Final Jeopardy: Nicknames (4-29-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/29/2024) in the category “Nicknames” was:
Surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku has been called by this 2-word nickname that describes any dominant person or expert
3x champ Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, WI, won $58,195 last week. In Game 4, she is up against: Ferdinand Percentie, a day trader from Altamonte Springs, FL; and Kirsten Lundquist, a product marketer from Burlington, VT.
Round 1 Categories: Literature: The Something of Something – Communication – Chronically on Line – Fun With Prefixes – Greater Than, Less Than or Equal to – Disney Movie by Lyrics
Ferdinand found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literature: The Something of Something” under the $1,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $600, half of Amy’s lead. Ferdinand bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Colorful in so many ways; Civil War is hell; Henry, don’t be a hero show
Amy and Ferdinand finished in a tie for the lead with $3,400. Kirsten was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Put It in the Louvre! – Television – Getting Territorial – Names in American History – Business Anniversaries – 3 Consecutive Consonants
Ferdinand found the first Daily Double in “Getting Territorial” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $9,400, $1,200 more than Amy in second place. Ferdinand bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
This territory’s Winston Churchill Ave. runs to its northern border; the Carretera De La Frontera is on the opposite side show
Ferdinand found the last Daily Double in “Put It In The Louvre!” under the $1,600 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,200, $5,800 more than Amy in second place. Ferdinand bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT again.
A fresco featuring Venus by this 15th century Italian–not the only time he painted her–was rediscovered in 1873 show
Ferdinand finished in the lead at $21,600. Amy was in second place with $13,800. Kirsten was last with $800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE BIG KAHUNA?
Etymology Online says “kahuna” first appeared in written form in a Hawaiian government report, written in English. The word was identified as Hawaiian and defined as “doctor and sorcerer” but was also applied to priests and navigators. Over time, it took on the meaning of a boss or expert.
The “surfer god” sense dates to the 1950s. Frederick Kohner created a character called “Kahoona” in “Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas”, a 1957 novel that was the basis for the 1959 film “Gidget” starring Sandra Dee. Cliff Robertson played Burt Vail, the head surfer nicknamed Kahuna. Variations include Great Kahuna and Big Kahuna.
Famous surfer Duke Kahanamoku has been called the “Big Kahuna” but, as a native Hawaiian familiar with the older meaning of the word, he did not relate to the nickname. Daddy Bray, who was known in Hawaii as the last practicing kahuna, and Kahanamoku were contemporaries. They both died in 1968.
Kirsten got it right. She bet it all anad doubled her score to $1,600.
Amy got it right too. She bet $13,799 and finished with $27,599.
Ferdinand thought it was major domo. He lost $7,801 and finished with $13,799. That made Amy a 4-day champ with total winnings of $85,794.
2 triple stumpers from TELEVISION:
($1200) Linda Cardellini & John Francis Daley attended William McKinley High School on this short-lived series
($1600) He played Thomas Cromwell in the TV adaptation of “Wolf Hall”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY”
Capable of freighting about 180 tons of cargo, in 1624 it was in disrepair & appraised at a total value of 128 pounds show
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Once again, Howard writes everything I was going to say. A few points to add: Amy sounded really stilted during her interview blurb. It looks like public speaking isn’t her thing. Although I am quite confident that it has happened before, I don’t recall it happening twice in a game where all three get it wrong (the “no harm, no foul”).
This game just hit me as rather boring. It didn’t feel like a “high energy” affair. I thought it’s supposed to be fun! Maybe that’s just me, though. The prospect of literal thousands of dollars might make some folks serious and/or uptight.
Final was easy for me, because I lived there. I was mistaken early on when I was there, because I thought “kahuna lapa’au” was “doctor”, but the first word was something else, but def NOT kahuna!!
@Jason, That article I linked to has all kinds of definitions for kahunas. For “Kahuna Lapa’au” it says: Expert traditional healer. Medical practitioner.
Yeah, but, when I was there, I was told that that wasn’t it. The place I worked also had a native culture and healing center. They knew the details.
Now I recall – “kauka lapa’au”. That was the right term.
thanks for sharing that, Jason
Figured out the FJ quickly, although it had nothing to do with the fact I had a great cheeseburger and umbrella drink at Duke’s on Waikiki Beach in 2015.
I really thought Ferdinand would nail that easily and send Amy back to her eight ERs. She hung in there despite not getting a shot at any of the DDs.
Surprised no one could get the Spanish-lyric Disney film, the study of sound,
or the two-word address to the Pope. Not surprised no one knew the McKinley HS show, one of my all-time favorites. And no one knew how many feet in a mile? I guess the word “statute” threw them off. “Restrained virtue” was tricky but I guessed it. I’ve patronized that Broadway booth once or twice. Long ago, they had a satellite facility at the World Trade Center.
I did surprisingly well in the game today, but flubbed the FJ.