Final Jeopardy: Nobel Peace Prize Winners (4-11-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/11/2023) in the category “Nobel Peace Prize Winners” was:
At times they each lived on Vilakazi St. In Soweto, so it claims to be the world’s only street home to 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners.
New champ Robbi Ramirez, a writer from Orlando, FL, won $23,800 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Mark Sutch, a theater professor from Concord, NC; and Kat Jepson, an artist orig. from Virginia Beach, VA.
Round 1 Categories: Bad Boys in Books – Architecturally Speaking – I Got the Receipts – A Presidential Last Name – Whales – Time for a “Little” Music
Robbi found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Bad Boys in Books” under the $1,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,200, $2,000 more than Kat in second place. Robbi bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
”You’ve been brought up bad… Fagin will make something of you” says this rascal to Oliver Twist show
Robbi finished in the lead with $7,400. Kat was second with $4,600. Mark was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: No, Prime Minister – Adapters – One Hot MoMA – The I.V. League – Queen Victoria Geography – A Language of Consonant Plus Vowel
Kat found the first Daily Double in “A Language of Consonant Plus Vowel” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in second place with $9,000, $1,200 less than Robbi’s lead. Kat bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
This rhyming pair are the 12th & 13th letters of the Greek alphabet show
Kat got the last Daily Double in “One Hot MoMA” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. In the lead with $12,400, she had $3,400 more than Robbi in second place. Kat bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
His “Number 1A, 1948”, which includes some of his handprints has been on exhibit in the David Geffen Galleries show
Kat finished in the lead with $23,800. Mark was second with $13,600. Robbi was last with $7,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE NELSON MANDELA & DESMOND TUTU?
The Mandela House is located at 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was home to Nelson Mandela and family from 1946 to 1962. Mandela donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust in 1997 and it is now a museum, open to the public. Desmond Tutu moved into a nearby house in 1975 and, according to Wikipedia, still lived there in 2011. It is not open to the public.
Desmond Tutu won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. Nelson Mandela shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk. All were so honored for their work in ending apartheid. In 2007, Tutu’s Nobel medal was stolen from his Soweto home but was later recovered by the police.
Robbi picked Henry Kissinger and Angela Merkel. He lost $7,300 and finished with $100.
Mark had Mandela and Gandhi. He bet and lost his whole $13,600.
Kat had Mandela and was going for Obama. She lost $3,401 but won the game with the remaining $20,399. Kat Jepson is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from I GOT THE RECEIPTS:
($200) My friend, I can put you in a Ghost from this British car maker today… if you happen to have $400,000
($600) In 1989 Jerry Jones bought this NFL team for $140 million; a decent investment, as it’s worth more than $7 billion today
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th Century American History”
A biography of him: “In a sweltering, dimly lit cabin, its window shades closed…his first presidential decisions were made” show
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4 Nobel Peace Prize winners have lived at the White House: Barack Obama 2009, Jimmy Carter 2002, Woodrow Wilson 1919, Teddy Roosevelt 1906
I really don’t see a basis for comparison there. They all lived at the same place when they were in office as President.
In Soweto, Mandela and Tutu lived in two different houses that were not residences connected with their positions.
That address usage doesn’t hold water imo because all individuals were politicians at the time of residency and employees of the Government. It’s akin to using 10 Downing Street in England.
True, Jacob, and there’s also the fact that Soweto was a segregated community. This interesting article by an author who grew up there, The Gentrification of Soweto, describes the then and now.
VJ, Thank you for the link. Very informative. I saw the comments about the White House over the Internet yesterday. Never thought they would find their way over here. That’s like comparing apples and oranges.
If people want to open that Pandora’s Box they overlooked the former residents of Harvard University who have won Nobel Peace Prizes. Just saying!
I thought Robbi had potential to be a multi-day champ, but he fizzled today. Great comeback by Kat, and that $5K DD wager was pretty gutsy.
I felt confident in Mandela/Gandhi, because the latter had once lived in S Africa. Oops.
How did no one know the British $400K ghost car? And I was sure at least 1 of them would come up with the Riksdag’s country. I cringe when Jeopardy players don’t know sports. Jerry Jones is very well-known,. The Mookie-Hack connection was tougher, but longtime fans know about Hack’s record 190 RBIs.
Gandhi did live in Johannesburg, Howard, but he left Africa before Mandela and Tutu were even born. Gandhi was a lot older than they were. Also, Mandela was more than 10 years older than Tutu.
Howard, I was shocked by the Jerry Jones triple stumper too. I thought most people were familiar with the Cowboys…sports fans or not. Forbes Magazine and other news outlets always list them as the #1 NFL. Team in value and Jerry Jones name is attached as owner. Perhaps they need to make Superbowl appearances more frequently. LOL.
To be honest, I can’t say too much because I could only come up with Mandela for fj within 30 seconds. I got brain fog and Desmond Tutu never came to mind. 😣
I came up with the right answer to the final super quick, thought this one was pretty easy.
I came up with Mandela right off the bat, and I thought the other one was F. W. De Clerk (although I just couldn’t remember his name).
I think Frederik Willem de Klerk was an excellent guess. He was born in Johannesburg and was active in apartheid but did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. He also died in 2021. I think Desmond Tutu got a little more media attention which is why I remembered him. I’m very impressed you remembered de Klerk.
And that is our first triple stumper this week as today’s final was a tough one.
Today’s final wasn’t that tough as Nelson Mandela was obviously a clear choice. Actually, it was the second one that proved to be the stumper.
I am so disappointed the final jeopardy clue was a miss for all the contestants. I admit Nelson Mandala was the easier of the two but Desmond Tutu died in 2021 so I can’t even blame age as a factor for the players. Perhaps we should encourage a little more “world” history study so our focus can be broadened. Good examples and wise ideas come from many parts of the globe. It would be a shame to be unaware of them. Note to VJ – hope the doctor’s appointment was routine. We care about you.
Thanks for the well wishes, Sam. I was also shocked at the results. It was kind of a shame that it didn”t come to Kat when she had time to write down 4 letters.