Final Jeopardy: Bodies of Water (4-9-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/9/2024) in the category “Bodies of Water” was:
The smallest inland sea in the world, it’s completely within the territory of a single country & connects 2 other larger seas
Today is Game 3 in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament, featuring: Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, CA; Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, PA; and Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, CA.
Amy and Victoria have each won a game. If either of them wins today, the tournament is over. If Andrew wins, there will be one more game.
Round 1 Categories: World Cities – Van Life – Words that Go up to 11 – Looks like We’re in Business – Musical Genre Masters – Literary Lines
Victoria found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Lines” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,800, $2,200 more than Amy in second place. Victoria bet it all and thought it was “The rest is silence”. That was WRONG.
From “Hamlet”, “This above all:” this phrase show
Victoria finished in the lead with $5,800. Amy was in second place with $4,200. Andrew was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Ancient History – Reboots & Remakes – Nobel Prizes – The Measure of a Man – Opera Settings – Kneel before Zed
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Opera Settings” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in second place with $6,200, $4,400 less than Victoria’s lead. Amy bet it all and cam up with Southwick. That was WRONG.
Verdi’s “Falstaff” is set in this town during the reign of Henry IV show
Victoria found the last Daily Double in “The Measure of a Man” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick. She was in the lead with $15,800, $8,200 more than Andrew in second place. Victoria bet $6,000 and guessed Henry. The H and Y are on the right side so that was WRONG.
You only need letters on the left side of the keyboard to type this unit of capacitance that’s named for an English chap show
Victoria finished in the lead with $11,400. Andrew was in second place with $10,000. Amy was last with $7,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE SEA OF MARMARA?
The Sea of Marmara is a small inland sea that lies completely within the transcontinental nation of Turkey. It separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey. On the Asian side, the Sea of Marmara connects to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus Strait. On the European side, it connects to the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles Strait. It is named after Marmara, the largest island in the Sea of Marmara. The name is derived from a Greek word having to do with white marble, which is still exported from Marmara island. Learn more.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Sea of Marmara is the smallest true sea in the world. Other sites say it’s the Baltic Sea.
An old clue: BODIES OF WATER ($1000) Istanbul lies on both sides of the Bosporus at its junction with this sea
Amy bet $1,400 and finished with $8,600.
Andrew bet $4,401 and finished with $14,401.
Victoria bet $8,601 and won the game with $20,001. That’s 2 wins for Victoria and makes her the winner of the first Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
The image below shows the amount each contestant won. Victoria also won a spot in the Master Tournament, coming up in May on Primetime. Meantime, regular games begin tomorrow!
2 triple stumpers from each round:
ANCIENT HISTORY ($800) Cultivation of this fruit dates back at least to the very pre-Columbian Mokaya people & it stood for the 14th month on the Maya calendar
REBOOTS & REMAKES ($2000) “Heaven Can Wait” was a remake of this 1941 film
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Classic Games”
Reuben Klamer, who passed away in 2021 at age 99, developed this game relatable to “literally everyone on earth” show
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I called it! (Yeah, so what?) The three missed DD stands out. But, unlike our champs, I missed final. The total points were less with the DD misses, but the ratio was still there.
Agree with others: tournament time is fatiguing.
Congrats to Victoria! She was solid throughout, despite that hiccup in game 1 of the final.
I fell out of my seat in DJ with that question about the measure of current in honor of an Italian. I can’t believe Volta was accepted – thats not a unit of current!!!!
Andrew didn’t say Volta, William.
He said “a volt”
Correct. But that is a measure of voltage. Current is measured in Amperes.
Here’s the clue: Measuring electricity? In the U.S., we use this unit that honors an Italian count
Holy Polonius! I thought for sure Queen Vic would know that. Long long ago, when our class moved into junior high, we had autograph books to get signatures from classmates, teachers, and relatives. My very well-read father wrote, “This above all, to thine own self be true.” It meant little at the time, but once I matured and understood it, it became my personal mantra for life.
“Heaven Can Wait” is a favorite movie. Never saw the original, but certainly knew its name. Victoria sure got confused on that one. I’m glad she won, since she was so close to sweeping the first two contests. Props to all three for knowing FJ, a sea I’ve never heard of.
All 3 DDs were missed resulted our fifth skunking. I hope William Weyser will say darn those daily doubles to Victoria.
I did, but I also said “You came, you saw…, you got dethroned.”
We went 0 for 3 on betting clues on the Daily Doubles. But all three players made impressive wagers in FJ! and we end the tournament on a high note. That’s it for tournaments in Season 40. Finally, we got to see regular games for the first time in a long time. Anybody looking forward to see regular games and new contestants?
I sure am