Final Jeopardy: U.S. Business Founders (1-23-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/23/2024) in the category “U.S. Business Founders” was:
A 1934 note to him “received hunting clothes … and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect… your friend Babe Ruth”
Today’s Champion Wild Card contestants are: Robbi Ramirez, a writer from Orlando, FL; Lynn Di Vito, a retired museum educator from Colorado Springs, CO; and Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher orig. from Cincinnati, OH.
Round 1 Categories: Young People’s Nonfiction – Constellations – Squeaker of the House – A “Fast” Category – These Stars Sound Like Cars – 3-Letter, 3-Letter
Xanni found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “3-Letter, 3-Letter” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,400, $800 more than Lynn in second place. Xanni made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
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Xanni finished in the lead with $11,400. Lynn was in second place with $4,000. Robbi was last with $3,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: U.S. Cities – Greek Cuisine – Poets & Poetry – Go IVth & Rule – Movies in Rewind – Rhyming Verb Pairs
Robbi found the first Daily Double in “Rhyming Verb Pairs” under the $800 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $15,800, $6,400 more than Xanni in second place. Robbi bet $5,800 and ran out of time while trying to start with repeal. That was WRONG anyhow.
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Xanni got the last Daily Double in “Go IVth & Rule” under the $2,000 clue with 4 clues left after it. She was in second place with $11,800, $200 less than Robbi’s lead. Xanni bet $3,000 and thought it was Catalonia. That was WRONG.
Peter IV was king of this region of northeastern Spain for 50 years & often at odds with Majorca & Castile show
Robbi finished in the lead with $12,800. Xanni was in second place with $9,600. Lynn was last with $6,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS L.L. BEAN?
Yankees’ slugger Babe Ruth wrote the words in the clue to Leon Leonwood Bean, founder of the L.L. Bean company. Bean was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He started the company on the proverbial shoestring or, more appropriately, bootlace, when he recognized the need for rubber soled boots. Through trial and error, his company became know for quality and durability. Babe Ruth and other famous people who shared Bean’s passion for the outdoors became personal friends. You can see the entire letter in Ruth’s own handwriting on Twitter.
Aside from being a personal friend of L.L. Bean, Babe Ruth was apparently a regular customer. Just a few years ago, a 1938 check from Ruth to L.L. Bean Inc. in the amount of $7.85 was auctioned off. It says “Babe Ruth” on the left hand side of the check but the Sultan of Swat, whose given name was George Herman Ruth, signed it as “G.H. Ruth”.
Lynn got it right. She bet $2,700 and finished with $8,700.
Xanni went with Eddie Bauer. That cost her $3,200 and left her with $6,400.
Robbi also got it right. He bet $6,600 and won the game with $19,400. Robbi wins the semifinal spot.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
YOUNG PEOPLE’S NONFICTION ($600) A 2005 book tells the chilling saga of this group that included 90% of German kids by 1939
($800) “You” do this is an old insult on the ball field; now it’s the 4-word title of softball star Jennie Finch’s book teaching self-belief
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Familiar Phrases”
Originally a folk term for a chronic rash, this phrase got a new meaning as a title for a 1952 stage comedy & later a movie show
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I thought Xanni was going to run away with it, after her powerful first round. But, in Double, boy howdy, she looked the part of a second chancer.
Final was on the tip of my tongue, but, I just didn’t get it. I said Lane Bryant, then I said women’s clothes, then I said Eddie Bauer, then I said, “Was he actually a real person?”, and I thought North Face, and said “not a person”, and, then, time ran out.
And I just found out, yes, Eddie Bauer was a real person!
DDs were tricky, but “hunting” and “shoes” quickly led me to the FJ answer.
My ears may be permanently damaged by Xanni’s horrendous butchering of the pronunciation of “bon mot.”
Very surprised that no one knew about the 90% of German youths. The Belgian region was kind of obvious.
An obvious slam dunk for FJ.
Xanni didn’t bet 5,000 she bet 3,000 but she got her daily double wrong and that meant that Robbi led going into Final but it didn’t matter because she got Final wrong.
shhh.. don’t tell nobody. Just kidding 🤣🤣🤣 I fixed it.
Thanks, Kevin.