Final Jeopardy: Countries of the World (6-17-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/17/2021) in the category “Countries of the World” was:
On this country’s National Day, August 15, all 39,000 residents are invited to Vaduz castle for festivities & drinks
New champ Sarah Reza, a museum program manager from Hyattsville, MD won $12,801 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Emily White, a public relations specialist from Wilmington, DE; and Matt Walton, a civil servant from Philadelphia, PA.
Round 1 Categories: North American Geography – Potpourri – Music “C”lass – Plane, Train or Automobile – The Language of Food – TV Before & After
Emily found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Music “C”lass” under the $800 clue on the 14 pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,000, $2,000 more than Sarah in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a “rainbow” of musical hues show
Emily finished in the lead with $7,600. Matt was second with $2,800 and Sarah was last with $2,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Medical Latin – Even Numbers – Tom Foolery – Not an Everyday Word Anymore – Did You Read… – The Terms of Service
Emily found the first Daily Double in “Medical Latin” under the $2,000 clue on the 9th pick. She was in the lead with $11,200 now, $7,000 more than Sarah in second place. She bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
18th century physician William Heberden noted a chest condition of “strangling and anxiety” and gave it this Latin name show
Sarah got the last Daily Double in “Did You Read…” under the $1,200 clue, with 12 clues left after it. In second place with $9,400, she had $7,200 less than Emily’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
this book by Mark Bowden chronicling a savage firefight in Somalia in 1993 show
Emily finished in the lead with $20,600. Sarah was next with $13,200 and Matt was in third place with $7,600. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS LIECHTENSTEIN?
Liechtenstein’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. provides this history of the country’s National Day: “On 5 August 1940 the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein officially declared August 15 to be the country’s national holiday. Just ten days later it was celebrated for the first time. There were two reasons for choosing the date. Firstly, it was already a bank holiday. The Assumption of Mary is celebrated on August 15. Secondly, the ruling Prince at the time, Prince Franz Josef II, was born on August 16. Therefore, Liechtenstein’s national holiday was created by combining the Feast of the Assumption and the Prince’s birthday….” Learn more here.
Prince Franz Josef II was the father of the current ruling prince, Hans-Adam II. In the above video (uploaded on Kara & Nate’s YouTube channel), Prince Hans-Adams talks to Kara from Tennessee about rice at about the 6:30 mark.
Matt went with Monaco. He bet everything and was left with nothing
Sarah got it right. She bet $10,000, bringing her up to $23,200.
Emily got it, too. She bet $8,000 and won the game with $28,600. Emily White is the new Jeopardy! champion.
A triple stumper from each round:
POTPOURRI ($800) W.S. Gilbert said the short stature of the trio of actresses seen here (image) suggested the “Three Little Maids” song in this operetta
DID YOU READ… ($2000) this classic W.W. Jacobs short story that warns us, “The first man had his three wishes…the third was for death”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “World History”
This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book “Into Orbit” by the Mercury astronauts show
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What a simple Final. Every player should know EVERY world capital going into the show.
What was the answer to the picture of the triangular table
POTPOURRI ($400) In the 1980s, Carmela Vitale of Long Island patented an early version of the item seen here, known as a, this food saver
ANSWER: What is pizza?
(funny that all the images I saw online are round)
I thought the same thing. Like, what is a 3-legged table doing in a food category?
Without another object in the photo it’s obviously difficult to determine the scale of the item.
Emily obviously had a strong lead today going into final and she was quick on the buzzer. Perhaps she could be the one to break the string of leader curses and end the three day game curse plaguing everyone for the last four months. We got a strong player today so I think if she can build up on her knowledge tomorrow we could see a big payday in her.
Not surprised they missed WW jacobs story in the double jeopardy round as I read about it in middle school. Overall a good game by all the players today.