Final Jeopardy: U.S. Monuments (7-25-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (7/25/2016) in the category “U.S. Monuments” was:

Tuskegee Institute President Robert Moton couldn’t sit with the other speakers at its 1922 dedication.

Current champ Pranjal Vachaspati won 4 games and $89,188 last week. In his 5th game, he’s up against these two players: Anthony Szabo, from Portland, OR; and Kathy Krebs, from Philadelphia, PA.

We’re in the home stretch of Season 32, folks. Wouldn’t it be wild if Pranjal won every game this week and became a 9x champ like Buzzy Cohen?

Round 1 Categories: Who Makes It? – 7-Letter Words – Duck Day Afternoon – Vice Presidents – “M”Placement – The Magic of Laika Animation

Anthony found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Vice Presidents” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,200, $400 less than Pranjal’s lead. He bet $500 and could not come up with a response so he was WRONG.

He was the first vice-president to assume the presidency upon the assassination of a president.  show

WHO IS ANDREW JOHNSON?

Pranjal finished in the lead with $8,600. Anthony was second with $1,900 and Kathy was last with $1,800.

Round 2 Categories: Anatomically Titled Lit – Sports Nicknames – State Flowers – Holy Moses! – Tech Talk – Add “S” to the Start of the Word

Pranjal found the first Daily Double in “Holy Moses!” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. In the lead with $15,400, he had $15,100 more than Anthony in second place. He bet $7,500 and took a guess with “Go forth and conquer.” That was WRONG.

When Moses confronts the Pharaoh, these 4 words follow “thus saith the Lord God of Israel.” show

WHAT IS “LET MY PEOPLE GO”?

Astonishingly, he found the last Daily Double on his very next pick in “State Flowers” under the $1,600 clue. His lead had dropped to $7,900 now, $7,600 more than Anthony. He bet $7,000 and this time, he was RIGHT.

Arizona’s state flower is the white blossom found near the top of the stems & “arms” of this giant cactus. show

WHAT IS THE SAGUARO?

Pranjal finished in the lead with $22,500 another runway. Anthony was next with $5,900 Kathy was out of the game at this point, at negative $600.

BOTH of the contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.

WHAT IS THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL?

“At the Lincoln Memorial dedication ceremony, Dr. Moton delivered the keynote address, promoting equality among the races, even as he spoke to a largely segregated audience…. In 1921, Moton wrote a letter to President-Elect Warren G. Harding with a list of suggestions for improving race relations. Interestingly, Harding and Moton would share a platform just a year later, as both took part in the Lincoln Memorial dedication on May 30, 1922.” (Lincoln Memorial Important Individuals)

See a picture of Dr. Moton delivering the address on Google Books’ preview of “The Lincoln Memorial” by Marc Tyler Nobleman

Anthony bet it all, doubling his score to $11,800.

Pranjal added $10,000 to win the match with $32,500. His 5-day total is $121,688.

A triple stumper from each round:

DUCK DAY AFTERNOON ($1000) 2 years before “Sexual Perversity in Chicago”, this bleeper-bleepin’ playwright came up with bleepin’ “Duck Variations”

ANATOMICALLY TITLED LIT ($1600) “City of Bones’ is the first book in this fantasy series about teenage demon hunters in New York City

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Historic Transports”

Its principal mast is at Arlington, its foremast is at the Naval Academy & a monument to it, restored in 2013, is located in Havana. show

WHAT IS THE U.S.S. MAINE?

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