Happy Tuesday! It’s Day 2 of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s guest-hosting stint; $18,400 was raised yesterday for Odyssey Atlanta. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Colors & History) for Tuesday, June 29, 2021 (Season 37, Game 197):
A blue pigment & a shade of blue popular in shirts are named for these, the 2 opposing nations in an 1870-71 war
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Xiao Stroming, a homemaker from Kildeer, Illinois
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Jay Morris, a senior client consultant from San Rafael, California
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Courtney Shah, a community college instructor from Portland, Oregon (1-day total: $15,400)
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Correct response: What are Prussia & France?
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Prussian blue is a pigment that is produced when ferrous ferrocyanide salts oxidize. It can also be used medically as an antidote for certain heavy metal poisoning (chiefly thallium(I) and some radioactive cesium isotopes). French blue (Bleu de France) is a shade of blue that has been historically used to represent the country. Notably in a sporting context, French racing constructors have historically painted their cars French blue; examples of blue French cars in Formula 1 include Matra, Ligier, Prost, and most recently Alpine. (Somehow, Renault’s F1 entries were traditionally yellow and only were painted blue when they carried tobacco sponsorship.)
The Franco-Prussian war was an attempt by the French in 1870 to regain a dominant position in continental Europe with the French invading Prussia in August 1870. The Prussian army, led by Otto von Bismarck, soundly defeated the French, gaining the territory of Alsace-Lorraine. The French revanchism (desire to regain the territory lost in the war) was one of the factors leading to the start of World War I decades later.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Courtney $13,200
Jay $11,800
Xiao $7,000
Tonight’s results:
Xiao $7,000 – $6,201 = $799 (What is Britain & France)
Jay $11,800 – $11,799 = $1 (What is Indigo + ?)
Courtney $13,200 + $10,500 = $23,700 (What are France and Prussia?) (2-day total: $39,100)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Courtney $5,200
Jay $3,800
Xiao $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SO CLOSE… $600 (clue #13)
Jay 1600 +1600 (Courtney 2600 Xiao 600)
2) LIT-POURRI $800 (clue #6)
Xiao 5000 -2000 (Courtney 6000 Jay 5400)
3) MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $800 (clue #21, $11200 left on board)
Courtney 10400 +2000 (Jay 10200 Xiao 5000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 79
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: AVIATION $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $3,600
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 197 (1.00 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Courtney $12,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer (22/55), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Xiao $9,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer (10/55), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jay $10,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,800
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600
Courtney Shah, career statistics:
40 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
33.04% in first on buzzer (37/112)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Jay Morris, career statistics:
14 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,800
Xiao Stroming, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
18.18% in first on buzzer (10/55)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000
Courtney Shah, to win:
3 games: 39.629%
4: 15.704%
5: 6.223%
6: 2.466%
7: 0.977%
Avg. streak: 2.656 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Through 2 days, $45,100 has been donated to Odyssey Atlanta. $1,958,061 has been donated to all charities.
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I was thinking Indigo. And then guessing Cobalt. Not even close.
Another dumb FJ. The show needs a whole new writing crew.
Except for Richards, the writers are the same as Friedman left them. It’s a different person approving the clues, as well as a lack of Alex studying them.
I’ve seen a number of people quick to point to Alex’s death as a cause of the declining clue quality this season, but I have to imagine being forced to work remotely is a factor as well. Seems like a role where in-person collaboration and fact-checking is critical.
I Googled “French Blue” and at least 5 different shades were shown. Prussian Blue had more than one shade as well. I will be very impressed if anyone gets this right.
If there are correct answers, I’m guessing it’s going to be because someone is familiar with the dates and the war.
That’s exactly what I thought.
I immediately thought of Prussian blue from watching Bob Ross, and then remembering who fought a war with them in the 1800s. Though I don’t recall ever hearing of French blue before.
I’ve heard of prussian blue though not french blue. But after watching bob ross as recommended by my mother, it helped me to remember the war from the 1800s.
Why was this a stupid FJ? The French teams are usually called Les Blueus and the Franco-Prussian war is generally well known, seems difficult but the clues were there for you to read the tea leaves
In the “So Close” category in the J round, I think Dr. Gupta mentioned (as an aside, not as a clue) that a close encounter of the 3rd kind is evidence of a UFO (I don’t have a DVR so I’m not 100% sure). I believe the 3rd kind is contact with an alien.
I also don’t have a DVR, but I thought he said contact with an alien.
“Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a civilian scientific advisor to Project Blue Book who eventually admitted that 11 percent of the study’s findings about unidentified flying objects could not be explained using science.
The title (which is never specifically explained in the movie, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”) is actually derived from Hynek’s own alien close encounter classification system: A close encounter of the first kind is sighting of a UFO; the second kind is physical evidence to prove the existence of an alien; and the third kind is actual contact with alien life forms.”(There are also fourth and fifth encounters according to his scale.) All info credited to Google search.
I thought of Prussian Blue, then went through the names of other European countries (Italian Blue? Nope. English Blue? Negative. French Blue? Aha!). Never heard of the war.
Seemed like a decent FJ to me!