Final Jeopardy: World Fauna (5-31-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/31/2016) in the category “World Fauna” was:

Platypuses are to this Pacific island what alligators are to Florida.

2x champ Erin Delaney has now won $53,999. Today she takes on these two players: Laurie Corrin, from Kirkland, WA; and Tim Mercure, from Washington, D.C.

Round 1 Categories: Rodents – Logos – Body Parts in Song – “Front” & “Back” – Do You Have Any Nines? – Go Hamilton Fish!

Tim found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Go Hamilton Fish!” under the $800 clue, with only 2 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,000, $400 more than Laurie in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS COLUMBIA?

Tim finished in the lead with $7,000. Laurie was second with $4,600 and Erin was last with $3,200.

Round 2 Categories: Noted African Americans – Parts Of The Mountain – U.S. Airport Codes – Also A Church Word – Drama – And The Obscure Oscar Goes To..

After 20 clues, Tim found the first Daily Double in “Parts of the Mountain” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $13,400, he had $6,800 more than Laurie in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS MOUNT ST. HELENS?

Tim got the last Daily Double in “Drama” under the $2,000 clue. It was the last clue of the round. He was in the lead with $14,000 now, $3,800 more than Laurie in second place. He bet $500 and thought it was Chekhov. That was WRONG.

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WHO IS CONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKI?

Tim finished in the lead with $13,500. Laurie was next with $10,200 and Erin was in third place with $8,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS TASMANIA?

Just as there are several states (Florida, Louisiana, Texas, etc.) in the USA inhabited by alligators, there are several Australian states (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania) where the platypus lives. Tasmania is, however, the only island.

Erin wrote down New Zealand. She bet and lost everything she had.

Laurie thought it was Papua New Guinea. That cost her $6,601. She had $3,599 left.

Tim got it right. He bet $6,901 so he won the match with $20,401 and he will return as the new Jeopardy! champ on the first day of June. Alex Trebek asked Tim if that was a guess and he said: “It was either that or Australia.”

A triple stumper from each round:

BODY PARTS IN SONG ($600) Josh Turner has a song called “Cold” this

DRAMA ($1600) Samuel Beckett wrote ”Waiting for Godot” & American playwright Clifford Odets wrote “Waiting for” him

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WHO ARE THE PENN QUAKERS?

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