Final Jeopardy: American History (10-19-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/19/2022) in the category “American History” was:
Ben Franklin, John Adams & John Jay succeeded as a trio in this city, though Adams wrote of fearing the other 2 would gang up on him
In the third semifinal match of the 2022 Second Chance Tournament, the contestants are: James Fraser, a naval aviator from Newport Beach, CA, Reneé Russell, a branch office administrator from Baltimore, MD, and Pam Schoenberg, a dentist and entrepreneur from South Salem, NY. The links in the contestants’ names go to their original games.
Round 1 Categories: A Place in History – TV – Writers’ Middle Names – Holidays & Observances – Home Computing – Devouring Eating Idioms
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Holidays and Observances” under the $1,000 clue on the first pick of the round. Nobody was on the board yet. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Alaska celebrates the last Monday in March as this onetime U.S. Secretary of State’s day show
James finished in the lead with $8,800. Pam was in second place with $4,600. Reneé was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: What a Butte! – The Parent Company – Science & Nature – Adjectives – Faith, Hope & Charity – Second Chance Songs
James found the first Daily Double in “What a Butte!” under the $1,600 clue on the third pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,000 now, $4,200 more than Pam in second place. James bet $3,699 and he was RIGHT.
Grizzly Bear Lodge is another name for this butte that rises 1,267 feet above Wyoming show
Reneé got the last Daily Double in “Adjectives” under the $2,000 on the 10th pick of the round. In last place with $5,400, she had $9,899 less than James’ lead. Reneé bet $5,000 but drew a blank so that was counted WRONG.
A synonym for “absurd”, it’s from the Latin for “with the rear part first” show
James finished in the lead with $20,899 and Pam was in second place with $15,400. At negative $800, Reneé was out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PARIS?
In 1782, Ben Franklin, John Adams and John Jay were sent to Paris to represent the newly independent USA in treaty negotiations. On Sunday, October 27 (third transcribed page shown), John Adams made his dislike and distrust of Franklin more than plain in his diary, almost to the point of paranoia: “Between two as subtle Spirits, as any in this World, the one malicious, the other I think honest, I shall have a delicate, a nice, a critical Part to Act.” Adams then describes Franklin as cunning and outlines the methods Franklin might employ to divide John Jay and himself.
I also found the first transcribed entry on the page amusing: “The first Thing to be done, in Paris, is always to send for a Taylor, Peruke maker and Shoemaker….” At least, Adams made sure he was looking good while dealing with “Bad Ben.”
Pam went with Philadelphia. That cost her $5,500 and left her with $9,900.
James got it right. He bet $10,902 and won the game with $31,801.
For the next two days, James Fraser, Molly Karol and Jessica Stephens will duke it out for a spot in the Tournament of Champions that will begin on Halloween.
A triple stumper from each round:
TV ($400) This series on Disney+ follows a teen named Kamala, who gets superpowers
SCIENCE & NATURE ($800) This largest reptile on Earth is amphibious & can weigh over 2,000 pounds
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Movie Appearances”
Not an actor, this man who died in 2018 appeared briefly in some 40 mainly action films with a combined $30 bil. worldwide gross show
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Only stumper I knew for sure was the diaper company.
Philly and Boston seemed too obvious for FJ, so I went with NYC, where there’s a John Jay HS and also a school of law at NYU.
Happy to see james winning today, I am rooting for him in the finals
I went with Philadelphia too in FJ, and struck out. Good for James; he selected Paris.
As did I, thinking of Ben Franklin and his partying days there (don’t know if you know of the “Hellfire Club”).
Unusually, I got well less than half the triple stumpers correct! I’m usually about 50%.
Having seen all three now, I think James has the best chance.
Yes, James was like a tornado in the first round. I thought he would have a runaway, but Pam did a good job of catching up in the second.
Jessica on Monday had the only runaway.
Renee, darn those daily doubles.