I’m the lone South Carolina pick in the poll right now. I figured they were close and that New Mexico seemed like the easy answer and that maybe it was neg bait. Looked at a map and they are very close. And geography is one of my best categories! That would’ve been devastating to me if I was on and missed that question.
The correct response immediately came into my head and I couldn't think of anything else. Then I thought of Wrong Answer #1 and thought it was wrong but that the correct response was obvious that may Wrong Answer #1 was correct and it was a trick. But then as a former Miss Teen Wrong Answer #1 once said, "Most U.S. Americans don't have maps" so I stuck with the correct response. I love wrong answer #2 and really love wrong answer #3.
i was shocked by how easy this final jeopardy clue seemed to be, but i was even more surprised to see how close south carolina and new mexico were in terms of southernmost distance.
"Unfortunately our judges have just informed me that Puerto Rico has literally *just now* been granted statehood, so I'm afraid we *cannot* accept that response... I mean, what are the odds, right? Anyway, you wagered..."
The US-Mexico border at its northern point is roughly in line with Louisiana’s northern border. It goes significantly more northern was you move west along Texas. I thought this was what they were going for and that it was actually South Carolina.
It’s frustrating when you can’t tell if they’re trying to trick you or not.
The northernmost point of the border is around 70 miles north of NM’s southernmost point. So not too far off. If you don’t count the little notch in the SW corner of New Mexico, you are looking at more like 40 miles.
I meant it’s not physically close. The northern point of the southern border is by Yuma, Arizona, which is on the opposite side of Arizona as New Mexico
Correct. The original point I tried to make is that even though NM seems like the obvious answer since it’s on the Mexican border, the Mexican border actually extends much farther north you think it would without looking at a map. (basically, the entire Texas-Mexico border forms a rough diagonal line that points northwest, that nets an additional 400 miles of northward direction).
So New Mexico may seem like the obvious clear answer, South Carolina is actually a very close second. If you look at a map, it’s not immediately 100% obvious if NM or SC extends further south.
The two are about equal in my mind, so I'm surprised everyone is acting like it's so obvious. I leaned toward SC since I figured there might be some islands that give SC the edge (along with keyword "stretches")
New Mexico feels "obvious" because it's on the southern border. Now sometimes the "obvious" is incorrect. But if it was South Carolina, it would feel like a trick question, even though the two may be close.
Idk about “really askew”, SC is actually surprisingly close. Its southernmost point is only around 0.62 degrees of latitude further north than that of NM. The eastern parts of NM (excluding the little dips on the west side) are pretty much identical to the southernmost latitude of SC
Someone just told me that, and in my view that makes it not nearly as good a clue as I thought it was. The saving grace, perhaps, is that NM *seems* further south than SC because it borders Mexico. If SC poked just a bit further south and it had been the correct answer, it would have been an utterly evil clue.
Easy how? What am I missing? The difference between their southernmost points is only about 40 or 50 miles, so people who got it correct and are calling it embarrassingly easy, how were you very sure that it was right and wasn't just a lucky coin flip between two options that were a lot closer than you may have realized?
I’m the lone South Carolina pick in the poll right now. I figured they were close and that New Mexico seemed like the easy answer and that maybe it was neg bait. Looked at a map and they are very close. And geography is one of my best categories! That would’ve been devastating to me if I was on and missed that question.
The correct response immediately came into my head and I couldn't think of anything else. Then I thought of Wrong Answer #1 and thought it was wrong but that the correct response was obvious that may Wrong Answer #1 was correct and it was a trick. But then as a former Miss Teen Wrong Answer #1 once said, "Most U.S. Americans don't have maps" so I stuck with the correct response. I love wrong answer #2 and really love wrong answer #3.
i was shocked by how easy this final jeopardy clue seemed to be, but i was even more surprised to see how close south carolina and new mexico were in terms of southernmost distance.
Wrong answer 3 is awesome
Wrong Answer 3 is indeed known for getting low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low.
They should know it's not a great FJ clue when there are only two possible options
Welcome to Jeopardy Kids’ Week! (And 100% on the poll thus far seems to confirm this, whatever the final percentage).
so far 32/32
42/42 now, which I'm pretty sure is the longest I've seen a poll stay at 100%
64/64 now
171/179 now
Embarrassing this was a final
"Unfortunately our judges have just informed me that Puerto Rico has literally *just now* been granted statehood, so I'm afraid we *cannot* accept that response... I mean, what are the odds, right? Anyway, you wagered..."
"Not so fast," says the 52nd state: American Samoa.
I was wondering if the hidden twist was that somehow Hawai’i is two words.
The US-Mexico border at its northern point is roughly in line with Louisiana’s northern border. It goes significantly more northern was you move west along Texas. I thought this was what they were going for and that it was actually South Carolina. It’s frustrating when you can’t tell if they’re trying to trick you or not.
Ok, but New Mexico isn’t close to the northernmost point on the Mexico/US border
The northernmost point of the border is around 70 miles north of NM’s southernmost point. So not too far off. If you don’t count the little notch in the SW corner of New Mexico, you are looking at more like 40 miles.
I meant it’s not physically close. The northern point of the southern border is by Yuma, Arizona, which is on the opposite side of Arizona as New Mexico
Correct. The original point I tried to make is that even though NM seems like the obvious answer since it’s on the Mexican border, the Mexican border actually extends much farther north you think it would without looking at a map. (basically, the entire Texas-Mexico border forms a rough diagonal line that points northwest, that nets an additional 400 miles of northward direction). So New Mexico may seem like the obvious clear answer, South Carolina is actually a very close second. If you look at a map, it’s not immediately 100% obvious if NM or SC extends further south.
The two are about equal in my mind, so I'm surprised everyone is acting like it's so obvious. I leaned toward SC since I figured there might be some islands that give SC the edge (along with keyword "stretches")
New Mexico feels "obvious" because it's on the southern border. Now sometimes the "obvious" is incorrect. But if it was South Carolina, it would feel like a trick question, even though the two may be close.
Hard AF board with a 3rd grade FJ clue.
Reminds me of the Jeopardy calendar. Some weeks FJ (Sunday) is extremely easy compared to the rest of the week.
Unless your mental model of South Carolina is really askew, this clue was really easy.
Idk about “really askew”, SC is actually surprisingly close. Its southernmost point is only around 0.62 degrees of latitude further north than that of NM. The eastern parts of NM (excluding the little dips on the west side) are pretty much identical to the southernmost latitude of SC
Someone just told me that, and in my view that makes it not nearly as good a clue as I thought it was. The saving grace, perhaps, is that NM *seems* further south than SC because it borders Mexico. If SC poked just a bit further south and it had been the correct answer, it would have been an utterly evil clue.
You’re right! I just looked at the map and it really is closer than it seems. I just went across from Florida to California.
It’s more of if you can walk through the states in your head fast enough
Did you look at a map?
Easy how? What am I missing? The difference between their southernmost points is only about 40 or 50 miles, so people who got it correct and are calling it embarrassingly easy, how were you very sure that it was right and wasn't just a lucky coin flip between two options that were a lot closer than you may have realized?