Final Jeopardy: Fighting Forces (7-27-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/27/2023) in the category “Fighting Forces” was:
Formed in 1831 to help with the conquest of Algeria, its ranks have included Germans, Turks & Chinese
New champ Lucas Partridge, a school counselor from Las Vegas, NV, won $20,100 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Alicia Schaffer, a physician from Indianapolis, IN; and Zach Razavi, a palliative physician from Saint Paul, MN.
Round 1 Categories: Historic Americans – Books of the Old Testament – Triple Time – The Forbes 2023 Billionaires List – Retitled Movie Adaptations – Anatomical Anagrams
Lucas found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Americans” under the $800 clue just before the break. He was in the lead with $3,200, $2,000 more than Alicia in second place. Lucas bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Soon after he lost his Supreme Court case, this enslaved American was emancipated by the son of his first owner show
Lucas finished in the lead with $5,200. Alicia was second with $2,400 and Zach was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: World Cities – Play Time – Starts with “H-I” – The Bar Mitzvah Boy – That Song Slays – Here Be Pirates!
Alicia found the first Daily Double in “Play Time” under the $1,600 on the 13th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $8,800, $800 more than Lucas in second place. Alicia bet $2,000 and thought it was Oscar Wilde. That was WRONG.
The play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” by this Irishman was considered so scandalous it was banned for years show
Just two clues later, Alicia got the last Daily Double in “World Cities” under the $2,000 clue. She was in second place with $6,800 now, $1,200 less than Lucas’ lead. Alicia bet $1,800 and she was RIGHT.
Today an art school stands at the place in this huge metropolis where Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 show
Lucas finished in the lead with $13,600. Alicia was second with $11,000 and Zach was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION?
The French Foreign Legion was founded on 3/9/1831 by King Louis Philippe I, establishing a separate force of foreign soldiers to assist in the conquest of Algeria. At that time, French citizens were not permitted to join the legion. The idea was the lives of foreigners were more expendable. Men joined the French Foreign Legion for adventure and travel but many also wanted to leave behind their old lives. However it may have been way back when, it’s not that simple to join the French Foreign Legion these days. Simon Bennett relates his attempt to join the French Foreign Legion in this 2014 article (with some profanity).
An old Daily Double: 1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS: Like “Beau Geste”, also by P.C. Wren, “Beau Sabreur” is about a man in this fighting unit
Zach bet $1,986 and finished with $3,986.
Alicia bet $6,999 and finished with $17,999.
Lucas bet $8,500 and won the game with $22,100. His 2-day total is $42,200. If Lucas wins tomorrow, we’ll have to wait a while for his 4th game.
3 triple stumpers from THE BAR MITZVAH BOY:
($800) Then still named Lifshitz, this man with plenty of fashion sense chose a blue blazer for his big day
($1600) This New York Times columnist known for covering the Mideast mentions his bar mitzvah in his book “From Beirut to Jerusalem”
($2000) This future author of unsettling tales became a man on June 13, 1896 in Prague
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “1970s Movie Scenes”
Writer Dan O’Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn’s disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out show
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VJ & Rhonda, I was loving the Business clues tonight.
Ran the Forbes 2023 Billionaires category. 😁
That’s terrific, Jacob. I missed the cosmetics company and the sneaker mogul (I was going to say sneaker king but he’s a different chess piece 🤣)
VJ, Too funny. 😂 I felt Michael Bloomberg was overvalued. Most people know who he is because of his TV channel “Bloomberg” which airs all over the world. I watch it at night because it’s already the following morning in some other countries. In the USA we’re going to bed and people in those countries are already going to work or are already at work the next day. Best Business imo.
Jacob, I missed Lebron (shame on me) but got Tiger. I also didn’t get Musk (I know you’ll give me a s scolding for that one!!).
Rhonda, No way I would say anything negative because I’m confident you got Bloomberg correct. 😁
Thanks for being so kind, Jacob, and you’re correct in having confidence that I got Bloomberg correct, thank goodness! Shame on me if I didn’t!!!
Oh my, I’d have been shocked if anyone had missed that creampuff of a FJ. Helped to know that France owned Algeria until around 1962. [VJ you have the answer listed as French Foreign Legionnaire.]
Good 2-person battle tonight, could have gone either way.
Re Chuck Schumer’s 11-23-63 bar mitzvah. On 11-22, a Friday, my parents took off work, my sister and I didn’t go to school. Dad drove us upstate to attend a Saturday bar mitzvah in Syracuse of a family friend, same age as me. We stopped in Schenectady at my aunt and uncle’s place. I was bored, so turned on the TV that afternoon, just in time to see Walter Cronkite break in with the bulletin about the assassination. The bar mitzvah did take place on 11-23.
On that same subject, I knew Lifshitz and the future author from Prague. Also the French pirate and the sports shoe company, whose world HQ is not far from my home. Too many stumpers tonight!
Quick reminder: an acquaintance from 30+ years ago, Sharon Bishop, will be on Friday’s show at the middle podium. No idea how she did, but she’s very excited. Messaged me on FB minutes ago. This is at least the 3rd woman I once knew who’s made it on to the Jeopardy stage.
That sure will be something if your friend wins tomorrow, Howard. She’ll be the returning champ in September!
P.S. I fixed the Legionnaire mistake. Thanks. It’s weird how I read that back to myself as “Legion”
I came here to ask if it was Sharon or Monica, Howard! I def look forward to that: I’m going to say, out loud, that “I know her friend!”
FJ! was just easy. True story, hand to God, I almost became a Legionnaire. I got screwed out of becoming a US Navy officer, and I spoke French. Almost happened.
Think of it this way, Jason: you didn’t come down with Legjonnaire’s disease. (I know, that sprang from a different Legion entirely. As I recall, it hit big in Philadelphia while I was living not far away in south NJ.)
This is it. Tomorrow is the Season 39 finale. Whoever wins tomorrow will get to relax for 6 weeks and come back to defend in September. Let’s see if we can end the season in a high note.