Final Jeopardy: World Cities (7-29-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/29/2021) in the category “World Cities” was:

This Colombian port of 1 million people gets its name from Phoenician for “new town”

6x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT is now up to $194,800. In Game 7, his opponents are: Dana Rosner, a sales manager from Philadelphia, PA; and Bryan Cracchiolo, an assistant registrar from White Plains, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Name that Beatles Tune – Help! – Here, There & Everywhere – Something – Let “It” Be – Hello, Goodbye

Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Here, There, & Everywhere” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He had $5,000 and was the only one with any money. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

These 2 countries each border 14 other countries, including each other. show

WHAT ARE RUSSIA AND CHINA?

Matt finished in the lead with $15,200. Dana was second with $1,200 and Bryan was last at -$400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: A Nobel Laureate Wrote That – Old Military Abbrev. – It’s All in Your Head & Hands – The State’s Richest Person – Playing the Part – Take a Few Letters

Matt found the first Daily Double in “A Nobel Laureate Wrote That” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in first place with $15,600 now, $14,400 more than Dana in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

His novel, “Rites of Passage” echoed the survivalist theme of an earlier work about boys marooned on a remote island. show

WHO IS WILLIAM GOLDING?

Matt got the last Daily Double in “It’s All in Your Head & Hands” under the $1,600 clue, just 4 clues later. In first place with $20,400, he had $17,600 more than Dana. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Appropriately, the skin on the edge of this facial feature is called the vermilion border. show

WHAT ARE LIPS?

Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $44,000. Dana was next with $4,400. At negative 1,200, Bryan was out of the game. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the two contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.

WHAT IS CARTAGENA?

Cartagena, Colombia was founded by Don Pedro de Heredia as part of the Spanish Empire in 1533. It was named after the city of Cartagena in Spain and is also known as Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena of the Indies) to avoid confusion. Spanish Cartagena was founded around 227 BC by the Carthaginian military leader Hasdrubal the Fair. He gave it the Phoenician name “Qart Hadasht” (or “new town”), the same name as the original city of Carthage. Of course, that also means “new town”. (See etymology online.)

Per icontainers.com, Cartagena, Colombia is the country’s second largest seaport. Baranquilla is the largest.

Dana came up with Bogota. She didn’t bet a peso so she stayed at $4,400.

Matt got it right. He bet $30,000 (yes, you read that right) and won the game with $74,000. His 7-day total is $268,800. Stupendous!

A triple stumper from each round:

SOMETHING ($1000) In 2020 a grandson of this 10th President passed away at 95 (yes, you heard that right & no, they never met)

PLAYING THE PART ($2000) In the 1979 film “The Prisoner of Zenda”, he played three parts: Rudolf IV, Rudolf V & Syd Frewin (image)

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “1970s Album Reviews”

Rolling Stone said this 1976 album had “the best & worst tendencies of L.A.-situated rock” & was an “unflattering portrait of the milieu” show

WHAT IS “HOTEL CALIFORNIA”?

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