Final Jeopardy: Landmarks (9-22-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/22/2021) in the category “Landmarks” was:
96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon
25x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT has won $893,201 since his start back in July. In Game 26, he takes on these two players: Paula Scheider, a ROI trainer from Tulsa, OK; and Christopher Stucky, a communications specialist from Bloomington, IL.
Round 1 Categories: What a Week! – Acronyms & Abbreviations – National Park Countries – Air Travel – Movie Time – New York: News Clues
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Acronyms & Abbreviations” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick. He was in the lead with $8,000, $6,400 more than Christopher in second place. Matt bet the whole 8 grand and got 2 out of 3. That may not be bad in song but in this case, it was WRONG.
The cosmetics brand e.l.f. is an acronym for these three areas where its products are used. show
Christopher finished in the lead with $3,400. Matt was second with $3,200 and Paula was in third with $600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: World History – Inspired Characters – The Fact of the Matter – Art & Design – Comedy on TV – _R_M
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Inspired Characters” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in first place with $4,800 now, $1,400 more than Christopher in second place. He bet it all again and he was RIGHT.
Leon Rom, a leader of King Leopold’s Congo Death Squad, is thought by some to have inspired this 1902 Joseph Conrad character. show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “The Fact of the Matter” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick. In first place with $17,200, he had $8,600 more than Christopher in second place. He bet $10,000 and he was RIGHT.
All matter shares this physical property that keeps it from responding instantly to any attempt to change its state of motion. show
Matt finished in the lead with $33,200. Christopher was next with $13,800 and Paula was in third place with $3,000. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE BERLIN WALL?
The Berlin Wall was erected overnight on August 12-13, 1961 with barbed wire that was later replaced with concrete blocks. The most famous part was the 27-mile wall dividing Berlin into East and West. A much longer barrier sealed off West Berlin from the surrounding East German countryside. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Check out “Why Berliners Didn’t Just Go Around the Berlin Wall” on The Useless Info Junkie’s website for more info and graphics that may or may not surprise you.
The 26 mile, 385 yard length of the marathon was adopted by the Olympics in 1924. The Texas Running Post website has an article that will tell you why the marathon is exactly that length and who to blame or thank for it.
Paula thought it was the Appian Way. She lost her $2,999 bet and was left with a dollar. (Not a bad guess given the Appian Way’s association with the 1960 Summer Olympics when it served as part of the men’s marathon course.)
Christopher had the same response. He lost his $5,000 bet and finished with $8,800.
Matt got it right. He bet $3,000 and won the game with $36,200. His 26-day total is $929,401.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE FACT OF THE MATTER ($800) Leptons & quarks are these basic particles that don’t seem to be made up of smaller units of matter–it’s…
ART & DESIGN ($2000) Two-word phrase for the color & the resinous material seen here; both words contain the same 3-letter sequence (image)
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The 1940s”
This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in “The Maltese Falcon” show
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I wouldn’t have necessarily referred to the Berlin Wall as a landmark, but rather as a faltering relic of the Cold War.
Actually The Appian Way was not a good guess it’s 400 miles long and was built in 312 B.C. and is still there today.
You’re right, Anthony. Perhaps I should have said it wasn’t as far-fetched as it might seem
@Rick, I never thought of it as a landmark either.
I thought the FJ today was really easy and I am astonished only one contestant correctly wrote down What is the Berlin Wall? But history and geography are two among my strength subjects (cf. I know almost nothing about cosmetics/makeup, fashion, sports, celebrities, non-vegan food, ballet, opera, recent pop culture (post-1970s), etc.
My knowledge on cosmetics/makeup is essentially zero (and fashion little better) so this is an abysmal category for me. Much like ace teen eco champion Greta Thunberg I view them as unnecessary for anyone–except possibly some actors. They are completely illogical for virtually everyone. Even if if the ingredients are vegan and not tested on non human animals (both really rare alas) cosmetics/makeup are a needless negative detriment to our environment. Fast fashion exerts a big bad environment impact too. Maybe these are perspectives much easier for someone like Greta (or me) with major OCD-Asperger’s to understand. I think that vegan Jewish scientist Dr. Mayim Bialik is doing superbly as the interim JEOPARDY! host (as did Ken Jennings). 🙂
That category on fashion was a little unkind to matt today, but I am glad he turned things around in the second round. Still I was hoping his opponents would have gotten The berlin wall since the event was hitting the headlines back in the old days. Matt is getting closer to that 1 million dollar mark now. I wonder if he has gotten tired already after coming this far VJ? The quickness of the buzzer by Matt shows me that he is playing like James.
Cruel throwing a fashion clue into the acronym category as a daily double. Felt like it was almost intended to trip Matt up.
idk, JP, maybe if he thought about it a few more seconds? As Nikki said, who puts make-up on their ears? 🤣🤣
On the $2K Art & Design vase clue, a couple of weeks ago I was searching online for a cabinet Nikki’s girl could keep her doll clothes in. I didn’t have much hope of finding a wooden dresser like Nikki had when she was little but came up with a couple of prospects between $45 & $50. Nikki said hold off until she checked out the thrift shop. This is what she found for $50 bucks. That was beyond my wildest expectations — we could keep the dolls in there too — and of course, we got it. So when that clue came up today, we looked at each other and said the answer at the same time.
omg!! I freely admit that the answer would not have been on the tip of my tongue if that had not happened so recently.
You could definitely tease it out, so I don’t think it was unfair.
To your point, the clue specified “cosmetics”, not “makeup”, and I suppose non-makeup cosmetics for the ears probably exists. Far, far from my area of expertise though.
Another thing that I thought was a little tricky is that eyes and lips are technically part of the face, so you could argue the name is a bit redundant.
I looked up “can you put makeup on your ears” and, apparently, this was a trend started in 2016 by Kylie Jenner. According to one makeup artist, ears and neck are part of the face and you should put foundation on your ears and neck. (Not you, personally, JP. 🤣 or me either– I don’t wear much makeup).
Most of the articles about the trend are from 2016 so I don’t think it really caught on. I’ve never seen anyone with ears like the ones in this article.