Final Jeopardy: U.S. Territories (1-22-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/22/2020) in the category “U.S. Territories” was:

Of the 5 inhabited U.S. Territories, this is the only one where cars drive on the left

3x champ Dennis Coffey, a bartender from Old Orchard Beach, ME, continues to have good luck and he’s now won $51,203. In Game 4, he takes on these two players: John Cuevas, a slot floorperson from San Marcos, CA; and Lau Mehes, a youth substance use prevention worker from Vancouver, B.C.

Round 1 Categories: Airport Attractions – Runner-Up Running Mates – Ye Olde Job Faire – Laying Things M to M – Behind the Music – OOTD

John found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “M to M” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. The players were in a 3-way tie at $1,200 each. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS A MORATORIUM?

John finished in the lead with $4,400. Lau was second with $3,800 and Dennis was last with $2,000.

Round 2 Categories: Lock Him Up! – Earth History – TV Spin-Offs – A Higher Royalty – Ways to Say Go Away – Pound! Sand!

Dennis found the first Daily Double in “A Higher Royalty” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick. He was in second place with $4,400 at this point, $3,600 less than John’s. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR?

Dennis found the last Daily Double in “Ways to Say Go Away” under the $1,200 clue, with a dozen clues left after it. In second place with $9,600, he had $2,000 less than John’s lead. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS “GET OUT”?

John finished in the lead with $15,200. Dennis was next with $14,500 and Lau was in third place with $200.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS?

If you go to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa or the North Mariana Islands, you can drive the way you’re used to driving stateside. Go to the U.S. Virgin Islands, however, and you will have to drive on the left. If we’re looking for an explanation as to why that is, Matt Wade says there is no definitive answer in “We Drive on the Left” (on medium.com): “Why do we drive on the left? I’m not entirely sure and there’s a notable lack of what I consider reliable online sources for an answer. They range from the reasonable ‘historical British influence’ to the less believable ‘the donkeys of yore preferred the left’. I guess we know better than to piss off the donkeys.”

5-minute Sporcle quiz: Pick the countries where you drive on the left. There are 54 right answers.

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Lau got it right. She bet it all and finished with $400.

Dennis went with Guam. That cost him $14,101, leaving him with $399.

John also got it right. He bet $13,801 and won the game with $29,001. John Cuevas is the new Jeopardy! champ. Great game!

A triple stumper from each round:

RUNNER-UP RUNNING MATES ($800) Jack Kemp

TV SPIN-OFFS ($1600) Set in Seattle, “Station 19”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Business & Industry”

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WHAT IS PUBLISHER’S CLEARING HOUSE?

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