Final Jeopardy: Business (6-3-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (6/3/2016) in the category “Business” was:

This alliterative beverage chain says it gets its name from an African word meaning “to celebrate”.

2x champ Kelly Bayles has now won $37,500. In her third match, her challengers are: Jeremy Eaton, originally from Gambrills, MD; and Lincoln Hamilton, originally from Irving, TX.

Round 1 Categories: State Capital Nicknames – Tarot Cards – Political Books – Missing Movie Names – Like a G-6 – Kansas City Barbeque

Jeremy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Capital Nicknames” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. He was in a tie for the lead with Kelly. They both had $5,800, $5,600 more than Lincoln. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS JUNEAU?

Jeremy finished in the lead with $8,700. Kelly was second with $6,800 and Lincoln was last with $1,400.

Round 2 Categories: The Man Who Would Be King – 3 Vowels in a Row – TV in All Forms – C.T. – Scan – It’s Not a Tumor

Jeremy found the first Daily Double in “3 Vowels in a Row” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick of the round. In the lead with $9,500, he had $1,100 more than Kelly in second place. He bet $5,000 and got one word right but he was WRONG about the other.

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WHAT ARE “BEAUTIFUL” and “SPACIOUS”?
Jeremy said “spacious skies”

Kelly found the last Daily Double in “It’s Not a Tumor” under the $1,600 clue. There were 6 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $15,600 now, $5,100 more than Jeremy in second place. She bet $2,000 and took a shot at it with macular degeneration. That was WRONG.

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WHAT IS DETACHED RETINA?

Kelly finished in the lead with $17,200. Jeremy was next with $10,900 and Lincoln was in third place with $7,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS JAMBA JUICE?

This description is right on the Jamba Juice Power Amazon page: “Jamba, from the African word ‘jama,’ meaning to celebrate, is the philosophy of Jamba Juice, a nationally known chain of smoothie and juice stores.” On PlanetandEpoch.com, back in 2011, Clifton was having a bit of a time tracking down the exact African language. He wrote to the company and was given this additional tidbit: “We added a ‘b’ to make Jamba.” On the company’s history page, however, founder Kirk Perron identifies the language as Swahili.

Google Translate doesn’t agree with Kirk but perhaps “jama” is a slang or colloquial Swahili word. In English babytalk, “jamas” means pajamas. “Jama” in Wolof means “peace.” In Hindi, it means “deposit.”

Lincoln got it right. His $5,601 bet brought him up to $12,601.

Jeremy drew a blank. He lost his $7,100 bet and finished with $3,800.

Kelly also got it right. She bet $8,000 bet so she won this match with $25,200. Her 3-day total is $62,700.

Two clues from the match:

C.T. ($1,600) “Peter Rabbit’s mom put him to bed & gave him this beverage.”

Jeremy buzzed in with the funniest answer of the week. Maybe he’s been to Australia in the past year. Kelly got it right while everyone was still laughing.

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2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Americans”

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