Final Jeopardy: The United Nations (8-13-24)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: Final #3 of the 2024 Tournament of Champions that originally aired on 3/13/2024

The Final Jeopardy question in the category “The United Nations” was:

Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere

Today’s Tournament of Champions finals continue with: Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, WA; Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, FL; and Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, WI.

Games won at the starting line:
Yogesh 0 Troy 1 Ben 1

Round 1 Categories: Look at the Map – Health & Medicine – Khan You Dig It? – Festivals – Songs of Youth – Crossword Clues “R”

Troy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Khan You Dig It?” under the $1,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,600, $2,000 more than Ben’s lead. Troy bet it all and thought it was Khalif. That was WRONG.

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WHAT ARE IMAMS?

Ben finished in the lead with $5,800. Yogesh was in second place with $4,600. Troy was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Ancient History – Books by Reporters – Memorials & Monuments – It’s a Fact! – The Name on the Oscar – Ends in “IX”

Troy found the first Daily Double in “Memorials & Monuments” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,600, $7,400 less than Ben’s lead. Troy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS THE PANTHEON?

Yogesh found the last Daily Double in “Ends in ‘IX’” under the $1,200 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in last place with $12,200 now, $5,600 less than Ben’s lead. Yogesh made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS CHAMONIX?

Yogesh finished in the lead with $29,600. Ben was in second place with $17,800. Troy was last with $15,200. All clues were shown.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS PERU?

The clue confused some of us this morning over whether “its hemisphere” referred to the U.N. headquarters or the country the Secretary-General was from. However, the contestants didn’t have an issue with it. The table below illustrates that “its hemisphere” refers to Peru, native land of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the 5th Secretary-General of the U.N. from 1982 to 1991.

SECRETARY-GEN.
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjöld
U Thant
Kurt Waldheim
J. Pérez de Cuéllar
B. Boutros-Ghali
Kofi Annan
Ban Ki-Moon
António Guterres

COUNTRY
Norway
Sweden
Myanmar
Austria
Peru
Egypt
Ghana
So.Korea
Portugal

HEMISPH.
N / W
N / W
N / E
N / W
S / W
N / W
N / W&E
N / E
N / W

Troy bet it all and doubled his score to $30,400.

Ben bet $12,601 and finished with $30,401.

Yogesh bet $6,001 and won the game with $35,601. Now we have a tie for games won and that means, no matter who wins tomorrow, the finals will continue next week.

Games won at the finish line:
Yogesh 1 Troy 1 Ben 1

Final Jeopardy (3/14/2024) Yogesh Raut, Troy Meyer, Ben Chan