Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (2-1-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/1/2012) in the category “Word Origins” was:
From the Arabic for “storehouse”, in 1731 it was first used to refer to a monthly storehouse of information.
Three brand new contestants kicked off the College Championship Tournament: Carrie Tian, a Harvard freshman from Greenville, SC; Charlie Rooney, a sophomore at Loyola from Minneapolis, MN, and Weston Manion (Cal Poly) from Arroyo Grande, CA.
Carrie found the Daily Double in the Jeopardy! round in the category “Children’s Books” before the commercial break. She had $1,000 and made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
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Weston finished in the lead with $7,400. Charlie was second with $7,200 and Carrie had $2,800.
In Double Jeopardy, Weston found the first Daily Double in “Mythology.” He had the lead with $13,300, $4,500 more than Charlie in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
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Weston also got the second Daily Double in “Food Fight.” He now had the lead with $11,000 more than Charlie who still had $8,800. He bet $4,800 and was RIGHT.
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Weston had the lead going into Final Jeopardy with $29,400. Charlie was second with $10,800, and Carrie was last with $4,800. “Weston rules today,” Alex pronounced, and after the break also pronounced him the winner before the Final Jeopardy clue was read.
Three correct Daily Doubles, but NONE of the players got Final Jeopardy RIGHT.
WHAT IS A MAGAZINE?
The Gentleman’s Magazine, first published in 1731, in London, is considered to have been the first general-interest magazine. Edward Cave, who edited The Gentleman’s Magazine under the pen name “Sylvanus Urban”, was the first to use the term “magazine”, on the analogy of a military storehouse of varied materiel, originally derived from the Arabic makhazin “storehouses”. (wikipedia)
Carrie said it was an almanac. The word is believed to derive from the Arabic al-manākh, meaning the climate, but it is an annual publication – just so we know why the word monthly was an important part of the clue. Almanacs have been around since the 13th century. She bet $4,799, bringing her total down to $1.
Charlie also chose almanac, bet $10,799, and that also left him with $1.
Weston thought it was a library. That’s been around way longer than magazines and almanacs. He bet $600, so he ended up with $28,800 and he’s going to the semi-finals.
