Final Jeopardy: Queen Elizabeth II (1-15-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/15/2021) in the category “Queen Elizabeth II” was:
Of the last 12 sitting U.S. Pres., the only one Elizabeth never met; she had her youngest child 3 months into his presidency
3x champ Lucy Ricketts, an illustrator, originally from Atlanta, GA, brought her winnings up to $79,499. yesterday. In Game 4, she is up against: Jennifer Linde, an associate professor from Minneapolis, MN; and Gautham Nagesh, a journalist originally from Jackson, MI.
Round 1 Categories: It’s a Long Story – Take Note – 3-Letter “D” Words – The Name is the TV Title – Fortify Yourself – All Kinds of Wine
Lucy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Fortify Yourself” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $4,400, $1,200 more than Jennifer in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1835 Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos fortified this mission in San Antonio but soon had to surrender it. show
Lucy finished in the lead with $6,600. Jennifer was second with $5,200 and Gautham was last with $2,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Bygone Abbrev. – U.S. Cities – Along for the Ride – Vocabulary – Hodgepodge – Entertaining Brothers
Lucy found the first Daily Double in “Along for the Ride” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick. She was in the lead with $14,600 now, $6,600 more than Jennifer in second place. She bet $4,000 and thought it was La Salle. That was WRONG.
This cartographer set out to explore the Mississippi in birchbark canoes with Jacques Marquette in 1673. show
Gautham got the last Daily Double in “Vocabulary” under the $1,600 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In third place with $3,200, he had $14,600 less than Lucy’s lead. He bet $3,199 and came up with “act.” That was WRONG.
The Cambridge Dictionary insists that “we imply something by what we say. We “do this “from what somebody else says” show
Lucy finished in the lead with $18,200. Jennifer was next with $12,400 and Gautham was in third place with $1,201. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Queen Elizabeth’s youngest child is Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. He was born on 3/10/1964. Lyndon B. Johnson had been president since 11/22/1963, sworn in on Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Refinery29.com has an article comparing the relationships of Queen Elizabeth II, her sister Princess Margaret and LBJ with TV series “The Crown’s” treatment of the subject. It includes this interesting link to LBJ’s “official daily diary” from 11/17/1965, when Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden, her husband, were guests of honor at a state dinner. It lists who sat at the President’s table and what they ate.
The other royal kiddies: Elizabeth II was still a Princess when she met with Harry S. Truman in November of 1951. She was already the mother of Prince Charles (b. 11/14/1948) and Princess Anne (b. 8/15/1950). She became Queen on 2/6/1952 upon the death of her father, George VI. Prince Andrew, her third child, was born on 2/19/1960 during the last year of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency.
Gautham thought it was JFK. He lost his $1,200 bet and finished with $1.00.
Jennifer got it right. She bet her whole $12,400 and finished with $24,800.
Lucy had Kennedy, too. She lost $6,602 and finished with $11,598. That made Jennifer Linde the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from THE NAME IS THE TV TITLE:
($800) It’s not set in fairy tale Germany but in Portland & the lead character is Burkhardt
($1000) American football coach Jason Sudeikis manages a London soccer team
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous Doctors”
Not an artist himself, he inspired the surrealists but thought them “absolute cranks” until he met Dali in London in 1938 show
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If Prince Edward was born on March 10, 1964 he would have been born in the fourth month of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, Since Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on November 22, 1963. That begs the question was the final Jeopardy question wrong? Does that mean that Lucy would get another chance at playing in more jeopardy sessions.
@David, I don’t know what the judges would say about that — it was 3 months + 18 days into Johnson’s presidency. I wouldn’t challenge the clue over that, especially if I wrote down JFK. .
I agree that “in the 4th month” would have been better wording, but no way will they bring her back based on that.
Thanks for the interesting link to LBJ’s daily diary, VJ.
You’re welcome, Rhonda. I thought that was so cool 😎 Kirk Douglas, hanging out with LBJ and Princess Margaret. I wonder if anyone said “I’m Spartacus”
Yes, VJ, his name caught my attention, too.
Lucy was impressive. She knows things that many young women don’t know such as the ABA, the OSS, and the Allman Brothers.
Another response that just appeared in Master Minds – Mary, Queen of Scots. They both even included the year of her execution, 1587.
And here I thought Lucy was going to get a streak but she missed some easy final jeopardy responses which was her undoing. Congrats to Jennifer on her win. Too bad gautham couldn’t get anything going today. No triple solves this week but hopefully next week will be better. JFK was long gone before the queen even met him, VJ. In my opinion Lucy could do a lot better in final jeopardy.
Yes, I’m hoping that next week will be better. Oh, and $64,499 is Lucy’s 2-Day Total. Her 3-Day Total is $79,499.
JFK was not “long gone” before she met him. He was one of 11 of the last 12 presidents whom she met.
I figured the answer was a 1-term president and also guessed JFK. Johnson probably would have been 2nd choice.
Lucy would have had a runaway win had she known Joliet and Marquette, arguably the 2nd best-known exploring team after Lewis and Clark. I remember them from school days which were about 60 years ago. I believe Marquette was a priest (Pere Marquette).
Tough to understand how the guy didn’t know “infer” is the opposite of “imply.” Basic rule of grammar. The speaker implies, the listener or reader infers.