Final Jeopardy: Historic FIgures (8-28-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (8/28/2020) in the category “Historic Figures” was:

In legend, this real European leader fielded an elite corps called the 12 Peers that included Oliver & Roland

Today’s show is a rerun of the final game of the 2020 College Championship that originally aired on 4/17/2020. The players are: Tyler Combs, Nibir Sarma and Xiaoke Ying.

Click here for the original recap of this game.

Here are the triple stumpers from the last semi-final game of the 2014 College Championship, if you want to compare games.

GLOBAL STUDIES ($1000) The Hermitage Museum in this city houses a collection of more than 3 million works of art & artifacts

MONEY TALKS ($400) The 2012 nickel: The name of this building

($600) A Canadian note: “Dix ____ dollars”

FICTIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ($400) Bracton College in “That Hideous Strength” by C.S. Lewis is home to the tomb of this magician

($800) Professor Chronotis teaches at St. Cedd’s College in this author’s “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”

($1200) Camden College is the setting for “The Rules of Attraction” by this 3-named chronicler of amoral youth

($2000) A college called Salomon’s House in Sir Francis Bacon’s “New Atlantis” may have inspired the 1660 founding of this society

WHAT’S YOUR MAJOR? ($400) Abner Doubleday, once thought to have invented baseball, became a major general during this war

($800) Practice twirling that baton & you can perform with the marching band as one of these. (This term is also acceptable)

COUPLING ON TV ($2000) On HBO, Thomas-John & Jessa Johansson

“ONY” BALONEY ($2000) The leadership or dominance of one nation over others