Final Jeopardy: Greek Mythology (5-23-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/23/2018) in the category “Greek Mythology” was:
This pair who accompanied their father into battle were called Timor & Formido, “fear” & “terror”, by the Romans
5x champ Josh Hill, a network engineer from Arkansas, is up to $117,319 now. In Game 6, his opponents are: Luke Devlin, a strategic communications associate from New York; and Tara Yack, a structural engineer from Colorado.
Round 1 Categories: Take the Category in Order – In General – You’ll Understand It Better – As You Go Down – It Will Serve You Well! – Trust Us!
Luke found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “You’ll Understand Better” under the $600 clue, with 11 clues after it. He was in second place with $1,000, $400 less than Josh’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Virgil’s “omnia vincit amor” is this saying in English about the power of the heart. show
Luke finished in the lead with $5,600. Josh was second with $2,200 and Tara was last with $200.
Round 2 Categories: Give Us the Bird – Historical Fiction – Dimes – Band Math – Planet of the Capes – Mind Your “P”s & “Q”s
Luke found the first Daily Double in “Band Math” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick. He was in the lead with $6,400 now, $3,000 more than Josh in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Frankie Valli’s “Seasons” times Linda Perry’s “Non Blondes” show
Josh found the last Daily Double in “Dimes” under the $1,600 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In second place with $10,200, he had $3,200 less than Luke’s lead. He bet $4,800 and he was RIGHT.
A new design for the dime was released on January 30, 1946, which would have been this man’s 64th birthday. show
Josh finished in the lead with $17,000. Luke was next with $13,400 and Tara was in third place with $5,400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
From Theoi Greek Mythology website: “DEIMOS and PHOBOS were the gods or personified spirits (daimones) of fear. Deimos represented terror and dread, while his brother Phobos was panic, flight and rout. They were sons of the war-god Ares who accompanied their father into battle, driving his chariot and spreading fear in his wake. As sons of Aphrodite, goddess of love, the twins also represented fear of loss.” They also have quotes from classical literature about the scary duo.
The moons of Mars were named after Phobos and Deimos. Among other things, this little video explains why they look more like potatoes than moons.
Tara came up with Bert & Ernie. “Oh, you are so close” Trebek exclaimed, “so close! But we just can’t give it to you.” She didn’t bet anything so she stayed at $5,400.
Luke went with “Caspor & Pollux,” which Trebek read as “Casper the Friendly Ghost & Pollux” because it’s Castor. Luke lost $13,300 and dropped all the way down to $100.
Josh got it right. He bet $9,801 and won this match with $26,801. His 6-day total is $144,120.
A triple stumper from each round:
IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL! ($800) Old but reliable Betteredge the butler narrates the search for a fabulous missing gem in this Wilkie Collins work
HISTORICAL FICTION ($800) “Battle Lines” is Book One of the “Last Good War” novel series, set during this war
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Advertising Icons”
This spokes-animal created in 1951 got a wife & a daughter, Antoinette, in the 1970s. show
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And when’s the last time we’ve had a contestant eliminated from Final J because of a negative score?
4/25/18
I was laughing my head off at Tara’s response of Bert and Ernie in the final round. Like really? They are sesame street characters not Greek mythology. Don’t know what she was thinking but I can only give her creativity. But still Casper is a disney character. That response had to be the worst since the goku response from Brian Halvanaka in Seth Wilson’s second game from 2016. Plus deimos and phobos are moons in the game Doom.
Congrats to josh once again.
@Lou, idk who put the Casper cartoons on TV, but I’m pretty sure he was a Harvey Comics character and that had nothing to do with Disney. Anyhow, Luke didn’t think it was the ghost — he just got Castor and Casper mixed up, and that was Trebek’s way of pointing it out. Tara’s Bert & Ernie response was great!
LINK: 11 more clues from the match (including the rest of that Band Math category)
congrats to Josh, who now leads the list of “regular” players for the ToC, Larry (TT) and Dhruv (CT),having surpassed Rob Worman’s 133.900. Good job, Josh!! Maybe one more tomorrow?