Final Jeopardy: Scientific Etymology (9-14-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/14/2021) in the category “Scientific Etymology” was:
2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named
19x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven CT, brought his cumulative winnings up to $642,601 in the first game of Season 38. In Game 20, his opponents are: Daniel Lee, a tutor from Ridgewood, New York; and Elizabeth Hunter, a community theatre artistic director from Somerville, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Recent Fiction – The Wild West – Game Stop – Holidays & Observances – Reality Show Winners – Structural Idioms
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Wild West” under the $400 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $7,600, $5,800 more than Daniel in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Founded in 1876, this South Dakota city was named for the deceased trees found in the area. show
Matt finished in the lead with $17,600. Daniel was second with $3,200 and Elizabeth was last with $1,200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: 17th Century Names – Central American Capitals – The Old Testament – Food & Drink – Celebrities – Crossword Clues “M”
Elizabeth found the first Daily Double in “The Old Testament” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick. She was in last place with $1,600 now, $17,600 less than Matt in first place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Potiphar’s wife tries to seduce this dream translator, who resists & ends up being sent to jail. show
Just two clues later, Daniel got the last Daily Double in “17th Century Names” under the $2,000 clue. In second place with $4,400, he had $13,200 less than Matt. He made it a true Daily Double as well and he was RIGHT.
In 1637 this poet wrote “Lycidas” to commemorate the death of a Cambridge schoolmate. show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $35,200. Daniel was next with $16,400 and Elizabeth was in third place with $6,000. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Here’s one of the NASA FACTS on this page with a little collection of space tidbits: “Have you ever heard of “Armalcolite”? Armalcolite is a mineral that was discovered at Tranquility Base by the Apollo 11 crew. It was named for ARMstrong, ALdrin and COLlins, the three Apollo 11 astronauts.”
The Moon Rock article on Wikipedia also has some interesting info, such as how the samples collected during lunar expeditions are considered priceless, while private collectors sell and trade lunar meteorites that fall to earth. The Armalcolite article says that although the mineral was found on the Moon first, it was later found on Earth in the USA (Montana and Texas), Germany, Greenland, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. It was also detected in lunar meteorites found in Oman.
Elizabeth got it right with Armstrong & Collins. She bet $5,000 and finished with $11,000.
Daniel was unable to come up with anyone. He lost his $4,401 bet, leaving him $11,999.
Matt also got it right with Armstrong & Aldrin. He bet $1,000 and won the game with $36,200. Matt Amodio’s 20-day total is $678,801. With that, Matt passes Jason Zuffranieri’s 19-game streak and ties with Julia Collins’ 20-game record. (Matt has already passed them both in winnings.) We’ll be seeing that great big smile at the end of tomorrow’s game if he beats Julia’s streak.
A triple stumper from each round:
RECENT FICTION ($1000) A Hulu series is based on this Sally Rooney novel about Connell & Marianne & their inner struggles
THE OLD TESTAMENT ($2000) At God’s command, Abraham goes to this mountainous place to sacrifice Isaac
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “1960s TV History”
The 1967 finale of “The Fugitive” drew in 78 million viewers, surpassing the 73 million who tuned into this show Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964 show
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Matt has been a very worthy Champion throughout his run. There have been several times a category or opponent has rattled him ,but he has kept his composure through the match .My Wife and I have cheered Matt on since his first Game win.. Such a Great representative for the Game .
Daniel was quite smart, so it was shocking that he missed FJ, which was a relative cinch. If you couldn’t deduce it from the name, the 1969 part of the clue was a huge giveaway. For a while there, I thought it was not going to be a runaway game.
That said, I thought Monday’s Final might have been Pennsylvania, considering William Penn’s background, so never gave any thought to Roger Williams/Rhode Island.
He won 20 games just like Julia Collins did and was the 4th contestant to win at least 20 games.
I like matt much better than julia collins.
I could not find the show. What time is it on now.
Was there a studio audience? I missed the show.
I thought Daniels “multivitamins” answer should have beem accepted. Some one needs to look up the exact wording but i think it started with spmething like .. “These twelve-letter items….” It didnt necessarily mean the answer had to be twelve letters – was ambiguously worded – even thougj we all know what was intended. Would have made the game a non- runaway going into final.
I loved this game! I like how the new stage looks! Or is it an arena…
I loved this game! I like how the new stage looks! Or is it a stage…
Well at least Matt’s opponents have gotten an early lead on their daily doubles as they followed his example. I am just happy to see matt surpassing Jason and Julia’s totals. Furthermore, Danny almost had a lock on this game but still though if he came up with either Aldrin or Armstrong he would have covered Elizabeth. The Moon Landing must have been a big event in the news previously VJ. You’ve seen that on television in the past right?
From today’s game in my opinion matt was gracious enough and not hog all the daily doubles himself. Although in some of his previous plays he had nailed two or maybe three of them when he didn’t have strong opponents. What do you think @Jacob and @Rhonda?
Yes, I saw that on TV, Lou. It was my birthday and everyone was watching TV.