Final Jeopardy: Presidential Quotes (1-15-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/15/2019) in the category “Presidential Quotes” was:
He said, “Victory over (the) Depression will be…by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities”
3x champ Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, UT, is up to $64,502 in winnings now. In Game 4, she takes on these two players: Kathleen Guess, a children’s librarian from Marion, KY; and Evan Beals, a salesman from Grand Rapids, MI.
Round 1 Categories: Treaties – Movie Vocations – Send Me a Letter – Edible Common Bonds – “Its” Final – A Visit to Skansen
Evan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Treaties” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,600, $400 more than Anneke in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
An 1828 peace treaty created this new country as a buffer between Brazil & Argentina. show
Evan finished in the lead with $8,400. Anneke was second with $5,200 and Kathleen was last with $3,600.
Round 2 Categories: Women Writers – Classic Albums – Shapely Adjectives – “West” World – The Hunter – Home From the Hill
Kathleen found the first Daily Double in “Women Writers” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick. She was in second place with $6,400 now, only $400 behind Evan’s lead. She bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.
An auction of this poet’s possessions included her copy of “Joy of Cooking” with “Ted likes this” next to a veal recipe. show
Kathleen found the last Daily Double in “‘West’ World” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $13,700, she had $300 less than Anneke’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Perth is the capital of this foreign state. show
Kathleen finished in the lead with $21,100. Anneke was next with $20,000 and Evan was in third place with $10,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The quote comes from Hoover’s radio address to the American people on Lincoln’s Birthday (2/12/1931), emphasizing his philosophy that Americans should rely more on themselves than on the Federal government. You can read the entire address on the American Presidency Project. Lumen Learning has an online lesson explaining how this approach to the Great Depression made Hoover extremely unpopular and cost him reelection.
From 2009: THE 1930s ($2000) In the 1930s, before it was a lush, great lawn, an area of Central Park was home to displaced people’s communities known as these, after a famous American
Evan got it right. He didn’t bet anything so he stayed at $10,000.
Anneke got it too. She bet $19,995, bringing her up to $39,995.
Kathleen went with FDR. She lost $20,013 and was left with $1,087. That meant another win for Anneke and a 4-day total of $104,497. Fantastic!
I only saw one triple stumper in the whole game!
WOMEN WRITERS ($1200) “The Minister’s Wooing” and “Dred” are lesser known novels, written in the 1850s by this American
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Plays”
This play was derived from a 1565 story, “Un Capitano Moro” show
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The guy who lost looks like John Boy Walton with a goatee.
Also, I don’t like how Jeopardy ruled against the John Boy Walton look-a-like for the supposed mispronunciation when he substituted the (a) sound for the (e) sound or vice versa. Jeopardy should realize that there are many varied dialects in this huge country of ours and should not be soooo pedantic in ruling on contestants’ pronunciations.
Grape Alert, VJ and JJ, in Edible Common Bonds tonight!
Fantastic game. Anneke is at the top of the Top Payouts of this season now, beating Mary Ann’s $38,200.
LINK: I put up 2 categories from the game anyhow
Kathleen squeaked past Anneke in the last clue, but missed because she wrote down FDR, the one that defeated Hoover in the 1932 election. I cannot imagine how the Republican, Hoover, through this address, became so unpopular that the Democrat, Roosevelt, won resoundingly because of the promise of New Deal. Anneke risked all but $5, but Kathleen made a mistake. Evan got it right, but wagered nothing, so long as to avoid Anneke and Kathleen made a mistake. Eventually, Kathleen made a mistake, but Anneke did not.
If she wins tomorrow and possibly more, she could overtake Josh Hill, Ryan Fester, and Kyle Jones. If she doesn’t, then he/she could be a spoiler.
Well looks like luck is back on annecke’s side today and congrats to her on her big fourth win. But still though kathleen could have bet wisely here. Too bad it didn’t work out for her today. Glad that all the clues were played with only one triple stumper. Did FDR and Herbert Hoover ever have a private chat regarding the depression or economy before he became president?
Jonathan Alter’s “The Defining Moment” has some great behind-the-scenes info between Hoover and FDR. Hoover become so distrustful of FDR he hired a stenographer to record their conversations. Hoover tried to persuade FDR to issue public statements he thought would slow the depression, but FDR refused.
Alter concludes “[FDR], elected as the anti-Hoover, … used the outgoing president’s cascading failure to accelerate his own ascent. On the eve of the Inaugural, the personal animus between the incoming and outgoing presidents would reach levels never seen since.” (p. 183)
@Lou, Not to my knowledge. Hoover was bitterly disappointed about his landslide loss to FDR and criticized him for years and years after the 1932 election, attacking not only his presidency but also FDR’s character.
And Hoover tried to blame Coolidge – his predecessor – for the depression, yet did nothing to alleviate the problem, which was a worldwide one.
What a payday! Congrats to Anneke, and as expected, FDR did show up…..
FDR would have been too easy and he stood for all Hoover did not. Coolidge was already reluctant to endorse Hoover.
Kyle Becker is out.
This is the most embarrassing thing Final Jeopardy since Sharath Narayan made Alec Fischthal devastated by winning the 2016 Teen Tournament by $1
So is Mary Ann most likely, at the latest after the TT. Low 5 game winners are not too safe either if the ToC is held late this year.
I don’t know about that. It all depends on the contestants’ knowledge.
Mary Ann isn’t out yet.
When the TT is played, the winner gets an automatic invitation, so we will either have 2 teachers in one ToC or the second one will be invited for the next. But only 15 can play in one T, so either the second teacher’s t winner or Mary Ann will be “delayed”. And if more 5 game winners- just one -aside from Anneke comes up (A. already leads all 4 game winners) then Mary Ann or the new 5 game winner is either out or again, “delayed” or dragged to the next ToC.
Too bad imo they don’t have one every year, on a regular basis, and take the 15 best players. If necessary, if there are already 15 five game winners then push the ToC forward and have one, say after 9 or 10 months. As always, we shall see. J pays, so J decides.
Five-game-winners have always been guaranteed a spot in ToC.
Excellent clue, in my opinion. Seems like the cluewriters were assuming the contestants would be familiar with the mainstream historical view that lack of government oversight during the Coolidge administration caused the great depression, that Hoover’s failure to take action continued it, and that FDR finally ended it.
I think Milton Friedman et. al. make a good case that FDR actually lengthened the depression through his policies, and that the length of the depression was rooted in the tariffs and Fed policies enacted during Hoover’s administration, and continued under FDR’s.