Final Jeopardy: Newspapers (9-24-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/13/2013) in the category “Newspapers.” was:
On July 23, 2013, this best-selling British tabloid re-spelled its name on its masthead to honor big British news.
2-day champ Matt Volk is up to $34,400 in take-home pay. Today he is up against two new opponents: Loni Geerlings, from Redwood, CA; and Neal Pollock, from Austin, TX.
Before beginning the first round, Alex acknowledged that people “seem to prefer” when the whole board is finished, so he plans on cutting out his preambles. Then they had a video CNN category in the first round, complete with long clues being read on location — but they still finished the whole board, so maybe it is the preambles!
Loni found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Novel Wives” before the first break. She was in third place with $1,400, $600 behind Matt’s lead. She bet $500 and she was RIGHT.
“Z” by Therese Anne Fowler is a novel about this real literary wife. show
Loni finished in the lead with $8,300. Matt was second with $6,800 and Neal was last with $600.
Neal found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “4-Letter U.S. Cities.” He was still in third place with $5,000, $6,500 behind Loni’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
It’s the biggest city on the “Big Island”. show
Loni found the last Daily Double in “Heavenly Bodies.” In the lead with $13,500, she had $1,100 more than Matt in second place. She bet $1,500. All she could come up with was “the sky” and even she knew that was WRONG.
This word found in the first chapter of the King James bible means the vault of heaven. show
Neal finished this tight game in the lead with $14,000. Matt was next with $12,800 and Loni was right behind him with $12,000.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE SUN (THE SON)?
On July 23, 2013, British tabloid, The Sun, changed its masthead to honor the July 22nd birth of Prince George of Cambridge, the first son of Prince William and his wife, Catherine.
A little joke: The Royal Mail (British mail service) didn’t switch to the Royal Male.
Loni bet it all and finished with $24,000.
Matt bet $12,200, finishing with $25,000.
Neal bet $12,000. And we have a new champ. He won the game with a total of $26,000.
on the other subject, i love the understated british humor, or rather humour. often making fun of themselves. and like a good martini-dry.
ah yes, hindsight is always 20/20.
still i would go for broke. whether i lose by 1 buck or a bundle does not matter. but at least i would have a CHANCE for a tie. but that’s just me.
ha ha ha, yes very un-British, I say! I know the Royal Mail would never do that — that’s why I prefaced it with ‘a little joke.’
I guess you can never really be too sure what to bet. Look at the DDs in this game. You can kick yourself after you bet too little on an easy clue, or you can kiss yourself after you didn’t bet too much on a clue you blew. Both scenarios happened to Loni today.
as a p.s.: The Royal Mail is a royal institution and would never stoop to word games. that would be un-british….a scandal, i say! :)
in this case it did not matter, but i never understand why the second placed player does not wager everything in a situation like that. what if the leader plays for a tie???
or bet nothing and hope he is wrong. but we had often players who liked a tied game. boy, i would kick myself if i HAD bet it all and HAD become co-champion….
would be a bummer (to put it mildly…)