Final Jeopardy: UNESCO World Heritage Sites (6-2-22)
All the triple stumpers from this game (only 3) are on the first page. Here is an old category all about Petra from the 11/14/2011 Jeopardy! match:
That was the first of the two final games of the 2011 Tournament of Champions with Roger Craig, Tom Nissley and Buddy Wright. Recap here.
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Sneak Peek clues — A SHORT GOODBYE
($400) In Hawaiian, A.: it has you both coming & going
($800) In German, A.W.: until we see each other again!
($1200) In texting, TTFN
($1600) In English, (or British, really) T.: it also has 4 O’s
($2000) In Russian, D.S., you’d think it’d be D.V., but nyet
ANSWERS: show
TTFN, before texting
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I got the Final right the last two nights. I knew Ryan was weak in geography as I believe he hasn’t seen much of the world. I was shocked that he missed Trafalgar the night before. He’s very good, but not in the same category as Super Champs Matt, Amy or Mattea.
Here, the President pre-empted, but, what REALLY galls me are the talking heads that don’t really say anything, nor add anything. As such, the entire 30 minutes were filled. And, my local station, despite having two channels, aren’t at all on the ball about rescheduling later in the evening or early morning.
As such, mucho, mucho thanks to VJ for the write-up! Otherwise, I would have no idea! And, from reading it, I would not have gotten FJ.
Thanks again, VJ!!
I still don’t see how the contestants had much of a chance with this clue. The nickname of the city would have been a lot more helpful. The variations I saw online were Red Rose City, Rose Red City and Rose City, so I went with just Rose. This PBS page says Lawrence of Arabia visited Petra, among other places in Jordan, but I couldn’t find anything saying that he and Bell were there together.
I think this makes 8 FJs that Ryan missed in his 15 games.
@VJ, he has gotten 8 incorrect and 7 correct. He keeps winning though. Evidently, winning a game does not always depend on getting final Jeopardy correct. When the stars align for someone not much can be said. As Frank Sinatra sang “That’s Life.”
Yes, Ryan has been very lucky in some of these games. As far as the FJ’s go, this has been a particularly bad week in the FJ! department. 4 of those 8 misses are from this week alone!
And once again, Ryan’s FJ wager was unusual, in that he’d have lost had both he and Tom answered correctly. Was rooting for Tom, who’s from Forest Hills, NY, where I lived from ages 6 to 23.
Well we had strong players today and very few triple stumpers. Happy to see Ryan winning again. I could possibly see him tying with Mattea Roach.
Yet another tough final as we got a triple stumper.
Two of the contestants knew geography. Jaipur, as VJ pointed out in her recap, is sometimes called “The Pink City.” The clue was badly written imo. Too much information so two contestants chose to focus on the word “pink.” This shows they are definitely familiar with India.
$8,600 is tied for the best second-placed score after the opening round, tied with Sandy Olive from June 22, 2021.