Final Jeopardy: Innovations (9-29-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/29/2022) in the category “Innovations” was:
Seen by a worldwide audience in 1970, black pentagons were added to these to help viewers follow them better on TV
3x champ David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, WA, has now won $55,799. In Game 4, his opponents are: Moira Smith, an accountant from Washington, D.C.; and Sonalee Rau, a life sciences consultant from New York, NY.
Round 1 Categories: The Ex-Country – Stay Healthy – Making the Rounds – Religion – Characters on the TV Show – Beastly Talk
Moira found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Ex-Country” under the $1,000 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,000, nobody else was on the board. Moira made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
This central European dual state got divided into 2 new countries in 1918, each keeping half of the original name show
David finished in the lead with $6,400. Moira was in second place with $4,400. Sonalee was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Reading Rainbow – The Beatle’s Non-Beatles Hit – U.S. Counties – From Dawn to Dusk – Pirates! – There’s a Price on My Head
David found the first Daily Double in “U.S. Counties” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in second place with $11,600, $6,400 less than Moira in second place. David bet $3,500 and he was RIGHT.
It’s not only the northernmost section of Texas, it’s the name of the seat of Carson County up there show
Sonalee got the last Daily Double in “Reading Rainbow” under the $800 clue with 6 clues left after it. In a tie for second place with Moira at $5,200, she had $14,700 less than David’s lead. Sonalee bet $2,000 and guessed “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” as she ran out of time. That was WRONG anyway.
In this novel little Pearl tells her mom “The sunshine does not love you… because it is afraid of something on your bosom” show
David finished in the lead with a runaway $22,300. Moira and Sonalee were tied for second place with $4,800. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS A SOCCER BALL?
Soccer Ball World says: “The revolutionary design of Telstar re-wrote soccer ball history: it was the first white football ever to be decorated with black pentagons. Mexico 1970 was the first live televised FIFA World Cup and the revolutionary design of Telstar. The name derives from “Star of Television” which made the ball far more visible on black and white television. Until this day, the Adidas Telstar remains the common design type of all generic soccer balls.” They have additional information over there as well as photos of the official ball provided by soccer fans.
As the clue indicated, the black pentagons were added to make it easier for television viewers to follow the ball. Since the advent of color television, soccer balls can have any design. They even have them with unicorns and glitter for kids!
Sonalee thought it was closed captions. She only lost $1.00 and finished with $4,799.
Moira didn’t have a response and she didn’t bet anything either so her score remained $4,800.
David came up with hockey pucks. He only lost $1.00 but he had $22,299 left to win the game with. David Sibley now has a 4-day total of $78,098. A win tomorrow of at least $21,902 will bring him up to $100K.
Reversal: FROM DAWN TO DUSK ($1200) It’s a coarse fabric used to make coats as well as bags – Moira responded with “denim” but “duffel” was the answer Ken was looking for. Later, the judges okayed Moira’s response because it fits everything in the category and clue.
A triple stumper from each round:
STAY HEALTHY ($1000) While it won’t help you Wolverine-style, this water-soluble vitamin helps heal wounds & is needed to make collagen
PIRATES! ($1200) For centuries, pirates employed these oar-powered ships to catch vessels in the calm waters of the Mediterranean
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Astronomy”
Discovered in 1967, the 1st of these stars was dubbed LGM-1– the perceived signal was jokingly thought to be from little green men show
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David has automatically qualified for the tournament of Champions next year.
Yeah, as if any of the contestants were to get the FJ right. Actually, all I could come up with was ‘closed captions’.
So far the FJ! has been tough this week and this is our third triple stumper of the week but on the bright David is now a four day champ and he will wrap up the week to become a 5 day champ and securing his spot in next year’s TOC.
That’s why we got our first losing week of the season as Jennings gets his third win.