Final Jeopardy: Countries’ Languages (5-22-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/22/2024) in the category “Countries’ Languages” was:
About 70% of its people can speak Portuguese; about 20% can speak Umbundu, 8% Kikongo & 8% Kimbundu
New champ Chris D’Amico, a verifications specialist from Lakewood, OH, won $25,100 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Ellen Klages, a writer from San Francisco, CA; and Amar Kakirde, a grad student from Lake Hiawatha, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Puerto Ricans – The Drama Of Television – In The Weeds – Ends In “Ite” – Rock Me – Amadeus
Chris found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Rock Me” under the $1,000 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,800, $1,600 more than Amar in second place. Chris bet $200 but drew a blank so he was WRONG.
This sacred shrine in Jerusalem covers the spot from which Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven show
Chris finished in the lead with $6,800. Amar was second with $4,800 and Ellen was last with negative $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: It’s Already In The Form Of A Question! – Treaties – Medical Crossword Clues – Begins With A Silent Letter – Books From The Last Few Years – Fictional Movie Sports Teams
Amar found the first Daily Double in “Treaties” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,000, $1,200 less than Chris’ lead. Amar bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
France restored this tiny principality’s independence in an 1861 treaty & a customs union was established 4 years later show
Chris found the last Daily Double in “It’s Already in the Form of a Question!” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick of the round. He was in second place with $10,400, $4,000 less than Amar’s lead. Chris bet $6,000 and said “How now brown cow?” That was WRONG.
In a relatively famous play, this 4-word question precedes “deny thy father and refuse thy name” show
Amar finished in the lead with $15,600. Chris was second with $10,800. His score dropped to $6,800 after a reversal (see below) and that gave Amar a runaway. Ellen was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS ANGOLA?
Umbundu, Kikongo and Kimbundu are all Bantu languages, that should have you looking in Africa for the correct response. Portugal’s former colonies in Africa include Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, and Guinea-Bissau. Portuguese is the official language in all of them. Other languages are recognized as national languages. Two of the Bantu languages in the clue (Umbundu and Kimbundu) are spoken in Angola. The other one (Kikongo) is spoken in Angola, Gabon and the 2 Congo nations. Wikipedia has a list of 42 other languages that are spoken in Angola.
“The Portuguese Language and What Makes it Intriguing” is an 8-minute YouTube video with a history of the language. All Portuguese-speaking countries are shown, with many other interesting tidbits.
Ellen had no response. She lost her $70 bet and finished with $1,930.
Chris went with Cape Verde. That cost him $2,000 and left him with $4,800.
Amar got it right. He bet $1,000 and won the game with $16,600. Amar Kakirde is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Reversal: IT’S ALREADY IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION! ($2000) In Matthew 27 in the King James version, Jesus cries out, “My God, my God”, then this anguished question – Ken accepted “Why have you forsaken me?” which would have been okay in some Bible versions, but in KJV, it’s “Why has thou forsaken me?” Chris lost $4K. Bummer!
A triple stumper from each round:
AMADEUS ($800) Mozart created the role of the Queen of the Night in this opera for his sister-in-law Josepha Hofer
BEGINS WITH A SILENT LETTER ($1200) Johann Zoffany must have felt his time running out when he painted a circa 1776 “Self-Portrait with” this timekeeping item “& Skull”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players left in FJ got this one in “OSCAR-WINNING SONGS”
Johnny Mercer’s lyrics to this 1961 Oscar-winning song once began, “I’m Holly” show
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So, I first said The Congo (DRC), then I said, maybe Angola, but went back to DRC. Oh well!
Not much more to say.
I did above average in the game, but chose Brazil for FJ. Wow, a half dozen Portuguese spoken countries in Africa to choose from no less. Well, I knew that Brazil wasn’t going to fly, and I sure wasn’t disappointed on that account. Anyways, some of the DDs were a cinch.
I was surprised Chris couldn’t get Juliet ‘s line but we still got a chuckle out of How now brown cow… I text that phrase to my daughter if I start worrying where she is
Last year, Mali and Burkina Faso both dropped French as their official language. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a clue about one or the other these days.
Woo-hoo, the two colonies I’ve always associated with Portugal are Brazil and Angola. Those other languages sounded African, so the latter was my guess.
The silent-letter timekeeper seemed obvious to me. Never saw it once, but knew the Taraji Henson series. Can’t say I knew the parallel stumper, but I do know there’s a freeway marker on I-5 near Salem marking the exact halfway point between the equator and the Arctic circle. If you’d ever watched that unique sport, you’d have known what a jammer does. (“KC Bomber” with Raquel Welch wasn’t half-bad either.)
I hope William will say darn those daily doubles to Chris today.
Well, that reversal was rough. Chris wouldn’t have won anyway, it’s true. But to claw his way back to $10K+ and lose $4K right before FJ! had to be a big letdown.
I hope this will be enough for them to stop with “the KJV version” once and for all. Check it out — ‘why have you forsaken me’ is in the majority nowadays
Matthew 27:46
Well, that is not nice of the staff and crew, VJ.
Well said
Have you checked all of your different versions of the Bible? Veggietales never mentioned it. Especially McGee and Me, Kingsley’s meadow, Secret Adventures, and Angel Wings.