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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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Jeopardy was preempted here because of the gubernatorial debate in New Joisey, boo hiss.
@Rhonda, same here. J Archive has today clues up already.
Thanks for letting me know, Jacob.
Wow! 30 games! I love it!
Also VJ, your site is very neat! I love how you made it! Thanks for 11 years of your support, kindness and achievements throughout the history.
30 wins is a big accomplishment for Matt and still it makes me enjoy his run so far on the show. He is on a roll so far. Though if he keeps this up he could end up cleaning up October in order to catch up to james and Ken. He is inching closer to the 32 win mark. VJ wasn’t africa a part of a clue in landlocked countries during gil collins run in 2018?
First Daily Double should read …name and pitch… not name and page. I got the right answer but was confused until I checked the Jeopardy Archive.
Thank you for maintaining this site. I love it.
Thanks, Judy. 😀 That’s fixed now.
I have watched all of Matt’s shows so far and I look forward everyday to seeing him win again. It is just amazing and mind boggling to hear him answer all those questions! Makes the show so much more interesting and something to look forward everyday when you have someone like Matt or James on there and they have their amazing winning streaks. Go Matt & keep it up! You can catch James & Ken!
Go Matt Go!
If he would only stop saying ” what’s “.
To each his own, but personally, I don’t see how saying “what’s” to everything helps him save thinking time. To me, it would require less thinking and be more natural to say “who’s” when appropriate.
Same thing with the daily doubles — it would require less thinking to just say “make it a true Daily Double”
Come on, Matt. We’ve had enough of this nonsense. It’s time to let someone else win tomorrow.
We’ll we’ll see how things work out tomorrow whether Matt can keep going or go home. Winning 30 games is a lot.
@Richard Corliss – However you want it, make it your opinion. It is not nonsense to me, but it can be to you. I don’t think he is being greedy either, but if he is, then it is probably in a decent way.
Smells like a bet to me and I’m not losing a bet, Kevin Cheng.
i agree with richard. runaway games are boring. there’s nothing to look forward too halfway through round 2 and most times even earlier by the end of round 1. the element of suspense is gone.
I respect agreement.
We haven’t had a new Jeopardy! champion since July 21st.
Thank you, klm.
I got to say that Season 38 got off to an excellent so far and $70,400 is the highest payday so far this season.
@KevinCheng – That’s also familiar to how he won $74,000 on Thursday’s game. It’s very simple to compare it because $74,000 was probably the highest win ever in Season 37. $70,400 is a very big amount either. I hope Matt wins tomorrow and let’s see how it goes.