Final Jeopardy: Fictional Places (8-10-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (8/10/2021) in the category “Fictional Places” was:
A savage people called Zapoletes are contrasted with the inhabitants of the title place of this 16th century work
14x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT won $440,600 so far. In Game 15, the opponents are: Allie Lane, a technical editor from Rochester, NH; and Silpa Kovvali, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Inaugurating a President – Compound Words – Books for Kids – The Canines Film Festival – Protest This – A Visit to the ISS
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Inaugurating a President” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in first place with $2,200. He had $1,200 more than Allie in second place. Matt bet it all and he was RIGHT.
This man flubbed some of the words while administering the oath to Barack Obama, so they did it all again a day later. show
Matt finished in the lead with $10,600. Allie was next with $4,400 and Silpa was in third place with $200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Prophets of the Bible – Nations – 19th Century Music – A Touch of Glass – TV Roles – Also a Body Part
Matt found the first Daily Double in “19th Century Music” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. Matt was in first place with $13,000, $7,000 more than Allie in second place. He bet $4,000 and guessed Liszt. That was WRONG.
A veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, this German who built his first piano in 1836 later made a grand turn to America. show
On the next pick, Matt landed on the last Daily Double in “Nations” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $9,000 now, Matt had $3,000 more than Allie in second place. He bet $4,000 again and, this time, he was RIGHT.
16 federal states make up Germany; this one that’s home to Munich is the largest in area. show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $33,000. Allie was next with $12,800 and Silpa was in third place with $1,400. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“Utopia” is a socio-political satire published by English statesman Thomas More in 1516. More’s most famous work, it imagines a perfect society where everyone contributes to the common good and benefits by the ideal legal, social and political systems. The Zapoletes, according to LitCharts, are “a savage, wild people (modeled after the notorious Swiss mercenaries of Thomas More’s time) who live by hunting, stealing, and fighting.” The term “Zapoletes” is from the Greek and means “those who will sell anything”. The Utopians pay them to fight their wars. The Utopians also benefit by this arrangement when a lot of the Zapoletes die in battle and the Utopians don’t have to pay them at all.
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, Utopia literally means “nowhere” but was extended to mean any perfect place by the 1610s.
Silpa thought it was “Paradise Lost.” What was lost was $1,400 when she bet it all.
Allie got it right, to her great surprise. She added $5,800 to her score for a $18,600 finish.
Matt also got it right. He bet $2,000 and won the game with $35,000. Matt Amodio’s 15-day total is $475,600.
There were only 3 triple stumpers in the whole game:
PROTEST THIS ($400) In 2008 a Guy Fawkes mask became a symbol of this shadowy 9-letter protest group
($8O0) People in this Scandinavian country couldn’t fly their flag (image) under Prussian rule so they bred protest pigs with its colors
19TH CENTURY MUSIC ($00) Invented in France in the 1820s, this instrument seen here (image) gets its name from the Latin for “horn”
5 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Painted Ladies”
She’s been called the “Mona Lisa of the North” & the poster girl for the Dutch Royal Picture Gallery in the Hague. show
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Still shocked that brilliant guy couldn’t get that creampuff of a DD (Steinway). That and Yamaha probably the only two big names in pianos. Based on his previous wagers, I was surprised he didn’t go for $7K on FJ tonight. Took me a bit to get “Utopia” but I made it in time.
I attribute the low triple stumper rate in today’s game to Allie. Kudos to her for giving Matt some competition and also for getting FJ! right.
Yes, I was rooting for her.
I was rooting for her too! I might stop at this point…
Go Matt Go!
It wasn’t too bad of a game for Matt today. Sure: he got one daily double wrong.but he still won the game today! Keep on winning Matt! You are very excellent! Stop saying what’s! You can do this!
The reason why he’s always saying “what’s” and “who’s”, it’s because he doesn’t like saying in a full sentence after a clue has been finished reading.
@Richard Corliss, I get it now! I get how how you think that. It is just weird that he says what’s instead of who’s when it is a living person. Otherwise, I get how that works!
OH! Oh, do you? I never realized you’re upset.
Wow! I think Matt can hit $500K tomorrow!
Silpa couldn’t get much going as Allie and Matt were synchronized on the buzzer. He may have lost a bundle yesterday but today’s win will make up for it. Will Matt be a superchamp tomorrow and end this season on a high note? We shall see tomorrow
For the 2nd time, Matt loses $4,000 on 1 Daily Double, and gets his $4,000 back on the next Daily Double. Will Matt become a half a millionaire, like Jason Zuffranieri? We’ll find out tomorrow.
Go Matt go!
Dominance. I think it was 16 straight clues in DJ where Matt was the first to buzz in. And he found all 3 DDs. I felt bad for Silpa – you get all this way and run into a buzzsaw.
Wow only 3 more games left until the season finale. What’s gonna happen in the next 3 games? Will Matt end the season as an undefeated champion or will the challengers be able to replace him.
IDK, we will have to figure that out.