Final Jeopardy: Nations of the World (6-29-17)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/29/2017) in the category “Nations of the World” was:

Its contiguous territory covers 36 degrees of latitude, the longest stretch of any country not in the top 10 in area.

New champ Nathan Flynn won $18,001 yesterday. In his second game, he is up against these two players: Megan Williams, from Brooklyn, NY; and Clint Thompson, from Putnam, CT.

Round 1 Categories: Invertebrates – “N” the Map – Sports – Add a Letter – Lyre, Lyre – Pants on Fire

Megan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Add a Letter” under the $600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in third place with $400, $1,200 less than Nathan’s lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

Add a letter to a Spanish cheer and you’ll be cheering for a spicy, chocolatey Mexican sauce. show

WHAT IS OLE & MOLE?

Nathan finished in the lead with $5,400. Megan was second with $5,000 and Clint was last with $4,800.

Round 2 Categories: At the Opera – Woody – World History – Bring Your “EI” Game – Economics – Frequently Banned Books

Clint found the first Daily Double in “World History” under the $1,200 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He bet $1,800 and he was RIGHT.

In 1966 the Chinese government unleashed radical youth against older Communists in this movement. show

WHAT IS THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION?

Nathan found the last Daily Double in “Economics” under the $1,600 clue. Only the $2,000 clue in the same category was left after it. In second place
with $11,000, he had $8,800 less than Clint in second place. He bet $5.00 and came up with overtime. That was WRONG.

Full employment can be defined as the highest percentage that won’t trigger this as workers ask for more money. show

WHAT IS INFLATION?

Clint finished in the lead with $19,800. Nathan was next with $10,995 and Megan was in third place with $6,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CHILE?

Wikipedia’s geography section on Chile says: “Excluding its Pacific islands and Antarctic claim, Chile lies between latitudes 17° and 56°S, and longitudes 66° and 75°W. Chile is among the longest north-south countries in the world. If one considers only mainland territory, Chile is unique within this group in its narrowness from east to west, with the other long north-south countries (including Brazil, Russia, Canada, and the United States, among others) all being wider from east to west by a factor of more than 10.”

Alas, I could not find a list of countries by latitudinal span, but I did find a Sporcle quiz on the countries with the widest latitude spans. It doesn’t go by contiguous though.

Megan bet it all and finished with $12,400.

Nathan bet $6,615, bringing him up to $17,610.

Clint bet $2,200, winning the match with $22,000 and he is the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from Round 2:

ECONOMICS ($1200) In 1886 Henry George published “Protection or” this 2-word policy, which he preferred

WORLD HISTORY ($2000) In 1783 the Russians began building this naval base & fortress in the Crimea

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “European Artists”

In 1890 a critic said this artist “directs his brush with enormous dabs of impasto of very pure color in sinuous trails.”.. show

WHO IS VINCENT VAN GOGH?

We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.