Final Jeopardy: Historic Groups (5-6-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/6/2024) in the category “Historic Groups” was:
Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family
3x champ Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, NM, won $35,200 last week. In Game 4, she is up against: Matthew Smith, paramedic from New York, NY; and Carrie Klaus, a French professor from Greencastle, IN.
Round 1 Categories: In the 19th Century – State Mottoes – A Floral Category – Embrace the Dark Side – Recorded at Abbey Road – Homophones
Weckiai found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “In the 19th Century” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. She was the only one on the board with $200. Weckiai bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Spain’s second queen of this name ruled from 1833 until 1869, when a revolution forced her into exile show
Weckiai finished in the lead with $10,000. Carrie was second with $3,000 and Matthew was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Combat Pilots – The Plot Sickens – Known by Their Initials – 4-letter Verbs – U.S. Colleges & Universities – Time for Some TV “Ad”S
Weckiai found the first Daily Double in “Colleges & Universities” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $16,400, $6,200 more than Carrie in second place. Weckiai bet $2,000 and guessed the University of Pennsylvania. That was WRONG.
This university was founded in Philadelphia, after “Night Owls” studied in founder Russell Conwell’s church show
Matthew found the last Daily Double in “Combat Pilots” under the $800 clue with 2 $200 clues left after it. He was in last place with $8,800, $8,600 less than Weckiai’s lead. Matthew bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1944 he became one of the first to shoot down a jet fighter and three years later he reached Mac 1.06 show
Weckiai finished in the lead with $19,600. Matthew was second with $13,200 and Carrie was last with $10,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE SWISS GUARD?
What’s a good date for this Final Jeopardy! clue? Today! 34 new Swiss Guards were sworn in at the Vatican earlier today. This is a short video of the ceremony but the whole Mass and ceremony is also on YouTube.
The Swiss Guard was formed in 1506 by Pope Julius II, a member of the della Rovere family. Blue and yellow were the colors of his family. Red was added later. Whether in honor of Medici popes Leo X or Clement VII, red, blue and yellow are the Medici colors. The Swiss Guard’s banner formerly changed to reflect the reigning pontiff’s colors. Today, the banner is a square with a white cross dividing it into 4 parts. The top left is the coat of arms of the Commander-in-Chief– the current pope (currently Francis). The bottom right is Julius II’s coat of arms. The other two quarters display the red, yellow and blue colors. The coat of arms of the Swiss Guard’s current commander (Christopher Graf) covers the middle of the cross.
Carrie thought it was the Italian army. She lost her $9,000 bet and finished with $1,600.
Matthew got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $26,400.
Weckiai went with the French Foreign Legion. She lost $6,801 and finished with $12,799. That made Matthew Smith the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
COMBAT PILOTS ($2000) The Red Baron trained & flew with a unit known as the Flying this that struck fear into Allied pilots
THE PLOT SICKENS ($1200) The title of this Rachael Lippincott bestseller was a distance kept by 2 sick teens, cutting the recommended boundary by a foot
2 years ago: Only ONE player got this FJ in “THEATER”
In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play show
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The one thing I with which I take issue is Carrie’s quizzical FJ response. Now, I only have a minor in French. She’s a professor of French. There is NO WAY she didn’t know that the FFL was formed in 1831. Then again, maybe she just wanted to put any answer down.
I have to be partial to Matthew, because I was a paramedic in my life!
Jason, it was Weckiai who went with the FFL. Carrie had the Italian army.
I don’t even drink anymore! I watched it last night, wrote the comment today. Sorry ’bout that!!
The FJ threw me, and yes, the carefully worded clues were absolutely correct (as far as it went). However, I might add that the entire Swiss Guard uniform is actually made up of the colors red, blue, yellow and orange (with orange not being a stripe).
Wikipedia [sic] jinxed herself by stating during the interview that the TOC was in her sights.
Don’t mess with the Jeopardy gods.
I think it was actually Ken who jinxed Weckiai — twice!! First, last Friday, in his intro he brought up the fact that she won her first 2 games without benefit of any Daily Doubles. Presto, on the second pick, Weckiai gets the DD and gets it wrong.
In this game, I can’t think of one good reason why he asked her if she thought she’d make the ToC, but I don’t think her response was overconfident. After 15 clues, she had over a $3K lead. But, yeah, it would have been better if she said she had high hopes.
Terrific late comeback by Matthew. He was barely involved in most of DJ.
I don’t say this often, but I found all 3 DDs easy. “Owls” and “church” were big clues on that middle one. Final was tough, had no idea, but it was a fair one.
In a school play 60+ years ago, my role was the guy who brought Jenny Lind to the US, among other feats. Knew the cartoon detective thanks to having had kids in the 1980s.