Final Jeopardy: On the Old Map (9-28-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/28/2020) in the category “On the Old Map” was:
On the U.N. website’s map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa
2x champ, Sameer Gandhi, a writer from Pasadena, CA, has won $37,400 so far. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Paula Spence, art director & designer, TV animation from Altadena, CA; and Eric Aiese, a media researcher from North Hollywood, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Writers Anonymous – U.S. Geography – Colleges & Universities – Docuseries – The Jeffersons – Movin’ on “Up”
Sameer found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Colleges & Universities” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,200, $1,000 less than Paula’s lead. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Students on this school’s campus may run into Ben Franklin relaxing on a bench, reading a newspaper. show
Sameer finished in the lead with $5,400. Eric was second with $3,400 and Paula was last with $1,200. 3 clues went uncovered in “The Jeffersons”.
Round 2 Categories: History – Restaurant Rhymes – Elemental Facts – Olympic Sites – Terms From Islam – Follow the Bunny
Sameer found the first Daily Double in “Olympic” under the $1,600 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. He was in second place with $7,400 now, $3,600 less than Eric’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Many countries join the U.S. in boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics hosted by this city. show
Eric got the last Daily Double in “Terms from Islam” under the $800 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $15,000, he had $6,000 more than Sameer in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Sawm is the practice of doing this during Ramadan. show
Eric finished in the lead with $19,200. Sameer was next with $11,000 and Paula was in third place with $9,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS U.K.?
I thought that was a tricky FJ! because of the reference to “continental”. They can’t be counting names that are over the water or it would be over 13 for the U.K. (Sierra Leone, Togoland, Swaziland & Basutoland). Here is a link to the map they are referring to and here are the 13 for the U.K.:
Libya, Nigeria, Gold Coast, Cameroons, Eritrea, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, North Rhodesia, South Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Bechaunaland. For the 13th, U.K. appears under the word “Palestine” and above the word “Egypt”, although Palestine is in Asia and, as far as I know, Egypt was a kingdom at the time. I came up with 5 for France. Portugal and Belgium are represented with 4 letter abbreviations.
Paula put down G.B. for Great Britain. That’s not what’s on the map so she lost her $9,597 bet and finished with $3.
Sameer went with C.W. (Commonwealth). He bet and lost it all.
Eric went with NL for the Netherlands. He only lost $2,801 and won the game with $16,399. Eric Aiese is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Reversal: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ($800) More than 1/3 of the courses at the Fort Collins main campus of this state school are sustainability related – Eric said “Colorado”. A clue or so later, Alex said “I made an error a moment ago. I accepted “Colorado” instead of “Colorado State” and so we have to deduct $1600 from you.” Strange, when “state school” was in the clue.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
HISTORY ($2000) Her accession as ruler of Austria in 1740 touched off a war, but she stayed in power for 40 years
FOLLOW THE BUNNY ($1200) In 2006 this “MNF” play-by-play guy was traded to NBC (in part) for rights to Oswald the Rabbit, the forerunner of Mickey Mouse
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “British Royalty”
In Sept. 2017 Prince Charles became the longest-serving Prince of Wales, passing the man who became this king show
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Dear VJ, I am still alive and check Fikklefame every day. Wonderful FJ question, but I would replace Palestine with (The) Gambia. Palestine considered in the Middle East or the Near East (if one is British). I remember the world maps back in the mid-1940s very well. I think most kids knew world geography very well, as big things were happening everywhere. My mother survived the “Spanish flu”(sic) epidemic in 1918 when she was 9 and started collecting British Empire stamps. Which was strange as she was mostly French Canadian. Anyway I still have her complete collection. For years I carried a Newfoundland half-dollar in my pocket. Those things get lost. Like my “I Like Ike” button, and my grandfather’s McKinley button. Glad to have Jeopardy! back, Trebek looks well.
omg, Taiwan Bill! Believe it or not, I was just wondering last night if you would post a comment soon! Great to hear from you!
This was my tenth Final Jeopardy skunk for the year, since I also skunked the contestants last Tuesday with “What is Siam or Thailand?” which is how I announced my response to my wife, who happened to be watching with me. For tonight’s program, the initials “R.F” were a possibility I considered, but that would be a French language version for “Republique Francaise.” “G.B” is the island, not the nation, so I went with “What Is U.K.” in the final seconds.
Ten for the year, and it’s not even October yet. I don’t know if I’m getting smarter or the questions are getting easier.
We’ve had a lot of problems with Final Jeopardy! lately.
We began the week with a triple stumper and just like Tuesday, nobody knows about geography.
VJ, Thanks for such detailed and thorough research. Excellent information to know. The video is very informative. You’re the greatest!! 👏
Thanks, Jacob 😊 Wow, at the results… I never considered the G.B. abbreviation as a possible answer. I thought one wrong answer would be FR for France, even though it’s not initials
That really was an excellent video. I just subscribed to the channel, but it doesn’t look like they upload very often. I will probably be going through their backlog of videos in the coming days.
I’m looking at them, too. They have one on the Seven Years’ War that mentions the War of the Austrian Succession and Maria Theresa. omg! I am always a bit shocked when she is a TS. Aside from being Marie Antoinette’s mommy, she was a contemporary of Catherine the Great. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Catherine be a TS.
Very tricky clue to start the week. I thought the players would get this one. Just hope this week will have Eric make a four or five game run and hope for an easier final tomorrow, VJ. Aren’t Colorado and Colorado state the same? They should have just accepted the original response.
Two different colleges, both are public. Just like Oklahoma/OK State, Oregon/Oregon St.
“Colorado” refers to the University of Colorado, with main campus in Boulder. Colorado State University is a land-grant university (that started as an A&M) whose main campus is in Fort Collins. Two different school systems with separate governance.