Final Jeopardy 5/12/23 (New Words in the 18th Century) & Who Won Friday May 12 2023
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- 1 Today’s Final Jeopardy 5/12/2023 (New Words in the 18th Century) – Friday, May 12 2023
- 2 Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Friday, May 12 2023
- 3 Final Jeopardy Explanation – Friday, May 12 2023
- 4 Today’s Jeopardy! Contestants – Friday, May 12 2023
- 5 Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Friday, May 12 2023
- 6 Final Jeopardy Video & Today’s Highlights
- 7 Jeopardy! Recaps
- 8 More Final Jeopardy!
Today’s Final Jeopardy 5/12/2023 (New Words in the 18th Century) – Friday, May 12 2023
Describing these, Captain Cook wrote “The manner in which” they’re done “must certainly cause intollerable pain”
Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Friday, May 12 2023
The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Tattoos
Final Jeopardy Explanation – Friday, May 12 2023
During Captain Cook’s expeditions through the South Pacific, he discovered indigenous peoples with complex tattoos on their bodies from islands such as Tahiti and New Zealand. In Captain Cook’s Journal During His First Voyage Round the World, he noted:
Many of the old and some of the Middle aged Men have their faces mark’d or tattow’d with black, and some few we have seen who have had their buttocks, thighs, and other parts of their bodies marked, but this is less common. The figures they mostly use are spirals, drawn and connected together with great nicety and judgement. They are so exact in the application of these Figures that no difference can be found between the one side of the face and the other, if the whole is marked, for some have only one side, and some a little on both sides; hardly any but the old Men have the whole tattow’d. From this I conclude that it takes up some time, perhaps Years, to finish the Operation, which all Who have begun may not have perseverance enough to go through, as the manner in which it must be done must certainly cause intollerable pain, and may be the reason why so few are Marked at all—at least I know no other.
Captain Cook’s views and encounters with Polynesians presented the Western world with the first detailed accounts of their tattooing practises.
Today’s Jeopardy! Contestants – Friday, May 12 2023
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Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Friday, May 12 2023
The results of today’s game will be updated when it airs – warning: spoilers below!
| Returning Champion | Contestant | Contestant |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Wilson Chicago, Illinois Data Scientist 7 Day Winnings of $189,801 Winning Score: $40,000 Round 2 Score: $29,000 Round 1 Score: $9,200 | Skyler Gailing Exeter, New Hampshire Editorial & Community Associate Final Score: $0 Round 2 Score: $0 Round 1 Score: $2,000 | Victoria Ford Saint Paul, Minnesota Independent Bookstore Owner Final Score: $1 Round 2 Score: $800 Round 1 Score: -$1,200 |
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