Final Jeopardy: European Borders (8-20-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (8/20/2020) in the category “European Borders” was:

Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other

Today’s show is a rerun of the fourth quarter-final of the 2020 College Championship that originally aired on 4/9/2020. The players are: Joe Coker, Beni Keown, and Xiaoke Ying

Click here for the original recap of this game.

Here are the triple stumpers from the fourth 2014 College Championship quarter-final, if you want to compare games.

LET’S BEGIN THE LECTURE ($400) “Born Together-Reared Apart” is a lecture by Dr. Nancy Segal about these people

($1000) 1,742 times Al Bartlett delivered his lecture on this world problem, especially as it relates to energy consumption

VIDEO GAME VAULT ($400) You don’t need to be a spelunker to enjoy this Sega game named for the place spelunkers explore

NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY ($1800) It’s 1415 & England is invading France

STATE GOVERNORS ($800) This Californian has served as governor on 2 occasions, both times succeeding an actor

THE ELEMENTS ($2000) Chemist Carl Scheele named the gas that bleached flowers dephlogisticated muriatic acid; we call it this element

A (TAYLOR) SWIFT CATEGORY ($2000) “Someday I’ll be living in a big old city, & all you’re ever gonna be is” this

IN THE DICTONARY ($400) The Greek for “stick” gives us this word for a microscopic one-celled organism that can cause disease

($800) Also a state capital, this word comes from the Latin for “foresight”

($1600) It can mean “returning with”, “selling for” or “charming”

WHAT’S YOUR RANGE? ($400) Pikes Peak

($2000) K2 (it’s what the “K” stands for)