Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Songs & U.S. History) for Friday, October 29, 2021 (Season 38, Game 35):
Victory in 1805’s Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Wren Romero, a Ph.D candidate from Evanston, Illinois
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Emily Robinson, a political strategist from Brooklyn, New York
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Tyler Rhode, a healthcare data specialist from New York, New York (2-day total: $35,301)
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Correct response: What is the Marines’ Hymn?
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The Marines’ Hymn has been the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps since 1929. The opening lines of the Marines’ Hymn are “From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli”, referencing the Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican-American War and the Battle of Derna in the First Barbary War. The lyrics are set to music by Jacques Offenbach.
Canadian viewers will likely struggle with this one (I know that I certainly did!)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Tyler $18,000
Wren $11,400
Emily $10,400
Tonight’s results:
Emily $10,400 – $10,398 = $2 (What is the Star Spangled Banner)
Wren $11,400 – $11,400 = $0 (What is the Battle Hymn of the R)
Tyler $18,000 + $5,000 = $23,000 (What is the Marines Hymn?) (3-day total: $58,301)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tyler $9,600
Emily $4,000
Wren $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SKYSCRAPER CITY $800 (clue #24)
Emily 2000 +2000 (Tyler 8200 Wren 2000)
2) SATELLITES $1600 (clue #16)
Emily 3600 +2000 (Tyler 17600 Wren 4000)
3) WORDS FROM QUECHUA $1200 (clue #23, $9600 left on board)
Wren 9600 -3000 (Tyler 18000 Emily 5600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 124
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Tyler $18,000 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Emily $8,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Wren $14,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,200
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Tyler Rhode, career statistics:
68 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
39.41% in first on buzzer (67/170)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600
Emily Robinson, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800
Wren Romero, career statistics:
17 correct, 5 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400
Tyler Rhode, to win:
4 games: 57.819%
5: 33.430%
6: 19.329%
7: 11.176%
8: 6.462%
Avg. streak: 4.371 games.
Today’s interviews:
Wren is writing her dissertation on ghosts in American literature.
Emily had an internship teaching English in Honduras after high school.
Tyler wrote a prize-winning thesis on Roman love elegy.
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I add my voice to the chorus of us, ahem, older folks🙂…got it right away too…title and all. Very impressive that such a young man as Tyler nailed it.
From the comments, it seems like this was familiar to Boomers and maybe early Gen-Xers. It would be interesting to hear from from people born in 1980 or later, who grew up in the US. If they are not familiar with the “patriotic” songs named here, that’s unfortunate.
Yeah, I have the same question Zach does. I knew the answer right away, but I thought it was the MARINE Hymn. I wonder if they would have counted that as correct? At first, I thought no, but,hey, isn’t it just a misspelling?
I would venture that being a title, you’d need “Marines Hymn” to get credit on the show.
If you want to mark yourself easier playing at home? That’s your prerogative.
If they didn’t and it cost you the game you would have as good a case as any to gain a return appearance.( considering the only ‘correct” answer was also technically wrong as well)
More trivia on the song:( per Wiki)
John Philip Sousa once wrote:
The melody of the ‘Halls of Montezuma’ is taken from Offenbach’s comic opera, ‘Genevieve de Brabant’ and is sung by two gendarmes.