Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Notables (6-2-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (6/2/2016) in the category “20th Century Notables” was:

Despite protests in 2009 some of his personal effects as seen here were sold at auction.

New champ Kelly Bayles won $16,900 yesterday. She’ll face off today against these two challengers: Ed Brown, from Pasadena, CA; and Ariel Watkins, from Monterey, CA.

Round 1 Categories: TV Maps – Drinking Vessels – On the Interwebs – In His State of the Union Address – Of Course – Crime Wave

Ed found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State of the Union” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the hole for $400, $3,400 less than Kelly’s lead. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

“The Congress assembles… under the shadow of a great calamity… (the) President was shot by an anarchist.”  show

WHO IS THEODORE ROOSEVELT?

Kelly finished in the lead with $8,600. Ed was second with $5,200 and Ariel was last at zero. After the break, Ariel was awarded $1,200 on a reversal in “Of Course” for her “short” response.

($600) Adding this 5-letter word in front of “course” creates a term meaning “brief intense instruction”

Round 2 Categories: Take a Look at the Monitor – Virginia is for Writers – Plots of 1970s No. 1 Songs – Anthropology – In the Canadian Province – Rhyme Wave

Kelly found the first Daily Double in “Virginia is for Writers” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick. In the lead with $11,800, she had $7,800 more than Ed in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

She was born in Virginia in 1873 but, at age 9, moved to Nebraska where her best known works are set.

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WHO IS WILLA CATHER?

Ed found the last Daily Double in “In the Canadian Province” under the $1,600 clue with one clue left after it. He was in second place with $7,200 now, $11,400 less than Kelly’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

The Jimi Hendrix Shrine, not all that far from Jimi’s birthplace. show

WHAT IS BRITISH COLUMBIA?

Kelly got that last clue and finished with a runaway $20,600. Ed was next with $10,200 and Ariel was in third place with $1,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MOHANDAS GANDHI?

On 3/10/2009, the New York Times reported “After intense protests from India’s government and the Indian press, Mohandas K. Gandhi‘s eyeglasses and some of his other belongings were sold on Thursday afternoon for $1.8 million at an auction in Manhattan, after last-minute attempts to halt the sale.” Getty Images has an image gallery of items that were sold.

Evidently, That wasn’t the only Gandhi auction. The BBC reported on the 5/21/2013 London auction, where Gandhi’s will and a blood sample (among other things) were up for bids.

Ariel wrote down Osama Bin Laden. That cost her $1,400 and she had $200 left.

Ed thought it was (John Wayne) Gacy. He lost his $6,999 bet, finishing with $3,201.

Kelly had (Ernest) Hemingway. She didn’t bet anything, natch. Her 2-day total is $37,500.

Today’s triple stumpers:

TV MAPS ($600) “Cougar Town” opens with a map of this U.S. state

VIRGINIA IS FOR WRITERS ($1000) This native of Newport News wrote about Virginia history in “The Confessions of Nat Turner”

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “19th Century U.S. History”

A dignitary at the dedication of this said it was “keeping watch and ward before the open gates of America.” show

WHAT IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY?

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