Final Jeopardy: Middle Eastern Geography (5-19-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/19/2021) in the category “Middle Eastern Geography” was:
Of the 6 countries that border the Red Sea, it’s last alphabetically
Quarterfinal No. 3 of the 2021 Tournament of Champions features: 8x champ Jennifer Quail, a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, MI; 5x champ Paul Trifiletti, an attorney from Athens, GA; and 4x champ Ryan Hemmel, a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, CA.
Round 1 Categories: The Southern Hemisphere – Herbs – Under the USA – NFL Teams in Spanish – Between Hell & High… – Water
Jennifer found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Water” under the $600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,800, $2,400 more than Paul in second place. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.
In ROWPU, a system that purifies any water source, the “R” stands for “reverse” and the “O” stands for this process show
Jennifer finished in the lead with $5,100. Ryan was second with $3,600 and Paul was last with $2,200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Names of World War II – Etymology – Literary Antagonists – -Ola – Awards & Honors – Mane’s the Same
Ryan found the first Daily Double in “Names of World War II” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in second place with $4,800 now, $300 less than Jennifer’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In 1942 he combined 2 loves of his life –physics and New Mexico–in endorsing Los Alamos to be home of the Manhattan Project show
Ryan got the last Daily Double in “Literary Antagonists” under the $1,600 clue on the very next pick. In the lead with $9,600, he had $4,500 more than Jennifer in second. He bet $3,000 and didn’t know so he was WRONG.
The blind monk Jorge of Burgos is the antagonist in this novel set in a Benedictine monastery show
Jennifer finished in the lead with $17,900. Ryan was next with $10,200 and Paul was in third place with $5,800. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS YEMEN?
Alphabetically, the 6 countries that border the Red Sea are Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen. Four of these countries are actually on the continent of Africa: Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti. Only two, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, are in Asia.
So why are the African countries included in the Middle East? Perhaps the above video will shed some light on that.
Paul crossed out Yemen in favor of Saudi Arabia. That cost him $5,700 and left him with $100.
Ryan got it right. He bet $1,400 and finished with $11,600.
Jennifer got it, too. She bet $2,750 and won the game with $20,650. Jennifer Quail is the third ToC semifinalist. Who will win the fourth spot: MacKenzie Jones, Kevin Walsh or Ben Henri? Find out tomorrow!
A triple stumper from each round:
LITERARY ANTAGONISTS ($400) In this dystopian tale, the title narrator plays Scrabble with a commander whose name we can assume is Fred
AWARDS & HONORS ($1600) India’s 2005 Crossword Book Award for Fiction went to this novelist for “Shalimar the Clown”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Russian Composers”
A 1913 piece by him was conceived of as the symphonic equivalent of a pagan ritual, to be titled “Great Sacrifice” show
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TOC question. In a news article yesterday, it said the winners of the first round win the money they accumulate AND move on to the next round. Is that correct? For years, I have always thought they just move on to the next round and don’t win any money like a typical day’s champion would. Anyone know for certain?
Soop, at the end of this week, 9 players advance to the semifinals. The players who go home each get $5,000.
3 people win the semifinals an advance to the finals. The player who go home each get $10,000.
At the end of the 2-day finals, the winner gets $250K, second place $100K and third place $50K.
Here is a link to the recap of the last match of the 2019 ToC when James Holzhauer won
I appreciate the response, VJ. I was aware of all of those payouts. My assumption was that was all they received for being on the TOC. But what the article said was the people who win each day to advance to the next round ALSO will collect how much money they accumulated for that day. Example, say I win Day 1 with $25,000 and advance to the semis where I lose. If the article is correct about them keeping the daily winnings, I would go home with $10,000 for making but losing in the semis plus the $25,000 I accumulated on Day 1. Is the article correct or do I just go home with $10,000? Thanks.
No, Soop, not to my knowledge — those who advance to the next rounds, don’t get the money amount that won them the semifinal or final spot. As far as I know, it’s just the $5K, $10K and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes.
PS — Buzzy talks about the tournament prizes in his intro to today’s show
Maybe this is a technicality, but do Israel and Jordan not count as bordering the Red Sea?
Hi neeners, check out the “bordering countries” part of the Red Sea entry on Wikipedia. It says that Jordan and Israel border the Gulf of Aqaba, which is at the northern tip of the Red Sea. I guess that would be a technicality since they also say the Gulf of Aqaba is “a section of the Red Sea”
Very impressive performance by Jennifer, even in some sports clues typically dominated by men.
Jason only needs to beat one more wild card contestant over the next 2 days (highly probable) to get into the semifinal round.
My opinion is Jason will win the big money next Friday.
Jason has at least a 99.95 % chance of making it to the next round. I want the immature kid, Ryan, to lose. Ryan is a spaz.
Albert, that’s your opinion about Ryan. But Jason is very immature. I want him to lose.
How is Jason immature?
Honestly, Albert, it seems very silly of you to say that Ryan is immature while, at the same time, calling him high school insults that you should have outgrown decades ago.
idk why you and Richard feel the need to disparage any player you don’t like and particularly on posts about games they are not even in, but you would probably do a lot better to direct your energies to rooting for the players you do like.
That’s okay, VJ.
And then there were 13.
Either kevin Walsh or Ben will knock Steve out. But I really am worried that Ryan might also be out too. Overall I think the ladies were pretty dominant so far. I hope.that holds true for Mackenzie jones. I also am hoping sam will get his shot in the semi.finals as well.
I say MacKenzie is going to win.
If Paul didn’t cross off Yemen, he would have been in 4th place, and possibly in contention, for the Wild-Card Race. Instead, he & Sarah are out, and Steve got lucky, again.
True, but I’m worried for Steve because he may be missing out for a Wild Card because I think either Kevin or Ben will bump him off tomorrow.
Go, Jennifer! Whoo!!
Semifinalists:
Ryan Bilger: $32,405
Jennifer Quail: $20,650
Karen Farrell: $16,200
Wild Cards:
Jason Zuffranieri: $18,800
Nibir Sarma: $12,199
Ryan Hemmel: $11,600
Steve Moulds: $4,800
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Paul Trifiletti: $100
Sarah Jett Rayburn: $0