Final Jeopardy: Cities in History (10-3-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/3/2018) in the category “Cities in History” was:

The Cathedral of St. Pierre was the center of the Calvinist Reformation in this lakeside city

2x champ Doug Dodson, has now won $21,999. In Game 3, his opponents are: Maggie Beazer, a student from Cambridge, MA; and Susan Donnelly-Kaye, a retired pathologist from Wilmington, DE.

Round 1 Categories: New England – Brick by Brick – From the Dutch – Cobra Kai – Karate – Kids

Doug found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Cobra Kai” under the $600 clue, with 5 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,200, $1,800 more than Susan in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Dendroaspis, these deadly African members of the cobra family, come in green & black. show

WHAT ARE MAMBAS?

Doug finished in the lead with $11,000. Maggie was second with $400 and Susan was last with $3,000.

Round 2 Categories: Business Lingo – The Cold War – Entertainment Rituals – Dentistry – Authors’ Fictional Places – Ends in “O”

Doug found the first Daily Double in “Entertainment Rituals” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. He was in the lead big time with $18,600 at this point, $13,600 more than Susan in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Penned in 1880, this July 4th symphony staples touts a Russian victory, not an American one. show

WHAT IS THE 1812 OVERTURE?

Maggie found the last Daily Double in “Authors’ Fictional Places” under the $1,200 clue, with 2 clues to go after it. At negative $2,400 vs. Doug’s $25,800, she could only hope to get out of the red. With a big smile, she bet the $2,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

In the South, Maycomb & Finch’s Landing. show

WHO IS HARPER LEE?

Doug finished in the lead with a runaway $25,800. Susan was next with $6,200 and Maggie made it to the final clue with $1,200.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS GENEVA?

St. Pierre’s Cathedral (St. Peter’s in English) is located in Geneva’s Old Town in Switzerland. It is famed as the church where John Calvin, a founder of Calvinism, gave his mid-16th century sermons. The triangular stool by the pulpit is said to be the very one he sat on. From MySwitzerland.com: “The Catholic cathedral of St. Peter became a Protestant church in 1536. John Calvin preached here from 1536 to 1564, and the cathedral became the guiding center of Protestantism. Like reformers all over Europe, Calvin’s followers stripped Geneva’s cathedral of its altars, statues, paintings and furniture. Only the stained glass windows remained.”

A related clue from 2008: WORLD HISTORY ($1200) In the 1540s John Calvin made this Swiss city a center of Protestant might

Maggie wrote down Alsace. She bet $666 and finished with $534.

Susan had Helsinki. She lost $2,000 and had $4,200 left.

Doug got it right. He bet $5,000 and won the game with $30,800. His 3-day total is $52,799, considerably improving his average.

A triple stumper from each round:

FROM THE DUTCH ($800) This word for an artificial bird used as a lure by a hunter is from the Dutch for “cage”

ENTERTAINMENT RITUALS ($2000) After the last plane leaves the South Pole each summer, winter-over crews view this 1951 film & the 1982 remake

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The Economy”

Systemically Important Financial Institution is an official status known more informally by these 4 words. show

WHAT IS TOO BIG TO FAIL?

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