Final Jeopardy: British Monarchs (9-11-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/11/2023) in the category “British Monarchs” was:
The most recent British monarch not to succeed a parent or a sibling was this ruler who succeeded an uncle
In the first match of the 2023 Second Chance Tournament the contestants are: Jill Tucker, an operations manager from Mulino, OR, Gabriel Ostler, a script writer from Orinda, CA; and Derek Allen, an accountant orig. from Cassopolis, MI. The links in their names go to their original games.
Round 1 Categories: Science Class – Welcome to Miami – A Latin Bestiary – Sounds like Food – World of Barbie – Kin
Jill found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science Class” under the $600 on the 9th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,800, $200 less than Derek’s lead. Jill made it a true Daily Double but just said she didn’t know. That counts as WRONG.
Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal show
Derek finished in the lead with $6,200. Jill was second with $3,400 and Gabriel was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Honorary Harlem Globetrotters – Historical Films – Greek Geography – Renaissance Literature – Mississippi Learning – Starts with “G”
Gabriel found the first Daily Double in “Greek Geography” under the $1,600 on the 16th pick of the round. He was in last place with $4,600 now, $6,000 less than Jill’s lead. Gabriel bet $2,600 and thought it was Alexandria. That was WRONG.
The setting of plays like “Oedipus” & “Antigone”, this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of ancient Egypt show
Jill landed on the last Daily Double in “Historical Films” under the $800 clue on the 20th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $11,400, $4,400 more than Derek in second place. Jill bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
As her, Natalie Portman says, “There won’t be another Camelot” show
Jill finished in the lead with $16,200. Derek was second with $8,600 and Gabriel was last with $4,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS QUEEN VICTORIA?
Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent was born on May 14, 1819 at Kensington Palace. Her father, Edward, was the fourth son of King George III. At birth, she was 5th in line to the throne, behind George, Frederick and William, her father’s 3 older brothers and her father. King George III died in 1820 and so did Victoria’s father. The throne passed to George IV. Frederick died in 1827 and never was King. Now Victoria was second in line behind her Uncle William. The throne passed to William IV When George IV died in 1830. When William died in 1837, 18-year-old Alexandrina chose to go by her middle name when she became Queen. Click here for more fascinating facts about Queen Victoria
There have been quite a few Jeopardy! clues about Queen Victoria mentioning her uncle. The last one was the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy! in the 6-24-2014 game.
Gabriel added II after Victoria and that made his response wrong, even though there was no II by that name. He bet and lost his whole $4,800.
Derek got it right. He bet $7,601 and finished with $16,201.
Jill bet the whole shebang and was supremely lucky to get an easy FJ! that she got right. She did not win the $32,400 she racked up, but won the first Finalist spot in the 2-day final matches at the end of the week.
A triple stumper from each round:
KIN ($600) In 2004 this distant cousin of “Trees” poet Joyce took to the L.A. stage as Moses in “The Ten Commandments”
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE ($1200) A romantic epic, him “Innamorato” was followed nearly 30 years later by him “Furioso” in 1516
More clues on Page 2 and an image showing the increase in consolation prizes
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Artwork”
The artist’s wife described the scene of this 1942 painting as “brilliant interior of cheap restaurant” show
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Props to my fellow Oregonian Jill for her win, although her wager was over the top. I was a bit surprised she didn’t know what metal hematite was part of. And shocked no one could remember the “Trees” poet’s surname, which easily led to the related actor. Other stumpers were tough for this group and me, except for Ginger Baker, whom I saw perform in 1969 in his 2nd supergroup. His Facebook page is administered by his family.
I remember we all had to sing the song version of Kilmer’s poem in 5th grade. I liked that poem before then.
Here’s Bob McGrath singing “Trees”
So, haven’t seen it yet. It’s on here in 35 minutes. I wonder if I’ll recognize “recycled clues”!
Ok, didn’t recognize any retreads. But, Jill’s wager was… quizzical. She just needed $1001. Oh well, go big or go home! I was rooting for Derek.
I think, if ANY tournament needed the wild cards, this would be it.
We almost had an instant DD skunking to start the season.
I wasn’t expecting Jill to wager everything but it worked out well for her. She took a big risk and it paid off. Great way to start off Season 40.