Final Jeopardy: Games (6-6-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/6/2018) in the category “Games” was:
Names used in other languages for this chess piece include malka, rainha & rouva.
New champ Joe Castro, a comptroller from California, won $9,384 yesterday. In his second game, these ladies are looking to take over: Michelle Rosen, a PhD candidate from Massachusetts; and Sharron Jenkins, an online E.S.L. teacher from Texas.
Alex Trebek opened the show by assuring one and all that the show is not making the Final Jeopardy! clues harder to save money. “Sometimes the magic works,” he said, “and sometimes it doesn’t.”
Round 1 Categories: A Journey of Your Piers – Around the House – Call Me by Your Name – “Co”-operative – World History – Comic Relief
Michelle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “World History” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,800, $1,200 more than Sharron in second place. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group. show
Michelle finished in the lead with $7,800. Sharron was second with $1,600 and Joe was last with $800.
Round 2 Categories: The Science of Mechanics – A Harry Category – Literary Oops! – Prize Packages – King James Bible Common Words – Comics Relief
Joe found the first Daily Double in “Literary Oops!” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick. He was in second place with $2,000 now, $5,800 less than Michelle’s lead. He went with a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Shakespeare’s King John says, “the thunder of my” this big gun “shall be heard”, 200 years before its invention. show
Michelle found the last Daily Double in “The Science of Mechanics” under the $2,000 clue, with 7 clues to go after it. In second place with $8,600, she had $200 less than Joe’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Newton’s 1st law of motion, known as the law of this, is why a car crash throws you into the windshield– buckle up! show
Michelle finished in the lead with $13,600. Joe was next with $9,200 and Sharron was in third place with $8,000.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Chess-Poster.com has a chart showing the chess pieces in 43 different language. On there, you will find the words in the clues under the queen symbol, and across from Hebrew, Finnish and Portuguese. Shakki.net has a chart with 78 languages. On there, they have “malka” for the queen in Hebrew, but they have “dama” for Portuguese and “kuningatar” for Finnish. They also have some notes on the names of each individual chess piece.
Sharron bet $5,700 bringing her up to $13,700.
Joe plunked down $9,199 for a $18,399 finish.
Michelle bet $4,801 so she won the match with $18,401 and she is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
A HARRY CATEGORY ($2000) Appointed in 1970, this Supreme Court justice ultimately became one of the most liberal on the court
KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS ($1200) This city gets lots of play from Joshua 10 through Revelation 21
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “State Capitals”
This Midwestern capital was named for a man who was born in what is now Turkey over 2,000 years ago. show
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Why is it an oops for Shakespeare to mention Cannons in King John clue today 6-6-18. They were invented in 13th century, used on the battlefield in England in late 1200’s, way before Shakespeares time.
@Ron, I guess because King John died in 1216.
Joe is a good player, but from his first performance I had a feeling he wouldn’t last very long. Also, Michelle is good, but I have a feeling she won’t last very long either.
Often I can just tell when a champ is not TOC material. No offense to the players, but TOC caliber players have that something special. They are extremely sharp and answer questions to which I never even heard of the answers. That to me is exceedingly impressive.
Congrats to all three players getting final right. I’m certain Michelle can try and do what Seth Wilson did in his run. But it all depends on how strong her knowledge is. In the last game we had a pure beginner in Leslie. Shame to say she didn’t seem to get much rhythm going. Also VJ, how good are you at chess? I wonder if Michelle can apply her strategies for the next set of appearances on jeopardy.
@Lou, I’m not very good at chess. Never much liked it and I haven’t played it in a long long time.
@John, thanks for the congrats.
LINK: 12 more clues from the match
@VJ, Congratulations!! Again the only one! Maybe you should just get up, look at the clue and write down whatever crosses your mind immediately (gut feeling).
Doesn’t get any better. All 3 got FJ, all 3 DDs answered correctly, correct bet. Congratulations to all 3 players!