Final Jeopardy: European Borders (4-9-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/9/2020) in the category “European Borders” was:
Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other
Today is the fourth quarter-final of the 2020 College Championship. Competing today: Joe Coker, a junior (Hendrix College); Beni Keown, a freshman (Northwestern Univ.); and Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore (Univ. of So. California)
Round 1 Categories: Where Ya Goin’ for Spring Break? – Homophones – College Law – Sports History – Shopping – Returns
Beni found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Returns” under the $600 clue, with a dozen clues to go after it. He was in second place with $2,000, $1,200 less than Joe’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and took a guess with Cain. That was WRONG.
After he returns in Luke 15, his dad says “Bring hither the fatted calf and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry.” show
Beni finished in the lead with $5,200. Joe was second with $3,400 and Xiaoke was last with $2,000.
Round 2 Categories: European History – Party in the USA – Don Quixote – T Off – Movie & TV Romances – Chemistry
Joe found the first Daily Double in “Party in the USA” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick. He was in second place with $9,000 now, $1,000 behind Beni’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Due to the participation of Bull Moose, Teddy Roosevelt, this incumbent president finished third in 1912. show
Beni got the last Daily Double in “Chemistry” under the $1,200 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In second place with $13,600, he had $3,600 less than Joe’s lead. He bet $1,000 and went with “oxygen gas.” That was WRONG.
The main products of the alcoholic fermentation of sugar are ethanol & this gas. show
Joe finished in the lead with $15,200. Beni was next with $14,800 and Xiaoke was in third place with $6,400.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE SPAIN & PORTUGAL?
The 1297 Treaty of Alcañices, signed by King Denis of Portugal and King Fernando IV of Castile, hammered out the border between the two kingdoms and led to a 40-year peace. (It also led to a couple of grandchildren for King Denis when his daughter married King Fernando IV.) There have been several treaties since then (see the Important Treaties section on Wikipedia’s Portugal-Spain border article). They were mainly concerned with settling disputes over which country owned which border town, although disputes over the town of Olivença have continued to the present day. Spain and Portugal’s border became open in the 1990s with the Schengen Agreement; however, as we know, COVID-19 has drastically affected Europe’s open borders policy.
There are various translations of “La Raya” and “A Raia” online — I saw: the border, the line, the streak and the stripe.
Xiaoke bet it all and doubled her score to $12,800.
Beni bet $1,000 and finished with $15,800.
Joe bet $15,000 and won the semi-final spot with $30,200. With one quarter-final left, Beni and Xiaoke are looking real good for Wild Card spots.
A triple stumper from each round:
WHERE YA GOIN’ FOR SPRING BREAK? ($1000) We’re off to Mexico! Check out Lover’s Beach at this cape on Baja California’s extreme southern tip
MOVIE & TV ROMANCES ($2000) He played Rory Gilmore’s boyfriend Jess; now he plays Mandy Moore’s hubby Jack Pearson
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “LANDMARKS”
In 1546 architect Pierre Lescot began rebuilding King Francis I’s palace, which is now this museum show
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Could the answer of the Count of Monte Cristo been wrong? Because at the time he was betrayed and thrown in prison, he had not yet assumed that title, but was still known as Edmond Dantes. I’m trying to find the exact wording of the clue.
Hi, Rick, I’m pretty sure they would have accepted the Count of Monte Cristo or Edmond Dantes. (I said Edmond Dantes, too) Here’s the clue:
RETURNS ($800) In an 1840s Dumas novel, he is falsely accused of being a Bonapartist & jailed at the Chateau d’If; he returns for revenge though
Congrats to all three players getting final right. Seems as those who had the lowest scores will not be in the semi finals. We have three great scores for wild card spots but still even if one player gets eliminated early tomorrow, Sophie could still be eligible as the alternate for the semi-finals. I haven’t watched a lot of romance movies but do you remember the holiday and he’s just not that into you VJ? There were tons of romance scenes in there.
This is bad. Most of the girls are out.
Semi-Final and Wild Card results as of 4/9/20:
Semi-Finalists:
Joe Coker (Hendrix College): $30,200
Nathaniel Miller (Yale University): $24,001
Londyn Lorenz (University of Mississippi): $20,801
Marshall Comeaux (University of Texas at Austin): $17,599
Wild Cards:
Kayla Kalhor (University of Florida): $16,501 (Locked in)
Beni Keown: (Northwestern University): $15,800 (Locked in)
Xiaoke Ying: (University of Southern California): $12,800
Emma Farrell (Carnegie Mellon University): $6,799
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Sophie Casarico (Florida State University): $6,400
Kylie Weaver (Pennsylvania State University): $2,000
Sirad Hassan (Princeton University): $100
Alistair Gray (University of California, San Diego): $1