Final Jeopardy: The Declaration of Independence (8-4-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 8/4/2021 Jeopardy! game:
THE 16TH CENTURY ($600) A landmark of mannerism inside & out, the Palazzo Te was built for this ruling family of Mantua, not of Spokane
5, MOUNTAIN TIME ($1000) There’s great skiing at places like Tremblant in these mountains, the Quebec portion of the Canadian Shield
3-LETTER WORDS ($400) This verb mean to handle something roughly, like an animal would
($1200) The British use this booze to mean “strange”
($2000) Term for a day on Mars— 24 hours & nearly 40 minutes, so you can hit snooze a little longer there
THE CHOSEN FEW ($2000) This “twinkly” tribunal that persecuted Puritans was abolished by Parliament in 1641
THE FAMOUS MOM ($1200) of Dakota Johnson
Sneak Peek clues — AUTOMOBILES…ASSEMBLE!
($200) I’m leaving’ on a Jetta non-plane
($400) It’s always the Sentra of attention
($600) The 2021XF is quick as a cat… starting at 44 grand
($800) It’s Roadster can top 250 mph & has a 620-mile range, sans gas
($1000) It’s Legacy is on the line every day
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I really like Matt. Maybe I’m giving him too much credit, but did anyone else feel like I did, that with about only 6 clues left, and *both* of the other contestants in negative territory, he eased up and let them ring in so that they could continue in the game?
Also, it’s being reported that Mike Richards is in ‘final negotiations’ to become the next host.
I didn’t see it that way, DC, and I usually notice that. The way I saw yesterday’s last 5 clues, Matt missed one and Kevin got it on the rebound, one was a triple stumper. Kevin beat Matt on the buzzer on the Earp brothers clue. I think Nicole already decided to stand pat at $400 so she could play FJ!
You’re probably right. I didn’t review those last half-dozen as well as you have.
Oh, poor Matt for losing all that money! Still, he has won 11 games and $368,600. I think he can make $400K today!
WOW! Matt just gave me more gray hair. I really like him and pray he will keep winning. I would like for him to be the biggest winner ever.. I know Alex would be thrilled with Matt winning.
Yup, I’m old enough to have been required to study US history in eighth grade, and that little morsel has stuck with me all these 56 years. “What is German?” got me my ninth Final Jeopardy “skunk” of 2021. That’s when all three contestants miss it, but you get it right.
Man, that was a gargantuan bet Matt made . . . and lost!
I’m only surprised that none of the contestants got the final question correct. Actually, I knew that the colonists hired German mercenaries to aid them in their fight against the English. With that thought in mind, I went with ‘German’.
I’m pretty sure that the Hessians were hired by the British to fight against the colonists?
Oops! My bad. I stand to be corrected.
Thought for sure this would be so easy FJ and a Triple-Solve. Could not believe no one rang in on simple clues such as what is the name for one day on Mars? — sol. OTOH they did know some obscure info as well. I wonder why the guest host has not stated if the now 11-day winner is a PhD student at Yale University in New Haven CT.
Tough final as we end with another triple stumper. Besides, nobody knows U.S. History.
Matt still won today even though he only had $6,200 to finish with.
Bravo for Matt making that big bet since his opponents were not that tough. He wasn’t bothered at all. I thought he was a goner today but still congrats to him on winning game 11 even though that was a big loss. VJ do you think this is similar to james holzhauer in one of his previous runs? German was my response today.
No, Lou, I don’t see much of a basis for comparison. Matt has missed a lot of clues I think James would have known. By the end of his 11th game, James had over $700K.
Ken or James would wipe him out, if they were ever to meet. Either one of them would have known German, and probably the other FJs he’s missed. I went with German because of the Pennsylvania Dutch (aka Deutsch) who speak a German dialect.
Howard, I think we should make some allowance for Matt that he is younger than Ken (by about 17 years) and James (by about 7 years). I’m sure Matt’s trivia knowledge will be even more intimidating 5 years from now.
Be that as it may, I can’t see him winning the next ToC. I couldn’t believe it when he didn’t get this Tough 3-Letter Words clue last month (This Latin word meaning “thus” begins Virginia’s state motto). After that, it really blew my mind when he said he studied Latin for 4 years in one of the chats!
Go Matt go!
I expected most contestants would go for French in FJ. Alas.
Matt almost had his head handed to him on a platter. That was a huge monetary final clue loss. Fortunately he did not have strong opponents so he could risk it. Whew!
I got to say that 37,000 is the most amount of money lost in FJ! ever. But still congrats to Matt on his 11th win.
Bravo to Matt on the big bet. If you (correctly) think you are more likely to be correct than not on FJ, betting big is the best strategy to maximize winnings over the long run. I hope he wasn’t discouraged by the big loss and kept going with the strategy. I’d say it takes guts, but really it takes understanding the mathematics, at which point it should be obvious.
JP, agreed. $80,000 would have been a nice haul.