Final Jeopardy: The Western U.S. (1-20-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/20/2021) in the category “The Western U.S.” was:
About 100 miles apart, they were made state capitals 10 years apart in 1854 & 1864 & both grew rapidly due to precious metals
New champ Brian Chang, an attorney from Chicago, IL, won $13,201 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Hannah Pritchett, a payment operations manager from Oakland, CA; and Sarah Cascone, an art journalist and critic from New York, NY.
Round 1 Categories: ’80s Hits – Girl You Know It’s True – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Don’t You (Forget about Me) – I Ran (so Far Away) – Word “Up”
Hannah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” under the $400 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,200, $600 more than Brian in second place. She bet $500 and thought it might be “Grande.” That was WRONG.
For adding areas such as Valencia to his realm, 13th c. King James I of Aragon was known as “Jaime El” this Spanish word. show
Brian finished in the lead with $6,800. Hannah was second with $4,100 and Sarah was last with $2,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Fictional Characters – Science Glossary – Men of Myth – Poly Esther – Word Origins – Actors’ Filmographies
Brian found the first Daily Double in “Science Glossary” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick. He was in the lead with $15,200 now, $8,700 more than Hannah’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Rocks that have been environmentally altered from other rocks make up this class, from Greek for “change” & “form” show
Sarah got the last Daily Double in “Poly Esther” under the $1,200 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In third place with $2,800, she had $13,600 less than Brian’s lead. She bet $2,200 and she was RIGHT.
She used her experiences as a Smith College student for the character of Esther Greenwood in “The Bell Jar” show
Brian finished in the lead with $16,400. Hannah was next with $10,500 and Sarah was in third place with $5,000. No clues went uncovered.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE SACRAMENTO & CARSON CITY?
The Gold Rush in California and the silver-laden Comstock Lode in Nevada were plenty of reason to attract miners and settlers to those states. California attained statehood in 1850; however, Sacramento did not become the capital until 1854. When Nevada attained statehood in 1864, Carson City went from a territorial capital to a state capital.
Sarah bet it all and doubled her score to $10,000.
Hannah only bet $100. That brought her up to $10,600.
Brian bet $4,601 and won the game with $21,001. His 2-day total is $34,202.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
POLY ESTHER ($400) Esther Rolle played Florida Evans on “Maude” & this “Dyn-O-Mite” sitcom
ACTORS’ FILMOGRAPHIES ($1200) “Room”, “The Glass Castle”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “People & Places”
In 1790 Thursday October Christian became the first child whose birth was recorded on this remote island show
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The players are more relaxed with Ken as host. Ken never got annoyed in the least when the players missed three in a row in the ‘Actors’ category. That is so welcome and refreshing a quality to have in a host. Ken is the best.
Great categories today and congrats to all on.the triple solve. Hopefully Brian has gotten his confidence back and keep the winning going. Speaking of the gold rush, do you remember Dawson from the Yukon trail, VJ? They had a lot of people trying to stake gold as a claim. I wonder if any of them actually found gold in Nevada or Sacramento?
Kind of a sloppy game with so many misses and triple stumpers, but I was impressed at the FJ triple-solve, with so many people not even knowing the capitals of CA and NV.
So funny that they had that “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” category today with their 80s songs theme.
I was singing that to my brother on the phone last night after I invited him to dinner and told him to write it on the calendar.