Final Jeopardy: Historic Americans (3-15-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/15/2024) in the category “Historic Americans” was:
Near Kirkbean on Solway Firth, U.S. Vice Admiral Jerauld Wright presented a memorial plaque honoring this man
Today’s Tournament of Champions contestants are: Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, WA; Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, FL; and Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, WI.
Games won at the starting line:
Yogesh 1 Troy 1 Ben 1
Round 1 Categories: That’s so 18th Century – Types of Poems – Food & Drink – On the Web – TV Drama – Champ Change
Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Types of Poems” under the $600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with negative $800, $4,600 less than Troy’s lead. Ben bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
A villanelle is a 19-line poem consisting of 5 tercets & a concluding (do the math) one of these show
Troy finished in the lead with $8,000. Yogesh was in second place with $6,400. Ben was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Making a Pass – Lost Works – What the “H”? – Famous Women – Movie Songs – Extinct Animals
Ben found the first Daily Double in “Lost Work” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in last place with $5,000, $8,200 less than Troy’s lead. Ben made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In the lost ancient epic “Aethiopis”, the Ethiopian King Memnon fights for Troy & is killed by this Greek hero show
Troy found the last Daily Double in “Making a Pass” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $14,000, $800 less than Yogesh’s lead. Troy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The first major U.S.-German battle of World War II took place in February 1943 at Kasserine Pass on this continent show
Troy finished in the lead with $33,200. Yogesh was in second place with $20,400. Ben was last with $12,800. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS JOHN PAUL JONES?
According to the history page on John Paul Jones Cottage Museum’s website, retired admirals Jerauld Wright, USN and Sir Nigel Henderson, RN, were the two major forces behind the restoration of the cottage where Scottish American naval captain John Paul Jones was born on July 6, 1747.
Despite a somewhat checkered life, in America, John Paul Jones is most famous for his service in the Revolutionary War and his bravery at the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779, where he allegedly uttered the famous words: “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Ben got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to$25,600.
Yogesh went with Civil War Admiral David Farragut. That cost him $5,200 and left him with $15,200.
Troy had Pershing, a WWI Army General. Troy lost $7,601 and finished with $25,599, a dollar less than Ben. So once again, Ben Chan won from third place. All Ben needs is a good game on Monday and he wins the whole shebang!
Games won at the finish line:
Yogesh 1 Troy 1 Ben 2
2 triple stumpers in the whole game:
FOOD & DRINK ($600) With spinach as a star ingredient, the dish seen here (image) goes by this 2-word name, partly after a city
EXTINCT ANIMALS ($1200) In 2021 the FWS declared extinct the stirrupshell & 7 other species of these mollusks that form serious attachments
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Symbols”
This U.S. politician asked for a multicolored pennant for a parade; demand increased after his death in 1978 show
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These kinds of FJs drive home the fact that nobody knows everything. Solway Firth is contextually a body of water in Scotland. Why would a US admiral be commemorating someone from Scotland? John Paul Jones was kind of an honorary North Carolinian. As a native North Carolinian, I knew John Paul Jones was a Scot by birth. On the other hand, I don’t think I remember a single UN Secretary-General since Dag Hammarskjöld
I went with Admiral Chester Nimitz for FJ which I didn’t feel was too bad of a guess. But General John Pershing? No, he was a worldly renowned army general.
It’s humbling to see how much these tournament players know that I don’t.
I’m going to have to go back several recaps to find a FJ I nailed.
My sister just asked me why Troy lost by $1. I explained that he had to bet $7601 in case Yogesh bet it all and both got it right. But Yogesh bet $5200, which would have tied him with Ben had both got FJ right. Seems to me $5201 would have been wiser. But it didn’t matter. If Ben had had anything less than $12800 he’d not have won. That’s how the math works out sometimes.
This is the second time that Ben has won by one dollar. A lot can happen on Monday’s game. Either Ben will win the whole shebang or Troy or Yogesh can secure their second win.