Final Jeopardy: The Continents (5-9-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/9/2013) in the category “The Continents” was:
It’s the continent that’s home to the most U.N. member countries, including a new one added in 2011.
Competing today for the 4th semi-final spot in the 2013 Jeopardy! College Championship Tournament are: Jack Houston, an Azusa Pacific sophomore from Lakeside, CA; Bill Driscoll, a Stanford senior from Carolina Beach, NC; and Cindy Cammarn, a Bowdoin junior from Charlotte, NC.
Cindy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Classic Novels” before the first commercial break. She was in second place with $800, $200 behind Bill and Jack who were tied for the lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
In this novel, banned in the U.S. until 1933, Molly Bloom & Stephen Dedalus represent Penelope & Telemachus. show
Cindy finished in the lead with $4,400. Jack was second with $4,000 and Bill was last with $3,000.
Bill found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Composers & Their Music.” He just got spanked hard on the previous clue so he was now in third place with $200, $4,200 behind Cindy’s lead. He bet half of the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
May 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the premier of this Stravinsky work & the accompanying riot. show
Bill found the last Daily Double in “We Have a New State Capital.” He was in third place but now had $1,200, $2,200 less than Cindy’s lead. He bet the whole $2,000 allowance this time and took a guess with Montpelier (VT). That was WRONG.
Replacing Wheeling. show
Cindy finished in the lead with $15,200. Bill made a great recovery, coming in second with $8,800. Jack was in third place with $4,400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
With South Sudan joining in 2011, the Africa Group of nations has a total of 54 member countries in the United Nations. The Asia-Pacific Group is next with 53 members. (Union Nations Regional Groups)
Jack got it right, adding $4,000 to his total. He finished with $8,400.
Bill thought it was Europe. That cost him $8,799 so he finished with a dollar.
Cindy also thought it was Europe. She only bet $2,500 so she won the match with $12,700 and gets added to the semi-finalist list:
Semi-Finalists (in money order):
Hannah Schoenhard … $26,000
Jim Coury ……………… $20,001
Cindy Cammarn ……… $12,700
Trevor Walker ….……… $12,001
The Wild Card list remains the same as yesterday:
Kristen Jolley ………… $19,000
Julia Sprangers ……… $16,400
Daniel Donohue …….. $14,000
Jed Silver ……………… $9,999
Thanks VJ. The system tells me my comment is too short so I’ll say thanks again.
We just looked at it on the DVR and Cindy definitely said SVU.
Age and hearing are both starting to affect me, but both me and my wife heard Cindy say Law and Order SUV instead of SVU. I make the same mistake a lot and maybe I just heard what I “thought I heard”. Did anybody else hear this?