Final Jeopardy: Newer Words (7-15-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/15/2024) in the category “Newer Words” was:
Philosophers use it for language that accompanies an action, like “I dub thee knight”; it also means done for show or signal
8x champ Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California, has now won $195,389. In Game 9, he is up against: James Hayakawa, a non-profit program officer & actor orig. from Davis, CA; and Brenna Sniatecki, a drama club director from Rochester, NY.
Round 1 Categories: “I” on History – TV Shows by Character – College in New England – From the Dutch – Good Afternoon – Extreme Weather
Isaac found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Colleges in New England” under the $1,000 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,800, $1,400 more than James in second place. Isaac bet $1,400 and he was RIGHT.
Founded in 1948, this university was named for the first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court show
Isaac finished in the lead with $6,600. Brenna was second with $3,000 and James was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The World in 1776 – Fruits & Vegetables – One-Word Song Titles – Fashion in Books – U.S. Geography – To the “nth” Power
Isaac found the first Daily Double in “The World in 1776” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,000 now, $8,800 more than Brenna in second place. Isaac bet $3,000 and said sulfur gas. That was WRONG.
Alessandro Volta noted bubbles rising from marshy water & identified this gas show
Brenna found the last Daily Double in “Fashion in Books” under the $800 clue with 4 clues left after it. She was in second place with $6,200, $5,400 less than Isaac’s lead. Brenna bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Aunt Alexandra & Atticus Finch get into an argument about this narrator wearing overalls show
Isaac finished in the lead with $11,200. Brenna was second with $10,000 and James was last with $4,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PERFORMATIVE?
British philosopher of language J.L. Austin is said to have introduced the word “performative” in a 1955 lecture series, later published as “How to Do Things with Words”. See examples of Austin’s meaning in Wikipedia’s article Performative utterance.
Meantime, Merriam-Webster says the first use of the word can be traced to 1922. There are 4 senses of performative as an adjective and 1 as a noun and lots of sentences illustrating its uses.
James got it right. He added $1,200 and finished with $5,200.
Brenna wrote down what looked like “verb in” to me. (I’m not sure if it was “verbin”.) That cost her $2,000 and left her with $8,000.
Isaac also got it right. He bet $8,801 and won the game with $20,001. It was another milestone for Isaac as he went over the $200K mark with a 9-day total of $215,390.
2 triple stumpers from FRUITS & VEGETABLES. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
($400) The state fruit of Texas is the Texas Red this
($2000) There’s beauty in nature, even in veggies, like the cauliflower cultivar with this 9-letter Italian name
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “MUSICAL THEATER”
It’s one of the most revived shows in Broadway history & in 2001 it was designated the state opera of South Carolina show
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Brenna, I believe, stumbled near the end there. She seemed dramatic while considering her DD wager – then, wagers too little. Even if she got all the remaining clues correct, she would still have been behind Isaac. If you’re going to take that much time, make it worth it. Turns out to be academic, though.
Not my night, other than 2/3 DDs. One clue after another kept bewildering me.
What looked like a runaway became a contest.
Knew Middlebury because a HS classmate told me he’d be going there.
Texas Red was a cinch. Fort Lee/Richard Feder brought back fond memories. It’s at or near the western side of a famous bridge.
I did about average in today’s game, and I did manage to get a few right in the ‘1776’ category. Still, that category was a bummer. Regarding the FJ, I’m not sure that “performative” would have been the best choice to describe such action.
VJ, I bet Keith Williams was not happy about the triple stumper on his alma mater Middlebury College. I was shocked. Surely the contestants are familiar with Keith or not. Smh.
ha ha, Jacob, I noticed that too and sent Keith an email about it.
They also had a stumper on the state I was born in AND one about the state I live in now (the red fruit).