Final Jeopardy: International Road Vehicle Stickers
The Final Jeopardy question (4/26/2012) in the category “International Road Vehicle Stickers” was:
It’s the Constitutional Kingdom of more than 6 million whose road vehicle sticker is seen here.
Today’s new champ is Jacob Silverman, who won $18,799 in yesterday’s game. Today he faced off against these two new players: Lydia Brawner, from Oakland, CA and Ben Pirie from Portland, OR.
Jacob found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Interbrand: Top 100 Global Brands.” He was in the lead with $2,600, exactly $1,000 more than Lydia had and she was in second place. He bet $1,600 and he was RIGHT.
The only Finnish company on the list, it has 27% of the global cellphone market, the most of any company. show
Jacob finished in the lead with $8,000. Lydia was second with $3,000 and Ben was in third place with $200.
Ben found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Old Money.” He was still in third place, but had $2,200, $4,800 less than Lydia and $6,600 less than Jacob. He made it a true Daily Double, but misunderstood the clue and said “Pegasus.” That was WRONG. Alex had already judged him incorrect when he attempted to offer the correct answer, so it cost him everything he had.
Corinth minted its own coins call Pegasi that featured this type of animal in flight. show
No one got the next two clues. Then Ben found the last Daily Double in “World Capital Attractions.” He had zero money but he could still bet the Double Jeopardy! round allowance of $2,000. He did. It sounded like he said “Bilbo.” That was WRONG.
The Tower of Belem, built in the 1500s to honor Vasco da Gama. show
Jacob finished in the lead with a runaway $14,000. Lydia was next with $5,400 and Ben managed to get out of the hole and had $400.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS JORDAN (THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN)?
“Modern Jordan was founded in 1921, and it was recognized by the League of Nations as a state under the British mandate in 1922 known as The Emirate of Transjordan. In 1946, Jordan became an independent sovereign state officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. After capturing the West Bank area of Cisjordan during the 1948–49 war with Israel, Abdullah I took the title King of Jordan, and he officially changed the country’s name to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in April 1949.” (wikipedia)
Ben picked Hong Kong and that was revealed right after Alex said “I suppose there’s a great temptation to start thinking about Hong Kong, but then what would you do with the J?” He bet $399 so he finished with $1.00.
Lydia couldn’t help giggling because she also wrote down “Hong Kong.” She ended up with $4,400 because she only bet $1,000.
Jacob bet $3,000, crossed out “Hong Kong” and was trying to go for “Jamaica” when time ran out, so his answer read “Jamai.” But he still won the game with $11,000, which when added to yesterday’s take, gives him a 2-day total of $29,799.
And here are the real stickers for Hong Kong and Jamaica (See more vehicle stickers on DecalsGround.com):
Here’s a little postscript: We agree with Gretchen and Joy that Ben should have gotten that Pegasus Daily Double Jeopardy.
“Pegasus is one of the best known fantastical as well as mythological creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, usually depicted as white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa.” (wikipedia)
So it seems to us that just horse would be incorrect since Pegasus was a horse-god. Alex Trebek did not specify what the correct response was so we winged it (pardon the pun).
