Final Jeopardy: Alphabets (9-18-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/18/2015) in the category “Alphabets” was:
It’s the only letter of the Greek alphabet whose English spelling could also be identified as a number in Roman numerals.
New champ Natalie Lips won $13,200 yesterday. In the last game of the week, she takes on these two players: Tina Uihlein, from Ballwin, MO; and Eric Matheis, from New York, NY.
Round 1: Natalie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “African Geography” under the $800 clue. There were 5 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $4,200, $800 more than Tina in second place. She bet $500 and she was RIGHT.
Isn’t it romantic? After flowing over Murchison Falls, the waters from this lake eventually reach Lake Albert. show
Natalie finished in the lead with $5,100. Tina was second with $3,400 and Eric was last with $2,800.
Round 2: Tina found the first Daily Double in “Smart People” under the $2,000 clue. She was in third place with $4,600, $5,300 less than Natalie’s lead. She ignored Trebek’s suggestion that she now had an opportunity to double her score and bet $2,000. She just didn’t know so she was WRONG.
The “Test” of A.I. named for him is whether a computer can make a person think it’s a person. show
Natalie found the last Daily Double in “Land in the Solar System” under the $1,600 clue with only one clue left after it. In the lead with $20,700, she was very close to a runaway. Eric was in second place with $10,400. She was doing quite well in the category and chose to risk $2,000. She got it RIGHT.
Huge cliffs called lobate scarps, discovered by Messenger. show
That ended the round and Natalie had her runaway with $22,700. Eric had the same $10,400 just mentioned. Tina was in third place with $6,600.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS XI?
Xi is the letter C in the Greek alphabet and XI is the number 11 in Roman numerals. Not much else to say about that, is there?
Tina bet $2,000 and finished with $8,600.
Eric bet $2,800. He finished with $13,200.
Natalie bet $500 and her winning total for this match rose to $23,200. Her 2-day total is $36,400.
During the chat, Natalie revealed how she and her sister, Miranda named their daughters after twin sisters, Emma and Sutton, on a show (“The Lying Game”) they always used to watch.
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “French Geography”
8 countries border mainland France; its smallest border at 2.7 miles is with this country. show
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Yay, first triple solve of the Season, albeit an easy FJ. A “Friday gift”, like some on this board like to call it. 🙂
You had to love that first clue of the game in The OED Says:
$200 – It’s “that which points the way”, especially “a piece of evidence useful in the detection of a crime.”
No one buzzes in. Alex Trebek says: “How about the word ‘clue’? We don’t want to overcomplicate the first clue in each category.”
Translation: This is the easy stuff, people.
LOL. I’m glad you mentioned that, VJ, ’cause I got a chuckle out of Alex’s comment. Here are the clue writers thinking they wrote something so clever…
And congrats on your 3-solve prediction—2 in a row for you. 🙂
Thanks for the Greek alphabet video —now I know exactly how to pronounce the letters in English; not that they come up in conversations, but just in case. 🙂 I find it curious that in Portuguese we call the letter Y ipsilon, whereas in French and Spanish they called it igrek and i griega, respectively. And there’s no Y in Italian. I just love languages and their intricacies.
Up until about a year ago, an optimal DD wager on the last DD in DJ! would have been $100 to go for the lock-tie, given it was going to be the last clue of the round with LTAM warning given a few clues earlier. But with no more ties, better to wager to get the lock.