Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. Military Equipment) for Thursday, March 4, 2021 (Season 37, Game 114):
The U.S. Army’s tradition of naming these began with the Sioux, used in the Korean War
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Today’s contestants:
Chauncey Lo, a student from Los Altos, California
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Jim Cooper, a screenwriter from Pacific Palisades, California
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Melis Sahin-Collins, a data analyst from Redondo Beach, California (1-day total: $2,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Melis won yesterday’s match after making a very smart Final Jeopardy! wager that panned out when the two tied contestants ahead of her both missed Final and bet everything. Now, she gets to do battle with Chauncey and Jim. If Melis can figure out the timing on the signalling device, she will really increase her chances of winning Game #2.
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Correct response: What are helicopters?
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The tradition of naming U.S. Army helicopters after Native American tribes dates back to Army Gen. Hamilton Howze, who named the H-13 helicopter the Sioux, in honor of the Native Americans who fought against the United States in the Sioux Wars and defeated the Americans at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. (Howze was dissatisfied with the names previous helicopters had been given, Hoverfly and Dragonfly.) Going forward, the U.S. Army continued to honor Native American tribes by giving its helicopters names such as Apache, Black Hawk, Chinook, and Lakota.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jim $11,600
Chauncey $8,600
Melis $7,000
Tonight’s results:
Melis $7,000 – $900 = $6,100 (What is a missile?)
Chauncey $8,600 + $700 = $9,300 (What are helicopters?)
Jim $11,600 + $5,700 = $17,300 (What are helicopters?) (1-day total: $17,300)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Chauncey $4,400
Melis $3,400
Jim $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE KING OF TV $400 (clue #14)
Jim 600 -1000 (Melis 2000 Chauncey 2600)
2) TERMS FROM HISTORY $2000 (clue #10)
Jim 4200 +1000 (Melis 4600 Chauncey 4800)
3) IN LATIN, PLEASE $1200 (clue #26, $5600 left on board)
Chauncey 10400 -3000 (Melis 7000 Jim 10800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -105
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: BIBLE BABES $2000
Total Left On Board: $2,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 155 (1.36 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jim $13,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 6 incorrect, 37.50% in first on buzzer (21/56), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Chauncey $11,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Melis $7,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer (14/56), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,200
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,400
Melis Sahin-Collins, career statistics:
22 correct, 8 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
21.24% in first on buzzer (24/113)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,500
Jim Cooper, career statistics:
21 correct, 6 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
37.50% in first on buzzer (21/56)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
Chauncey Lo, career statistics:
15 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Jim Cooper, to win:
2 games: 36.126%
3: 13.051%
4: 4.715%
5: 1.703%
6: 0.615%
Avg. streak: 1.566 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Chauncey’s Final Jeopardy! bet today was unnecessarily risky; if he thought that Melis was going to bet small, he should have bet no more than $599, in order to defend against the full range of Melis’ small bets.
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This is one where paying attention to the category title will be very important. It helps to focus the clue and keeps you from wasting time thinking about when the Army starting nicknaming Divisions, and that sort of thing. Even then, the military loves to nickname its equipment, so hopefully the contestants pick up on the Native American part of the clue. A contestant with military experience will have an edge in this one.
Also, you’ll notice that if the reverse happened, Melis & Chauncey would have tied at $7,900, and that would have been another tiebreaker opportunity that we missed out on.
The mention of Sioux in FJ! was a dead give away for me as a U.S. Army veteran.
Jim wagered what he had to (and a little bit more). That, plus a little bit of military knowledge, won him the game.
Congratulations Jim!
Andy: Do you know what the least amount of money a previous Jeopardy champion has ever won. Just curious. Thank you 😊.
I know there were multiple who won a game with one dollar, but if for any one of them it was their first and only win and came in third the next day to make it the minimum of $1,001 won by a champion, that I do not know.
Thank you MarkO.
One response was Mayor Richard Daley. But it seems to me that the host should have asked which Mayor Daley…the Sr or the Jr.
Regarding the FJ subject matter–in recent days there has been considerable news regarding certain Cherokee leaders asking Jeep to change the name of their Cherokee/Grand Cherokee vehicles. Has there been any similar concerns about the use of indigenous names for helicopters or other military equipment? While I get the argument that it’s meant to honor those groups, I could see some having concerns about the true intent at the time the practice started, or the use of their name for a primarily offensive military vehicle. (Note, in that last usage, I meant “offensive” as an antonym of “defensive”, rather than as a synonym of “offending”.)
The answer “helicopters” was not exactly correct. In 1953, the Army began naming its “fixed wing” aircraft after Indian tribes as well. (Example. OV-1 Mohawk, U-21 Ute, U-8 Seminole, C-12 Huron etc)
There’s always an exception to the rule and the Army’s naming plan is a prime case .. The Cessna O-1 observation plane entered service in 1951 as the “Bird Dog” and the name stuck so well, it was officially named that and it served well in both Korea and Vietnam .
On the other hand, the famous UH-1 assault helicopter of the Vietnam War ( think the Col Kilgore scene in Apocalypse Now or We Were Soldiers) was given an official Indian tribe name of “Iroquois” . But most troops hated the name and instead called it the “Huey”, reflecting its nomenclature H-U (Helicopter Utility) .
The famous DeHavilland Canada purchase of the U-6, U-1 and CV-2 short takeoff and landing aircraft in the 50s by the Army was an anomaly in that these aircraft kept their “Canadian” names of Beaver, Otter and Caribou till they were retired from US service in the early 70s.