Final Jeopardy: National Anthems (5-3-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/3/2022) in the category “National Anthems” was:

“Terre de nos aieux” follows the title in the French version of this anthem

20x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has now won $476,985. In Game 21, her challengers are: Angela Kissner, an educational consultant and tutor from Akron, OH; and Enver Casimir, a history teacher from Albany, CA.

Round 1 Categories: They Named a City for Him – Bible Belts – Let’s Go to the Auto Shop – The Actor Really Saves the Day! – Hidden Anatomy – Mrs., Miss or Mr.

Enver found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “They Named a City for Him” under the $1,000 clue on the fifth pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, $800 more than Mattea in second place. Enver bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

This city with a Tennessee Valley authority headquarters was named for America’s first Secretary of War show

WHAT IS KNOXVILLE?

Mattea finished in the lead with $7,800. Enver was second with $6,600 and Angela was last with $200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: History – Fictional Characters – States’ Other Common Languages – Pets – Easy Listening – Free as a Word

Mattea found the first Daily Double in “Other Common Languages” under the $800 clue on the third clue of the round. She was in the lead with $8,600, $2,000 more than Enver in second place. Mattea bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

This Native American language is the third-most commonly spoken one in both Arizona & New Mexico show

WHAT IS NAVAJO?

Mattea got the last Daily Double in “Pets” under the $1,600 clue with one clue left after it. She was in the lead with $22,600, $12,800 more than Enver in second place. Mattea bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

As its very name speaks of sun-kissed islands, don’t let this little songbird catch cold show

WHAT IS CANARY?

Mattea finished in the lead with a runaway $24,600. Enver was second with $9,800 and Angela was last with $600. All clues were shown.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “Ô CANADA”?

Back on 9/17/2019, in Jason Zuffranieri’s 13th game, this was the Final Jeopardy! clue: “With lyrics by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, it debuted on June 24, 1880, at a celebration of St. Jean Baptiste Day.” The category was National Anthems then, too. I had a lot of info about “O Canada” in that recap, including a link to another post that shows all the countries with national anthems in more than one language.

Here’s what I did not have that is pertinent to today’s FJ!: “Terre de nos aieux” means “land of our ancestors” It is also the title of Togo’s national anthem, which has several translations in local languages. (It’s not listed on the 70 National Anthems post because Togo’s anthem was not in the video.)

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Angela wrote down “God Save the Queen”. That didn’t cost her a single loonie because she stood pat at $600.

Enver got it right. He bet $8,000. That brought him up to $17,800.

Mattea got it right, too. But first, Ken said: “Now as we come to our Canadian champion, I should point out the Final Jeopardy! clues are written weeks or months in advance and randomly selected so we never know when they’re going to land.” Mattea bet $4,999 and won the game with $29,599. Her 21-day total is $506,584, as she goes over the half million mark. Mattea has now surpassed Julia Collins, one of her most admired Jeopardy! contestants, not only in money won but in number of games as well.

A triple stumper from each round:

LET’S GO TO THE AUTO SHOP ($200) If your car’s engine uses this type of fuel, don’t look for the spark plugs; it uses glow plugs

PETS ($800) Spoiler alert: the answer is finally yes in the kids’ book about a boy who pleads, “I wanna” this reptile

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “1950s Films”

The last line of this epic film was “Go–proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof” show

WHAT IS “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”?

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