Final Jeopardy: Mountain Ranges (10-1-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/1/2019) in the category “Mountain Ranges” was:

A chain of volcanoes is named for this mountain range where the continental USA’s deadliest eruption took place

2x champ Laurel Lathrop, a graduate student from Tallahassee, FL, brought her winnings up to $64,002 yesterday. In Game 3, her challengers are: Abby Grubbs, a study abroad advisor from Hillsborough, NC; and Kevin Boettcher, a university administrator from Binghamton, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Clues Across America – Jump Around! – Not-So-Secret Service Code Names – Hodgepodge – What’s That Award for? – Chip & Dale

Kevin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Not-So-Secret Service Code Names” under the $1,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,800, $1,800 more than Laurel in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Referring to a geographical location in the state she governed, “Denali” was code for her. show

WHO IS SARAH PALIN?

Kevin finished in the lead with $10,000. Laurel was second with $3,400 and Abby was last with $1,800.

Round 2 Categories: Literary Narrators – Ends in “X” – Ind-icc-ted! – The Insect World – Film Directors – Chippendale

Kevin found the first Daily Double in “Ind-icc-ted” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick. He was in the lead with $17,200 at this point, $11,000 more than Laurel in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Ousted as this country’s president in April 2019, Omar al-Bashir is charged with crimes in Darfur. show

WHAT IS SUDAN?

Kevin found the last Daily Double in “The Insect World” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In the lead with $23,400, he had $17,200 more than Laurel in second place. This time, he bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT again.

This bee named for its habit of tunneling into wood looks like a big, less hairy bumblebee. show

WHAT IS A CARPENTER BEE?

Kevin finished in the lead with $26,000. Laurel was next with $8,600 and Abby was in third place with $5,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE THE CASCADES?

Mount St. Helens, in Washington State, is part of the Cascades Range and Cascade Volcanoes. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in May of 1980 is considered the most disastrous volcanic eruption ever in the continental USA. The death toll of 57 included a man named Harry R. Truman, who refused to leave the area. A song was written about him.

Wikipedia has a list of all Cascade volcanoes from British Columbia, Canada to California. Also, Wired.com has an interesting article that says Oregon can claim the record for the area in the Cascade Range (Santiam Pass and McKenzie Pass) that has spewed the most lava and ash out over the past 5,000 years.

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Abby got it right. She bet everything she had and finished with $10,000.

Laurel wrote down “the Olympian” (referring to the Olympic Mountains, we presume). She lost everything but a dollar.

Kevin had the Coastal Mountains. He only lost $3,000 and won the game with the remaining $23,000. Kevin Boettcher is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

CHIP & DALE ($600) On a 1950s TV show, Roy Rogers rode Trigger & this “Queen of the West” rode Buttermilk

FILM DIRECTORS ($2000) Known for classic westerns like “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”, he also gave us “Mister Roberts” & “The Quiet Man”

2 years ago: Only ONE of the two players left in FJ! got this one in “20th Century World Leaders”

He said, “never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another” show

WHO IS NELSON MANDELA?

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