Celebrity Jeopardy Final: Landlocked Countries (9-25-22)

In the first quarterfinal match of the 2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship, the celebrity contestants are: actor Simu Liu, playing for Stop AAPI Hate; actress and comedian Ego Nwodim, playing for God’s Love We Deliver; and actor and comedian Andy Richter, playing for Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Landlocked Countries” was:

It’s the world’s smallest landlocked country in both area & population

Mayim Bialik hosted tonight’s one hour show. She explained the tournament format: 27 celebrities will compete in 9 quarterfinal matches. 3 winners will then compete in 3 semifinal matches and the 3 winners will advance to the finals to compete for $1,000,000 for charity. Mayim also revealed that, for the first time ever, the games in this tournament will feature an extra round: Triple Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! Categories: Jeopardy! & the 10 Rings – Telling a Bedtime Story – The Richter Scale – Same First & Last Letter – The Wild West – Dionne Warwick

Simu found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Telling a Bedtime Stories” under the $300 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $300, $2,400 less than Andy’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and said Horton. That was WRONG.

A Seussian home invasion, now that’s what he’ll do! / He’ll mistreat a fish! Turn 2 kids’ home into a zoo! show

WHO IS THE CAT IN THE HAT?

Andy finished in the lead with $5,500. Simu was second with $1,200 and Ego was last with $700. All clues were shown.

Double Jeopardy! Categories: Queen Elizabeth II – Direct Me to the Director – Cats & Dogs – Tasty Phrases – Alphabetically Last – “R”eligion

Andy found the first Daily Double in “Alphabetically Last” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick. He was in the lead with $7,100 now, $3,700 more than Simu in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

…Of the New England states; it’s also the least populous show

WHAT IS VERMONT?

Ego got the last Daily Double in “‘R’eligion” under the $1,000 clue on the 19th pick of the round. In third place with $3,700, she had $6,000 less than Andy’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

A time of fasting, this ninth month of the Islamic year is remembered as when the Koran was revealed to Muhammad show

WHAT IS RAMADAN?

Andy finished in the lead with $13,300. Simu was next with $5,600 and Ego was in third place with $5,500. All clues were shown.

Triple Jeopardy! Categories: Apologies – You’re Probably Going to Hate This – Books by Funny People – The Skeletal System – “Ab”s Workout – Fashion with Buzzy Cohen

Simu found the first Triple Jeopardy! Daily Double in “‘AB’s Workout” under the $1,500 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,800, $9,000 less than Andy’s lead. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

This synonym for a deep chasm comes from a Greek word for “bottomless” show

WHAT IS AN ABYSS?

Ego found the next Daily Double in “Apologies” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in last place with $7,900, $7,500 less than Andy’s lead. She bet $3,000 and had no response so she was WRONG.

In a movie, Cynthia Nixon played this woman called the Belle of Amherst & known for poems like “I’m sorry for the dead–today” show

WHO IS EMILY DICKINSON?

Ego found the last Daily Double in “Skeletal System” under the $1,500 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in last place with $7,000, $8,400 less than Andy’s lead. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

The patella is the protective flat bone at the front of this lower body joint show

WHAT IS THE KNEE?

Andy finished in the lead with $21,100. Simu was next with $11,600 and Ego was in third place with $10,000. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS VATICAN CITY?

There’s a 2018 article, Independent Countries with Less than 50,000 People, right here on Fikkle Fame. It gives the area of Vatican City as 0.17 square miles and a 2015 population of 1,000 residents. Global Geographia gives the same area and a 2022 population of 620 inhabitants.

There are different figures on different sites all over the net; however, they all agree that Vatican City is the smallest country in the world and it also fits the landlocked part of the clue, being totally surrounded by the City of Rome.

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Ego thought it was Togo. She bet the whole $10,000 and finished with nothing.

Simu got it right. He bet his whole $11,600 and finished with $23,200.

Andy thought it was Liechtenstein (without the first ‘E’). He lost his $2,200 and finished with $18,900. That meant a very surprised Simu won the match and he advances to the Semifinals. Ego and Andy each won $30,000 for their charities.

4 triple stumpers:

Round 1: Telling a Bedtime Story ($500) Her cupboard, bare; she found her dog dead, left to buy a coffin, then found the pup laughing…sounds more like Stephen King

Round 2: Cats & Dogs ($800) Developed in what is now Thailand, this popular breed of cat comes in Blue Point, Chocolate Point & Seal Point varieties

Round 3: Skeletal System ($1200) Also called the clavicle, it’s a popular but also, like all bones, painful tattoo site

Fashion with Buzzy Cohen ($900) Popular for both men & women, a closed shoe with a wide strap and a big buckle on the side is named for this religious job; since I’m twice as fashionable as most, I’m sporting the kind with a double strap

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