Final Jeopardy: Foreign Words (9-18-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (9/18/2014), in the category “Foreign Words” was:

The Holy Roman Empire from 800 to 1806 was the first; the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 was the second.

2-day champ Bill Cossen has won $31,801 over the last 2 days. Today he is up against these two players: Carrie DelaPeña, from Plano, TX; and Jesse Henning, from Westerville, OH.

Round 1: Jesse found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Fairy Tales” under the $600 clue. He was in the lead with $4,200, $2,800 more than Bill in second place. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.

At the beginning of the story, the title character of this 1837 Andersen fairy tale has no feet. show

WHAT IS THE LITTLE MERMAID?

Jesse finished in the lead with $5,000. Carrie was second with $2,800 and Bill was last with $200. Bill’s score was jacked up to $2,200 after a prior ruling was reversed on this $2000 clue in “Fairy Tales”: A poem by Goethe is one of the earlier uses of this tale about a pupil who conjures up more magic than he can handle.” Jesse said “Faust”, Bill said “The Magician’s Apprentice” and Carrie got it with “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”.

Round 2: Bill found the first Daily Double in “Big Building of the City” under the $1,200 clue. He was in the lead with $12,600, $4,400 ahead of Jesse in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Heritage Plaza (formerly Texaco Heritage Plaza). show

WHAT IS HOUSTON?

Bill found the last Daily Double in “Running the Magazine” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $16,200, he was $6,800 ahead of Jesse in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

William Shawn ran this magazine for 35 years, perhaps because he might’ve been the only one to get every cartoon. show

WHAT IS THE NEW YORKER?

Bill finished in the lead with $18,200. Jesse was next with $9,400 and Carrie was in third place with $2,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A REICH?

“The German word ‘reich’ means ’empire’, although it can also be translated as government. In 1930’s Germany the Nazi party identified their rule as a third Reich, and in doing so gave English speakers around the world a new, and wholly negative, connotation to the word. Some people are surprised to find that the concept, and use, of three reichs is not a solely Nazi idea, but a common component of German historiography. This misconception stems from the use of ‘Reich’ as totalitarian nightmare, and not as empire.” (ThoughtCo.com: European History – The Other Reichs). Also, see wikipedia’s page on Reich

Carrie drew a blank. She lost her $2,300 bet and finished with $100.

Jesse came up with “the Ottoman Empire”. That cost him $9,300 and he finished with $100.

Bill got it right. He bet $601 so he won this game with $18,801. His 3-day total is $50,602.

We thought maybe Alex Trebek would ask Bill if he gets mistaken for Bob Saget a lot in today’s chat, but instead they talked about his experience with the Jeopardy! theme song as a little polliwog. Seems he developed a phobia to it because, at the time, they had a spinning ball that exploded.

2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “8-Letter Words”

This word that means “freedom from narrow restrictions” can also refer to one of a range of imaginary lines. show

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