Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Presidents (11-22-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/22/2021) in the category “20th Century Presidents” was:
He won an election in which both he & his Democratic opponent were from Ohio & both were wealthy newspaper publishers
3x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA won $110,200 last week. In Game 4, she takes on these two players: Heidi Stumb, a freelancer from Grand Rapids, MI; and Mack Hayden, a copywriter from Irvine, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Mix Tape – Which English Monarch? – Chew on This – Beatles Movies & Docs – Reading the Detectives – Get the H Outta Here!
Amy got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Which English Monarch?” under the $600 clue with 12 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $5,400, $2,600 more than Mack in second place. Amy bet $2,400 and she was RIGHT.
Ruled at the start of the English Reformation. show
Amy finished in the lead with $11,600. Mack was second with $5,200 and Heidi was last with $400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Historical Fiction – You Got a Lot of Irv, Pal! – TV Comedy Sketches – Your Destination Awaits – Venus – Yeah, Baby, She’s Got It
Mack found the first Daily Double in “Historical Fiction” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in second place with $7,200 now, $3,600 less than Amy in first place. Mack bet $3,600 and he was RIGHT.
Published in 1859, this novel takes place in Paris & London during the French Revolution. show
Amy got the last Daily Double in “Your Destination Awaits” under the $1,600 clue with 11 clues left after it. In the lead with $20,000, she had $8,400 more than Mack in second place. Amy bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
You down with VDG? I’d like to see Vasco Da Gama Bridge, Vasco Da Gama Tower & Vasco Da Gama’s Tomb in this world capital. show
Amy finished in the lead with a runaway $35,400 and Mack was second with $11,600. At negative $2,000, the game was over for Heidi. No clues went uncovered.
BOTH contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHO IS WARREN G. HARDING?
In the 1920 presidential election, the Republican candidate was Senator Warren G. Harding, who made a bundle as owner of the Ohio newspaper, the Marion Star from 1884 to 1923. The Democratic contender was Ohio’s Gov. James M. Cox. He also made a fortune in the newspaper business as the founder of Cox Enterprises. Although initially considered a long shot, according to the Miller Center, Harding had a few things going for him: “He represented a critically important state in the election, had not opposed prohibition or suffrage, and had no political enemies. Finally, with his distinguished ‘presidential’ profile, he was among the best-looking politicians in the nation-—a sure plus…in an election when millions of women would vote for the first time in the nation’s history.” These assets and a “front-porch” campaign in Marion helped Harding win the 1920 election by a landslide.
An old clue from 2008: HAIL TO THE CHIEF ($800) This 1920s president popularized the word “bloviating”, which he used to mean “shooting the breeze”
Mack got it right. He bet $11.599 and finished with $23,199.
Amy bet $10,000 and won the game with $45,400. Her 4-day total is $155,600. Wow! A win like that tomorrow would put Amy over $200K in just 5 games.
A triple stumper from each round:
CHEW ON THIS ($800) They’re not always orange; some of the more interesting varieties of this taproot include purple dragon & solar yellow
HISTORICAL FICTION ($2000) After getting 17 publisher rejections, Irving Stone hit it big in 1934 with this “bio-history” of Van Gogh
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Cities”
Celebrating electricity & tech., an exposition in this U.S. “City of Light” in 1901 was overshadowed by another major event show
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The final question was only too easy. Yes, Warren G. Harding for sure.
Sorry that the clues were mean to Heidi.
GO, AMY!!!!!!!!! WHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am starting to think Amy has the playing style of Larissa Kelly. I thought for sure Heidi would have advantage today.
A universe where very few remember the Fab 4 doesn’t seem that far-fetched in a game where no one knew the first name of the American actress who married Monaco’s Prince Rainier when shown her picture.
To be fair, the clue (it’s on page 2) just asked for her first name (a quality) with no info referencing her Hollywood career or marriage to royalty. There probably already are some people who wouldn’t recognize George Harrison just from a picture with no musical connection.
Prince Rainier himself was a clue in Andrew He’s second game (11/11). THe clue mentioned his country. Andrew got that one.
That’s the second game in a row when a player gets eliminated and was out of the game. Heidi didn’t have a chance to get on track today because the other two players were faster than her.
Although, if Heidi got that last clue, she would have been around for Final Jeopardy!, not that it would have mattered or anything.