Final Jeopardy: Mythology (9-29-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/29/2021) in the category “Mythology” was:
The Hippocrene Spring, sacred to the Muses, was so named because this offspring of Medusa brought it into being
30x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT has now won $1,107,401. In Game 31, he is up against: Daniel Pecoraro, a nonprofit manager and tour guide from Brooklyn, NY; and Adriana Granados, a student advisor from Fontana, CA.
Round 1 Categories: I Can Name that No. 1 ’80s Hit – The Non-Coastal U.S. – Webcams – 3-Letter Verbs – Monkey – Business
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Non-Coastal U.S.” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $3,800, $2,600 more than Daniel in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Oh, for an ocean breeze! In August 2020 the average high in this southwestern capital city was 111 degrees Fahrenheit. show
Matt finished in the lead with $12,400. Daniel was second with $5,000 and Adriana was last with $600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: See, It Starts with “Cl” – In the TV Kitchen – European History – I Nominate You for a Nobel Prize! – Southern Literature – City Words
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Southern Literature” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in first place with $15,200, $10,200 more than Daniel in second place. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
Set in rural Georgia, this novel told in the form of letters won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “I Nominate You for a Nobel Prize!” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick. Now leading with $26,400, he had $17,800 more than Daniel in second place. Matt bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1962 JFK nominated this First Lady from an earlier administration for the Nobel Peace Prize. show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $42,600. Daniel was next with $15,000 and Adriana was in third place with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to the website Greek Legends and Myths, “Pegasus is probably the most famous creation to appear in the tales of Greek mythology with the imagery of the winged horse still used in modern advertisements and emblems.” The legends associated with Pegasus include how Perseus beheaded Medua, resulting in a fully grown Pegasus springing from her neck.
Another story relates how the Muses’ singing caused Mount Helicon to swell in admiration. Pegasus was ordered by Poseidon to gallop over the mountain. Sacred springs were created around Ancient Greece wherever Pegasus’ hooves touched down, the most famous being the Hippocrene Spring. “Hippocrene” literally means “horse’s fountain”. Drinking its water was believed to confer poetic inspiration.
Adriana didn’t have a response. She lost her $800 bet and finished with $1,000.
Daniel thought it was a centaur. That cost him $9,622 and left him with $5,378.
Matt got it right. He bet $8,000 and won the game with $50,600. His 31-day total is $1,158,001. One more game to go to tie James Holzhauer’s 32-day streak.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
I CAN NAME THAT NO. 1 ’80s HIT ($800) “There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives, it’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me”
BUSINESS ($800) From the Latin for “untouchable”, it’s a term for assets such as patents, logos or customer love
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Natural Geographic Features”. This was the day that Jason Zuffranieri tied David Madden’s 2005 19-game streak.
Timely for 2018, in 1866 Mark Twain wrote of this landmark’s “sputtering jets of fire” & “heat from Pele’s furnaces” show
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Okay, that’s enough of the unsupported allegations. Please don’t post unsupported suspicions. If you must complain about it, there’s a direct link to write to Jeopardy! at the bottom of the recap.
I agree with Kathy. The staff allows Imodio to bend, if not completely break, rules by which all other contestants must abide. I have timed a few of his questionable responses and, I believe, it appears that he has been given leeway not afforded past participants. It’s difficult enough to play someone who has the advantage of familiarity (with the set). Why “handcuff” the newbies trying to unseat the champ? Shouldn’t they be afforded a level field?
Thanks for this! I lost signal just before Final yesterday, so was wanting to know how the game ended. Love this site! You’ve been bookmarked!
Thanks, Kell 😁
Here’s a way to prove that omitting the leading article has long been accepted: search on “leading article” on J-Archive and you will find a whole page full of clues going back to 1985 where it’s been allowed.
1985-09-12 “DANCE” SONGS $500: “Men Without Hats” should have worn hard hats to sing this ’84 hit — there’s a notation above “The Safety Dance” that says “Richard did not give the leading article in the song title and neither did Alex”
I think it would be a lot harder to make a case on the “more specific” type of response unless one can find the game where half a response was accepted vs. the game were half a response elicited a “be more specific” request
THE was specifically excluded a few years ago as a requirement for the answer .
Why – Because otherwise you might stumble in using “the” twice.
Formally, the answer might have been what is
the “The Color Purple”,.
Yes, I wondered about ‘the’ color purple too. I thought maybe I just didn’t hear his answer correctly.
You’ll never get away with this before 2021 ends, Matt.
I am happy to see matt winning once again. He is so humble I tell you and also speaking of pegasus, there is a novel called Pegasus in space though I am not sure if any of you here have heard of it @Rhonda and @Vj? Pegasus is also in the animated series Beyblade Metal series aside from being used in mythology. I think Matt might just be able to tie with James Holzhauer and maybe go after Ken’s streak now.
Thank you! I had to miss today’s episode (9-29-21) due to work. I am so glad to see that Matt Amodio won! He is such a gracious and humble young man.
Yes, indeed.
Comments here calling Matt “humble” and “gracious”. I have to say he’s anything but. He’s an arrogant person who continually mocks the spirit of the game by saying “What’s” to every response.The response in a question-format is what sets J! apart from other quiz shows. Therefore, the question should be properly worded. Otherwise it just shows total disrespect for this beautifully crafted show. And disrespect is what this conceited menace shows by giving responses like “What’s Churchill?” or “What’s Roosevelt?” It’s shameful that no one on the crew had the sense to pull him aside very early on in his run and knock some sense in his head.
Another thing pointed out by someone else yesterday, he refuses to say “make it a true daily double”. Mayim has been saying it for him the past few games. That remark adds to the game experience for watchers, but saying it is somehow beneath this person. Shameful!
Wow
Wow, could you be any more angry and judgemental toward a person you know nothing about in regard to a game show? Relax, enjoy the game and more importantly, for heaven’s sake, choose your battles.
He’s still asking a question, not a huge deal. Lots of people don’t say “true daily double” either.
I’m surprised they didn’t get him for not saying “the” in “the color purple” though
@klm, I honestly don’t see anything arrogant about Matt based on the things you have brought up. These little eccentricities that some contestants adopt have been going on for years now… joke answers, saying anything other than “true Daily Double”, not using the leading article (a, an, the). In other words, it’s nothing new, except for this time around, Mayim likes to say “true Daily Double” after Matt doesn’t. I find that most amusing.
I just took a look at #jeopardy on Twitter where there’s an insane amount of tweets complaining about “what’s” even though the show itself has addressed this. It makes me wonder if there can be that many new viewers tuning in these days. Long-time viewers really should know that saying “what’s” is answering in the form of a question.
I have also noticed that he doesn’t give full answers giving alot of last names and leaving out the first names that in past would never have counted as a correct answer. It is like they are deliberately insuring his winning streak.
I’m pretty sure last names always counted as correct answers on Jeopardy. Just my opinion but in today’s world of social media and social scrutiny I don’t think a program as well received as Jeopardy would ever deliberately ensure someone’s victory.