Final Jeopardy: U.S. Geography (5-25-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/25/2020) in the category “U.S. Geography” was:
Touching Canada at Boundary County, the northern part of this state’s panhandle has been referred to as “the chimney”
Today is the first quarterfinal in the 2020 Teachers Tournament. The players are: Amanda Baltimore, a 7th grade science teacher from Cocoa Beach, FL; Peter Gouveia, a 7th grade English teacher from Rye, NY; and Ivory Johnson, a H.S. social studies teacher from Hollandale, MS.
Round 1 Categories: Sayeth the Bible – Anagrams – School Supplies – World History – The Archies – Sugar, Sugar
Ivory found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sayeth the Bible” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. He was in a second place tie with Peter. They both had $3,400, $2,200 less than Amanda’s lead. He bet it all and tried “chosen”. That was WRONG.
In Exodus, “It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s” this “when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses.” show
Amanda finished in the lead with $5,600. Peter was second with $3,400 and Ivory was last, at zero.
Round 2 Categories: TV Teacher Appreciation – “C” in Science – Recent Bestsellers – It’s a Fact – All Around New York – Use Your Words
Amanda found the first Daily Double in “‘C’ in Science” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. She was in $10,800 now, $3,800 more than Peter in second place. She bet $2,000 and thought it was copper. That was WRONG.
This element, atomic number 27, is used to make blue pigment for pottery & glass. show
Ivory got the last Daily Double in “Recent Bestsellers” under the $1,600 clue, with just the $2,000 clue in the same category left after it. In third place with $4,400, he had $11,200 less than Amanda’s lead. He bet it all again and took a shot at it with “The Birdcage”. That was WRONG.
Donna Tartt wrote “The Goldfinch”; Kristin Hannah wrote this bestseller that also has an avian title. show
No one got that last clue. Amanda finished in the lead with $15,600. Peter was next with $11,000. At zero, it was the end of the road for Ivory.
Only ONE of the 2 contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT IS IDAHO?
The Idaho Panhandle is vertical and really does resemble a chimney on the map. Boundary County is Idaho’s only county that borders Canada. It shares a 45-mile border with British Columbia. Bonner’s Ferry is the county seat and there are two border crossing points there: Porthill-Rykerts and East Kingsgate.
Interesting: Almost all of Idaho’s panhandle is on Pacific Time, while the rest of Idaho follows Mountain Time
Peter went with Minnesota. He lost his $4,601 bet and finished with $6,399.
Amanda got it right. She bet $2,000 and won the first semi-final spot with $17,600.
2 triple stumpers from RECENT BESTSELLERS:
($1200) This author of the memoir “Eat Pray Love” wrote the 2019 fiction bestseller “City of Girls”
($2000) Journalists Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey took readers inside their investigation of Harvey Weinstein in this bestseller
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Authors”
This author whom Helen Keller could identify by his cigar scent was the first to call Anne Sullivan a “miracle worker” show
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Imo Ivory was playing as if he thought he had some unearthly way of catching Amanda. There was no earthly way he could have done that even if he got both DD responses correct. She was on cruise control and knew her stuff. Amanda couldn’t be caught. During these tournaments it seems to me some contestants forget about the wild card spots. Instead their strategy is more along the lines of “wager big or go home.” Hence, Ivory went home. I hope the rest of the Teacher’s Tournament doesn’t play out like it did tonight. I’m hoping the contestants will remember the wild card spots when wagering on a DD.
Amanda was superb, as smart and quick as most “regular” players, but a science teacher not knowing the blue element?
The episode is taped in February 2020
Semifinalists:
Amanda Baltimore: $17,600
Wild Cards:
Peter Gouveia: $6,399
Ivory Johnson: $0
I am not sure which way I heard this. Did Amanda refer to Commodore Perry as Admiral Perry when she answered the question about opening up Japan to trade with the US.? Alex said “yes, Commodore Perry.” This is what I thought I heard. I cannot rewind the show but one said Admiral and one said Commodore. If Amanda said Admiral that was incorrect. Matthew C. Perry was a commodore, not an admiral. Admiral PEARY was the guy who had the expedition to the North Pole. So if Ivory was wrong for adding an “s” to Deuteronomy, why wasn’t Amanda wrong if she called Perry “Admiral”?
Nana, Amanda did say Admiral Perry and Alex said Commodore so you heard right. A lot of places online say that Perry was promoted “to the grade of rear-admiral on the retired list.” I don’t know if they got it from wikipedia or wikipedia got it from one of them but, if that’s the case, then I would think either title would work.
Ivory added an ‘S’ to Revelation
Unimpressive start the teacher’s tournament as all 3 DDs were missed resulted our ninth skunking.
I think Amanda played splendidly today. Peter did quite well keeping up. Tough break on FJ!
I just wished Ivory had not bet the farm on his two DDs. It seemed to me that he decided beforehand that he would bet everything if he got a DD. In Round 1, he missed 2 bible clues before getting the DD on last clue of the game in the same category. If it was me, I would think “I probably won’t know that either” and bet low. lol
In Round 2, he got the DD right after a triple stumper and now, there was one clue left after the DD. He did get the $800 clue in this category right, so maybe he thought he had a better than average shot at it. I yelled “Don’t do it, dude!” at the screen. I wanted him to at least hold back a grand so he could play FJ!
Wow ivory, I thought that he had a shot at the wildcard and yet he blew his chances for the semi-finals. This is probably the worst start to the teachers tournament with one player eliminated early. Still no one should get confused between cobalt and copper because any middle school students studying rocks or minerals should know this. This is just dismal.
Thank goodness there won’t be six girls eliminated this week.
Ivory, darn those Daily Doubles.
Yes, I’d say exactly that.
Should’ve said that to Porter during 2016 Teen Tournament.