Final Jeopardy: Women in British History (4-14-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/14/2022) in the category “Women in British History” was:
The orphaned future Queen Elizabeth I was devoted to this stepmother who died 2 days before Elizabeth’s 15th birthday
7x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has now won $168,401. In Game 8, her opponents are: Kristen Rucki, a high school English teacher from Astoria, NY; and Joe Grodahl, a non-profit program and events director from Edina, MN.
Round 1 Categories: Art, of War – On Its Fast Food Menu – Biblical Translations – Music from the Neck Up – Words from Mythology – What Ever
Mattea found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Biblical Translations” under the $800 clue with one clue left after it. She was in the lead with $8,200, $6,800 more than Kristen and Joe, tied in second place. Mattea bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Most translations say Lot’s wife became one of these, but some use “column” or “statue” show
Mattea finished in the lead with $10,200. Joe was second with $2,400. Kristen was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Celebrities’ Firsts – Geographic Verse – It’s All about Her – Economics – Great Names of Science – Number Words
Kristen found the first Daily Double in “Number Words” under the $1,200 clue with 7 clues left after it. She was in second place with $6,600, $10,000 less than Mattea’s lead. Kristen bet $2,000 but had no response so she was WRONG.
A book title gave us this shorthand for totalitarianism show
Mattea got the last Daily Double in “Great Names of Science” under the $1,200 clue with 3 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $19,400, $16,400 more than Kristen in second place. Mattea bet $2,000, and was close but WRONG.
Marie Tharp’s discovery of mid-ocean ridges would support continental drift & this theory of continents moving on slabs of rock show
Mattea finished in the lead with a runaway $19,400. Kristen was second with $3,000. Joe was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS CATHERINE PARR?
I started the above video at Fact No. 8 when Catherine Parr was appointed to serve Henry VIII’s oldest daughter, Mary. No. 9 has her marrying the king and No. 10 says she got along well with all of Henry’s children: Mary (by Catherine of Aragon); Elizabeth (by Anne Boleyn); and Edward (by Jane Seymour).
All of the children’s mothers died before Henry VIII. Thus, they were all orphaned when the king died in 1547. Each took his or her turn as king or queen: Edward, then Mary and then Elizabeth. Mary and Elizabeth owed it all to Catherine Parr who convinced Henry VIII to restore them to the line of succession.
Joe only wrote down Catherine which was half right, but not the right half that would get him credit. He lost his $2,300 bet and finished with $100.
Kristen went with Jane Seymour, the woman Henry VIII married 11 days after Elizabeth’s mother lost her head. Kristen lost $750 and finished with $2,250.
Mattea also thought it was Jane Seymour. She lost $5,000 but she won the game with the remaining $14,400. Her 8-day total is $182,801.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
CELEBRITIES’ FIRSTS ($2000) John C. Reilly took his first plane ride to Thailand for his first movie, this 1989 Brian de Palma film about soldiers in Vietnam
IT’S ALL ABOUT HER ($2000) “Power, Privilege and the Post”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “European Borders”
Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other show
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I got FJ, thanks to Lucy Worsley and PBS. What’s coincidental is I said “Jane Seymour” first, and, then, immediately corrected myself. I also got the two TS’s on page 1, but, on page 2, less than 50%.
Mattea’s chatter was barely there today, which was a relief. She is def good on the button, I’ll give her that, and her knowledge base was ably demonstrated today. I was really rooting for Kristen, but, oh well! What is dearly needed, though, is better contestants playing against Mattea.
I also got all the triple stumpers on page 2 as well since many of them were pretty easy. Give Mattea’s strong knowledge and the streak she built since Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio, she needs a good challenge today.
Did you know Catherine Parr was influential in the passing of the third succession act of 1543 thanks to King Henry VIII which got Mary and Elizabeth to the throne vj?
A good game today but still I would like to see higher scores for tomorrow. Two missed finals won’t hurt Mattea but she has joined the 8 game champs held by Jen Quail, Karen Farrell, Mackenzie Jones, Drew Horwood, Tom Nissley and Ben Ingram.
You would know I knew that, Lou, if you took the trouble to read the last paragraph of the info in the recap
Vj, if elizabeth and mary were passed over who would have been king?
idk for sure, Albert. I guess Lady Jane Grey would have been queen for a lot longer than 9 days. Check out the House of Tudor on Wikipedia
That was a tough FJ as we got a triple stumper.