Final Jeopardy: Continental Geography (4-22-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/22/2021) in the category “Continental Geography” was:
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal
3x champ Mike Nelson, an actor orig. from Chesterton, IN, has now won $55,000. In Game 4, the challengers are: Monica St. Dennis, a librarian from Alexandria, VA; and Kelly Donohue, a bank examiner from Winthrop, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Islands in the Group – Tribute Bands – Foreign Words & Phrases – What’s for Lunch? – 5 First Dates – Secrets of the Whales
Mike found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Islands in the Group” under the $1,000 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the second place with $2,000, $600 less than Kelly’s lead. He bet $1,000 and didn’t know so he was WRONG.
Display your wisdom and name this South Pacific chain that includes Santa Isabel and Vella Lavella show
Mike finished in the lead with $4,800. Monica and Kelly both ended the round with $3,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Premiere Episodes – Mythological Idioms – Known by Their Initials – Fictional Pickers – Rather Odd Numbers – “A” Place in History
Mike found the first Daily Double in “Mythological Idioms” under the $1,200 clue on the 19th pick. He was in the lead with $9,600 now, $200 less than Monica in second place. He bet $2,500 and guessed “Hellenic.” That was WRONG.
Meaning a very beautiful woman, this idiom refers to the fleet that went to war after Helen’s abduction show
Kelly got the last Daily Double in “Premiere Episodes” under the $800 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In second place with $13,000, he had $400 less than Monica’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In Chicago, a 19th century kaleidoscope was one of the title artifacts on this PBS show’s first episode in 1997 show
Kelly finished in the lead with $18,000. Monica was next with $13,400 and Mike was in third place with $9,900. No clues went uncovered.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE HORN OF AFRICA?
From byjus.com: “The North-Eastern region of the African continent including the countries of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia is known as the Horn of Africa since the group of countries form a horn-like landmass over the peninsula. A good way to remember the group is as S-E-E-D-S.” Please note that although the clue does not include Sudan, it appears that different parts of the world include one or more countries that I think of as part of Eastern Africa in the Horn of Africa. Also, some sites lump the 4 countries in the clue in with Eastern Africa.
Furthermore, there is a comment on the above YouTube video from someone in Africa stating that Somaliland and Somali are two different sovereign states. So even if you don’t include Sudan, you could still work with S-E-E-D-S if you recognize Somaliland!
Mike bet $3,501 and finished with $13,401.
Monica bet $13,000 and finished with $26,400.
Kelly bet $8,801 and won the game with $26,801. Kelly Donohue is the new Jeopardy! champion.
A triple stumper from each round:
PREMIERE EPISODES ($1200) In 2014 Wes Gibbins began taking a law course on this ABC drama; also during the episode, the students were disposing of a body
($1600) An aspiring journalist named Augie kicks off our tour of this actress’ “Love Life” in a 2020 HBO Max show
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Comic Book Superheros”
During his years with the Justice League of America, this superhero sometimes used the secret identity “C. King” show
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What a joy to finally see a triple solve on a fj clue. Excellent contestants imo. Close match and Anderson Cooper’s charity got a fairly good additional sum of contributions. I liked Monica’s playing style. She was very smart and all three players squelched some of my recent pessimism. Although the two DD doubles that were incorrect kind of rained on the parade though.
Well at least all three got final jeopardy despite the two daily doubles not being so nice to mike today. Overall I’d say he played well but didn’t get the fourth win. So let’s hope Kelly can do it hopefully. Somaliand isn’t someplace I would visit, but I prefer Aghluas since it is right in South Africa and has a beach down there. Furthermore, Antiques Roadshow was something that I enjoyed watching in my youth, which I would like to see again in the near future. Great play by the contestants.
I recognize Somaliland as a place I don’t want to visit anytime soon.