill Fernandez, who in 1971 introduced to each other the 2 founders of this Calif. co., became its first full-time employee in 1977
2x champ Lane Flynn has now won $38,399. He’s going for a third win in this game and his opponents are: Mark Ashton, from Elmhurst, IL; and Megan Durazo, from Playa Del Rey, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Around the Cathedral – Our Solar System – Chess Pieces in Disguise – Into the “Wood”s – Britain’s Industrial Revolution – The Flintstones
Mark found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Around the Cathedral” under the $600 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,800, $1,000 less than Lane’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The mensa is the top slab or surface of one of these. show
Mark finished in the lead with $7,800. Lane was second with $7,000 and Megan was last, at $600 in the red.
Round 2 Categories: Jeepardy – Medical Specialties – Snakes on a Book – Foreign Phrases – Take Me to Your Leader – Enter-teen-ment
Lane found the first Daily Double in “Foreign Phrases” under the $2,000 clue on the 6th pick. He was in a tie with Mark at this point. They both had $9,400, $9,600 more than Megan. Lane boldly bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This 3-word Latin phrase means “retroactively” show
6 clues later, Lane landed on the last Daily Double in “Take Me to Your Leader” under the $800 clue. In the lead with $16,200, he had $6,800 more than Mark in second place. He bet a big $6,000 this time and he was RIGHT again!
You will find this country’s leader at Carthage Presidential Palace, near an archaeological site. show
Lane finished in the lead with $23,000. Mark was next with $14,600 and Megan was in third place with $7,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Business Insider has a 2016 article on the first 10 employees of Apple, Inc. It says that Michael Scott, the company’s first CEO, had to give out numbers to each employee for payroll purposes. Although Bill Fernandez is considered the first employee as opposed to a founder or investor, on the company payroll, he was No. 4 after co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, and “moneyman” Mike Markkula.
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Megan got it right. She didn’t bet anything so she remained at $7,400.
Mark got it right, too. He bet $14,500, bringing him up to $29,100.
Lane came up with Hewlett-Packard. He lost his $8,399 bet and had $14,601 left. That made Mark Ashton the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE ($1000) Author of “The Roman Hat Mystery”
SNAKES ON A BOOK ($2000) In “The Jungle Book” (not the movie) this 100-year-old python is Mowgli’s protector
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Documents”
Its preamble substituted the words “a permanent federal government” for “a more perfect union” show
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The contestants struggled a bit with the Solar System category, but it was a great game overall.
So glad Mark won tonight..that stodgy Lane thought he was sooo smart–and would cringe whenever he lost! Not a good loser.
Never was a fan of Apple Inc. Their phones don’t work well and they love to cheat customers out of money. This is why I.would never buy any Apple products I’m the future ,VJ. Also I hope you don’t have any electronics from Apple? Plus did you use Apple computers in elementary school VJ?
@Lou, nope, never had any and certainly not in school. I graduated from elementary and high school before Steve Jobs
Lane knew he blew it when Alex said “The two people he introduced to each other both had the same first name.” He threw his head back and mouthed, if not exclaimed, something.
LINK: 9 more clues from this match
I had a feeling lane wouldn’t get this one but I thought he knew something about company products. Where did he get hewlett Packard from? Not sure if that company is still in business or not, but that was a bad guess. I hope Mark can have a streak of wins like Alan Lin did.
well, I have no idea even though it was predicted this morning that one player would say that. But kudos to Lane on his 2 big DDs all the same and to Megan for her last minute rebound and to Mark for beating back a runaway and winning. It was a really competitive game!
Thank you for mentioning my morning comment, VJ. It’s nice to know that it was read and remembered. And that it was spot-on. 🙂
You’re welcome, klm. Not everyone reads Spoiler Talk so we usually do the congrats on the following Spoiler Talk. It was spot on and I gotta tell ya, I was amazed! Felt kinda bad for Lane, though I would have felt bad for Mark if he lost, too. They are both very smart.
I think Lane accidentally pulled a Cliff Clavin. The $8,399 wager does force Mark to get it right, which Mark did, but the problem is that if he missed, which Lane did, he would have been left with $14,601, Megan, who was $1,000 short of being in contention, doubled up and got it right, and Mark missed in any event, then Megan would have won. Lane, you don’t want to let an already eliminated player back into contention. Sorry that I said that, Lane. It’s just that I can’t catch a break.