Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Supreme Court Cases (10-23-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/23/2020) in the category “19th Century Supreme Court Cases” was:
Part of the dissent in this 1896 landmark case read, “in respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law”
New champ, Colin Davy, a data scientist originally from Chicago, IL., won $26,100 yesterday. In Game 2, he is up against: Brian Adams, an educator from Big Bear Lake, CA; and Jamelle Shannon, a senior crime scene analyst from Las Vegas, NV.
Round 1 Categories: A Catholic Education – Anagrams, How Novel! – A Number between 3 & 5 – Historic Objects – Dame Yankees – Idioms
Colin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Objects” under the $1,000 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with $400, $800 less than Jamelle’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and thought it was the Temple of Diana. That was WRONG.
For more than a century, Greece has asked Britain for the return of the Elgin Marbles, mostly taken from this ancient temple. show
Colin finished in the lead with $4,600. Jamelle was second with $3,000 and Brian was last with $2,400.
Round 2 Categories: That Is So SoCal – Opera – Hybrids – Movie Sum-Up – Helpful Hints – It Starts with “U”
Brian found the first Daily Double in “Hybrids” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. He was in the lead with $4,400 now, $200 more than Colin and Jamelle, tied in second place. He bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
A favorite decorative motif of the Middle East, this mythical creature (image) is also an in-house favorite at Jeopardy! show
Jamelle got the last Daily Double in “Opera” under the $2,000 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $8,200, she had $400 less than Colin’s lead. She bet $2,000 and went with “Madame Butterfly”. That was WRONG.
Henry Kissinger & Mao Tse-Tung are characters in this 20th century opera. show
Brian finished in the lead with $9,200. Jamelle was next with $8,600 and Colin was in third place with $8,200. Both boards were completed.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PLESSY VS. FERGUSON?
The quote in today’s clue comes from John Marshall Harlan’s lone dissenting opinion in Plessy vs. Ferguson. On the Brandeis School of Law site, in “Harlan’s Great Dissent,” Charles Thompson wrote: “In 1896, in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court of the United States made what turned out to be one of its most notorious decisions. By a vote of 7-1 … the Court approved the principle of separate but equal, which for the next half-century and more was used to justify laws mandating segregation in every area of life in the South, from transportation to education to public accommodations. The one lonely, courageous dissenter … was a Kentuckian, Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan.”
The article further relates how Harlan changed from a defender of slavery to a defender of civil rights for all, as well as how Thurgood Marshall cited Harlan’s dissent “in Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 case that finally overturned Plessy v. Ferguson,” noting that “Our constitution is colorblind” was Marshall’s favorite Harlan quote.
Colin got it right. He didn’t bet anything and stayed at $8,200.
Jamelle thought it was the Dred Scott case. She lost her $4,000 bet and finished with $4,600.
Brian got it right, too. He bet $8,001 and won the game with $17,201. Brian Adams is the new Jeopardy! champ!
A triple stumper from each round:
DAME YANKEES ($800) Honored for her Aids charity work, this Oscar-winning actress: I’ve always been a broad…it’s (great) to be a Dame”
MOVIE SUM-UP ($800) Ben Affleck takes an international trip & pretends to be Canadian to avoid getting hassled by locals
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Sports”
A low center of gravity is a key to success in this sport with moves including gaburi-yori & uwate-dashinage show
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Dear VJ,
Thanks for the additional work for FJ. This is a great site. I can certainly appreciate that Lou probably meant love of learning or missing his school years. I value all learning but always ask that events be presented as factually as possible. You all do such a good job in that department!
So nice of you to say so, Sam, and it’s very much appreciated. I do my best to find interesting supplemental information on FJ and related articles that my readers might otherwise not see.
When I made my first website, people with interesting sites from all over the world helped me. I never forgot that so it’s a way of paying it forward.
Pushing the envelope is what James Holzhauer did.
Hi Lou,
I hope I misunderstood your comments that Plessy v Ferguson brought back good memories for you. That case summarized “separate but equal”/(segregation) as the legal norm for education. Perhaps you meant Brown v Board of Education (1954) which reversed Plessy v Ferguson as unconstitutional and was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement. It helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all.
@Sam, I took Lou’s comment to mean that he has good memories of learning about the case. I was glad this came up today upon finding that article I linked to in the recap and learning how Harlan came to see the error of his pro-slavery stance. I had no idea he was a former slaveholder or that he had a half-brother who was half-African American.
Lou has a good heart based upon his previous postings on FF. I took his posted comment to mean he missed his grade school days when he was younger.
Yeah, Lou’s ancestors faced horrendous discrimination in the 19th century. See The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
A very easy final to close off this week but I hope we get another streaker soon despite that returning champion dismissal. Plessy vs Ferguson was something I studied back in grade school and it still brings back good memories for me. Perhaps Brian can build up on his win to end the leader curse. Miranda vs Arizona and Marbury vs Madison were some of the other cases I know.
Today, we get a contestant who is not from Southern California, we have Jamelle from Las Vegas, Nevada.
I’m guessing she drove to Southern California.
I’m guessing she went to the airport and flew from Las Vegas to California.
VJ, This week, we ended the week with a new champion. Usually we ended the week with a repeat champion. Here are this week’s champs
Kristin returned as 2 day champ on Monday and won her 3rd game, for the rest of the week it was a one day champ carousel, Carlos won Tuesday, Aimee won on Wednesday, Colin won on Thursday which is yesterday and Brian won on Friday which is today.
Good afternoon VJ, today you posted the Jeopardy daily recap so early. Usually you posted between 3:30 and 4:00.
@Kevin Cheng, there are times I get my recap done early and just don’t publish it right away. Today, I had to leave for a Dr’s appt at 1:45 p.m. (central). and I did some advance planning so you guys wouldn’t have to wait till I got back.