Final Jeopardy: Contemporaries (6-14-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (6/14/2016) in the category “Contemporaries” was:

In an 1864 letter, he congratulated Abraham Lincoln on reelection on behalf of “The workingmen of Europe”

Current champ Hunter Appler now has 4 wins and $93,001 to his credit. His opponents today are: Zane Dowty, from Denver, CO; and Dana Thurmond Bruno, from Orlando, FL.

Round 1 Categories: History Repeats – The Entertainer – Patents – Biblical Art – Where’s that State School? – “Eff” for Effort

Hunter found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “History Repeats” under the $1,000 clue. There were still 7 clues left after it. He was in second place with $4,600, $200 less than Dana’s lead. He bet $500 but did not know so he was WRONG.

Like Anne Boleyn, this fifth wife of Henry VIII was also accused of adultery & beheaded.  show

WHO IS CATHERINE HOWARD?

Hunter finished in the lead with $7,300. Dana was second with $5,400 and Zane was last with $800.

Round 2 Categories: Fashion – Heroes – Modern Love – Rebel, Rebel – Let’s Gdansk – David Bowie

Dana found the first Daily Double in “Heroes” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick. In second place with $5,800, she had $3,100 less than Hunter’s lead. She bet $2,000 and ruefully said she didn’t know. Alex encouraged her to take a guess. She did and, to her great relief, she was RIGHT!

From the Latin for “battlefield” comes this word for a fighter or dog who has beaten all challengers. show

WHAT IS CHAMPION?

Dana found the last Daily Double in “Fashion” under the $1,200 clue, with 6 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $17,000 now, $900 ahead of Hunter in second place. She bet $1,000 and thought it was hermaphrodite. That was judged WRONG, but her response is in the Online Etymology dictionary’s definition of the response they wanted.

David Bowie was a style icon of this look from the Greek for “male & female in one” show

WHAT IS ANDROGYNOUS?

Hunter finished in the lead with $20,100. Dana was next with $18,000 and Zane was in third place with $1,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS KARL MARX?

In November 1864, after Abraham Lincoln’s reelection, the recently formed International Workingmen’s Association resolved to congratulate him in a address that was drafted by Karl Marx and presented to U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Charles Francis Adams (son of John Quincy Adams), noting that “the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery.” In the closing paragraph, “the workingmen of Europe” expressed the belief that “it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world.”

A lot of sites have the entire letter, but on Professor Alan Gilbert’s blog “Democratic Individuality,” he discusses his belief that Marx “offers two conflicting lines of thought,” indicting “Slave Power” while ignoring “ethnic cleansing of indigenous people.”

Zane bet $1,000 and finished with $2,200.

Dana bet $10,000. That brought her up to $28,000.

Hunter bet $15,901 so he won this match with $36,001. Amazing, especially when, just yesterday, Lou was wondering in the comments if Hunter could get up to Dan Feitel’s 5-day total and we figured he’d have to win about $35K today to do so. Hunter’s 5-day total is $129,002, exceeding Dan’s by $1,004.

Two stumper from the Double Jeopardy! round:

LET’S GDANSK ($1600) In 1308 these German knights seized control of Danzig, aka Gdansk, & held the city until 1466.

DAVID BOWIE ($2000) David Bowie’s first U.S. No. 1 album, it was released on his birthday in 2016 just 2 days before his death.

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Novel Characters”

His “spinal column was curved”… the “head was between the shoulder-blades” and… one leg was shorter than the other”. show

WHO IS QUASIMODO?

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