Final Jeopardy: Numbers Old & New (7-21-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/21/2023) in the category “Numbers Old & New” was:
Expressed in today’s numbers, it’s the sum total if you add the 7 Roman numerals together
New champ Nik Berry, a social studies teacher from Baltimore, MD, won $9,601 yesterday. If he wants to kick off the last week of Season 39 as champ, he’s going to have to cut these two guys off at the pass: Ben Sasamoto, an environmental consultant from Minneapolis, MN; and Taylor Clagett, a marketing director orig. from Chesapeake Beach, MD.
Round 1 Categories: Happy 75th Birthday, Israel! – Shakespeare – That Hollow Feeling – The Romaines of the Day – Track & Field – Homophone Connection
Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Shakespeare” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000, $600 more than Taylor in second place. Ben made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Speaker of the line “I prithee, good Prince Hal, help me to my horse, good king’s son” show
Ben and Taylor finished in a tie for the lead with $3,800. Nik was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Explorers – Internally Yours – Old Hollywood Scribes – Motley Clues – Stately Demonyms – Ends in “X”
Nik found the first Daily Double in “Stately Demonyms” under the $1,600 on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,000, $400 more than Tyler in second place. Nik made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Empire. That was WRONG.
A New Yorker, or the last name of Washington Irving’s Diedrich show
Taylor got the last Daily Double in “Internally Yours” under the $1,600 clue with 6 clues left after it. He was in second place with $5,800, $1,200 less than Ben’s lead. Taylor bet $1,200 and came up with duodenum. That was WRONG.
It sounds like an old name for Troy, but it’s the lowest section of the small intestine where certain vitamins & salts are absorbed show
Ben finished in the lead with $9,400. Taylor was second with $5,400 and Nik was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
WHAT IS 1666?
I watched a few Roman numeral videos on YouTube this morning, but I liked this one from the Let’s Do Math channel because it started out showing how Roman numerals still appear on things likes clocks and books, after the narrator “couldn’t resist” getting in costume.🤣 At the end, you are shown how to decode strings of Roman numerals so you can try writing Roman numerals yourself.
Ken Jennings, for example, was born in the year MCMLXXIV, and Mayim Bialik was born a year later in MCMLXXV.
As for decoding the FJ! clue, the first 3 symbols (I+V+X) add up to 16. Add that to 150 (L+C) for 166, then add 1500 (D+M) to that. The proper way to write 1666 is MDCLXVI (highest values first).
Nik had 2166. He lost $17 and finished with $1,183.
Taylor got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $10,800.
Ben came up with the lowest total: 666. He lost $3,000 and finished with $6,400. That made Taylor Clagett the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from OLD HOLLYWOOD SCRIBES:
($400) Dorothy Parker contributed to the script for “Saboteur”, a 1942 thriller by this director
($2000) It’s thought that Harry Lime from Graham Greene’s “The Third Man” was based on this British spy & Soviet double agent
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “History”
Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin show
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Jeopardy would NEVER have a Final where the answer is “666” or “69”.
@VJ, you inspired me to write the year I was born in Roman numerals:
MCMLXXXV
Whew, thank goodness this septuagenarian still has strong arithmetical skills. Figured out FJ with some time to spare. Glad at least one of them got it.
VERY disappointed with all the $$ they left on the table. The NYer named Diedrich (DD); Small intestine aka Troy (DD); “Saboteur” director; Israel investment items; Israeli building; old man stabbed in Hamlet; maroulosalata country; anatomical name of center of lettuce; Finnish track star; Dane/NE passage; Alpine peak; thick/car blemishes; Connecticut spice ALL left me astounded. A few were answered incorrectly; most were left untouched.
My old man was very well-read, could have gone to college for free after WW2, but did not. When we moved on from grade to junior high, we bought autograph books and signed each others’ books. Dad wrote in mine: “This above all, to thine own self be true,” a quote from the character in “Hamlet” no one knew tonight. The words didn’t mean much to an 11-year old, but once I matured they became my personal credo.
I got about 3/4 the TS, none of the DD, and I got FJ correct. I, too, did the math on my fingers, but got it in time. I admit that I did forget the ileum (which I should recall, as I do recall that typhlitis is inflammation of the ileum – where that name came from, I have NO idea).
However, I was happy getting the explorer for the Northwest Passage, The Third Man, Saboteur, and the Finnish track star. Also got the European peak. So, I’ll take it.
However, I didn’t realize how badly they were doing until I looked at the scores at the end of DJ! The first round was passable, bit, DJ!? A different story.
Man, Taylor was flat. God’s honest truth, my first thought was “What, does this guy have early onset Parkinson’s Disease?” But, he won, so, we’ll see what happens. I’m excited to see Howard’s friend on the season finale show!
Tomorrow is Alex Trebek’s 82nd birthday. He died at the age of 80 on November 8th, 2020.
What is 83? Born in 1940.
VII/XXIII/MCMX (7/23/1940 Trebek’s date of birth)
Nik wrote 2166.
Thanks, Trevor. The devil made me do it 😂
Today’s game had a tough material with 19 triple stumpers. Low scoring game but in the end Taylor came up with a tricky FJ! response and got it right cause this subject is a math category. Taylor will be back on Monday to kick off the Season 39 finale week.