Final Jeopardy: U.S. State History (3-30-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/30/2018) in the category “U.S. State History” was:
During Ulysses Grant’s 2-term presidency, only one state joined the Union: this one
2x champ Emily Milan, has now won $35,201. In Game 3, she is up against these two players: Tyler Morrison, from Vienna, WV; and Jen Simons, from Charlottesville, VA.
Round 1 Categories: Word Puzzles – European Cities – Pro Baseball Teams – Historic Fill in the Quote – R.C. – Cola
Jen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Quotes” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $5,800, $3,800 more than Emily in second place. She bet $2,200 and took a guess with fascism. That was WRONG.
Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,” this “has descended across the continent.” show
Jen finished in the lead with $4,400. Emily was second with $3,800 and Tyler was last with $400.
Round 2 Categories: Playing the Palladium – Extinct Peoples – It All Starts With “U” – Odd-Titled Top 40 Hits – Literary Love Triangles – New Careers!
Emily found the first Daily Double in “Literary Love Triangles” under the $2,000 clue on the 17th pick. She was in the lead with $11,400 at this point, $3,800 more than Jen in second place. She bet $3,000 and didn’t know so she was WRONG.
In this novel, Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn. show
Tyler found the last Daily Double in “Playing the Palladium” under the $1,600 clue, with one $2K clue left after it. In the lead with $10,400, he had $2,000 more than Emily in second place. He bet $500, and guessed Nevada. That was WRONG.
Known for mining, especially of copper, this western state has the USA’s only palladium mine. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $11,900. Emily was next with $8,400 and Jen was in third place with $6,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Colorado’s first bid to join the Union was vetoed by then President Andrew Johnson in 1866, who also tried to block the admittance of Nebraska. The latter ended up being the only state admitted during Johnson’s tenure and Colorado had to wait until August 1, 1876 during Ulysses S. Grant’s second term to become the 38th state. Jerry Kopel (1928-2012), who served as a Colorado state legislator for 22 years, wrote a short history on why it took so long for Colorado to don the robes of statehood. If it had happened any earlier, however, Colorado would not be known as “The Centennial State,” a nickname referring to the 100-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Click here for a look at all U.S. states by date of admission and who was President at the time.
Jen wrote down Utah after crossing off New Mexico. She bet and lost it all.
Emily got it right. She bet $1,400 to finish with $9,800.
Tyler went with Nevada (again). He lost $4,901, dropping him down to $6,999. So Emily Milan won again. Her 3-day total is $45,001.
A triple stumper from each round:
R.C. ($1000) This author’s story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” is adapted as a stage play in the film “Birdman”
ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS ($800) This sibling duo, Karen & Richard, were on top of the world with “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Asian Cities”
Of Asia’s 10 most populous urban areas, this city on an island is the only one south of the equator. show
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The youth and inexperience really showed with these 3 young people. When a person is 50, as I am, I am able to answer questions about the Carpenters and some others that the younger ones can’t answer. Then again I don’t know anything about the current music because I’m still living in the 1980s.
Robert crumb stump them , part of the famous Zap Comics.
Tyler looks a lot like Nathan Kress.
I’m actually shocked that Jen did not know the iron Curtain. It was a barrier that was used during the cold war between russia.and germany. The red alert games has that iron curtain device, I am not sure if your kids have command and conquer red alert series, VJ?
Congrats to Emily on her third win. I hope she wins again for next week. Why did Tyler guess Nevada twice in this game? I thought he had a chance to go for Minnesota in the final jeopardy round.
@Lou, well, he would have had the same result whether he went for Nevada or Minnesota. I thought it was funny when Jen decided to switch out of Top 40 Hits after they all missed 2 clues with 1970s songs and Alex said it was before their time. The next clue was in “Extinct Peoples” about the 15th century. LOL! That was before everyone’s time 😀
LINK: 12 more clues from the match
After she missed the clue about The Carpenters she then went for the Extinct category. I thought that was very ironic, since Karen Carpenter is now extinct. I wonder if Jen subconsciously chose Extinct because of Karen Carpenter.
I had a strong hunch Emily would know this FJ. Go Emily! I like that girl!😀
I just watched…at the end of the episode, Emily admitted to Alex that she just guessed. So much for my hunch! LOL!
LOL, Nell — it was a great guess, all the same 😉 It got Emily a chance to be a 4x champ.