Final Jeopardy: The Continents (9-28-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/28/2021) in the category “The Continents” was:

It’s the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator & the prime meridian

29x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT won $1,037,001 so far. In Game 30, his opponents are: Stu Selonick, a TV writer from Los Angeles, CA; and Lori Waters, a retired teacher from New Braunfels, TX.

Round 1 Categories: Entertainment & the NMAAHC – Signs & Symbols – Books for Kids – Missing Poisons Unit – Put It in the Province – Going “Green”

Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Signs & Symbols” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick. He was in the lead with $5,200, $4,200 more than Stu in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

This music symbol indicates the name & pitch of notes on that staff. show

WHAT IS CLEF?

Matt finished in the lead with $14,000. Stu was second with $2,400 and Lori was last with $2,200. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: From Gray’s Anatomy – Vocabulary – Middle Name, Please – Historic Speeches – Life & Work in Ancient Rome – & In a Supporting Role

Matt found the first Daily Double in “From Gray’s Anatomy” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick. He was in first place with $24,800, $20,800 more than Troy in second place. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.

It “is the main trunk of a series of vessels which convey the oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body.” show

WHAT IS THE AORTA?

On the very next pick, Matt got the last Daily Double in “Historic Speeches” under the $800 clue. Now leading with $30,800, he had $26,800 more than Troy in second place. Matt bet $10,000 and he was RIGHT.

“My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States”, began the first of these talks in 1933. show

WHAT ARE THE FIRESIDE CHATS?

Matt finished with a runaway $48,400. Stu was next with $12,000 and Lori was in third place with $3,800. No clues went uncovered.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS AFRICA?

From WorldAtlas.com: “While the hemispheres separate the majority of the continents, Africa lies in all four hemispheres of the earth, which are the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemisphere. Therefore, Africa can be described as the only continent that has its land crossed by both the Prime Meridian and the Equator.”

Also, see The 4 Hemispheres of the World for a lot more information, as well as the locations of all the continents.

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Lori bet $3,799 and finished with $7,599.

Stu’s $4,000 bet brought him up to $16,000.

Matt bet a whopping $22,000 and won the game with $70,400. This is not Matt’s highest single day winnings. He made $74,000 in his 7th game on 7/29/2021. Matt’s 30-day total is $1,107,401 and he is now only 2 games away from matching James Holzhauer in number of games won.

A triple stumper from each round:

MISSING POISONS UNIT ($1000) Also called woolsorters’ disease, ____ is caused by bacteria in farm animals & in humans exposed to them

LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME ($1000) An auspex read omens from watching the movements of these animals from which the word auspex partly derives

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Colleges & Universities”

The 1862 Morrill Act gave states Federal acreage to sell for school funds, leading to the creation of 69 of these show

WHAT ARE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES (or UNIVERSITIES)?

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