Final Jeopardy: Historic Buildings (1-6-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/6/2022) in the category “Historic Buildings” was:

Begun in the 1070s with stone from Caen, it was meant to dominate both a skyline & the hearts & minds of a conquered populace

26x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $950,000. In Game 27, the challengers are: Terry Wolfisch Cole, a professional storyteller from West Simsbury, CT; and Geoff Hoppe, a delivery driver from Fairfax, VA.

Round 1 Categories: Fly by Night – Movies by Quote – Job Description – “Mal” Practice – Anniversaries – It’ll Be My Tweet

Amy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Anniversaries” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,200, $400 more than Geoff in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and thought it was Waterloo. That was WRONG.

In January 2015 1,500 military re-enactors marked the bicentennial of this battle at Chalmatte Battlefield. show

WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS?

Geoff finished in the lead with $5,600. Amy was second with $5,400 and Terry was last with $4,200. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: The Missouri Compromise – Psychological Terms – TV Science – Religion – Also a Cooking Verb – Literary Characters

Amy found the first Daily Double in “Religion” under the $2,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $17,000 now, $7,600 more than Terry in second place. Amy bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

In 2018 members of this Christian group released a very quiet podcast of a silent meeting of worship. show

WHO ARE THE QUAKERS?

Amy got the last Daily Double in “The Missouri Compromise” under the $2,000 clue, with a dozen clues still to go. In the lead with $20,600, she had $9,600 more than Terry in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

The Compromise was repealed in 1854 by this act with a hyphenated 2-state name, spurring Abe Lincoln’s return to politics. show

WHAT IS THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT?

Amy finished in the lead with $25,400. Terry was second with $13,400 and Geoff was last with $11,600. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE TOWER OF LONDON?

I found that different online accounts on the Tower of London tend to concentrate on one or another of the building materials used, so I went to Google Books where The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition) Tower of London entry says: “Soon after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 William I ordered a temporary fort to be built on a strategic site inside the CITY wall to awe the people into submission…. Caen limestone, Kentish ragstone and local mudstone were used in the building. Now known as the White Tower, it is thought to be the oldest surviving palace in Europe.”

Also see Londontopia’s Brief History of the Tower of London. There’s another cool article on there from last year about the contest to name the Tower’s baby raven.

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Geoff got it right. He bet it all and finished with $23,200.

Terry thought it was Buckingham Palace. She lost her $10,600 bet and was left with $2,800.

Amy got it right, too. She bet a modest $2,000 and won the game with $27,400. Amy’s 27-day total is $977,400.

There was only one triple stumper in this whole game:

RELIGION ($400) In 2018 the Mormon or LDS Church announced a course correction to stress this full name that mentions the savior

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Political Speeches”

At the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama used a fairly new metaphor, saying, “pundits… slice & dice our country into” these 2 types of states show

WHAT ARE RED & BLUE?

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