Final Jeopardy: Religion (7-21-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/21/2016) in the category “Religion” was:
Letters mailed to “God, Jerusalem” are placed in this alliterative landmark.
Current champ Pranjal Vachaspati has got $41,589 to show for winning 2 games. In his 3rd match, his challengers are: Kyle Murphy, from Charlotte, NC; and Dan Marsh, from Corinth, MS.
Round 1 Categories: The 1970s – TV Characters – The Letter of the Law – Planes, Trains & Automobiles – Poets & Poetry – New to the OED
Dan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Planes, Trains…” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, that much more than Kyle. Pranjal was in the red at minus $200. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The largest U.K. Train station at 24.5 acres, it shares its name with an 1815 battle location. show
Dan finished in the lead with $5,000. Pranjal was second with $3,400 and Dan was last with $0.
Round 2 Categories: “S” First & Last – Historical Fiction – Miscellaneous – On Broadway – What Ails Ya – A Summer Cold
Pranjal found the first Daily Double in “What Ails Ya” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. In second place with $1,800, he had $6,000 less than Dan’s lead. First he said “true Daily Double” but quickly realized he needed to bet the $2,000 allowance. He did and he was RIGHT.
Muscles slowly waste away, replaced by scar tissue & fat with this disease that Jerry Lewis vowed to destroy. show
Pranjal found the last Daily Double in “‘S’ First & Last” under the $1,600 clue. There were still 11 clues after it. He was in the lead with $11,800 now, $4,000 more than Dan in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Hester re-dresses. Arthur confesses– That’s a very brief one of these for “The Scarlet Letter” show
Pranjal finished in the lead with $20,600, another runaway. Dan was next with $7,800 and Kyle was in third place with $4,400.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE WAILING WALL?
“No one really knows how the tradition started of sending letters addressed to God” says an article on Journey Online.com. Avi Hochman, then general manager of the Israeli Postal Service, said: “We receive these letters and then we are doing a mitzvah [good deed], by putting it then in the Western Wall. We are in the holy city of Jerusalem, traditionally considered to be close to God.”
A clue from 1987: HOMOPHONES ($200) Hunting for Moby or the wall in Jerusalem
Kyle bet $4,398. That brought him up to $8,798.
Dan bet $1,001, bringing him up to $8,801, just enough to maintain 2nd place.
Pranjal bet $4,599. His already winning total rose to $25,599. His 3-day total is $67,188.
TV CHARACTERS ($1000) This somewhat hallucinatory 1990s title character lawyered up at Cage & Fish on Fox
MISCELLANEOUS ($2000) New York Times crossword guru Will Shortz said this Post product was his favorite cereal, until the formula changed
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Novel Words”
This word for a person without certain abilities has made it from the realm of fantasy to the OED. show
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Yes, that was quite an impressive 2nd round for Pranjal after he lost $2K of his first round finish and went down to $1,400. It was up up and away! after that.
Here’s a link to 12 more clues from the match.
Pranjal, despite being behind for much of the match, persevered and ended up with a well-earned runaway victory… definitely a prime example of why you should never give up.
Unless something of note occurs during the match, that’s about it, since the FJ and DD were both 3/3 today.
VJ, congrats on your 3/3 fj call.
Mathwiz, congrats on correctly predicting the champ would win.
Pranjal congrats for winning in a big way. Can’t wait to see this game at 7pm.
Thanks, Jacob.