Final Jeopardy: Music and Geography (5-27-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/27/2021) in the category “Music and Geography” was:
In a British folk tune, the title lass Maggie May is sentenced to go way down south to this penal colony that rhymes with her name
Today is the first match of the finals in the 2021 Tournament of Champions. The challengers are: 4x champ Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, OR; 8x champ Jennifer Quail, a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, MI; and 5x champ Sam Kavanaugh, a teacher orig. from Carlton, MN;
Round 1 Categories: The Colonial World – Which College? – Computer Speak – Musical Menagerie – Shakespeare Character Football Team – H to O
Sam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Shakespeare Character Football Team” under the $1,000 clue, with 12 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,400, $600 less than Veronica’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
A very outside LB, this guy plays on an island; the son of a witch and a devil, he’s a total beast out there! show
Sam finished in the lead with $7,600. Veronica was second with $5,000 and Jennifer was last with $1,200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Straits – History – Law Slaw – Science & Nature – Celeb Name in the Middle – Losing Your Religion
Jennifer found the first Daily Double in “History” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick. She was in third place with $4,400 now, $11,200 less than Sam’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
In 1247 the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem, later an asylum known by this 6-letter name, opened in London show
Jennifer also got the last Daily Double in “Law Slaw” under the $2,000 clue on the very next pick. In second place with $8,800, she had $6,800 less than Sam’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she went with good and evil. That was WRONG.
The first play by lord, novelist, politician and inmate Jefferey Archer had a legalistic title “Beyond” these 2 words show
Sam finished in the lead with a runaway $24,000. Jennifer was next with $11,000 and Veronica was in third place with $8,200. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Geographically speaking, Botany Bay is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Discovered in 1770 by Captain James Cook, it was first named Stingray Harbour but was renamed Botany Bay after the expedition’s naturalist, Joseph Banks, discovered a wide variety of plants on its shores.
Musically speaking, there are undoubtedly better folk songs than “Maggie May” that sing of the Botany Bay penal colony. Lonnie Donegan’s and the Beatles’ versions of “Maggie May” do not, but here’s a link to one that has several versions that include a line about Botany Bay. Other folk songs generally have “Botany Bay” right in the title, like “We’re Bound for Botany Bay” and “Jim Jones at Botany Bay”. Botany Bay has also been the topic of many books, films and TV series.
Veronica went with Double Day. That cost her $1,800 and left her with $6,400.
Jennifer got it right. She bet $3,500 and finished with $14,500.
Sam got it, too. He bet $14,000 and won the game with $38,000. These scores will be added to the scores at the end of tomorrow’s match to determine who wins the $250,000 grand prize. Speaking as someone who ended his first day with bupkis and went on to win the next day, Buzzy reminded us that anything can happen tomorrow. Don’t miss it!
A triple stumper from each round:
MUSICAL MENAGERIE ($800) In a song by The Who, Boris is one of these, “black & hairy & very small”
HISTORY ($2000) When he was broke after editing his “Encyclopedie”, Catherine the Great bought his library in 1765 & also gave him a salary
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Jazz Classics”
In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington’s home in Harlem show
IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING GUEST HOSTS, PLEASE SEND YOUR FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO JEOPARDY!
We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.
I could have sworn there was a third triple stumper tonight but it is now escaping me…anyone recall a third? BTW if I remember anything at all I remember it being surprisingly easy…getting old ain’t easy!
Everyone notice how much tougher the clues are during the ToC? Tonight I got skunked by all 3 Doubles and FJ.
Gary, sometimes I miss a triple stumper but whether I do or not, I almost always only put 2 stumpers on the first page of the recap and the rest on the Page 2.
Today, I came up with 6 stumpers. There are 2 on the first page and 4 on the second. Then the Sneak Peek clues are repeated, this time with the answers.
Fortune hasn’t exactly favored the bold in this Tournament with some players going bust on true Daily Doubles, but it sure worked out for Sam today. He rocked it!!
I was really surprised Veronica didn’t know this FJ!
You are right, VJ. A long streak of doesn’t translate to easily win the Tournament of Champions.
Shocked that Sam Kavanaugh got up to $38,000! Definitely not what I expected since he had a runaway.
Sam is pretty happy with the lead that he has right now. There is a chance that something might change tomorrow if Jennifer makes a comeback. He is makings it tough on his opponents today. Botany bay reminded me of Maggie May which rhymes here. Overall I think veronica can change her score around I hope. as long as she can remain in sync with the board
So far, Sam is sitting pretty with 38,000 which means that he will have a big lead going into tomorrow’s game and looked like Sam may win the Tournament of Champions but anything can happen tomorrow.
Oh, boy. Sam is making it really tough for Veronica & Jennifer.
Looks like they’ve hit all the main categories for FJ in the tournament so far except film. I’m predicting an Oscars question tomorrow. Maybe Clint Eastwood.
The Final could be Oscars. They haven’t asked about U.S. Presidents/VPs nor the U.K. Monarchy in the Final Jeopardy so far. If Trebek were still host they would probably have a Final tomorrow related to France. Maybe the Final tomorrow will be about Astronomy/Space Exploration. Then again, they probably won’t ask about the U.K. Monarchy tomorrow since they asked about Britain today.
Too hard to predict the categories. Keep in mind that most contestants know all the presidents, state and world capitals, Shakespeare, films pretty solidly. The writers have ratcheted up the difficulty the whole two weeks. I can get FJ much of the time but have been stumped regularly all week.