Final Jeopardy: Historic Organizations (6-6-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/6/2023) in the category “Historic Organizations” was:
A senator called the 1949 pact that formed this “fraternity of peace” that “makes the obligation plain… for us and others”
3x champ Jared Watson, a quality control specialist from Greenville, TX, has now won $56,202. In Game 4, his challengers are: Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, GA; and Deborah Clayman, a writer from Saint Helena, CA.
Round 1 Categories: 21st Century Stuff – Quotable Notables – Which Cabinet Department? – Waterfowl-Pourri – RIAA Top Selling Artists – S-Less, Chaps
Jared found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “21st Century Stuff” under the $600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,800, $3,000 more than Suresh in second place. Jared bet $4,000 thought it was Belgium. That was WRONG.
With French-speaking areas generally for & German-speaking areas against, this country voted to become the 190th U.N. member show
Jared finished in the lead with $3,800. Suresh was second with $3,000 and Deborah was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Nonfiction TV – Strait Up – Books & Authors – It Comes in “Wave”s – This & That – You Must Be 12 Letters Long or More to Enter
Jared found the first Daily Double in “Strait Up” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $9,800, $6,800 more than Suresh in second place. Jared bet $3,000 and came up with the English Channel. That was WRONG.
Head strait up from Calais & you’ll be in the body of water called this strait show
Suresh got the last Daily Double in “12 Letters Long or More” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,400 now, $6,600 less than Jared’s lead. Suresh bet $2,600 and he was RIGHT.
The legally mandated process of dividing up voters into new legislative regions within a state show
Jared finished in the lead with $12,800. Suresh was second with $7,600 and Deborah was last with $600. The $400 Nonfiction TV clue were not shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NATO?
From the U.S. State Dept., Office of the Historian: “The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.” The 12 countries that joined the pact at that time were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, UK and USA. There are now 31 members.
Michigan’s long-serving Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg is the one being quoted in today’s clue when he said that “the fraternity of war must be made the fraternity of peace” in a January 10, 1945 speech.
Deborah got it right. She bet $599 and finished with $1,199.
Suresh also got it right. He bet $3,000 and finished with $10,600.
Jared thought it was the United Nations. He lost his $2,401 bet and finished with $10,399. That made Suresh Krishnan the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from THIS & THAT:
($1200) This producer of “The Crazy Heart” & “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtracks has a steak, er, star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame
($1600) The name of this color of unbleached linen is French for “raw”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Around the World”
In the 1860s a zoologist proposed that this island was once part of a lost continent he dubbed Lemuria show
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Fj was mostly a gimme, but I knew at least one of them would pick the UN, which was formed in 1945 (Oct 24 is UN Day). The recap says 1941, but I believe the actual clue read 1949. That and the “obligation” part were enough to give it away.
Jared has to be about the worst multi-day performer ever on DDs. If he’d wagered only $1, he’d have won a lot more $$ and probably had a runaway today. “English Channel” was a weak response today to a somewhat obvious DD about the strait between France and England. Unless someone beats me to it, I think I’ll go back and see how much $$ he earned on DDs vs how much he lost. But VJ probably has this info readily available.
A couple of lame responses in the 12-letter category (skeleton, warehouse).
I thought the eventual champ would bet more on his 12-letter DD, but at least he wagered correctly on FJ. “Treasury” for wage and hour division was also a poor guess.
Interesting about the French linen. I know it only as a crossword answer for a very light shade of brown or tan. The stumpers on the St Louis soundtrack guy and the Arabian strait were tough, but I thought someone would get them. Especially musician Jared on the first one.
Howard, here’s what I’ve got on Jared’s DDs:
Game 1
DD1: -$1,000
DD2: -$3,000
DD3: +$2,000
Game 2
DD1: -$3,000
DD2: N/A
DD3: +$2,000
Game 3
DD1: -$4,000
DD2: -$3,000
DD3: N/A
P.S. – I fixed that 41 / 49 thing.
I went back and looked. Jared was on 4X. Game 1, missed the first 2, got the last. Game 2 Missed the first, got the 2nd. Game 3 got all 3. Game 4 Missed both. Totals: 5 right, 5 wrong.
$10000 won, $14000 lost. And in Game 4, a potential runaway if he answers either one correctly.
No runaway, no repeated champion for Jared today. That means the 5-time Jeopardy champion crisis continues.
An obvious no brainer for FJ, and the champion somehow flubbed it.