Final Jeopardy: Famous Asians (2-6-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/6/2013) in the category “Famous Asians” was:
When this diplomat met the singer Psy in 2012, he said “Until 2 days ago… I was the most famous Korean in the world.”
The semi-finals begin today with two semi-finalists Barrett Block, a senior, and William Crouch, a sophomore. The third contestant is Wild Card winner, Irene Vasquez, an 8th grader.
Only one will advance to the Finals. The other two will leave with $10,000 each.
Irene found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “This is Crazy” before the first commercial break. She was in the lead with $2,200, $200 ahead of Barrett in second place. She made in a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Made it to the top of 22,600-foot Ojos Del Salado, one of the highest peaks in this mountain range. show
Irene finished with a serious lead of $9,600. William was second with $4,400 and Barrett was last with $3,800.
Barrett found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Anatom’E’.” He was in last place with $5,000, half of Irene’s lead. Barrett went with a true Daily Double, saying “Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I’m all in,” and he got it RIGHT.
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Barrett found the last Daily Double in “Art & Artists.” He had $14,800 when he found it and was awarded an extra $1,600 on a prior clue. That gave him $16,400, $4,000 more than Irene in second place, but Irene was awarded $800 too, because she wouldn’t have given a wrong answer if they had accepted Barrett’s answer. So now Barrett had $3,200 more than Irene. Hoo, boy! Barrett bet $4,000. It looked iffy for a second or two but he got it RIGHT.
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Barrett finished in the lead with $26,400. Irene was next with $14,000 and William was in third place with $8,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS BAN KI-MOON?
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of South Korea met with rapper Psy in late October of 2012. Here’s what he said without the ellipsis: “I’m a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world. Now I have to relinquish. I have no regrets.” (Gangnam Style Beats Bieber Youtube Record)
William wrote down “Kyi.” That cost him everything he had.
Irene took a shot with “Kim Jon-Un,” (really Jong-Un), North Korea’s current leader. She lost $13,900, finishing with $100.
Future politician Barrett got it right. He bet $1,601 and won the game with $28,001. We were betting Barrett would get it and now he can look forward to a shot at winning $75,000, and those of us who will be around in a couple of decades can look forward to Barrett bringing competency and accountability to our nation.
