Final Jeopardy: From the Greek (11-7-11)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/7/2011) in the category “From the Greek” was:
The word for a song element you won’t find in instrumentals comes from the name of this instrument.
Today is the 4th quarter-final match of the 2011 Tournament of Champions. The champions are Buddy Wright, from Fort Worth, TX; Erin McLean, from Danvers, MA; and Paul Kursky, from San Francisco, CA.
Buddy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science ‘K’lass” on the 4th clue chosen. He was in the lead with $800. Paul and Erin were both in the hole at minus $200. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
This noble gas used in high-speed photography lamps takes its name from the Greek for “hidden”. show
Buddy finished in the lead with $8,000. Erin was second with $4,800 and Paul was last with $1,600.
Erin found the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy! in “Verse Case Scenario.” She had $8,000, or “two-thirds of Buddy’s total,” as Alex put it. She bet $2,200 and thought it was “the sun also rises.” That was WRONG.
Longfellow: “Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; thy fate is the common fate of all, into each life” these four words. show
Buddy found the last Daily Double in “Notable Women.” He decided to bet $1,600 of his $13,600 and he was RIGHT. It sure looked like he wished he bet more.
Piloting Vostok 6, she orbited the Earth 48 times during her trip into space in 1963. show
Buddy finished in the lead with $16,800, not quite a runaway. Erin was next with $8,600 and Paul was in third place with $1,200.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS A LYRE?
If you look up the word “lyre” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, the first two entries shown are lyre and lyric, and right on the search page, it shows that lyre was first used around the 13th century to mean the musical instrument. Lyric came later in the 16th century and actually referred to a poem. Lyrics, meaning the words of a song, came along in the 19th century.
Paul bet everything and finished with $2,400.
Erin bet $7,403. That brought her up to $16,003.
Buddy bet $401 so he won the semi-final spot with $17,201.
There is only one more quarter-final game so Erin is a shoo-in for a Wild Card at this point and so is Jay Rhee ($16,401).
