Final Jeopardy: NYC Landmarks (4-6-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/6/2015), in the category “NYC Landmarks” was:
The lobby of this landmark has an art deco ceiling fresco by Edward Trumbull called “Transport and Human Endeavor”.
3x champ Kerry Greene returns today to try to add some more to her winnings of $66,000. Her opponents in the first game of the week are: Eric Simmonds, from Los Angeles, CA; and Brian Carrick, from Portland, OR.
Round 1: Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The President’s Pleasure” under the $1,000 clue. He was in the lead with $2,800, $1,000 more than Brian in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
He had his own cabin built next to the 10th tee at Augusta National Golf Course; ah, the perks of being Prez! show
Eric finished in the lead with $9,000. Brian was second with $3,200 and Kerry was last with $2,600.
Round 2: Brian found the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Capital Cities” under the $1,200 clue. He was in third place with $5,200, $4,200 less than Eric’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The oldest South American capital, it’s located just south of the Equator. show
Eric found the last Daily Double in “Poets’ Monikers” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $17,800, he had $1,000 more than Brian in second place. He bet $3,000 and thought it was Robert Browning. That was WRONG.
“My Little Portuguese”. show
Brian finished in the lead with $18,800. Eric was next with $14,800 and Kerry was in third place with $11,800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“The Chrysler Building Lobby is possibly the most ornate and expensive lobby in the entire city. When walking in, the first thing that hits you is the amazing mural that covers the entire ceiling. A tribute to the age in which it was created, it is filled with Deco triangles, sharp angles, slightly curved lines, chrome detailing, and a multitude of patterns. The lobby shows scenes primarily of the workers that created the building, as well as tributes to the airplane and the age of flight.” From James Maher Photography with spectacular photos.
Kerry got it right. She bet everything and doubled her score to $23,600.
Eric thought it was Penn Station. He lost his $8,801 bet and he ended up with $5,999.
Brian came up with Grand Central Station. That cost him $12,200 and he landed in second place with $6,600.
Congrats to Kerry on the lone FJ solve enabling her to beat two very strong competitors. Her 4-day total of $89,600. Go Kerry!
During the chat, Kerry and Alex talked about her love of figure skating. She said she was never good at it but it is beautiful to watch and she and her family travel everywhere to enjoy it.
2 years ago:: ALL of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Names”
In 2012 her picture replaced that of Julio Argentino Roca on a currency note. show
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Didn’t know there was a jeopardy discussion group. Was trying to find the last category in DJ …it was something like “choachella “. What does that mean? Anyone?
@DonnaLee,
Coachella is a music and arts festival that takes place annually. Here is a link to its website
I have never heard “coup de grâce” (the $2K answer in Foreign Phrases) pronounced as if it were “coup de gras” (where you don’t say the s). Is that just me?
No, it’s not just you. The French are probably having a cow over that pronunciation, lol!
Good game though — very strong contestants.
and after that, I also wondered if Kerry would have been dinged if she had said “dolce vida” instead of “dolce vita” because she seemed a bit unsure for a split second of which one to go with.
And I agree, it was a good game
I’m glad you mentioned that, ’cause I was unsure whether she had said “vita” or “vida” — now I know she said the correct one. I think they would have to rule her incorrect in that case, being that the 2 words are from separate languages and “vida” not being the Italian one.
BTW, I just told my bf about the mispronunciation of “grâce” and, true to his frenchiness”, he was indignant. 🙂
If I’m recalling correctly, the word “vida” was in the previous clue and if that helped her figure it out, that was some quick thinking!
“true to his frenchiness” — LOL!!
Right! There was a clue with the word vida. Or was it in the same clue, where “Living la vida loca” was mentioned? I’m not sure. Either way, you’re right, she’s quick!
i replayed it several times and heard her say viDa, not viTa.
and i have to disagree with you cece. in germany alone there are several “official” ways to pronounce certain words. what is “official” often depends on the state, province or region you are in. the same goes for all other “living” languages, be that in italy, spain, mexico, sweden etc etc.and living languages change all of the time, not just in pronunciation but also in what certain words mean.25 years ago a “cookie” was something you ate…:):)
and there are new words almost every week and pronunciations change to differentiate words that are “new”, but spelled alike the “old” one.
even in “dead” languages like latin you have differences, e.g. a “C” in latin was pronounced in certain regions like a “C”, in others like a “K” and both were officially accepted. CICERO was for instance often pronounced as KIKERO. so even proper nouns had variations.
how do you know what you learned in HS is still the ONLY valid way? tempora mutantur…
Have it your way, John. After all, you know everything!
and here is a page on Free Dictionary where they have an entry for people looking up “coup de gras”. They show numerous examples of people spelling it “coup de gras” in the references in periodicals archive if you expand it.
So far the only reference I have found for the gra’ pronunciation attributes it to “overcompensation” by English speakers: “Some English speakers, aware that some final consonants are dropped in French, overcompensate by dropping the final /s/ sound in grâce, making this sound like French coup de gras (“strike of grease”). This mispronunciation is quickly becoming ubiquitous and is being popularized by the media (e.g., it occurs twice in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volume 2).”
no, i don’t know everything. but what i DO know is that things – even pronunciations- change, and that change is occurring daily,cece. if you deny that and cling to what was, you will be left behind. and the insinuation was really not necessary. i apologize that i doubted your experience for even a moment.
I’ve heard it many times, and, in fact, I think that’s the only way I’ve heard it. (Then again, it’s not like I hear this phrase every day.)
Hi, VJ. Thank you for noticing one of my pet peeves: people who pronounce “coup de grâce” as if it were “coup de gras” (where you don’t say the s). Unfortunately, a lot of people drop the requisite “s” sound at the end. It ain’t a “stroke of grace” if the s sound is dropped! I’m surprised that Alex Trebek didn’t jump on it. Bob
Well, I suppose we can surmise that they are lenient with pronunciations in foreign word categories but I was still surprised that Alex didn’t do his usual, now I will show you how to really say it, too.
gras would change the meaning to fat, like mardi gras (fat tuesday) and foie gras (fat liver).
don’t forget, we are talking the equivalent of “king’s english” here. there are regions in france where the most common and known phrases are pronounced differently from the “high” french. it makes a lot of difference whether you are in paris or marseille, the normandy or brittany and all the other regions. the people there consider THEIR pronunciation often more correct than the one officially recognized.
how many people in the u.s south for instance drop the “l” in a word like HELP. they don’t consider it “slang”, but the correct regional pronunciation. not to mention that french has a lot more varieties in pronunciations than italian,spanish,german,english… e.g. “sang”=blood, the “g” is not pronounced, e.g.in the national anthem though the french like to “slide” the last consonant of a word to the next, if it begins with a vowel.
so the correct pronunciation in the marseillaise is “qu’un san(g) impur” yet a lot of people sing it “sang impur” with the “g” attached to the “i”.so they have to give some leeway here, whether they want or not.
i beg your pardon, but you do NOT pronounce the “s” in either “mardi gras” or”foie gras” either, unless it is in a sentence where the next word after “gras” begins with a vowel. standing alone, or at the end of sentence the “s” is NOT pronounced. try to order “foie graS” in a french restaurant.
the word “gras” meaning “fat” is correctly pronounced “gra”. therefore, as so often in french, the meaning of phrases or sentences that are spoken exactly alike has to be taken from the context.
to preempt any criticism:
coup de grace is as often pronounced with or without the “s” in FRANCE.
nobody is criticizing anyone here – just having a discussion on a phrase. Perhaps you failed to notice that I began the discussion saying **I** have never heard anyone pronounce the French word grâce like the word gras.
That does not mean it never is. Idk if it is pronounced without the ‘s’ in FRANCE just as often as with it. I’ll have to take your word for it.
In the meantime, here is the coup de grâce page on Forvo.
you are misreading my comment. I know you don’t pronounce the ‘s’ in gras but you do pronounce the ‘ce’ in grâce.
The “full of grace” part of the Hail Mary in French, for instance, is “pleine de grâce”
John, I have to disagree with you. FYI, French is my second language — I spoke French as a child and went to HS in France. I know a lot of French people from all over, and speak French on a daily basis. And it’s not true that French has a lot more varieties in pronunciation than other languages.
In every country there are uneducated people who may pronounce some words differently, but there is always the official way of pronouncing words in every language, even taking into account different regional accents.
wrong on the new champ. at least we have another 4x champ.second time in a row kerry came from behind, fri from second, today from last.i guess she knows how to beat the “jinx”.tough for eric to get the husband instead of the wife….not that it had mattered since he struck out in fj, just as brian did.
congratulations to kerry.
Let’s hope she wins tomorrow as well, so we have a 5-day champ.