Final Jeopardy: Middle Eastern Geography (5-19-21)
Here are some more clues from the 5/19/2021 Jeopardy! game:
HERBS ($1000) Eating one seed from the castor bean can be fatal due to the presence of this blood-clumping toxin
UNDER THE USA ($1000) Once a government relocation site, West Virginia’s Greenbrier this was designed as a Cold War fallout shelter
BETWEEN HELL & HIGH…($200) This feeling of being utterly forlorn has 2 sets of double “S”
ETYMOLOGY ($800) The Pope delivers blessings from this type of projecting platform, from Italian for “scaffold”
LITERARY ANTAGONISTS ($1200) Seen here (image) is one of the classic meanies in all of lit, this villain of a Dickens novel
AWARDS & HONORS ($2000) In France, the Croix de Guerre is automatically awarded to those who receive this 3-word decoration for war services
MANE’S THE SAME ($1600) Marty & the San Diego Zoo’s Robert
($2000) Lippy & Kovu
Sneak Peek clues — NFL TEAMS IN SPANISH
($200) Los Gigantes
($400) Los Osos
($600) Los Cuarenta y Nueve
($800) Las Aguilas
($1000) Los Cuervos
ANSWERS: 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