Final Jeopardy: Foreign Phrases (9-24-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/24/2015) in the category “Foreign Phrases” was:
This French phrase refers to part of the Order of the Holy Ghost; its knights became known for serving superb dinners.
2x champ Dylan Parson brought his winnings up to $24,599 yesterday. Today he takes on these two players: Amanda Fieiras, from Chicago, IL; and Kyle Baum, originally from Wildwood, MO.
Round 1: Amanda found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Books by Chapter Title” under the $1,000 clue. She was in second place with $1,800, $1,600 less than Dylan’s lead. She was doing pretty well in this easy category and went along with Trebek’s usual Daily Double prompt. That was fine because she got it RIGHT.
“I Strike the Jolly Roger.” show
Dylan finished in the lead with $4,400. Amanda was right on his heels with $4,000 and Kyle was last with $200.
Round 2: Amanda found the first Daily Double in “American Lakes” under the $800 clue. She was now in the lead with $6,000, $1,200 more than Dylan in second place. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
This lake in upstate New York was named in 1755 to honor the then-current British monarch. show
Kyle found the last Daily Double in “Name That Element” under the $800 clue. In third place with $3,000, he had $7,000 less than Amanda’s lead. He bet $2,500 and just couldn’t put his finger on the answer. He took a shot with “hydrogen and oxygen” but that was WRONG.
The 2 elements whose symbols are personal pronouns. show
Amanda finished in the lead with $15,200. Dylan was next with $13,200 and Kyle was in third place with $1,300.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Smithsonian Journeys has an article on how “le Cordon Bleu” (or in English, the Blue Ribbon) came to be associated with first-rate cooking: “What’s surprising is that le cordon bleu dates back to the 16th century when King Henry III of France created the l’Ordre des Chevaliers du Saint Esprit (Order of the Knights of the Holy Spirit). From 1578 to 1789, it was the most exclusive order in France and each of its members were awarded with the Cross of the Holy Spirit, which hung from a blue ribbon known as Le Cordon Bleu…. These 100 knights were then called Les Cordon Bleus. So how did it relate to food? After the ceremonies held for these highly respected guests, there were huge sumputuous feasts held in their honor that became legendary.”
Kyle wrote down “Michelin,” thinking of the guide and its restaurant ratings. He bet and lost everything.
Dylan fell for the Holy Ghost part of the clue and came up with “esprit de corps.” That cost him $8,000 and left him $5,200.
Amanda also tried to translate Holy Ghost (Saint Esprit) as “San Sprit.” She lost $11,201 and was left with $3,999 so that gave Dylan his third win. His 3-day total is $29,799.
During the chat, Dylan talked about his retirements plans that involve a tractor and a farm. That’s a long way off!
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “The Internet.”
The animal for which this computer program is named is actually a red panda. show
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Not only was the FJ misleading, it contained an error, in that (as far as Wikipedia is concerned), it’s the Order of the Holy SPIRIT, NOT the Order of the Holy GHOST (which is NOT the same organization), that’s associated with the “Cordon Bleu”.
It’s not an error, DM. Those are translations and wikipedia does note that the one associated with “Cordon Bleu” is sometimes translated as Order of the Holy Ghost.
You can access French wikipedia on the left sidebar on these articles in wikipedia. On there, the name for the one referred to in this clue is “Ordre du Saint-Esprit.” The religious one is “L’ordre des hospitaliers du Saint-Esprit” or “L’ordre du Saint Esprit de Montpellier.” So they both can be translated as Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost in English.
After the answers were announced, Alex said you had to think about medals and ribbons. But, duh! there was absolutely nothing in the clue to make you think about medals and ribbons.
Yeah, I should at least have said something like “looks like it has an error”! Thanks for the follow-through info! Maybe that FJ question was originally intended for Tournament of Champions & got slipped in by mistake?
You’re welcome. Ha! I said earlier in the day on Spoiler Talk that it would have been cool if this was the FJ in a TOC game that 7x champ and chef Greg Seroka was in. Even that would be a little unfair though, don’t you think?
This was a very poorly worded, misleading question. The answer is a 2 part term or a 2 part name. It is not a phrase. Also Alex, pho is pronounced “fuh”
Thanks for the recap, VJ. Glad that you got to see it. So annoyed that it wasn’t on here and it won’t be on tomorrow either. I’m surprised that no one got the FJ right.
I’m not surprised no one got it — it was hard with that Holy Ghost miscue. I just went with one in the hope that someone might be into French cooking. 🙂