Final Jeopardy: It’s All Greece to Me (5-13-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/13/2020) in the category “It’s All Greece to Me” was:
This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it’s a setting for Virgil’s shepherd poems the “Eclogues”
Today’s game is the first game in the fourth match in the Greatest of All Time Tournament (original airdate: 1/14/2020). Ken Jennings has two wins now. James Holzhauer has one and Brad Rutter has none.
Round 1 Categories: Modern Family – The Bachelor – The Good Doctor – Blank-“ish” – Stump Down – Knight Line
Ken found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Good Doctor” under the 1,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with 3,800 now, 1,600 more than James in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
A vizier to Djoser, this Egyptian was one of the few mortals to be completely deified & was worshipped as the god of medicine show
Ken finished in the lead with 12,800. James was second with 4,400 and Brad was last with 2,400.
Round 2 Categories: The World According to Kareem – British Stuff – Albums – History – Jeoportmanteau – The Arts
Brad found the first Daily Double in “British Stuff” under the 1,600 clue on the 7th pick. He was in third place with 4,800 now, 9,200 less than Ken’s lead. He bet it all and thought it was Faraday. That was WRONG.
One of Britain’s greatest mind was this 19th century physicist & author of “A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism” show
4 clues later, Ken found the last Daily Double in “The Arts” under the 1,600 clue. In the lead with 15,200, he had 2,000 more than James in second place. “I’ve got James on my back. I’ve got to go all in,” Ken said. He did it and he was RIGHT.
In this 1951 play, Serafina’s dead husband sports the title ink on his chest. show
Ken finished in the lead with 32,800. James was next with 22,800 and Brad was in third place with 2,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS ARCADIA?
According to Greek Gods and Goddesses, “Arcadia is a place that is both a real geographical location, as well as a mythological place from Ancient Greek Mythology.” The mythological Arcadia was inhabited by nymphs, dryads, centaurs, as well as several gods and goddesses. It was believed that Pan, half man and half goat, lived there. It was also the dwelling of Hermes, messenger of the gods, said to be Pan’s father in some versions.
Later in the article, it says: “The real-life area of Arcadia in Greece is also a place that’s mostly separated from the rest of the land with tall, continuous ranges of mountains, which could easily serve as the base for such mystical stories to be born and be kept alive over many centuries.”
Brad came up with Bucolia. He bet and lost it all.
James got it right. He bet 11,381, bringing him up to 34,181.
Ken got it, too. He bet the whole 32,800 and finished with 65,600. So there’s Ken with such a big lead that they brought the trophy out on stage in anticpation of his winning the second half of this match.
3 triple stumpers from the game:
STUMP TOWN (600) The fabulous skiing of Snowmass is about 10 miles west of this city
ALBUMS (800) ‘Follow God’ & ‘Closed On Sunday’ are tracks on this 2019 Kanye West album
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KAREEM (2000) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “I became a stronger, faster & more intense basketball player through my training with the great Bruce Lee, who pioneered mixed martial arts with the hybrid fighting style he called this, abbreviated JKD”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Mythology”
Ulysses & Menelaus were among those who emerged from the “womb” of this, called “tall as a mountain, ribbed with pine” show
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I’m trying to figure out why after watching Ken Jennings through 74 games and years of competing on other shows that I just noticed last night that he is left-handed and this is a re-run. Perhaps ambidextrous might be more appropriate because he does some things with his right hand. But I just noticed last night he wrote fj response with his left hand. Am I alone in this observation? Not that it matters but it surprised me that I just noticed it.
I generally watch their facial expressions during FJ!, Jacob. Never would have noticed that unless it was pointed out, as you just did.
VJ, thank you for making me feel sane. I’m with you in that I normally watch their facial expressions. I got curious and googled “Ken Jennings left handed.” Sure enough he stated on Twitter that he is left-handed. That’s interesting because he holds the buzzer with his right hand. I think this staying at home probably has me zooming in on things I never did before or just zooming. LOL.
On tonight’s show it wasn’t as obvious but last night’s show the camera was lingering on Ken writing during fj and I watched with surprised eyes.
Yes, that’s so true — when watching reruns or watching the same film again, you say to yourself “I can’t believe I didn’t notice that before” when you spot things you missed the first time around. 😁
The clues today were a lot tougher than the ones from before. I thought brad could have gotten momentum today but the other two were too quick on the buzzer. I have a feeling that some of the categories were not in Brad’s favor. There is still a chance he could turn this around but he won’t win the whole thing.
Tough categories my family don’t like are Initials to roman numerals, triple rhyme time, and before and after.