Final Jeopardy: Historic People (1-6-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/6/2023) in the category “Historic People” was:

After a 1789 event, he wrote, “My first determination was to seek a supply of…water at Tofoa, & afterwards to sail for Tongataboo”

New champ Patrick Curran, a consultant from Washington, DC, won $30,000 yesterday. In Game 2, his competitors are: Caitlin Monesmith, a Ph.d candidate from Chicago, IL; and Reuben D’souza, a surgical consultant from Mississauga, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: The President Immediately Before… – A Trip to the Islands – The Whole Tooth – We’re on the Case – Colorful People – Letter Perfect

Patrick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A Trip to the Islands” under the $600 on the second pick of the round. He was tied in second place with Caitlin. They both had negative $800 and Reuben was still at zero. Patrick bet the 41,000 allowance and thought it was Baffin. That was WRONG.

This 2,200-square-mile Canadian island was named for a son of George III show

WHAT IS PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND?

Patrick finished in the lead with $4,000. Caitlin was second with $2,400 and Reuben was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Native American Self-Names – Legally Speaking – Record of the Year Grammys – Add a Syllable – Workers of the World – You, Knight

Patrick found the first Daily Double in “You, Knight” under the $1,200 clue on the second pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,600 now, $3,200 more than Caitlin in second place. Patrick made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Part of a larger work, “The Knight’s Tale” by this author begins, “Whilom, as olde stories tellen us” show

WHAT IS CHAUCER?

Patrick got the last Daily Double in “Native American Self-Names” under the $100 clue on the 20th pick. In the lead with $14,800, he had $8,400 more than Reuben in second place. Patrick bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

This large Southwestern people call themselves the Dine & named mystery writer Tony Hillerman Special Friend to the Dine show

WHO ARE THE NAVAJO?

Patrick finished in the lead with a runaway $20,200. Caitlin and Reuben were tied in second place with $7,200. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS WILLIAM BLIGH?

Lieutenant William Bligh was the commander of the HMS Bounty. He was sent on a mission to Tahiti near the end of December 1787 to scoop up breadfruit saplings and take them to the West Indies for transplanting. (Breadfruit is the part left out of today’s clue.) In April 1789, the ship’s crew mutinied, led by second-in-command, Fletcher Christian. Bligh was set adrift with an 18-man crew “in a perilously overloaded 23-foot launch.” According to the British Heritage website, “Remarkably, on 12th June, after fending off starvation and murderous Polynesian natives, Bligh arrived safely at his destination. Whatever flaws there may have been in his character, he was an exceptional navigator.” Read both sides of the story on all 3 mutinies against William Bligh.

The 1935 film “Mutiny on the Bounty” is the only film to have 3 actors (Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone) nominated for Best Actor. This resulted in the creation of the Best Supporting Actor category the following year.

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Reuben crossed off Cook and went with Bligh, the right response. He doubled his score to $14,400.

Caitlin had Cook and didn’t cross him off. That cost her $3,600 and left her with $3,600.

Patrick also thought it was Cook. He lost $4,800 but won the game with the $15,400 he had left. Patrick’s 2-day total is $45,400.

A triple stumper from each round:

COLORFUL PEOPLE ($800) This country superstar’s hits include “A Better Man” & “Killin’ Time”

YOU, KNIGHT($2000) A giant swan dominates the ballet “Bacchanale”, in which a king transforms into this Wagner title knight

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Mythological Names”

With depths of up to 30,000′, ocean trenches make up a zone named for this brother of Poseidon & his domain. show

WHO IS HADES?

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