Final Jeopardy: History and Nature (7-7-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/7/2023) in the category “History & Nature” was:
In March 1519, these were again seen in mainland N. America for the first time in 10,000 years with the arrival of 16 of them
New champ Alex Gordon, a medical student from Somers, NY, won $25,000 yesterday. In Game 2, the competitors are : Tom Zulewski, a sports writer and author from Washington, UT; and Raquel Stewart, an accountant from Austin, TX.
Round 1 Categories: I’ve Got Your Atomic Number – Historical Hodgepodge – Seeing Right Through You – Eagles – Hotel California – Take It “E-Z”
Tom found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Seeing Right Through You” under the $600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with negative $1,200. Alex was in the lead with $2,200. Tom bet $1,000 and came up with a similar title, but it was WRONG.
The subtitle to this H.G. Wells novel is “a Grotesque Romance” show
Alex finished in the lead with $6,600. Raquel was second with $3,800 and Tom was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A Bridge Too Far – Country Singers in Country Songs – Ancient Artifacts – We Live in a Society – Behind the Bond – Only One Consonant
Alex found the first Daily Double in “Ancient Artifacts” under the $1,600 on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,600, $1,600 more than Raquel in second place. Alex bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.
Heinrich Schliemann found gold ornaments he called “the Jewels of Helen” while excavating this site in 1873 show
Raquel got the last Daily Double in “Behind the Bond” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick of the round. She was in second place with $11,800, $1,300 less than Alex’s lead. Raquel bet $4,000 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.
The spektor device in “From Russia with Love” is based on this German machine that Fleming tried to steal codes from during World War II show
Alex finished in the lead with a runaway $16,300. Raquel was second with $7,800 and Tom was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE HORSES?
The above video traces the history of horses in North America from Eohippus 55 million years ago to the extinction of horses in North America 10,0000 years ago to the 1400s when Spanish conquistadors reintroduced them to the New World.
Also fascinating: “El Morzillo: The horse who was worshipped as a God” on SaddleBox.com tells the tale of Hernan Cortes who “landed in Mexico with 600 Spanish Infantry, 250 Indians, and 16 Horses.” El Morzillo was Cortes’ horse and that is the horse’s correct name, although the text of article refers to the black stallion as “Mozilla”. English Wikipedia doesn’t have an article on Morzillo but German Wikipedia and French Wikipedia do.
Tom thought it was alligators. He lost $2,300 and finished with $100.
Raquel got it right. She bet $5,000 and finished with $12,800.
Alex also got it right. He bet $200 and won the game with $16,500. His 2-day total is $41,500.
2 triple stumpers from A BRIDGE TOO FAR:
($1200) A bridge over 200 years old across a canyon in Málaga, Spain is called this, reminiscent of one in Paris that’s over 400 years old (Ken Jennings gave both English and Spanish)
($1600) The news on this bridge built in the 1590s is making coffee on the steps by the Grand Canal can get you a hefty fine
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Hit Songs”
Written in 1930, this song was a No. 1 hit in 1960 & was covered by The Band to support a 1976 presidential candidate show
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And, on my comment about 7/12/2022, I did comment then on something different! As I look back, then, I stated that it looked like she didn’t prep for the game that day. But, I didn’t mention the meatballs.
Let me tell you something, Jason. I don’t particularly like either one of them as the host. Ken talks too fast and too much and Mayim giggles too much. So it’s not a matter of defending Mayim. I don’t like to see abuse piled on anyone and I don’t know why it’s so important to you to point out Mayim’s missteps. If you were being fair, you’d notice a few of Ken’s as well and comment on them, too. So to me, I’m providing that balance and not a defense.
As for the U.S. Sun, New York Post, etc etc etc, their clickbait articles are based off comments on Twitter and Reddit.
There was a direct parallel between Ken and Mayim. A few weeks back, a contestant said “whale”, and Mayim said “yes, blue whale”. In this game, King Tut’s mask, Alex said “snake”, and Ken asked for “more specific”, and I could just hear Mayim saying, “yes, a cobra”.
Yeah, Raquel defeated herself.
I was reminded of the differences between Mayim and Ken this week, too. More specifically, the shabby treatment Mayim gets vs. the radio silence when Ken makes the same mistakes.
Example: Mayim mispronounces something, she’s just an awful host; Ken mispronounces something, crickets
Maybe Jeopardy can replace Mayim with AOC.
Just watched a replay of 7/12/2022. The last clue of the first half of the first round was about IKEA, and, Tameena, who responded, first said “meatballs”, but, was NOT reminded by Mayim for “more specific”, but, did it on her own, said “Swedish meatballs”. I mean, I get your defending, but, the pauses and the abrupt ending of a round, that’s nearly objective. Also, that’s not just me. The US Sun has whole articles about these. Frankly, I wonder if they use your lovely web page as motivation/ideas for what to use!
I just knew that Tom wasn’t going to win. It seems that people over a certain age do not win on Jeopardy, except for the Steve Martin look-a-like who won the Professors Tournament.
Albert, Not a fair statement. Statistically more young people lose on Jeopardy because more of them compete on the show. Unfair to single out people over a certain age just because they don’t win. After all, they did qualify to participate on the show.
Also, accountants generally don’t do well on the show. How many accountants have made the TOC? Not too many. Accountants generally don’t have the Arts & Letters background in order to be successful on the show.
Oh Raquel, you coulda been a contenda. I was sure you’d know the German code machine. That and another wrong answer or two doomed you to second.
I’m still “verklempt” that young Alex knew what klezmer music is.
Tom sure had some strange answers, such as “rust” for a metallic element.
And “algae” for gooey ocean mud.
I knew the Parisian bridge but it would not have been accepted had I offered up the French name.
I think Tom was nervous and just panicked when he answered “rust”.
They should have added in English to that bridge clue
That triple stumper on the Grand Canal bridge reminded me of the Mighty Mouse cartoon on this Favorite Cartoons post. It’s an animated depiction with a bunch of mice and some fish singing along with Pearl Pureheart 🤣