Final Jeopardy: The European Union (7-3-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/3/2018) in the category “The European Union” was:
Like UNESCO, the EU has Heritage Sites; 2 of the first 4, a WWII internment camp & a Peace Palace, were in this occupied country
New champ Suzanne Koppelman, a museum education manager from New York, won $24,401 yesterday. In her second game, her challengers are: Jim McGinnis, a delivery driver & part-time actor, from Pennsylvania; and Dave Baltmanis, an attorney from Illinois.
Round 1 Categories: First Thing in the Morning – A Nice Cup of Coffee – TV Movies? – Nobel Prize Knowledge – State Capital Colleges & Universities – “F” Stop –
Dave found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Capital Colleges” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,600, $1,600 more than Jim in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Richmond That was WRONG.
Oglethorpe University. show
Dave finished in the lead with $4,600. Suzanne was second with $3,400 and Jim was last with $3,000. Before Double Jeopardy! began, Alex announced a reversal (see below) that cost Dave $1,200. So he and Suzanne were tied at $3,400 and Jim still went first.
Round 2 Categories: Confusing Authors – The Robber Barons – Missing Links – Coastal Terminology – Time for Opera – Stars Fell From Alabama
Suzanne found the first Daily Double in “The Robber Barons” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. She was in the lead with $4,600 now, $400 more than Jim’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
1860s Calif. governor & university founder; it’s said he used bribery & intimidation to help amass his fortune. show
Jim found the last Daily Double in “Time for Opera” under the $1,200 clue. The other 4 clues in that category were the only ones left after it. In the lead with $14,600, he had $4,600 more than Suzanne in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
At the Gibichungs’ Hall, not around sunset but prior to the destruction of Valhalla: this last part of the “Ring” cycle. show
Jim finished in the lead with $16,800. Suzanne was next with $10,400 and Dave was in third place with $10,200. After the break, there were 2 reversals (see below). The positions remained the same but Jim had $18,400 and Suzanne had $14,400 going into FJ.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE NETHERLANDS?
The European Heritage Label was formally established by the European Union in 2011 and in 2013, four sites were selected for the designation. The two in the Netherlands are: the 100-year-old Peace Palace in The Hague and the World War II Nazi transit camp of Westerbork in Hooghalen. The other two are: the Carnuntum Archaeological Park, a Roman reconstructed city quarter in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria and the medieval Great Guild Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Since then, 34 more sites have been added.
Read about The Netherlands under Nazi Occupation
Dave wrote down Austria. He lost his $1,993 bet and had $8,207 left.
Suzanne came up with France. She lost $4,001, leaving her with $10,399.
Jim crossed off Poland and went with Switzerland. He lost $10,401 and finished with $7,999. So Suzanne remained champ. Her 2-day total is $34,800.
Reversals:
“F” STOP ($600) It’s the rhyming brand name of the Christmas helper seen here – Dave said “Elf on a Shelf” but it’s “Elf on THE Shelf” (it’s trademarked) Dave got dinged for $1,200.
COASTAL TERMINOLOGY ($2000) A tombolo is one of these that connects an island to the mainland or 2 islands together – Suzanne said “isthmus” but they wanted “sandbar.” She got back $4K when her response was accepted. (More info: Tombolo vs. Isthmus)
TIME FOR OPERA ($800): 13th century Switzerland: this opera, Rossini’s last – Jim got dinged for saying WILHELM Tell, and I was like “What the hell?” Dave got the dough with WILLIAM Tell. Jim got credited with $1,600. (The opera was the topic of the 5/9/2018 FJ)
Well, the reversals took up all the room so click here for the triple stumpers and 5 other clues.
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous Americans”
In 1902, 25 years after his death, a N.Y. Times article about a family reunion listed his direct descendants at more than 1,000. show
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I like watching the show in an effort to challenge my knowledge and to learn more. However it is frustrating to listen to Alex repeating the answers in the condescending manner that he does, and especially to women. He takes up too much time with his inane questions and remarks. It is time for a new host to replace the senile, condescending one on now.
I’ve heard that said about Alex Trebek a lot — that he is condescending. I don’t see it but my son thinks so. I think he is just doing his job. Whatever, I always say he is going to be a hard act to follow when he does retire so be careful what you wish for — you might like the new host a lot less than Trebek.
@Albert, I don’t think it is Trebek’s call to give the player a pass on any clue. Maybe the judges do it like they do on Wheel of Fortune – she started talking (“Oh”) before Trebek said “No.” idk, I still didn’t like it without an explanation.
Switzerland has 4 official languages: German, French,Italian and Romansh, in that order. EITHER answer (Wilhelm,Guillaume,Guglielmo or Guglielm ) should have been accepted in the first place.
@Lou, this was more of a history FJ than geography, imo. I didn’t think anyone would get it for the same reason John didn’t — when most folks think of Nazi-occupied countries, they don’t think of The Netherlands.
This game was just weird to me. I didn’t think that Wilhelm Tell should have been rejected to begin with. I didn’t think that Suzanne should have been been allowed to change her answer on Thomas Edison College to Trenton after Alex said no to New Jersey. And I don’t think that tombolo and isthmus are synonymous.
Congrats to you too, John, on the correct prediction.
Yes, I was very surprised that Suzanne was allowed to change her answer to Trenton, I thought surely that was going to be reversed.
Trebek in the past has told players that their first response is the one that counts, and no changing when you realize you were wrong.
Jeopardy is truly a baffling and humbling game. The man in the middle who lost today is really a TOC quality player, but he simply caught an unlucky break.
Actually, the general rule is that you can change an answer as long as it has not yet been rejected or deemed incorrect. If you say, “Green, no, I mean Red.” all in one breath it would probably be accepted unless Trebek gets the word “No” in there before you get the Red out. Once a ruling has been made, you’re stuck with that answer.
@Kevin S, thanks. That is what I thought the general rule was and I guess this was an exception.
Well,I’m not surprised by the reversals but still though, congrats to Suzanne. But still since geography isn’t the contestants strong subject, VJ, I just hope tomorrow will have an easier final without any misses. I was actually shocked at the wilhelm tell response, wow, is he thinking of that German leader Wilhelm Strasse, that general from return to castle wolfenstein pc game?
Also VJ out of all the jeopardy episodes you saw, what are the chances for contestants of getting a geography question right (say Terms, Landmarks, etc?)
None of them got that right because they didn’t know where the Peace Palace is, but their reversal of responses before FJ helped Suzanne win today. Also, when is Switzerland an EU country? Switzerland is part of the EEA, and they tried to apply for EU but froze the negotiations. If you try to think of “occupied country” in the clue, you have to go to EU countries where Nazi Germany occupied, but Peace Palace seems helpful to narrow down to Netherlands. All three dealt with “internment camp” part instead of the “Peace Palace” part.
Congrats to Suzanne. It seems she anticipated that nobody would get this , wagered accordingly and that won her the game. She does not only know a lot and is smart but it seems also intelligent, two different things.
You can be smart but not that intelligent and have to work very hard for learning things and you can be intelligent but rather dumb because you are lazy
You’re right, she wagered intelligently enough. As I was saying, Switzerland is neither an EU country nor occupied by Nazi Germany. All three thought of the “internment camp” instead of the Peace Palace.
”Elf On A Shelf” & ”Elf On The Shelf” reminds me of a clip from an episode that aired on May 27th, 2013, when a contestant named Tobias Harris said ”Cat On The Hot Tin Roof”, instead of ”Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”. Good news: Tobias was not dinged $4,000 for his mistake. He was called wrong immediately after saying his response. Bad news: The mistake that Tobias made still cost him.
@William
Fortunately today’s reversals and “dings” didn’t matter in the end.
Right.