Final Jeopardy: Sports History (3-28-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/28/2022) in the category “Sports History” was:
Taking the mound for Cleveland in 1948, he was the first African American to pitch in a World Series
New champ Jackie Kelly, a pension calculation developer from Cary, NC, won $7,500 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Amie Walker, an attorney from Chandler, AZ; and Ryan Guzzo Purcell, a theater director from Seattle, WA.
Round 1 Categories: From the Sky – Rhyme Time – The Place to “B” – Crosby – Steels – Nosh
Ryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “From the Sky” under the $600 clue with 4 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $3,600, $800 more than Jackie and Amie who were tied in second place. Ryan bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Online databases of crashes by these include quite a few of the U.S. Military’s reaper & fire scout types show
Ryan finished in the lead with $6,000. Jackie was second with $3,200. Amie was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: British Writers – Colorful State Symbols – Doesn’t Mean What It Sounds like – A Song & A Dance – The 1880s – A Gathering of Animals, Speaking Latin
Jackie found the first Daily Double in “The 1880s” under the $1,600 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was in second place with $6,000, $6,800 less than Ryan’s lead. Jackie bet it all and she was RIGHT.
In 1885 the British captured Mandalay, ending the Konbaung Dynasty & the independence of this country show
Jackie got the last Daily Double in “A Gathering of Animals, Speaking Latin” under the $1,600 clue with 12 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $13,600, $400 more than Ryan in second place. Jackie bet $2,400 and thought it might be mules. That was WRONG. (A gathering of them would be a barren.)
A herd or even better an obstinacy of this ox-like wading mammal, bubalus bubalis, which can hit 2,600 pounds each show
Jackie finished in the lead with $17,200. Ryan was second with $14,400. Amie was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS SATCHEL PAIGE?
From Leroy “Satchel” Paige’s list of Famous Feats on Baseball Reference website: “Paige was the first African-American to pitch in a World Series game. He pitched two-thirds of an inning in relief for Cleveland in Game 5 of the 1948 World Series. The Indians’ pitching had been dominant up until that point, as they got complete games from their starters in each of the first four games. However, the Braves battered Bob Feller and scored six times in the 7th inning of Game 5. Only Paige could stop the bleeding and end the inning, in a game the Indians went on to lose 11-5.”
Amie didn’t have a response. She bet lost $7,599, leaving her with $1.00.
Ryan got it right. He bet $13,500 and that brought him up to $27,900.
Jackie also got it right. She bet $11,601 and won the game with $28,801. Her 2-day total is $36,301. Great game and a big congrats to Jackie.
Way Too Tricky: a video of 4 ferrets playing with a toy truck was shown with this clue: A GATHERING OF ANIMALS, SPEAKING LATIN ($1200) Seen here, a business of these, genus Mustela. Amie buzzed in and responded with “What are weasels?” Mayim said “No, those little cuties are ferrets.” Weasels and ferrets look alike and are both in the genus Mustela so the deciding factor had to be because a gathering of weasels can be called a “boogle”, a “confusion”, a “gang” or a “pack”.
A triple stumper from each round:
STEELS ($400) For centuries, using Damascus steel to make these like El Cid’s “Tizona” was a prized skill & and then was lost
THE 1880S ($400) Louis Riel led the 1885 North-West Rebellion, an unsuccessful effort to halt the expansion of this country
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “1970s Sitcoms”
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Other than a few gaffes by Amie, this was a strong group today. Ryan had chances near the end of DJ to tie or take the lead, but missed a couple. Really good player, though, especially after he began at minus $2K.
I thought the Final might be a stumper, so was impressed that two got it. This sports junkie knew it right away. He was famous for saying, “Don’t look back, someone may be gaining on you.”
I wonder if I would have been given it if they took my “birds words” instead of “hawk talk”. The clue did ask for a raptor, but, who knows?
Good game. When Ryan started 2 grand in the hole, I thought, “I hope this one doesn’t stink!” Happily, they picked it up. Jackie has a deliberate manner, but, not pushy. I missed the Mandalay DD, but, I had to run it back and turn on the subtitles to get her answer.
I know it’s stress inducing, but, I wish Ryan, on the last clue before the first break, would have said, “Who shot J.R?”, as, that is indeed a question!
Regarding FJ, Satchel Paige did retire from major league baseball at the age of 59 in 1966, but the devil is in the details here. Actually, Paige had only pitched 2/3 inning in the 1948 World Series, and some of those pitches may have been the so-called “hesitation pitches” where were later declared illegal. Afterwards, his pitching legacy could mostly be summed up as being a mixed bag of up and down years. From 1957 to 1966, Paige pitched sporadically as he had been in and out of baseball during that time. Well, there you have it.
I was happy to see Jackie win a lot today. I always hope champs who made less than $10K in their first game can win a second game.
People who can just reel off sports statistics amaze me. I know I won’t remember much of anything I read about Satchel Paige today. But there was one interesting statistic I saw on the Baseball Reference site — He is one of only four players who was older than the sitting President (Lyndon B. Johnson) during his career. Perhaps I will remember that.
The other three are: Jim O’Rourke and Dan Brouthers (Teddy Roosevelt) and Nic Altrock (Franklin D. Roosevelt). I probably won’t remember that.
I didnt get that 1200 dollar clue in way too tricky either because I also thought weasels were similar to ferrets in a way.
Anyway good game today. Ryan and Jackie were pretty quick on the buzzer today. She could be a possible streaker as well.