Final Jeopardy: Famous Buildings (12-19-11)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/19/2011) in the category “Famous Buildings” was:
Recent evidence suggests that, despite its name, this 1599 building was a 20-sided icosagon.
Jason Keller returned today after winning Friday’s game and $28,200. Jason’s competition today: Derek Schuld from Wisconsin and Kathleen Schultz from Oregon.
Jason killed the “Bowl Game Cities” category gaining an early lead of $3,000. He had $6,000 by the first break.
Kathleen found the Jeopardy round Daily Double in “Doctor, Lawyer, Native American Leader.” She had $4,400 but did not feel like risking enough to overtake Jason’s lead of $7,400. She bet $2,000. That turned out to be a wise move since she did not know the answer and was WRONG.
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Jason finished in first place with $9,200. Kathleen had $4,400 and Derek was pulling up the rear, going into Double Jeopardy with $1,800.
Jason got the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Countries’ Local Names.” He had $10,800 and was doing fine in this category so he chose to bet $5,000. That turned out swell when he was RIGHT.
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Jason also got the second Daily Double in “Christmastime in New York.” He now had $18,200 and made another $5,000 bet. Well, you know, Jason is from Highland Park, New Jersey — a hop, skip and a jump from the Big Apple — so we thought he’d be comfortable betting a bit more. Of course, he was RIGHT. It would have been a bit strange if he didn’t know it.
Gingerbread men and hand-made ornaments are but a few of the items offered at the holiday market at this famous circle named for an Italian explorer. show
Jason finished in the lead with $27,600. Leslie was second with $19,200 and Derek was last with $8,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy right.
WHAT IS THE GLOBE THEATRE?
Everything you want to know about the Globe Theatre can be found on Globe Theatre History.org. A timeline provides important dates and events, including instances that the theatre was closed due to outbreaks of bubonic plague in London; William Shakespeare’s connection to the theatre and when some of his plays were performed.
As for an icosagon: In geometry, an icosagon is a twenty-sided polygon. The sum of any icosagon’s interior angles is 3240 degrees. (wikipedia)
Derek wrote down “What is the Duomo?” The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence, Italy) was begun in 1296 and completed in 1436. He bet it all and finished with zippo. Why does Alex say “Boo. Hiss”?
Kathleen chose the Parthenon (Athens, Greece). It was completed in 438 BC. She only plunked down $2,700 which left her with $16,500.
Jason didn’t even take a guess despite betting $11,000. No matter. He still emerged the champ, winning $16,600 today and bringing his 2-day total to $44,800.
