Final Jeopardy: World Leaders (6-7-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/7/2024) in the category “World Leaders” was:
During a 1972 presidential visit, Richard Nixon discussed a poem by this leader called “Ode to the Plum Blossom”
7x champ Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, IN, brought her winnings up to an awesome $155,700. In Game 8, she competes against: Kevin Stuhlmann, a pastor from Rochester Hills, MI; and Amogha Tadimety, a biotech startup founder from Cambridge, MA.
Round 1 Categories: That’s So 1990s – Michigan – 4-Syllable Words – I Got Rhythm – The Mail Perspective – TV Coupling
Adriana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “4-Syllable-Words” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,600, $4,000 more than Kevin and Amogha who were tied in second place. Adriana bet $2,000 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.
Let’s “walk” over to this word describing something ordinary or commonplace show
Adriana finished in the lead with $5,800. Kevin was second with $4,400 and Amogha was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Biblical Geography – Braving the Elements’ Symbols – Movies’ Opening Lines – Americana – A Little Knowledge – A Dangerous Thing
Adriana found the first Daily Double in “Movies’ Opening Lines” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick. She was in the lead with $10,200, $5,800 more than Kevin in second place. Adriana bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
1970: “Be seated, now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country” show
Amogha found the last Daily Double in “Braving the Elements’ Symbols” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. She was in last place with $600 now, $13,400 less than Adriana’s lead. Amogha bet half of the $2,000 allowance and said argon. That was WRONG.
Alphabetically, it’s the first element with a single letter as its symbol show
Adriana finished in the lead with $19,600. Kevin was second with $13,600 and Amogha was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS MAO ZEDONG?
In 1972, then-President Richard Nixon made a historic visit to China in an attempt to establish diplomatic relations between the USA and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Chairman Mao’s reputation as a poet was already well-known before this visit. English translations of Mao’s poetry had already been published in Beijin as early as 1958.
According to “The Poetry of Chinese Politics”, prior to embarking on this mission, Nixon memorized several poems by Chairman Mao and quoted them when he met with Mao in Beijing. “Later, Nixon and Chinese premier Zhou Enlai discussed Mao’s poetry in detail, with Zhou reading Mao’s ‘Ode to the Plum Blossom’ to Nixon.” They article contains an English translation of the ode.
The plum blossom has been the national flower of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 7/21/1964. The plum blossom is a symbol of hope and endurance in Chinese culture because plum trees bloom even in cold winters. The People’s Republic of China has yet to designate a national flower.
Amogha wrote down “Zhedong” which was accepted. (Tse-Tung would also have been accepted.) She bet $1,600 and finished with $5,200.
Kevin went with Deng (Xiaoping), who succeeded Zhou Enlai. Kevin lost $6,300 and finished with $7,300.
Adriana also got it right. She bet $7,800 and won the game with $27,400. Her 8-day total is $183,100.
2 triple stumpers from I GOT RHYTHM:
($400) What was called “race” or “sepia” music after World War II was fortunately renamed this 2-part genre
($800) It’s a synonym for rhythm & “Everywhere I Go” is an ROTC marching one; so is “Pebbles & Bam Bam”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “TECHNOLOGY”
Upon the first use of this in 1844, the Baltimore Sun declared that time & space had been annihilated show
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i have no idea why, but for some reason, on friday 6-7-24, a previously aired episode of jeopardy was run in my area. i live in a detroit suburb and wonder if anyone else had this problem or if it was just a screw-up by the local station that shows jeopardy in my area???
I’m not in that area so I don’t know why they showed you an old episode. You could call your local channel but, as you say, it was probably a mistake on their part.
It’s a bummer when that happens. The contestant in the middle was from Michigan, though I don’t know how close he lived to your area.
You can always watch Friday’s Final Jeopardy! on Jeopardy’s YouTube channel.
Someone complained about that on the Jeopardy Facebook page. Didn’t say what area it was. I listen to a weekly Beatles syndicated radio show, and sometimes the local station plays the one from the week before.
I did well in Jeopardy, but flubbed the FJ again. Actually, I picked Leonid Brezhnev since the Soviet leader and President Nixon had signed the Salt 1 treaty in Moscow during that same year.
A more or less competitive game. Kevin definitely benefited from the Bible and Michigan categories, just as my conqueror did with Classical Music. I thought he handed Adriana a runaway win when he missed that not-difficult wind question, but he rebounded nicely to close it out.
Nixon’s visit to China was historic, so all they really had to know was the Chinese leader at the time. Two did.
Who hasn’t received many of those oversized mailers from the home-decor chain? I guess at least 3 people haven’t. Pretty sure it was Amogha who answered “Sex in the City” (also in the Sneak Peek on page 2), but the show’s title was “Sex AND the City.” I’ve probably seen every episode.
Thanks, Howard.
I got a kick out of that ” hi-yo, Ag! Away!” clue 🤣
@VJ, Me too. Those of us in a certain age group will remember watching the TV show. Regarding Adriana, she is so composed and adapts to each category with ease. If she gets a clue wrong she moves on showing no emotion. I like her ability to focus. A joy to watch imo.
The Lone Ranger comes on the TV channel GRIT.
The hi yo expression reappeared in 1981 in the Oak Ridge Bo)ys’ hit song Elvira.
That show also made Kemosabe popular.
There’s a very funny Far Side cartoon. The Lone Ranger, long retired, is sitting in his rocker reading an Indian-English dictionary. He sees that “Kemosabe” means “horse’s rear end” and says “What the hey!”
This was a first round clue in 1985:
FOREIGN PHRASES ($200) In “the Lone Ranger”, Tonto’s Indian term for “faithful friend”
Adriana is the first player of Season 4o to sweep a week. What a week it has been for Adriana.