Final Jeopardy: Words in the News (4-10-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/10/2020) in the category “Words in the News” was:
On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500%
Today is the last quarter-final of the 2020 College Championship. Competing today: Tyler Combs, a senior (Indiana Univ.); Natalie Hathcote, a junior (Liberty Univ.); and Nibir Sarma, a sophomore (Univ. of Minnesota)
Round 1 Categories: Think Small – Modern Music – Words to Fear – “Spring” Break – Cats – Old Deuteronomy
Natalie got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Old Deuteronomy” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,000, $600 more than Nibir in second place. She bet it all and she was RIGHT.
Deuteronomy 5 is one of the 2 places in the Bible where this important list is enumerated. show
Natalie finished in the lead with $7,800. Tyler was second with $3,800 and Nibir was last with $2,600.
Round 2 Categories: Head for the Hills – Rhyme Time -People Named Alex – Literary Genres – Don’t Know Much About History – Film Schools
Tyler found the first Daily Double in “Literary Genres” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick. He was in the lead with $16,600 now, $6,800 more than Natalie in second place. He bet $3,400 and he was RIGHT.
This Latin American genre with an oxymoronic name involves the extraordinary seeming ordinary. show
Nibir got the last Daily Double in “Head for the Hills” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick. In second place with $10,200, he had $11,400 less than Tyler’s lead. He bet $2,500 and took a shot with “Lantern”. That was WRONG.
Boston’s Sentry Hill was renamed this for the light used to warn of intruders. show
Tyler finished in the lead with a runaway $29,200. Natalie was next with $9,800 and Nibir was in third place with $9,700.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS QUID PRO QUO?
From Merriam-Webster’s “Trending: quid pro quo” post: “Quid pro quo was among our top lookups on September 25th, 2019, amidst continued speculation as to whether President Trump had quidded for some quo in a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.”
More lookups: The Columbia Journal Review discusses “The Shady Roots of ‘Quid Pro Quo'” and, on their blog, Duffy Law explains “The Difference Between Bribery, Extortion and Quid Pro Quo”
Nibir got it right. He bet $8,748 and finished with $18,448.
Natalie wrote down “writ of centura”, going for the harder to spell “certiorari.” That cost her $5,400. She finished with $4,400.
Tyler only got as far as “cogito”. He lost his $800 but won the game with $28,400. Tyler is a semi-finalist, along with Marshall, Nathaniel, Londyn and Joe.
Nibir’s score got him a Wild Card. He’ll be in the semi-finals, too, along with Kayla, Beni and Xiaoke.
There were only 2 triple stumpers in the whole game:
“SPRING” BREAK ($800) FDR’s Little White House is in this Georgia town
MODERN MUSIC ($1000) “Ode To Joy” by this band follows leader Jeff Tweedy’s solo albums “Warm” & “Warmer”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Place Names”
It’s the only state named for a woman & whose capital is also named for a woman show
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What is the answer to the Jeopardy question of 4/10/2020 : what is the most ever googled question.
Why did Natalie only rang once in the Double Jeopardy Round?
Because, the gentleman kept preventing her from getting the lead.
Natalie was on a roll in the Jeopardy! Round, but then Tyler got rolling and neither she nor Nibir were able to catch him and Nibir got a wild card.
That was so odd–Natalie was superb in round one, and I’m not sure she rang in even once in round two. If she did, it was early. After that, she disappeared. At least she didn’t come up with “non compos mentis” for the final.
She did rang in once in round two.
Yeah, she got the $1,000 clue in Rhyme Time about the back and forth talk (it’s on the next page).
lol, Howard. That’s what I said I would put down this morning!
The clue Natalie got in Rhyme Time about back and forth was worth $2,000, not $1,000.
Congrats to all the semifinalists. I hope they all do well next week. Thanks for putting up the list of the participants, Richard. Also VJ I used to study Latin in elementary school but it’s been forever since I haven’t taken a course on it in general. I know reis ipsa loquitor, reis gestai, habeus corpus. Which Latin phrases are you more acquainted with?
in vino veritas 🤣🤣 just kidding 🤣🤣
Thanks, Lou.
Semi-Final and Wild Card results as of 4/10/20:
Semi-Finalists:
Joe Coker (Hendrix College): $30,200
Tyler Combs (Indiana University): $28,400
Nathaniel Miller (Yale University): $24,001
Londyn Lorenz (University of Mississippi): $20,801
Marshall Comeaux (University of Texas at Austin): $17,599
Wild Cards:
Nibir Sarma (University of Minnesota): $18,448
Kayla Kalhor (University of Florida): $16,501
Beni Keown: (Northwestern University): $15,800
Xiaoke Ying: (University of Southern California): $12,800
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Emma Farrell (Carnegie Mellon University): $6,799
Sophie Casarico (Florida State University): $6,400
Natalie Hathcote (Liberty University): $4,400
Kylie Weaver (Pennsylvania State University): $2,000
Sirad Hassan (Princeton University): $100
Alistair Gray (University of California, San Diego): $1
Thanks for putting the lists up all week, Richard. 😃
You’re welcome.