Final Jeopardy: Religion (3-9-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/9/2020) in the category “Religion” was:

These 2 countries that border each other are second & third in worldwide population of Muslims

3x champ Paul Trifiletti, an attorney from Athens, GA,, won $61,400 last week. In Game 4, he is up against: Michael Campanelli, an attorney from Greenlawn, NY; and Chloe Arnett, a preschool teacher from Lake View, AL.

Round 1 Categories: Hi, Welcome to 5 Authors! – Here’s Our Men, You – Can I Start You With Some Drinks? – We Have a Few Specials – That’s a Good Choice – How About Desert?

Chloe found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “5 Authors” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick of the round. She was second place with $2,200, half of Paul’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and gave Virginia Woolf a try. That was WRONG.

Not only was she talented enough to somehow write another person’s autobiography, she gave us “Three Lives” in 1909. show

WHO IS GERTRUDE STEIN?

Paul finished in the lead with $8,600. Chloe was second with $3,200 and Michael was last with $800.

Round 2 Categories: Be Still My Art – Cosmos: Possible Worlds – Cuba Before Fidel – Playing the Singer on Film – You’re Showing Your Age – From Rags to Riches

Paul found the first Daily Double in “Cuba Before Fidel” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in the lead with $9,000 now, $5,800 more than Chloe in second place. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.

On Jan. 25, 1898 this U.S. battleship arrived in Havana Harbor for a friendly visit; 3 weeks later, it blew up. show

WHAT IS THE MAINE?

Paul found the last Daily Double in “You’re Showing Your Age” under the $1,600 clue, with 8 clues left after it. In the lead with $17,100, he had $7,500 more than Chloe in second place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

There’s speed dating, online dating & this method developed in 1946 that can tell archaeologists an artifacts age. show

WHAT IS CARBON DATING?

Paul finished in the lead with $21,000. Chloe was next with $11,200 and Michael was in third place with $10,800.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE PAKISTAN & INDIA?

Wikipedia has an “Islam by Country” article with a sortable statistics table. When you sort it by the Muslim Population column, the Top 5 countries are: (1) Indonesia, (2) Pakistan, (3) India, (4) Bangladesh and (5) Nigeria.

Although India’s population is over 6 times that of Pakistan, almost everyone in Pakistan is Muslim. This was a result of the 1947 Partition of India when predominantly Hindu British India was split into the two self-governing states of India and Pakistan. In the 1970s, East Pakistan split from Pakistan, fought for independence and became Bangladesh.

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Michael got it right. He bet $10,795, bringing him up to $21,595.

Chloe took a trip to Africa with Egypt and Libya. She lost her $11,000 bet and finished with $200.

Paul got it, too. He bet $1,401 and won the game with $22,401. His 4-day total is $83,801.

A triple stumper from each round:

HI, WELCOME TO 5 AUTHORS! ($800) We wonder if he spent 10,000 hours writing “Talking to Strangers”, a 2019 bestseller & his first book in 6 years

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS ($800) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how a plant can detect these hazards that kill thousands of people each year: “If the plant puts out red leaves, beware; but, if its leaves are green, then you can play there in peace with your friends”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “First Lady Facts”

In 1982, when Bess Truman died, she had been enrolled in this government program for about 17 years, longer than anyone else. show

WHAT IS MEDICARE?

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek for continuing success in his battle against cancer. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.