Final Jeopardy: Presidents & Vice Presidents (1-22-24)

The Final Jeopardy question (1/22/2024) in the category “Presidents & Vice Presidents” was:

Here’s the clue: The first Vice President & the first President not born in one of the original 13 states were both born in this state

Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants are: Holly Hassel, an English professor from Calumet, MI; Daniel Moore, a contract compliance analyst from Pittsburgh, PA; and Ron Cheung, a economics professor from Lakewood, OH.

Round 1 Categories: What a “Day” – Letters of the Law – Word Origins – The Job Is the Movie Title – It’s Getting Cold in Herre – So Put on All Your Clothes

Daniel found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It’s Getting Cold in Herre” under the $400 clue with 3 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $6,400, $3,200 more than Holly in second place. Daniel bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

On Feb. 3, 1996 the Star Tribune & the Pioneer Press headlined a big stat for these 2 adjoining cities: -60 degrees show

WHAT IS MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL?

Daniel finished in the lead with $9,600. Holly was in second place with $3,200. Ron was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Short Stories – Tempera-Mental Artists – This Category Is “Mid” – Whose What – Aviation Pioneers – Jukebox Musicals

Ron found the first Daily Double in “This Category is ‘Mid’” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in last place with $5,200, $4,000 less than Daniel’s lead. Ron bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

“The demon of noon” is the translation of the French term for this, which may lead to buying a red sports car show

WHAT IS MIDLIFE CRISIS?

Ron got the last Daily Double in “Whose What?” under the $2,000 clue with 9 clues left. He was in second place with $7,400, $5,400 less than Daniel’s lead. Ron bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

Their name comes from Isaiah 43, & their belief that blood transfusions would displease God is based on other biblical passages show

WHO ARE THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES?

Ron finished in the lead with $14,000. Daniel was in second place with $13,200. Holly was last with $8,800. All clues were shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS KENTUCKY?

Abraham Lincoln was born on 2/12/1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky, 17 years after Kentucky became a state in 1792. He was the first president born outside the original 13 states. President Lincoln’s other firsts (per Wikipedia) are: first to hold a patent; first to be assassinated; first elected as a Republican to the presidency; first to have a beard; and first born in the Southern United States who never owned slaves.

Richard M. Johnson, John Tyler’s VP, was the first VP born in Kentucky, although that was on 10/17/1780, before it became a state. If we’re going to quibble over that point, it would still be Kentucky. John C. Breckinridge, Buchanan’s VP, was born in Kentucky on 1/16/1821. Breckinridge was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary. More Vice-Presidential firsts

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Holly thought it was Tennessee. She lost $8,800 and finished with $100.

Daniel also went with Tennessee. He bet and lost his whole $13,200.

Ron came up with New Hampshire, the 9th state admitted to the Union. He lost $12,401 but won the game with the $1,599 he had left. Ron Cheung advances to the semifinals.

A triple stumper from each round:

SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES ($800) Sea if you can name this open-mesh weave, used for undershirts by the Norwegian army; it’s better for stockings

WHOSE WHAT ($1600) In Audrey Niffenegger’s bestseller, Clare Abshire, Henry DeTamble’s beloved, is this title character

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Scientific Names”

The 1905 paper that gave this its name also referred to it as “Dynamosaurus imperiosus” show

WHAT IS TYRANNOSAURUS REX (T. REX)?

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