Final Jeopardy: South America (4-8-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/8/2021) in the category “South America” was:
2 of the 3 national capitals on the continent whose metro areas have more than 10 million people
3x champ Brandon Deutsch, a student from Long Beach, CA, has won $70,026 so far. In Game 4, the challengers are: Pasquale Palumbo, a financial services professional from Hawthorne, NY; and Abbey Copeland, a professor & scenic designer from North Haven, CT.
Round 1 Categories: Top of the Bill – A Noun & Also a Verb – Places in Texas – The Ivy League – Heavy Metal – Guitars & Drums
Brandon found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Places in Texas” under the $600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $600 more than Pasquale in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Brought from across the pond in 1959, a piece of this rock can be found on display in the town of Shamrock, Texas. show
Pasquale finished in the lead with $8,800. Brandon was second with $5,800 and Abbey was last with $3,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Women on Stamps – It Happened in Europe! – Books by the Number – Constitutional Checkup – Funny TV Songs – Wipe Out
Brandon found the first Daily Double in “It Happened in Europe!” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick. He was in second place with $5,400 now, $12,600 less than Pasquale’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 2010 Greece, in exchange for financial help, agreed to these measures whose name means “harshness.” show
Pasquale got the last Daily Double in “Books by the Number” under the $1,600 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $18,800, he had $5,600 more than Brandon in second place. He bet $5,000 and thought it was D’Artagnan. That was WRONG.
In an 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel, this member of the title trio is alphabetically last. show
Pasquale finished in the lead with $14,200. Brandon was close behind with $13,200 and Abbey was in third place with $10,800. One clue went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE 2 OUT OF BUENOS AIRES, LIMA & BOGOTA?
According to worldatlas.com’s 2019 figures, the 5 largest cities in South America by population (including metro areas) are:
1. Sao Paolo, Brazil – 21.7 Million (Brasilia is the capital of Brazil)
2. Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina – 15 Million
3. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – 13.4 Million
4. Bogota, capital of Colombia – 10.6 Million
5. Lima, capital of Peru – 12.1 Million
Wikipedia editors take note: Your 2015 figures could use some updating. Back then, Bogota and Lima’s population was under 10 million. Buenos Aires appears to be the capital with the largest increase in population.
Abbey got Buenos Aires, half of today’s correct FJ! but picked Montevideo as her second choice. She lost her $10,500 bet and was left with $300.
Brandon also got Buenos Aires but paired it with Santiago. That cost him $13,198 and left him with $2.
Pasquale made Buenos Aires unanimous but his second choice was “Sao Paulo”, not a capital city. He lost $7,401 but won the game with the $6,799 he had left. Pasquale Palumbo is the new Jeopardy! champion.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE! ($1200) In 1648 throngs of these horseman warriors in the Ukraine rose up against Polish rule
BOOKS BY THE NUMBER ($2000) This Jane Smiley Pulitzer Prize winner about the inheritance of a large Iowa farm is a modern retelling of “King Lear”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Bodies of Water”
The Jordan, Bear & Weber Rivers deposit over a million tons of minerals into it annually, much of that chloride & sodium show
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Abbey should have won. Poor wagering in final for her.
VJ, I thought of you when the Carmen Miranda postage stamp popped up lol.
lol, Rhonda, they missed me by 3 weeks!
I hated how the show was so critical of the pronunciation of COSSACKS when Aaron Rodgers pronounced it COSSICKS. They should have approved of Pasquale’s pronunciation. The show is being pedantic again.
Disagree. He said CASSICKS – I thought of cassocks, priest’s dresses.
I agree with Amy — I heard Cassicks. My closed caption showed him saying Kazakhs but I definitely heard the double S sound there.
Here are the Cossacks singing “If we drink we will die, if we don’t drink we will die” in “Taras Bulba”
This reminds me of Seinfeld and the bubble boy episode. Is it Moors or is it Moops?
I happened to recall that Colombia was the second most populous country in South America, which was why I guessed it’s capital as my second city, although I did so with no real confidence. The other ones that came to mind were Santiago and Brasilia, even though I figured the latter would have a much smaller population due to being inland.
Brazil has just a shade under 50% of South America’s entire population, but like New Delhi and Washington D.C., its purpose built capital is a fairly small city compared to others in the country.
I don’t find this tough either, as always, please don’t keep mentioning the same sentence about no one knows about whatever subjects are covered in FJ please. I find that to be very annoying.
As for the triple stumper, I chose Bruenos Aires and Bogota since south america seems to be populated with tourists in addition to the locals. Pasquale’s chances of getting a three game run looks to be slim but at least the toc clock is reset again until we get a 5 time winner.
Which we will get 1 of these days.
Really, Lou, Ismael can post that if he likes to. He only does it when there’s a triple stumper. You talk about a 5x winner just about every day !! and no one complains
Thank you, VJ.
Tough FJ as we got a triple stumper for the second Thursday in a row. Just like before, nobody knows about geography.
Unless your name is David Madden.