Final Jeopardy: Words in the News (4-10-20)
In the 4/10/2020 Jeopardy! game, the players got all these clues in RHYME TIME. (The response to the $1600 clue was a bit of a tongue twister!)
($400) A bogus boa constrictor
($800) Harass or taunt Mr. Hyde’s alter ego
($1200) A judge’s mallet that you can take on vacation
($1600) A faithful king, queen or prince
($2000) A back-&-forth talk about certain types of instruments including drums & gongs
ANSWERS: show
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — PEOPLE NAMED ALEX:
($400) Alexander the Great was born in the city of Pella in this kingdom in 356 B.C.
($800) Consort of the doomed Russian Czar Nicholas II, Alexandra was the granddaughter of this British queen
($1200) In the 1970s Alexander Haig was Supreme Commander of this transatlantic alliance ready to fend off the USSR
($1600) Before he wrote “Roots”, Alex Haley helped write the life story of this black nationalist leader
($2000) Lincoln & this Confederate V.P. met in February 1865 & unsuccessfully talked about trying to end the war
ANSWERS: 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.