Final Jeopardy: History (7-16-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/16/2021) in the category “History” was:

Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin

2x champ Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer from Washington, D.C. has won $41,400 so far this week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Lois Doll, a retired library clerk from Rosemount, MN; and Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, ID.

Round 1 Categories: World War II in Europe – Literary Subtitles – The Weekly Conference Call – “O”pposites – Grammy Winners – Today I Learned

Tyler found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “”O”pposites” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,000, $2,200 more than Josh in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Of powerless (10 Letters) show

WHAT IS OMNIPOTENT?

Josh finished in the lead with $8,000. Tyler was second with $7,600 and Lois was last with $2,400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Science & Nature – S.E.C.! S.E.C.! – Pop Culture Before & After – 6-Letter the Better – High – On Life

Josh found the first Daily Double in “S.E.C.! S.E.C.!” under the $1,200 clue, with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $8,800 now, $5,200 less than Tyler’s lead. He bet $5,300 and he was RIGHT.

The University of Tennessee is one of 2 S.E.C. schools from the state; This one founded by a shipping magnate in 1873 is the other show

WHAT IS VANDERBILT?

Josh got the last Daily Double in “Science & Nature” under the $1,600 clue on the very next pick. In the lead with $14,100, he had $100 more than Tyler in second. He bet $1,900 and he was RIGHT.

This 7-letter adjective describes animals like elephants and gorillas that are mostly active during the day show

WHAT IS DIURNAL?

Josh finished in the lead with $21,600. Tyler was next with $12,400 and Lois was in third place with $8,800. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE GUTENBERG BIBLE?

Predating the Protestant Reformation, the Gutenberg Bible is a Catholic bible, completed and published around 1455. It is the earliest major book printed using the brainchild of Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany, a printing press designed for mass production. It is also called the 42-line Bible or B42 because the pages are printed with two columns of 42 lines each.

Cardinal Jules Mazarin was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and politician who served as the chief minister to the French kings in the 17th century. One of his accomplishments was to establish the Bibliothèque Mazarine, France’s first public library that still exists today in the Institut de France, across the Seine from the Louvre. As near as I can figure out, the Mazarin Bible refers specifically to the copy of Gutenberg’s Bible found in Mazarin’s library, although it appears that somewhere along the line, people began to refer to any Gutenberg Bible as a Mazarin Bible. More facts and trivia on the Gutenberg Bible.

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Lois got it right. She bet $8,800 and finished with $17,600.

Tyler went with Don Quixote. That cost him $12,400 and left him with nothing.

Josh wrote down Magna Carta. He lost his $3,205 bet but won the game with the $18,395 he had left. Josh Saak is the new Jeopardy! champion.

A triple stumper from each round:

SCIENCE & NATURE ($1200) This lowest part of the brainstem helps maintain normal blood pressure, among other activities

6-LETTER THE BETTER ($1200) It’s the type of bracelet seen here (image)

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Word Origins”

19th century boots made with India rubber made one quieter, leading to this slang term for one whose job involves surveillance show

WHAT IS GUMSHOE?

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