Final Jeopardy: Countries of the World (7-11-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/11/2024) in the category “Countries of the World” was:
Until 1991 this country named for a river had a capital whose name means “lakes” in Portuguese
6x champ Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California, has now won $141,388. In Game 7, his opponents are: Robert Voyles, a public librarian orig. from Lindenhurst, NY; and Liz McKenna, a school administrator from So. Plainfield, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: More Than One Meaning – Let’s Go to the Concert Hall – Occupational Potpourri – Women in Government – 1980s Amateur Wrestling – States That End in Hampshire
Isaac found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Let’s Go to the Concert Hall” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,600, twice as much as Robert in second place. Isaac bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
It’s a daytime concert, so the program will include accessible stuff for the kids like “Mars, the Bringer of War” from this suite show
Isaac finished in the lead with $6,400. Robert was second with $1,000 and Liz was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: 19th Century Novels – Animal Synergy – Alphabetically Last – No. 1 Albums by People Who Aren’t Taylor Swift – Heir – “B” & “B”
Liz found the first Daily Double in “19th Century Novels” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in last place with $400 now, $7,600 less than Isaac’s lead. Liz bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Cynical clerk Newman Noggs has the same initials as the hero of this Dickens book he’s in show
On the next pick, Liz found the last Daily Double in “Alphabetically Last” under the $1,600 clue. In last place with $2,400, she had $5,600 less than Isaac’s lead. Liz bet $2,000 and guessed Taylor. That was WRONG.
Of the 6 U.S. presidents named James show
Isaac finished in the lead with a runaway $18,400. Robert was second with $5,800 and Liz was last with $1,200. The $400 clue in “Alphabetically Last” was not shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NIGERIA?
Lagos, meaning “lakes”, was a name given to the area named by the Portuguese in the 15th century, when they began trading with the natives of Eko. History of Lagos says: “Portuguese explorer Rui de Sequeira visited the area in 1472, naming the area around the city Lago de Curamo. Another explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos, Portugal – a maritime town which, at the time, was the main centre of Portuguese expeditions down the African coast.” Lagos was Nigeria’s capital from 1914 until 1991, when the capital was moved to Abuja.
Map-lovers will find maps of Africa from the 1500s to the 1800s over here; and if you ever wondered why Niger and Nigeria have similar names, check out Name Explain’s video on YouTube.
Liz didn’t have a response. She lost $102 and finished with $1,098.
Robert went with Brazil. That cost him $3,399 and left him with $2,401.
Isaac got it right. He added $1,600 and won the game with $20,000. His 7-day total is $161,388.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT ($1000) In 1941 this congresswoman said, “As a woman I can’t go to war, & I refuse to send anyone else”
19TH CENTURY NOVELS ($200) A love rectangle & some science lessons are part of this German author & thinker’s “Elective Affinities”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “LITERARY CHARACTERS ON SCREEN”
Per Guinness, this character who debuted in 1887 is the most portrayed human literary character in film & television show
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For Final, I didn’t go by the country, but, the city. That made it easy for me (even though my Portuguese is, essentially, non-existent!
Liz seemed statuesque, literally. Robert gave it more of a try.
I was 2/3 on DD.
This episode didn’t air on WBZ-TV in Boston due to the special report. Did this episode air on WSBK?
Not much of a game, and mucho stumpers. Liz sure had some goofy answers (sumo, Holy Roman Empire).
Like my bogey-free rounds of golf (where every hole is double bogey or worse), I blew all the DDs and FJ. Thought FJ was Niger and didn’t go elsewhere.
A few of the stumpers weren’t killers. First violinist’s alternate title; the wrestling fall; and the Notch town in NH.
VJ: are CCD classes where public school kids go to learn Catholicism? Mine all went to Catholic grade school and didn’t attend outside classes, but I recall seeing CCD mentioned in the church bulletin.
You didn’t ask me, buddy, but, yes, CCD are for the Catholic kids not in Catholic school. Right now, I’m blanking (because it’s 45 years ago), although I DO recall RCIA – the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.
The categories in today’s game contained some really tough clues that continued to baffle the contestants. In addition, a tough FJ to be sure, but ‘Brazil’? Well I didn’t come up with anything better as I went for Antigua in FJ.
They speak Portuguese in Brazil and the capital was changed from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia, so I’m not surprised that anyone’s train of thought went that way. Of course, Rio meaning river would make you reject that but maybe Robert didn’t have time or couldn’t think of anything else.
Oddly enough, Wiktionary says that in the 16th century when the city was founded, the word “rio” could also mean other bodies of water.
tonight’s episode may be entirely preempted in most U.S. markets due to Biden’s press conference.
I think that President Biden’s press conference was delayed.
It wasn’t delayed. He spoke for the entire show of Jeopardy. I was so hoping to catch the last few minutes of the show to see who won. But, nooooo. He kept talking.
Hi, Nadene, you can still see the final round on Jeopardy’s YouTube channel.
Yeah but did this episode air on WSBK in Boston?