Final Jeopardy: Geography & The Movies (12-21-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/21/2018) in the category “Geography & The Movies” was:

Named the first U.S. National monument in 1906, it was featured prominently in a blockbuster movie 71 years later

New champ Andrew Kung, a grad student from San Francisco, CA, won $21,000 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Ellie Jostad, a journalist from Brooklyn, NY; and Graham Fulton III, a musician research engineering asst., from Ellington, CT.

In Alex Trebek’s intro, he told us to keep our fingers crossed that Jackie Fuchs makes it to the ToC. There are currently five 4x champs on the ToC list.

Round 1 Categories: Size Matters -TV Moves – Daffynitions – Senators With Stamina – Animal Adjectives – Hitting the Sauce

Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Senators with Stamina” under the $800 clue, with 5 clues worth $2,000 still to go. He was in the lead with $5,200, $200 more than Graham in second place. He bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.

Who knew that this West Virginia senator would hang around for 50 years after winning is gig. show

WHO IS ROBERT BYRD?

Andrew finished in the lead with $8,400. Graham was second with $5,600 and Ellie was last with zero.

Round 2 Categories: Free at Last – Psychology – Manly Nicknames – Sleighing Songs – Dreamy Literature – Put on Your “P.J.”S

Graham found the first Daily Double in “Psychology” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick. He was in second place with $10,000 at this point, $400 behind Andrew’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

From the Greek for “marketplace”, this disorder keeps many people home due to fear of panicking in a public place. show

WHAT IS AGORAPHOBIA?

Andrew found the last Daily Double in “Free at Last” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $22,000, he had $6,000 more than Graham in second place. He bet $4,000 and went with Morocco. That was WRONG.

1962, after more than a century of struggle against European colonizers: this North African country. show

WHAT IS ALGERIA?

Andrew finished in the lead with $18,000. Graham was next with $14,800. Ellie was out of the game at negative $2,000.

Only ONE of the two left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.

WHAT IS DEVILS TOWER?

According to The National Parks Service, efforts were made as early as 1892 to establish Devils Tower National Park. The Antiquities Act of June 1906 allowed “objects of historic or scientific interest” to be set aside by the president. Wyoming Rep. Frank W. Mondell lent his influence to having the area preserved as a national monument and then President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on 9/24/1906. There is a video on Rock 96.7 that tells how Devil’s Tower became center stage for 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

A 2015 clue: WHERE THE DEVIL?! ($400) Just wow, this state: Devil’s Playground, Hell’s Half Acre, Devils Tooth Quadrangle & of course, the big one– Devils Tower

Graham got it right. He bet $7,400 and finished with $22,200.

Andrew thought of the Lincoln Memorial. He lost $11,601, landing him in second place with $6,399. That made Graham Fulton III the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

SENATORS WITH STAMINA ($1000) In the Senate more than 40 years, this late Republican has an airport in Anchorage named after him

PUT ON YOUR “P.J.”S ($2000) In medieval times, it was the name of a fabled Christian king of Asia behind the lines of the infidels

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Recording History”

Guinness recognizes his 1902 version of Leoncavallo’s “Vesti La Giubba” as the 1st million-selling record. show

WHO IS ENRICO CARUSO?

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