Final Jeopardy: Design (9-11-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/11/2018) in the category “Design” was:

Switching the syllables in the German word for building of a home gave this design & architecture school its name

3x champ Rick Terpstra, an English teacher from Havertown, PA, has now won $60 grand. In his 4th game, he takes on these two ladies: Lori Goodman, a nonprofit executive director from Goleta, CA; and Becky Warren, a rock musician from Nashville, TN.

Round 1 Categories: Science Around Us – Go Fly a Kite! – Numerical Cinema – I’m Allen – U.S. History – That Ended “Well”

Lori found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Go Fly a Kite!” under the $1,000 clue, with just 2 clues left after it worth $600. She was in second place with $5,200, $1,400 less than Rick’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

On Dec. 12 1901 he used a kite to raise an antenna & claimed to received the first wireless signal from over the Atlantic. show

WHO IS GUGLIELMO MARCONI?

Lori finished in the lead with $8,200. Rick was second with $7,000 and Becky was last with $400. A reversal (see below) before the second round began changed Lori’s score to $8,800 and Becky’s to $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: Religious Leaders – Authors’ Second Novels – The Secret of -nym – “V”acation Spots – Broadway Replacements – Under Studies

Lori found the first Daily Double in “Religious Leaders” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. She was in second place with $13,600 at this point, $200 less than Rick’s lead. She bet $3,400 and she was RIGHT.

John Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S. founded this D.C. university in 1789. show

WHAT IS GEORGETOWN?

Rick found the last Daily Double in “The Secret of -nym” under the $1,600 clue, with 2 clues left after it worth $4,000. In the lead with $15,800, he had $800 more than Lori in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

Members of the organization known by this acronym run alphabetically from Algeria to Venezuela. show

WHAT IS OPEC?

Lori finished in the lead with $19,000. Rick was next with $17,800 and Becky was in third place with $3,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS BAUHAUS?

“The name Bauhaus was chosen by [Walter] Gropius in 1919. The previous year, he had written to a friend… explaining that he was thinking of starting a new school, which he described as a “Bauhütte,” or a medieval Masonic workshop. Soon afterward, Gropius was invited to become director of the Academy of Fine Art in Weimar, and insisted on merging it with the nearby School of Arts and Crafts and adding an architecture department. On March 20, 1919, he made a formal request for the new school to be named the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. “Staatliches,” or “state,” was only ever used for official purposes, and Gropius is thought to have invented Bauhaus, which combines the German words for ‘build” and “house” as a more modern version of Bauhütte, stripped of its Masonic origins.” From Deconstructing an Important Name (New York Times)

A prior clue from 2013 noted that “this school of design & its sites in Weimar & Dessau have been designated World Heritage Sites.” So remember that!

Becky didn’t bet anything so she stayed at $3,200.

Rick bet $11,399, finishing with $29,199.

Lori bet $15,401 bet so she won the game with $34,401, a fantastic win! Lori’s cheering section in the audience went wild as she became the new Jeopardy! champion.

Reversal: GO FLY A KITE! ($600) the 1822 “charvolant” was this type of passenger vehicle pulled at up to 20 mph by kites instead of horses – Becky said chariot, Lori said train. Rick got it with carriage. Becky’s answer was accepted and Lori’s was treated like it never happened.

A triple stumper from each round:

I’M ALLEN ($1000) This 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner by Allen Drury told about the inner workings of the U.S. Senate

BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS ($1600) “The Little Mermaid” preceded this show as a Disney movie, but followed it at the Lunt-Fontanne as a musical

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Military Men”

In 1895 he wrote to his family that with “superhuman strength” he would “discover the truth… on the tragic affair” show

WHO IS ALFRED DREYFUS?

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