Final Jeopardy: The Solar System (5-4-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/4/2016) in the category “The Solar System” was:
Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra.
It’s the third quarter-final match of the 2016 Teachers Tournament. These 3 teachers are competing for the third semi-final spot today: Jill Gilbert from Des Moines, Iowa; Hannah Krug, from Laurel, MD; and Ian Miller, from Woodland Hills, CA.
Round 1 Categories: In The D.C. Area – Toys – Scrambled Egg-Layers – Bestsellers – Let’s Talk about “X” – We Love You, Mom!
Hannah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “D.C. Area” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick. She was in second place with $1,600, $200 less than Jill’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and thought it was the American History Museum. That was WRONG.
The Bill of Rights and the Constitution are on display there. show
Jill finished in the lead with $6,600. Hannah was second with $1,400 and Ian was last with $0.
Round 2 Categories: Grave Matters – Musical Theater – U.S. Geography – Roman Around – “O” 2″B” – Jung
Ian found the first Daily Double in “U.S. Geography” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. In third place with $400, he had $6,200 less than Jill’s lead. He bet the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
The Badwater Ultramarathon runs from the lowest point in North America to the lofty summit of this nearby peak. show
Jill found the last Daily Double in “Roman Around” under the $1,600 clue with 8 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $9,400 now, $3,000 more than Ian in second place. She bet $1,400 and she was RIGHT.
On Dec. 7, 43 B.C. this orator lost the power of speech… permanently. show
Jill finished in the lead with a runaway $14,800. Ian was next with $6,400 and Hannah was in third place with $6,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Venus has more craters than you can shake a stick at. In a 2008 article on Planetary Society, Emily Lakdawalla says: “There are a little under a thousand named craters on Venus, all of them named for ‘deceased women who have made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their field’ if they are over 20 kilometers in diameter or for ‘common female first names’ if under 20 kilometers in diameter.” So, in addition to the ladies in the clue, you will find quite an array of famous women and, if you’re a woman with a common name, you may even find your own name.
Wikipedia’s list of Venus’ crater names seems to be more up to date than the Venus Crater Database, which doesn’t have the one named for Norwegian author Sigrid Undset yet. We Name the Stars has a really cool list of Countries/People associated with features on Venus, breaking them all down by country origin.
Hannah wrote down Mars. She lost her $6,199 bet and had $1.00 left.
Ian was going for Pluto but ran out of time. He bet and lost it all.
Jill thought it was Ganymede. With the semi-final spot already in the bag, she bet nothing.
Today’s results actually will change Jeopardy.com’s Wild Card Watch (scroll past the daily lineups). Hannah will replace Greg on there.
Two clues that stumped the players today both involved music but were in different rounds.
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! ($2000) This late great glam rocker only appeared on Bing Crosby’s 1977 TV Christmas Special because his mum loved Bing.
MUSICAL THEATER ($2,000) Dionne Warwick had 2 hits from this musical– “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” & this double-talk title tune.
More clues on Page 2
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Supreme Court Decisions”
On Dec. 20, 1956 the court’s ruling on Browder v. Gayle went into effect, bringing an end to this 381-day event. show
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Easy fj today… If you know your planets…….
Kinda surprised no one got it…..
Hannah and Ian are out.
45/61 here
Hannah, “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” by John Gray is an interesting book. Also, a big Frankie Avalon song hit “Venus.”
“Venus” was also a big hit for Bananarama in the 80s — not the same song, but both No. 1s
They named a crater after Anne Boleyn– made me wonder what they considered her fundamental contribution.
@vj, wasn’t she the mother of Queen Elizabeth I? Although her beheading was tragic she did go down in history as the mother of a queen or am I mistaken?
she was Elizabeth I’s mother, Jacob. If that was the criteria, there could be a lot more women named after craters for giving birth to people who made fundamental contributions, even men
@vj, I didn’t mean to imply that being the mother of a queen was her sole contribution. Her impact on the Reformation has been noted in history as well. You sound like you were not a fan of hers. Why not? Out of the thousands of female names used in connection with Venus you focused on hers. I was just curious.
I don’t have a bad opinion of her, Jacob. (I don’t think she deserved her fate) I was glancing through a few countries on that list I linked to and was just surprised to see her name on there.
I guess it is up to the individual country whose name they want to submit.
They named a crater after Julius Caesar’s mother (Aurelia). From what I see they named craters after every tom, dick and harry they could find.
LOL Maori. I nominate Whistler’s mother