Sometimes You're Hot... Sometimes You're Not
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/10/2022) in the category “The Western Hemisphere” was:
Brazil stretches 2,700 miles from the Atlantic in the east to Serra do Divisor National Park on the border with this country in the west
4x champ Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, MN, has now won $105,801. With a spot in the Tournament of Champions on the line in Game 5, today’s competitors are: Randy Moss, an attorney from Walnut Creek, CA; and Siobhan Doherty, a voice and speech teacher orig. from Santa Barbara, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Where Am I? – Movies with Narrators – Animal Anagrams – The Shirt Off Our Back – U.S. Dates – Jane Austen-Tatious
Siobhan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Jane Austen-tatious” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in third place with $200, $4,200 less than Eric’s lead. Siobhan bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
Jane lived most of her life in this southern English county that lent its name to a “New” U.S. state show WHAT IS HAMPSHIRE?
Eric finished in the lead with $7,600. Randy was second with $5,400. Siobhan was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A History of Nonviolence – Notes for a Biography – Killer Tunes – Earth Science – Secret Services – P Is the Only Consonant
Eric found the first Daily Double in “Secret Services” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $17,200, $11,000 more than Randy in second place. Eric bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Security Service & Secret Intelligence Service are the British Agencies popularly known by these alphanumeric names show WHAT ARE MI-5 AND MI-6?
Eric got the last Daily Double in “A History of Nonviolence” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick. He was in the lead with $22,200 now, $13,200 more than Randy in second place. Eric bet $2,200 and he was RIGHT.
One story of this Lakota leader recalls him entering a battlefield, taking a seat & smoking a pipe show WHO IS SITTING BULL?
Eric finished in the lead with a runaway $28,400. Randy was second with $13,800 and Siobhan was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Serra do Divisor National Park is located in the state of Acre in the westernmost part of Brazil. It shares its western border with Peru along the Serra Divisor mountain range. The area was designated a national park on 6/16/1989 to protect and preserve ecosystems and natural resources. A 2013 Rainforest Trust campaign resulted in the establishment of the Sierra del Divisor National Park in 2015 on the Peruvian side of the border. According to this Mongabay article, the national park designation confers additional protections that benefit plants, animals and indigenous communities.
If you got this Final Jeopardy! clue wrong, don’t feel bad about it. Take 5 and a half minutes to watch the above video to see why South American geography can be a challenge, especially for North Americans! (I know the video time shows over 6 minutes, but there’s a one-minute promo at the end.)
Siobhan thought it was Ecuador (one of the two S.A. countries that don’t border Brazil). She only lost $5.00 and finished with $3,595.
Randy got it right. He gained $200 and finished with $14,000.
Eric went with Ecuador, too. He lost $400 and won this important game with $28,000. Eric’s 5-day total is $133,801.
A triple stumper from each round:
KILLER TUNES ($2000) Backed up by the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey & this man sang of the tragic fate of “Henry Lee”
EARTH SCIENCE ($2000) This geologic era that began around 65 million years ago is the one we’re living in today
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “18th Century Novels”
The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny show WHAT IS “GULLIVER’S TRAVELS”?
IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE SHOW OR COMPLAINTS, PLEASE SEND YOUR FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO JEOPARDY!
We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.
Thanks for that video VJ. Some nice trivia. I’d be tempted to ask the “longest French border” at the next family gathering, but disclosing the answer might result in objects thrown in my direction.
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Final Jeopardy: The Western Hemisphere (6-10-22)
Who Won Jeopardy Today: Early SPOILER
Final Jeopardy: Children’s Literature (6-9-22)
Seth Wilson’s Jeopardy Statistics
James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy Statistics
Matt Amodio’s Jeopardy Statistics
Final Jeopardy: The Western Hemisphere (6-10-22)
Final Jeopardy: Children’s Literature (6-9-22)
Final Jeopardy: American History (6-8-22)
Final Jeopardy: Writing Old & New (6-7-22)
Final Jeopardy: Greek Mythology (6-6-22)
Final Jeopardy: Technology (6-3-22)
Final Jeopardy: UNESCO World Heritage Sites (6-2-22)
Final Jeopardy: The Early 19th Century (6-1-22)
Final Jeopardy: Novel Quotes (5-31-22)
Final Jeopardy: In Memoriam 2022 (5-30-22)
Final Jeopardy: Say It in Italian (5-11-22)
Final Jeopardy: Sports & Entertainment (5-27-22)
Final Jeopardy: Historic Geography (5-26-22)
Final Jeopardy: UNESCO World Heritage Sites (6-2-22)
Final Jeopardy: The Early 19th Century (6-1-22)
Amazon Associate Disclosure: We use Amazon affiliate links to help support this site, at no cost to our visitors. For more info, please read our affiliate disclosure
Fikkle Fame © 2022. All Rights Reserved.