Final Jeopardy: The Latin Vulgate Bible (4-18-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/18/2018) in the category “The Latin Vulgate Bible” was:
In Latin Jesus says, I am “via et veritas et vita”–in English, these 3 words
It’s the last semi-final match of the 2018 College Championship, featuring: Brown Univ. freshman Dhruv Gaur, QF #2 winner; Georgia Tech freshman Rishab Jain, QF #3 Wild Card; and Worcester Polytech sophomore Alli Ross, QF #5 winner.
The winner of this match will join William Scott and Hannah Sage in the 2-part final on Thursday and Friday.
Round 1 Categories: This Is My College Fight Song – 21st Century Deals – Classic Kids’ Books – Food Stuff – All Around Youtube – Double Letters in the Middle
Dhruv found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Classic Kids’ Books” under the $400 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,000, $400 less than Alli’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Kids really dig this 1998 book featuring Stanley Yelnats & Zero, 2 of the young inmates at Camp Green Lake. show
Alli finished in the lead with $7,200. Dhruv was second with $5,400 and Rishab was last with $3,200.
Round 2 Categories: You Knew There’d Be Math – As Defined by Random House – It Grows on Trees – Barbarians at the Gates – “R” Town – The Golden Globe Awards
Dhruv found the first Daily Double in “Barbarians at the Gates” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick. He was in second place with $8,200 at this point, $600 less than Alli’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
These barbarians whose name means “destroyer” crossed the Rhine River & sacked Rome in 455 A.D. show
Rishab found the last Daily Double in “‘R’ Town” under the $800 clue with 10 clues left after it. In third place with $5,200, he had $8,800 less than Alli’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This North Carolina city founded in 1792 is named for a man who died in 1618. show
Alli finished in the lead with $16,800. Dhruv was next with $13,400 and Rishab was in third place with $12,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In the Gospel of John (Chapter 14, Verse 6), at the Last Supper, Jesus responded to a question from the apostle Thomas, saying: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” That’s from the King James version. In the Latin Vulgate translation by Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome to several Christian denominations), the entire verse reads: “dicit ei Iesus ego sum via et veritas et vita nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per me”
Rishab wrote down “living in truth.” That cost him $5,000. He finished with $7,000.
Dhruv got it right. He bet $6,600, bringing him up to $20,000.
Alli had “road to truth.” She lost $10,001, leaving her $6,799. That meant that Dhruv won the match.
Three cheers for William Scott, Hannah Sage and Dhruv Gaur, the three 2018 College Championship finalists. Congratulations!!!
A triple stumper from each round:
AS DEFINED BY RANDOM HOUSE ($1600) “A German emperor”
“R” TOWN ($2000) It’s at the head of navigation of the James River
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “At the Old Ball Game”
This word dates back to the 19th century & referred to what the sun did to roofless seating. show
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Why did Alex make the point of fj categories being picked before the game “some time in advance”?
Did he think it too challenging for college students or was one studying Latin or bible?
My guess is it was the bible connection, based on a fair amount of complaints I’ve seen around the net whenever there’s a bible category or final that has something to do with it – not everyone is Christian, etc.
These are some very knowledgeable college players, but I feel that their youth and inexperience hurts them in the Tournament of Champions. For example, the other day the picture of Howard Dean was a Triple Stumper, but the pic of Howard Dean is an easy $200 question for the real adults in the regular Jeopardy game.
I think it is nice for the College champs to be invited to play in the TOC, but I always notice the college kids are slightly behind the proverbial 8 ball when playing against real adults.
Latin I only remember a little bit of back in elementary school. Also VJ, how fluent are you in Latin? I am surprised that only dhruv knew it. Congrats to the finalists..let’s hope dhruv wins it all.
well, speaking strictly for myself, I was raised Roman Catholic so I actually knew the bible verse in English first.
FYI, John, I did not study Latin in school. In fact, I refused to take it. At the time, a lot of stuff that had to do with church, including the mass, was in Latin and I did learn the mass and some of the hymns. Then when I was 16, they changed it all to English 😀
LINK: 12 more clues from the match
@VJ
Well, we did not have the choice to refuse it. And it helped me a lot with French and Italian.
P.S.
I have a feeling the Final will be between Dhruv and William, the 2 Freshmen. Just a hunch.
My knowledge of religion is nil. But thanks substantially to my poor dear Mother I took Latin, an incredibly tough subject, for eighth grade and the first half of ninth grade, so to my considerable surprise in this really difficult category, to my great surprise I easily got this clue!
Try my frustration after 10 years of Latin. In Austria and most of Europe Latin is mandatory (at least was when I went to school) from 3rd grade up (elementary) all the way to 8th grade senior HS ( 12th grade overall) and was a mandatory subject for your “Matura” diploma that entitled you to attend any university. No Latin, no university. But then European and American systems are very different. There are no “colleges” in Europe. And in America you have a lot of differences. You can’t compare a small college in the middle of nowhere with Yale, Harvard, Columbia or any other Ivy League uni or MIT for that matter.
Looks like they pretended to be asleep before the game started.
I enjoyed that intro.
I’m absolutely gobsmacked that two out of three elite college students couldn’t translate three common Latin words.
Et lacrimatus est Iesus.
-John 11:35 (Latin Vulgate)
@ Nell et al.
So did I. I guess our generation (VJ, You, Jlane, Jacob, me etc ) had the benefit of a better classical education. I don’t want to comment too much, I could go on for pages. But it’s too depressing, disappointing and darn embarrassing. Unbelievable. I hope Dhruv wins it all, a Freshman!!! He has the making of a broad education.