Final Jeopardy: Famous Animals (10-17-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/17/2022) in the category “Famous Animals” was:
In September 1964 the New York Times announced the passing of this pet, a gift, “used as symbol of honesty in 1952”
In the first semifinal match of the 2022 Second Chance Tournament, the contestants are: Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, NY, Aaron Gulyas, a community college history instructor from Grand Blanc, MI, and Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, TN. The links in the contestants’ names go to their original games.
Round 1 Categories: Literary First Lines – An Impressive Vocabulary – World Facts – Common Bonds – Lyrically Yours – Skin Care from A to Z with Michael Strahan
Cindy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “World Facts” under the $1,000 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,800, $1,000 more than Aaron in second place. She bet it all and thought it was Lesotho. That was WRONG.
Much of this tiny country that’s surrounded by another is located on Mount Titano. show
Jessica finished in the lead with $5,400. Aaron was next with $3,000 and Cindy was in third place with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Actors Get Their Roles Mixed Up – “If” at First… – Anagrams – Here’s Your Science Prize – Trying to Get Some Works Done – But I Have This Historic Meeting
Jessica found the first Daily Double in “”If” at First…” under the $1600 clue on the third pick. She was in the lead with $6,200 now, $5,000 more than Cindy in second place. She bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.
The Department of Homeland Security designates Sept. 25 as Awareness Day for this 6-word reminder to report suspicious activity. show
Aaron got the last Daily Double in “Trying to Get Some Works Done” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick. In third place with $4,200, he had $8,100 less than Jessica’s lead. He bet $3,000 and went with Artemis. That was Greek so that was WRONG.
From Rubens & his workshop, “The Lion Hunt”, “The Tiger Hunt” & this Roman goddess “& her Nymphs on the Hunt. show
Jessica finished in the lead with a runaway $17,100. Cindy was next with $6,800 and Aaron was in third place with $2,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS CHECKERS?
In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was running for President with then Senator Richard Nixon as his VP. Accused of using contributions of $18K+ for personal expenses, Nixon publicly defended himself, going into detail about his financial struggles. He stressed that the contributions were used for political expenses, not personal ones. Nixon brought up the black and white cocker spaniel he and his family received as a gift from a Texan “because if I don’t they’ll probably be saying this about me, too.” He said no matter what happened, the Nixons were keeping the dog his daughter named “Checkers.” Checkers died in 1964 at the age of 12. Here’s a link to the NY Times article with the “symbol of honesty” headline referred to in the clue and here’s one to a transcript of the “Checkers” speech, as it became known.
Eisenhower won the election, was reelected and Nixon served two terms as his VP. Nixon became president in 1968 and was reelected in 1972. By then known as “Tricky Dick”, he became the first U.S. president to resign from office on August 9, 1974.
Aaron got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $5,600.
Cindy wrote down “thank you for having me.” She didn’t bet anything so she stayed in second place with $6,800.
Jessica also got Checkers. She bet $3,000 and won the game with $20,100. Jessica advances to the Finals on Thursday and Friday.
A triple stumper from each round:
LITERARY FIRST LINES ($200) It contains the opposite of its title in “I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills”
TRYING TO GET SOME WORKS DONE ($1600) This bandleader’s classical-influenced 1940s compositions “Black, Brown & Beige” & “Liberian Suite”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “World License Plates”
Around 2010 the state license plate for Michoacan, Mexico featured these insects show
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Hmmm……..I’m surprised that two of the contestants recollected Richard Nixon’s ‘Checkers’ speech as that was certainly before my time.
I was also quite surprised that two got it right, but good for them! It looks like the year in the clue rang a political bell with them but I needed another hint to get there.
My father detested Richard Nixon and said he’d steal the pennies off a dead man’s eyes. 🤣🤣
In retrospect, I kicked myself for not getting it, the year should have given it to me.
idk, Rhonda, I was focusing on “honesty” and that’s a word I never associated with Nixon due to my father carrying on about him in 1960
That’s what I was focusing on as well, VJ, which completely threw me off, when I should have directed my attention to the year instead. I would never associate Nixon with honesty either.
I’m still baffled as to how any of the two contestants could have possibly come up with the correct response given the clues,, but good for them.
This means that all 3 players from the 10/11/21 episode can say “I’m a Jeopardy! Champion!”. 1st, Matt Amodio. Then, Jonathan Fisher. Now, Jessica Stephens.