Final Jeopardy: The NATO Phonetic Alphabet (6-5-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/5/2019) in the category “The NATO Phonetic Alphabet” was:
This discovery of November 8, 1895 by a German physicist represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet
2x champ Emma Boettcher, a user experience librarian from Chicago, IL, has now won $71,401. In Game 3, her opponents are: Jonathan Greenstein, a H.S. history teacher from Mount Laurel, NJ; and Erin Garratt, an education policy analyst from Washington, D.C.
Round 1 Categories: Footwear Brands – Sketchers – Crocs – Vans – Timberland – Converse
Erin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Vans” under the $1,000 clue, with 5 clues worth $2,400 left after it. She was in second place with $2,000, $5,400 less than Emma’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and took a guess with Beethoven. That was WRONG.
A music competition named for him has been called “the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world” show
Emma finished in the lead with $7,800. Erin was second with $1,200 and Jonathan was last with $1,000.
Round 2 Categories: Dictators & Tyrants – New on TV in the Year 2000 – Buildings – Sleepwalking Through Life – Book Series – 1- & 2-Syllable Heteronyms
Jonathan found the first Daily Double in “Dictators” under the $1,200 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He bet the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
This Czar had the nickname “Grozny”, which meant “awesome” as well as “threatening” show
Emma found the last Daily Double in “Buildings” under the $800 clue, with 8 clues left after it (two worth $800 and the whole top row). In the lead with $19,800, she had $9,000 more than Erin in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Some of the ornamentation on this NYC building on Lexington Avenue was meant to look like radiator caps. show
Emma finished in the lead with $24,400. Erin was next with $12,800. Jonathan was in negative territory to the tune of $2,600 so he was out of the game.
Only ONE of the 2 left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
From APS News (American Physical Society): “Few scientific breakthroughs have had as immediate an impact as Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays, a momentous event that instantly revolutionized the fields of physics and medicine…. within a year of Roentgen’s announcement of his discovery, the application of X-rays to diagnosis and therapy was an established part of the medical profession.”
There are a couple of videos on YouTube for the NATO phonetic alphabet. One is set to music and the other is just spoken. I was curious as to how they pronounced L for Lima. (Not like the beans!)
Erin thought it might be uranium. (U stands for “uniform” in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet). She bet and lost it all.
Emma got it right. She bet $1.201 and won the game with $25,601. Her 3-day total is $97,002.
A triple stumper from each round:
CROCS ($600) The 30-foot killer in this 1999 movie is a salt water croc even though the movie has “Lake” in the title
DICTATORS & TYRANTS ($2000) He ruled Mexico with an iron fist from 1877 to 1880 & again from 1884 to 1922
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “British Kings”
Bearing Roman numeral I, he subdued Wales & was called the “English Justinian” for his legal reforms. show
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about the last daily double, shouldn’t the clue be “this NYC building” instead of “the NYC building”?
yes, thanks, it should.
Emma came out swinging again today and ran that Sketchers category. I couldn’t include it in the extra clues because of all the images but I hope the show makes a video of it.
LINK: 8 more clues from the round
“Today” did a segment on James where they said the government took 47% of his winnings, leaving him with about $1.2 million. It’s possible he gets some of that back when filling for taxes though, especially if he contributes significantly to charity.
Erin thought Beethoven had a van in his name in that daily double about music? That’s a laugh. John is dismissed. I thought Erin might have known x Ray if she knew who Wilhelm roentgen was. She was thinking.of henri becquerel and his discovery of uranium VJ. How did she get that mixed up along with the classical music composer?
Beethoven does have a van in his name, doesn’t he?
He has a “von” in his name, Renée
Pretty sure it is van Beethoven, not von
yes, it is, Viking. lol. I need to get my head on straight today.
Was it just me or was anyone else anticipating a “reversal” over the question about “GP” (Georgia-Pacific). I interpreted the same as Emma – I thought they wanted what the “G” stood for, not the name of the company… Oh well, at least it didn’t cost her the game!
My daughter thought the same as you, JJ. But if they were looking for just the state name, it would have been worded differently:
TIMBERLAND ($800) GP is this big lumber & paper products company; the “G” is for the state where it began
Yup! Makes sense… Thanks for the further explanation, VJ!
Agree….they asked the state.
“movie as “Lake” in the title” has
Lee-muh of course