Final Jeopardy: 11-3-14 to 11-7-14
Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of November 3, 2014, with links to the full recaps.
Mon, Nov 3 – Correct answers: 0 (out of only 2 players left for FJ)
Accepting his 1922 Nobel prize in Stockholm, he spoke of the “intellectual solidarity” in the Scandinavian countries.
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Tue, Nov 4: Correct answers: 1
After Washington & FDR, he is, perhaps fittingly, the president who appointed the most Supreme Court Justices. show
Wed, Nov 5 – Correct answers: 3
Illustrations by this man show why his name has become the standard for children’s book artistry. show
Thurs, Nov 6 – Correct answers: 0
The Hiram Bingham Highway, opened in 1948, is the last leg linking Machu Picchu with this World Heritage site, a city about 50 miles off. show
Fri, Nov 7 – Correct answers: 1
This NFL team’s logo is the only one that is a plant. show
The hue and cry has gone out over Friday’s FJ, but whether there will be any feedback remains to be seen. In the meantime, here is the Champ Roundup for this week. We had a new champ every day: Casey LaPlante (Mon), Caitlin Malcuit (Tues), Hillary Huttenhower (Wed), Charles Brower (Thu) and Jennifer Healy (Fri)
At long last, The Tournament of Champions! Here is the lineup for next week’s games, courtesy of Keith Williams of The Final Wager. Click on the image for a larger size.
did i misunderstand question what song aired in 1960 would like to turn you on should not it said the 1960s beatles was not around in the early 60s late 60s 64 i believe repose question 1960s not 1960
THE FRIDAY SHOW CRIES OUT FOR A DO-OVER.
It seems they changed some staff members at j. i can NOT remember so many mishaps ever before. this all started already before the summer break. the tournament of the decades: it seemed that even j did not know what would be on the air and when. normally they would explain the format and give a schedule, and the last two weeks had very shaky stuff in it, culminating in friday’s fj, where CLEARLY the team was asked for and not the logo (plant).
charles is and should be the winner by rule. had they dinged jennifer for the wrong answer, charles would have had the most money left.
if they don’t do anything about this, at least address the issue and apologize plus bring charles back, j will drop several grades as far as fairness and quality are concerned, at least in my opinion.
I’d guess the problem with a possible do-over would be that Charles read the question the same way as Jennifer did. He thought they were asking for the plant, too.
True. I found it odd not one contestant named an NFL team. Weird!
he did. but still jennifer’s answer was wrong too, since they asked for the TEAM. she should not have been credited with a correct answer. AFTER the replies and judgements were revealed, alex said “we would have accepted either one”. had he said it BEFORE, then jennifer’s reply should stand as judged.
either way, the whole thing – and not just friday – left/created a bad taste as far as i am concerned and what is especially missing are clarity and consistency.you can’t simply justify any outcome with rules you reveal when the game is OVER. if one were so inclined s/he could make a case for the game being “fixed”, and not just the latest one.
I agree that Alex should have said they would accept the team or the plant first and I agree that more weird things have cropped up recently, close together, than any other time I can recall.
I do remember that they made a pretty far out mistake in FJ back in June of 2012 — It was about Bible Events where they got Pentecost mixed up with the Last Supper.
well, once in awhile is ok. nobody is perfect. but as you so correctly pointed out, it is rather the rule than the exception lately for j to make DECISIVE mistakes. it’s a deluge, so to speak.
Doesn’t matter. Her answer was wrong, so was here, that’s how it should be decided, not that they are both idiots and didn’t read the question right.