Final Jeopardy: World Borders (9-11-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/11/2024) in the category “World Borders” was:
After Canada & the U.S., these 2 countries share the longest land border at more than 4,700 miles
New champ Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, NY, won $14,000 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Ben Gagne-Maynard, an education consultant from Madison, WI; and Kristen Robinson, a history instructor from Saint Joseph, MI.
Round 1 Categories: Geography – Holy Something! – Books for Kids – Names in the Dictionary – The Environment – Tv Reruns
Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Geography” under the $800 on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $600. Nobody else was on the board. Ben bet $800 and guessed Azerbaijan. That was WRONG.
In its own language, the official name of this landlocked country of Transcaucasia is Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun show
Will finished in the lead with $4,800. Will and Kristen were tied for second with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Presidential Election Losers – Filmanthropy – Ends in “Eau” – Amazing Animals – The Dead Sea Scrolls – A Few Colorful Words
Ben found the first Daily Double in “Presidential Election Losers” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was tied in second place with Kristen at $3,600, $3,600 less than Will’s lead. Ben bet $3,000 and had no guess so he was WRONG.
Twice to one William & once to another William, this William ran & lost 3 times show
Will found the last Daily Double in “Filmanthropy” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,000, $7,400 more than Kristen in second place. Will bet $800 and tried “Captain Marvel”. That was WRONG.
In 2018 Disney pledged $1 million of this Marvel’s film proceeds to STEM programs in underserved areas show
Will finished in the lead with a runaway $13,600. Ben was second with $5,000 and Kristen was last with $4,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE RUSSIA & KAZAKHSTAN?
Kazakhstan is the largest of the countries that end in -stan, and the 9th largest country in the world. People tend to overlook its border with Russia, possibly because it was formerly a part of the Soviet Union. As you’ll see below in this list of the 5 longest international borders in miles, Kazakstan’s Russian border is much bigger than Russia’s border with China:
1. USA / Canada (5,525 miles)
2. Russia / Kazakhstan (4,750 miles)
3. Argentina / Chile (4,163 miles)
4. China / Mongolia (2,880 miles)
5. Russia / China (2,672 miles)
Go to Fairbid.net for the 10 longest international borders or, if you prefer visuals, this video on YouTube shows the Top 20 international borders, drawing the borders in red on maps as well as showing the countries’ flags.
Kristen went with Russia and China. She bet and lost her whole $4,400.
Ben thought it was Chile and Argentina. That cost him $3,801 and left him with $1,199.
Will also had Russia and China. He didn’t bet anything, winning the game with his runaway $13,600. Will’s 2x-day total is $27,600.
2 triple stumpers from the last round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
AMAZING ANIMALS ($1600) Some animals are highly resistant to snake venom, like the mongoose & this sweet-sounding creature also called a ratel
($2000) As well as humans, many animals were mummified in Ancient Egypt, like this primate whose Hamadryas species was held sacred
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “ARTISTS”
He said, “The Seine! I have painted it all my life, at all hours, in all seasons, from Paris to the sea” show
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Confound my gut feelings! For FJ, I said, right away, “Russia and Kazakhstan”, but, then, got into my head, and thought about it, and said “Mongolia and China”. That’s twice this week alone! Gotta stick to my first response.
Two of three on DD. Didn’t know the Armenia one. TS about half, with the colors saving me.
Keep drinkin’ those probiotics, and your gut feelings will win out.
Tricky FJ. I went with the standard Russia/China, which I figured was too easy. I know Kazakhstan is one of the world’s largest countries, but didn’t realize their border was that large.
The FJ from 2 years ago seems off. They’re looking for the artist’s name, which is ??? Did I ever mention that I jumped into the river in Paris, got arrested, and the judge declared me in Seine? 🙂
Disappointed Ben didn’t know the perennial candidate known for his “Cross of Gold” speech and his role in the Scopes trial. But not an easy one to guess, by all means, if you didn’t know it. Theoretically, it may have cost him a possible win. Let’s assume he hits the DD; hear me out:
Ben now has $6600. Six clues later, Will with $10K picks the last DD. Kristen has $2600. Don’t know what Ben had at that moment, but let’s say it was $6600. Will likely wagers more than $800 and misses the DD. Maybe he wagers $2-3K and loses it. But let’s presume he stuck with $800. Entering FJ, Will has $13600, Ben $11K instead of $5K, Kristen $4400. She bets it all and craps out. Ben wagers correctly ($2601) and misses, falling to $8399. Will has to guard against Ben going all-in and wagers $8401. He misses and falls to $5199. Ben wins the game.
Howard, I fixed that 2-years ago clue.
Thanks. Show me the Monet! (which probably would have been my guess)
I didn’t fare all that well in the game today, and flubbed the FJ. In fact, all that I came up with in FJ was Russia and China.
For the second day in a row, we got an epic fail on wagering clues as 3 more DDs were missed resulted our second skunking and another triple stumper in the final thanks to that pesky geography clue. I hope William Weyser will say darn those daily doubles to Ben.
I thought I didn’t have to say “Darn Those Daily Doubles!” for the 3rd time in a row, but then, I had to double check by watching the episode, and yep, I had to say it. Maybe, the Daily Doubles and FJ! will be kinder to the players on the 4th game on the season. On the plus side, Will Weiss is our 1st repeat champion of Season 41.
For the second day in a row, FJ! was a triple stumper. So far, the first week of Season 41 was a tough final.
Yes, but we do have our 1st repeat champion of the season in Will Weiss.