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Historic Letters | Final Jeopardy! | JEOPARDY!

6 місяців тому

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КОМЕНТАРІ: 47

@rex-racer 6 місяців тому

I thought the correct response might be the letter ‘O’, which is the oldest unchanged letter in terms of shape since its adoption in the Phoenician alphabet at around 1300 BCE. It’s quite the historic letter.

@johncrawford5225 6 місяців тому

I was really hoping for Ash or Thorn

@pjabrony8280 6 місяців тому

I was literally thinking the same thing.

@Molson-xg9hs 6 місяців тому

Shocked this was a triple stumper. Maybe people were thinking too much about what explorers actually reached versus what they thought they reached

@agbook2007 6 місяців тому

Loved this clue. Loved immediately getting it correct. Beautiful twist. The predominant answer by the contestants is for someone who did not sail from Cadiz. He didn’t sail. And wrong direction. Clearly a stumper for this group - well done, Jeopardy! 👍

@Milesco 6 місяців тому

Interestingly, I myself thought of Columbus but rejected it because I couldn't see how he could set sail into the Atlantic ocean and then think that he had somehow reached the Indian Ocean merely as the result of the passage of time, without some other event occurring like reaching or passing a large land mass or something. In other words, what happened on the 33rd day that made him think he had suddenly reached the Indian Ocean? It just didn't make sense to me, so I rejected 'Columbus" as an answer.

@Vex-MTG 6 місяців тому

This was not the sort of Answer I was expecting. I took "historic letters" literally, and was assuming it would be about alphabet letters that are no longer used. Still, got the question right on this one - went with the obvious.

@greatkentuckian9032 6 місяців тому

I was afraid that was what the question was going to be, but I was glad it wasnt.

@lashendawest7509 6 місяців тому

Congratulations Emily on heading to the semi finals

@anewt72690 6 місяців тому

Columbus crossed my mind, then I thought, "Nah, they wouldn't..." But they did.

@Bravejoe85 6 місяців тому

Got it quickly but if I had overthought it I might have thought of Polo and second guessed myself.

@theastewart6721 6 місяців тому

I can’t believe I got that right and none of them did!

@cgonz8 6 місяців тому

The best feeling as a J! fan!

@theastewart6721 6 місяців тому

Yes!

@maureenlacore9727 6 місяців тому

I was thrilled to get it right. 2:10

@josephcullen4945 6 місяців тому

The letter is obviously referring to a sea voyage, which would rule out Polo who traveled over a LAND route to China! DUH!!

@formerastronaut 6 місяців тому

It makes a bit more sense when you realize that sailing west-to-east around africa takes about 50 days.

@junedarius254 6 місяців тому

An overthought FJ.... Columbus mistakenly thought he was in the "East Indies" when he discovered America. And he was required by Queen Isabella of Spain (who funded this exploration) to keep a detailed journal of his voyage. So very simply clue was definitely overanalyzed.

@Milesco 6 місяців тому

Yeah I overthought it, too. I Initially thought it was Columbus, but I couldn't fathom (!) how he could have thought he had gone from the Atlantic ocean to the Indian Ocean simply as a result of the passage of time. What could have happened on the 33rd day that made him think he had suddenly reached the Indian Ocean? It just didn't make sense to me, so I rejected it.

@Grimlock794 6 місяців тому

Good one today. I didn't get it.

@matthewmccarron7902 6 місяців тому

If you know that Columbus died thinking that he had landed in India, this one was a piece of cake

@jbohnoff 6 місяців тому

Cadiz -> in Spain (former Moorish city). Had to be Magellan or Columbus.

@wickedpawn5437 6 місяців тому

I ruled out Magellan because he was Portuguese and Marco Polo because he never set sail from Spain. I knew Colombus left from Palos de la Frontera and Cadiz in his voyages. The Indian ocean was a big distraction, but I picked Colombus anyway.

@hsupower 6 місяців тому

I was on that line of thinking, too. I overthought it and went to Drake. Now, I was 80 years too late on that response.

@michaelwilliams-owolabi8365 6 місяців тому

I thought Columbus was too obvious and guessed Magellan

@husker16 6 місяців тому

Same

@linshanhsiang 6 місяців тому

They generally don't go for the obscure. Are the contestants getting dumber?

@joeldick6871 6 місяців тому

At first I thought Vasco de Gama, but thought it must be Marco Polo. I was probably thinking into it too much.

@greatkentuckian9032 6 місяців тому

Most of Marco Polos trips were on land, so I knew it wasn't him. Vasco de Gama was Portuguese, so he was crossed off. Magellan never lived to reach the Indian Ocean, so he was out. Finally Columbus made the most sense, but it felt odd and a little too cliche. But I was glad I got it right.

@joeldick6871 6 місяців тому

@@greatkentuckian9032 Yeah, that's the problem I have with most Final Jeopardy clues: the answers are too "cliche", meaning the obvious guess is usually the right one. It doesn't usually do you well to think too much into the clues.

@chicken2jail545 6 місяців тому

Not a clue, went T.E. Lawrence lol. 2/3

@jillschmidt9278 6 місяців тому

I got it right. Yahoo.

@DonaldSjervenE 6 місяців тому

I know where Cadiz is. The Indian Ocean didn't seem close enough to be only 33 days away. So ...

@HJamesLucas 6 місяців тому

…so you knew it must be Enrique Suéz, discoverer of the canal now named for him. Excellent deduction!

@josephosheavideos3992 6 місяців тому

I went with an explorer who actually did reach the Indian Ocean, Vasco da Gama. Oops.

@linshanhsiang 6 місяців тому

Me too although he was Portuguese and Cadiz is a Spanish port.

@wsswaas 6 місяців тому

that was an easy one, we call it the west indies for a reason

@theweysermanisback5205 6 місяців тому

It’s only easy if you know it.

@hsupower 6 місяців тому

@@theweysermanisback5205Bingo!!!

@seikibrian8641 6 місяців тому

And we call native Americans "Indians" for the same reason.

@kennygr8ify 6 місяців тому

I got this Final Jeopardy! clue right.

@chadho9701 6 місяців тому

Emily is a semifinalist champion windcard🎉

@al.n.darodda6183 6 місяців тому

First

@istvanfekete1961 6 місяців тому

It is astonishing that the clue writers thought that this clue was worthy of an adult tournament. It is even more astonishing that none of the contestants was able to come up with the obvious response. (Have they never heard of the West Indies? Or maybe they thought it was a trick question?) Most astonishing of all is that Columbus thought that he had reached India. He must not have heard of Eratosthenes' calculation of the earth's circumference.

@seikibrian8641 6 місяців тому

Since there was no practical way to measure longitude while at sea in Columbus' day, knowing the circumference of the earth would not have helped much.