Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Geography) for Wednesday, April 25, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 163):
In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific oceans
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Krishna Veeraraghavan, a sales analyst from Seattle, Washington |
Jen Regan, a travel marketer from North Bergen, New Jersey |
Randy Mathews, a fragrance specialist from Houston, Texas (1-day total: $20,000) |
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Correct response: What is British Columbia?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871 because Canada agreed to take over the massive debts incurred by the British Columbia colony in the years prior, as gold rushes in the previous decade had ceased and the colony’s economy was in depression. Additionally, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald promised that Canada would build a transcontinental railroad to British Columbia, a project that was eventually completed in 1885.
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Scores going into Final:
Randy $7,600
Jen $7,400
Krishna -$4,200
Tonight’s results:
Krishna -$4,200
Jen $7,400 + $7,380 = $14,780 (1-day total: $14,780)
Randy $7,600 – $7,401 = $199 (What is Saskatchewan??)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jen $4,200
Randy $2,400
Krishna $1,800
Opening break taken after: clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE BIG MONEY $800 (19th pick)
Krishna 3600 -3600 (Jen 2800 Randy 600)
2) PLANET EARTH $1200 (3rd pick)
Krishna 2600 +2000 (Jen 4200 Randy 2800)
3) BALL $1600 (15th pick)
Randy 4400 -1600 (Jen 5800 Krishna 2200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -59
Unplayed clues:
J! round: CROSSOVER TV $1000
DJ! Round: SINGERS $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $3,000
Game Stats:
Jen $7,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer
Randy $9,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
Krishna -$1,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 9 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score $15,200
Lach Trash: $17,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,800
Randy Mathews, final stats:
39 correct, 8 incorrect
36.94% in first on buzzer (41/111)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Jen Regan, stats to date:
11 correct, 1 incorrect
18.18% in first on buzzer (10/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400
Jen Regan, to win:
2 games: 27.16%
3: 7.37%
4: 2.00%
5: 0.54%
6: 0.15%
Avg. streak: 1.373 games.
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Well, since Canada started in the east, and BC is the only part of Canada on the Pacific coast, it was easy for me to answer. I wonder if anyone will guess Newfoundland (and Labrador), which was much later (1949?).
No, the question is will anyone guess a prairie province? 🙂
Speaking of the Prairies, those are the only two provinces I haven’t visited (MB and SK), but I will be remedying that on a trip to them in a few months.
I’ve visited British Columbia many times and most of the others, having lived in New York and Maine as well as Michigan now, but I have to confess that I have never thought about the specific dates involved. It will be interesting to see how everyone fares tonight.
We were in BC two summers ago and even toured the provincial parliament building in Victoria, though I didn’t remember the year they became a province.
I hadn’t noticed that Randy was from Houston. I guess his knowledge of Canadian provinces is probably about as good as my knowledge of Mexican states.
I think the phrasing of the question will throw a lot of folks off. “In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific oceans.”
Grammatically, I read the question as implying a single Canadian province’s addition to Canada literally gave Canada coasts on both Oceans that they did not previously have.
The first clue of the Double Jeopardy round begins, “The sun’s surface can reach 10,000 degrees…”
The sun is completely gaseous. Can something completely gaseous have a “surface”? I’ve always considered “surface” to require either a solid, or at least liquid, state. (Or at least more of a defined transition than any point in the sun could have.)
Thoughts?
My mind very briefly went to PEI upon seeing the date (that colony was admitted two years later), but “Pacific” refocused me properly.
“Additionally, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald promised that Canada would build a transcontinental railroad to British Columbia, a project that was eventually completed in 1885.”
Of course, Macdonald is notorious vis-a-vis the CPR for what he and his government were promised and received: bribes, the revelations of which forced him from office; he returned to power five years later.
I have a question. Does anyone remember the clue with the correct answer “GLACIERS”? Trying to share it with a friend in Antarctica as we speak and I’m drawing a blank. I got the answer right because my friend talked on FACEBOOK that day about climbing glaciers!
PLANET EARTH $1200: Striations are the scratches these large masses leave behind as they travel for thousands of years
Andy! Thank you so much! How did you do that? I am impressed.
And profoundly grateful to you for your help.
No problem!
I still had the recording available, so I just went back and got the information.