Final Jeopardy: Famous Trials (3-10-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/10/2022) in the category “Famous Trials” was:

On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over

3x champ Maureen O’Neil, an executive assistant from Rye Beach, NH, has now won $39,000. In Game 4, her challengers are: Karson Leperi, an engineer from Beaverton, OR; and Hannah Langhoff, a medical editor from Chicago, IL.

Round 1 Categories: European History – Sports – Good for the Stew – U.S. Military Branches – Suburbs of Chicago – “V”erbs

Karson found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “U.S. Military Branches” under the $800 clue at the halfway point. He was in the lead with $3,800, twice as much as Hannah in second place. Karson bet $1,800 and tried corpsman. That was WRONG.

This term for a U.S. Naval Academy cadet comes from a 17th century practice of placing experienced sailors in the center of a vessel show

WHAT IS A MIDSHIPMAN?

Karson finished in the lead with $5,000. Maureen was second with $2,800 and Hannah was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Booze in Books – Vaccines – Political Geography – Starts & Ends with the Same Vowel – Women Make Passes – Guys Who Wear Glasses

Maureen found the first Daily Double in “Booze in Books” under the $2,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in second place with $5,200, $200 less than Karson’s lead. Maureen bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

In “Henry IV, Part 2”, this jovial fellow attributes to sherry a “warming of the blood” that “illumineth the face” show

WHO IS FALSTAFF?

Karson got the last Daily Double in “Political Geography” under the $2,000 clue with 12 clues left after it. He was in second place with $9,000, $200 less than Maureen’s lead. Karson bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

One of the 2 nations known as “perforated states”, as they completely surround another country show

WHAT IS SOUTH AFRICA (or ITALY)?

Karson finished in the lead with $14,200. Hannah was second with $13,400. Maureen was last with $9,600. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS LIZZIE BORDEN?

Julian Ralph was a reporter from 1875 until 1895 for “The Sun”, a New York City newspaper that specialized in human interest stories. Ralph covered the June 1893 New Bedford, Massachusetts trial of accused axe murderer Lizzie Borden. On June 20, 1893, Borden was acquitted of killing her father and stepmother. The next day, Julian Ralph wrote the following in comparison to the 17th century Salem witch trials:

“The suspected witch was in the dock … and only an hour before she was set scot free the hard-headed District Attorney was flourishing an unlighted torch before the audience. But it took only an hour for the jury to decide that witches are out of fashion in Massachusetts and no one is to be executed there on suspicion and on parrot-like police testimony.”

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Maureen got it right. She bet her whole $9,600 and finished with $19,200.

Hannah was going for Charlotte Corday, admitted killer of Jean-Paul Marat 100 years earlier. Hannah lost $12,601 and finished with $799.

Karson wrote down “Adams.” That cost him $12,601. He landed in second place with $1,599 and Maureen remained the Jeopardy! champ. Her 4-day total is $58,200.

A triple stumper from each round:

WOMEN MAKE PASSES ($1200) On a 2015 episode of this Comedy Central show, Abbi finally asks out her hot neighbor Jeremy

($2000) Movie where figure skater Moira Kelly tells hockey player D.B. Sweeney, “In case you’ve missed it, I am throwing myself at you”

More clues on Page 2 plus a map of FJ! locations

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “21st Century Movies”

After its initial release in 2016, it became the first major motion picture to be dubbed in Tahitian show

WHAT IS “MOANA”?

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