Final Jeopardy: U.N. Languages (5-15-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/15/2018) in the category “U.N. Languages” was:

Of the 6 official U.N. languages, it’s the one that is written in a cursive form only

Semi-final No 2 of the 2018 Teachers Tournament features these 3 ladies: Judy Tymkiw, from New Jersey (8th Grade English); Rachel Niegelberg, from New York, (Elem. School Special Ed.); and Claire Bishop, from Kentucky, (High School Latin).

Round 1 Categories: I Need a Vacation! – Music – Educational Anagrams – It’s Only an Allusion – Men on the Moon – From “B” to “Y”

Claire found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Only an Allusion” under the $800 clue, with 11 clues left after it. She was in second place with $4,200, $800 less than Rachel’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

The name of this duo Alice meets in “Through the Looking Glass” refers to a pair so alike they’re near indistinguishable. show

WHO ARE TWEEDLEDEE & TWEEDLEDUM?

Claire finished in the lead with $10,000. Rachel was second with $6,200 and Judy was last with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: A Video Game Menagerie – World Capitals – Triple Rhyme Time – Big Mouth – Mysteries & Thrillers – The King’s English

Judy found the first Daily Double in “The King’s English” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick. She was in third place with $2,000 now, $9,200 behind Claire’s lead. She bet it all and went with Alfred. That was WRONG.

The third English king of this name was the first born in England; the first 2 were born in Lower Saxony. show

WHAT IS GEORGE?

Rachel found the last Daily Double in “World Capitals” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick. In second place with $7,800, she had $5,400 less than Claire’s lead. She bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.

You need to use 2 hyphens when spelling the name of this Caribbean capital founded in 1749. show

WHAT IS PORT-AU-PRINCE?

Claire finished in the lead with $16,000. Rachel was next with $15,900 and Judy was in third place with $7,600.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS ARABIC?

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish as official languages in 1946. Arabic was adopted in 1973. Throughout these years, there were some distinctions as to what was a “working language” and what wasn’t, as well as differences in when other divisions of the U.N. officially adopted these languages The U.N. has a Language Specific Timeline with all that info.

AboutWorldLanguages.com explains that “Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), also called Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, and Literary Arabic” is what the U.N. specifically adopted. Among other things, they note that MSA “is learned not as a first language, but as a second language in school and through exposure to radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and religion.”

Judy bet it all and doubled her score to $15,200.

Rachel bet $10,000. She finished with $25,900.

Claire bet $15,801 and won the second final spot with $31,801.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

A VIDEO GAME MENAGERIE ($2000) In addition to the people type, you must face zombie dogs in this game, called “Biohazard” in Japan

MYSTERIES & THRILLERS ($2000) “The Thin Man” by this author is about a former detective & his rich wife solving a murder amid high society

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Countries of the World”

This country’s 2 main ethnic groups are Punjabi (who are also found in india) & Pashtun (also living in Afghanistan) show

WHAT IS PAKISTAN?

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