Final Jeopardy: Architecture (10-2-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/2/2020) in the category “Architecture” was:

Begun in the 1170s on former marshland, it has been called a “perfect imperfection” & a “legendary mistake”

New champ, Phillip Howard, a naval officer from Santa Clarita, CA, won $23,000 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Thembi Ford, a writer originally from Philadelphia, PA; and Jason Lyon, a litigation attorney from Pasadena, CA.

Round 1 Categories: War, American Style – Big Business News of the 2010s – The Sisters Sisters – Clues From a 1960s Jeopardy! Home Game – Beastly Reviews – After Math

Phillip found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “War, American Style” under the $600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $800, $200 more than Thembi in second place. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

By a vote of 19-13, the Senate passed the Declaration of War for what would be called this, aka “Mr. Madison’s War” show

WHAT IS THE WAR OF 1812?

Phillip finished in the lead with $6,000. Jason was second with $5,000 and Thembi was last with $3,800.

Round 2 Categories: We’ll Give You Some Latitude – The Actor Who Said It – Russian Opera – Self-Help Books – Transportation – Last Words

Thembi found the first Daily Double in “Last Words” under the $2,000 clue, with 11 clues left after it. She was in third place with $3,000 now, $11,400 less than Phillip’s lead. She bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.

This term for “the end of the line” was once a god celebrated at the end of the Roman year. show

WHAT IS TERMINUS?

Phillip got the last Daily Double in “Russian Opera” under the $1,600 clue on the very last clue. In the lead with $17,200, he had $7,800 more than Jason in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

This iconic insect theme was written by Rimsky-Korsakov as an interlude for the opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” show

WHAT IS “FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE”?

Phillip finished in the lead with $18,200. Jason was next with $9,400 and Thembi was in third place with $6,700. Both boards were finished today.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA?

Construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9, 1173. Within 5 years, they found that the foundation was sinking. For the following two centuries, work on the Tower was halted and resumed periodically until its completion in 1372. Two attempts to improve the Tower in the 1830s and 1930s failed and the Tower began to lean more and more. A 10-year project that began in 1990 did not straighten the Tower but eliminated the threat of a possible collapse for 2 more centuries. “Pisa just wanted the Tower to be safe and not straightened completely, because who the hell would visit Pisa otherwise?” explains the detailed account on the “Mistakes Were Made” blog.

An old clue from 1991: SCIENCE ($300) Galileo is said to have done gravity experiments by dropping weights from this tower

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Thembi bet $6,700 and finished with $13,300.

Jason bet $9,399, bringing him up to $18,799.

Phillip bet $1,800 and won the game with an even $20,000. His 2-day total is $43,000.

A triple stumper from each round:

WAR, AMERICAN STYLE ($1000) Well into 1941 this American hero was against the U.S. entering WWII, but he later flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific

SELF-HELP BOOKS ($2000) This author followed up a 1930s self-help bestseller with “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Classic Films”

In this ’70s Oscar-winning film, the title character’s 1st words are “Why did you go to the police? Why didn’t you come to me first?” show

WHAT IS “THE GODFATHER”?

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