Final Jeopardy: Astronomy (4-13-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/13/2021) in the category “Astronomy” was:

As Huygens observed in 1656, a weapon in this constellation contains a nebula, one of a few that can be seen with the naked eye

2x champ Dennis Chase, a biotech project manager orig. from Cathedral City, won $48,400 over the last couple days. In Game 3, his opponents are: Norah Webster, a meeting planner from Chicago, IL; and Erick Loh, a pastor from Northridge, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Battery Life – Western U.S. Cities – Going Stir Crazy – Title Waves – Fostering “Unity”

Dennis found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Western U.S. Cities” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,400 and the only one with anything to bet. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.

Take the 580 from Reno to the 431 and you’ll see the majesty that is this body of water. show

Dennis finished in the lead with $6,800. Erick was second with $5,400 and Norah was last with $1,200. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: England – Scott Land – Wails – Literary Characters – Movie Musicals – Animal Words & Phrases

Norah found the first Daily Double in “Animal Words & Phrases” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. She was in third place with $2,000 now, $4,800 less than Dennis’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

It’s an umbrella-shaped mushroom. show

Norah also got the last Daily Double in “Wails” under the $1,200 clue, with 2 clues left after it. In third place with $9,600, she had $8,600 less than Erick’s lead. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

This synonym for a mournful cry is the title of a landmark Beat poem from 1956. show

Erick finished in the lead with $18,200. Dennis was next with $16,800 and Norah was in third place with $13,600. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

 
WHAT IS ORION?

Orion’s nebula sits in the Milky Way and is one of the brightest nebulae allowing the human eye to see it as it shines visibly in the night sky. It’s one of the closest regions of massive star formation to the Earth but has a mass of 2,000 times that of the sun. Through a telescope, its features look even more spectacular. What else is up there that can be seen with the naked eye? Visit Sky and Telescope to check out DSOs (Deep Sky Objects), including star clusters, bright and dark nebulae and galaxies.

Now that you’ve got a headstart, try this Sporcle quiz: Name the constellations for every applicable letter in the alphabet



Norah crossed out the correct response and went with Sagittarius. That cost her $13,200 and she finished with $400.

Dennis also came up with Sagittarius. He lost $10,401 and ended up with $6,399.

Erick got it right. He bet $2,800 and won the game with $21,000. Erick Loh is the new Jeopardy! champion.

Final Jeopardy (4/13/2021) Dennis Chase, Norah Webster, Erick Loh

A triple stumper from each round:

VICE PRESIDENTS ($800) Daniel Tompkins, his Vice President during the Era of Good Feelings, was very often absent from his duties

ENGLAND ($1,200) Viewers of TV’s “Broadchurch” may know West Bay in Dorset is part of the coast named for this geological period

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Physics Terms”

Ironically, it’s a metaphor meaning a huge step forward, but this 2-word process only occurs on a subatomic scale show

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16 Responses

  1. Quinn says:

    VJ the TOC is coming soon and Buzzy Cohen is guest hosting.

    • VJ says:

      Thanks Quinn, I’ll put the tweet from Jeopardy! with the pictures of the contestants on the What to Expect list and also the last ToC list

  2. Suxe says:

    How was a the answer about Toadstools in the Animal category

  3. Albert says:

    I really thought Dennis would go to the TOC.

  4. Larry says:

    Interesting that Erick didn’t wager enough in FJ to win if Dennis got it correct. You hardly ever see that from the leader.

    • Howard says:

      I agree. I haven’t done the math completely, so I’m not sure what he was thinking. But I can tell you that many contestants have confessed to being bad at math.

  5. Jeopardy! lover says:

    I was laughing when no one got the clue about the Green Bay Packers.

    • William Weyser says:

      My dad & I saw that, and we both have a feeling that it’s gonna go viral, like the “Who wanted to kick that field goal?” response did.

    • VJ says:

      I’m pretty sure that the show will put a video up on their YouTube channel with that clue, and the Stanley Cup one after it when Aaron quipped, “you know that one, huh?”

  6. JP says:

    Odd that “Scottsdale”, a correct response in the first round, was named after Winfield Scott, and Winfield Scott was the correct response to an unrelated clue in the second round.

  7. Lou says:

    I am not surprised that only one person knew the orion belt. I guess Dennis’s luck just ran out today and I was hoping Norah would win today had she stayed with her original response. Overall I am pleased that she nailed both of the daily doubles in the second round. Now that football category kind of reminded me how Alex did it previously, VJ. are you getting that deja vu feeling?

    • VJ says:

      No, Lou, I’m not getting a deja vu feeling from any of these guest hosts and I’m not rooting for any of them either. I would like to see Brooke Burns or Buzzy Cohen as the permanent host and if neither of them, then I don’t really care who they pick.

      That being said, Aaron Rodgers’ reactions on the football clues today were hilarious. Also very funny (to me, at least) was the triple stumper of the twin astronaut brothers in the Scott Land category. The picture of them was totally unnecessary and must have distracted the players from the category. I mean, who is going to get it from a picture of them when they are identical twins?? omg!

    • Howard says:

      “Weapon” led me to Orion immediately, although in hindsight Sagittarius was plausible.