Final Jeopardy: Famous Names (1-23-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/23/2020) in the category “Famous Names” was:

A new Election Day ritual is leaving “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of this historic woman at a Rochester, New York cemetery

New champ John Cuevas, a slot floorperson from San Marcos, CA, won $29,001 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Justin Weatherby, a business manager from New York, NY; and Christine DeLorme, an attorney from Washington, D.C.

Round 1 Categories: Entering the Language – The County Line – New on the Bookshelf – Heaven’s Kitchen – The Rest of the Movie’s Title – The Operating Theater

John found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “New on the Bookshelf” under the $400 clue, with 2 clues left after it, but you knew this would be the last clue of the round. He was in the lead with $8,400, $6,600 more than Christine in second place. He boldly bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

Christy Lefteri’s “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” details a married couple’s flight from this war-torn country. show

WHAT IS SYRIA?

John finished in the lead with $13,400. Christine was second with $1,800 and Justin was third, in the red for $400.

Round 2 Categories: Get Your “B.A.” Degree – National Coats of Arms – Books About Ancient History – Proverbially Yours – Place-Name Names – The Non-Operating Theater

John found the first Daily Double in “‘B.A.’ Degree” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick. He was in the lead with $14,600 now, $12,800 more than Christine in second place. He bet $3,400 and he said “Bovine Alley.” Nice try, but it was WRONG.

This hornless breed is named in part for a place in Scotland. show

WHAT IS A BLACK ANGUS?

John found the last Daily Double in “Coats of Arms” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick. In the lead with $14,800, he had $10,200 more than Christine in second place. He bet $3,200 this time and he was RIGHT.

Mexico’s coat of arms has a nopal, a type of cactus that also has this alliterative name. show

WHAT IS A PRICKLY PEAR?

John finished in the lead with a runaway $22,800. Christine was next with $5,800 and Justin was in third place with $2,800 but he lost $1,600 of that to a reversal (see below). He went into FJ! with $1,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right. Hip hip hooray! (Last time was on 12/20/2019)

WHO IS SUSAN B. ANTHONY?

It appears that this tradition began on Election Day in 2016 (November 8th). According to PBS: “Visitors flocked to Anthony’s grave in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of “I Voted” stickers behind in a tribute to the women’s suffrage leader…. Some visitors waited for 90 minutes to see the grave of Anthony, who illegally cast a ballot in the 1872 presidential election in Rochester and who faced a subsequent criminal trial.”

Deborah L. Hughes, House President of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum, is not particularly thrilled with the tradition.

---

---

Justin bet it all and finished with $2,400.

Christine didn’t bet anything. She knew she was good for second place with that $5,800.

John bet $710 and won the game with $23,510. His 2-day total is $52,511.

Round 1 Reversal: THE REST OF THE MOVIE’S TITLE ($1000) This noble name: “The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes” — Alex accepted “Lord Greystoke” from Christine when it is just “Greystoke”. The judges decided the clue was misleading and took away $1000 from Christine, but did not dock her for a wrong response.

Round 2 Reversal: PROVERBIALLY YOURS ($800) Things are always going wrong with the proverb “Bread always falls” this way — Justin said “butter side up.” Alex said “No.” Justin said “butter side down” and that was okay with Alex because Justin still had time. But it was not okay with the judges because Alex said no. Justin had to surrender $1600.

A triple stumper from each round:

NEW ON THE BOOKSHELF ($1600) A history of this 2-letter Sumerian city is subtitled “The City of the Moon God”

PLACE-NAME NAMES ($2000) Just go with it–Andy Roddick is married to this model

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Europeans”

In an 1889 letter to his brother, he wrote, “I wouldn’t exactly have chosen madness if there had been a choice” show

WHO IS VINCENT VAN GOGH?

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek for continuing success in his battle against cancer. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.