Final Jeopardy: Songs & U.S. History (10-29-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/29/2021) in the category “Songs & US History” was:

Victory in 1805’s Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929

2x champ Tyler Rhode, a healthcare data specialist from New York, NY won $35,301 so far this week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Emily Robinson, a political strategist from Brooklyn, NY; and Wren Romero, a PhD Candidate from Evanston, IL.

Round 1 Categories: Scary Everyday Halloween Stories – Skyscraper City – Foul Play – Presidents Who Weren’t Born in the United States – 5, 5 – Landscaping

Emily got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Skyscraper City” under the $800 clue, with 6 clues left after it. Emily was tied with Wren in second place at $2,000, $6,200 less than Tyler’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

709 feet tall with nearly 1,400 rooms: The Ocean Casino Resort. show

WHAT IS ATLANTIC CITY?

Tyler finished in the lead with $9,600. Emily was second with $4,000 and Wren was last with $800. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Landscape-ing – The Villain of the Piece – Words from Quechua – Non-Medical Fevers – Satellites – Musical Touring Companies

Emily landed on the first Daily Double in “Satellites” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick. She was in third place with $3,600, $14,000 less than Tyler in first place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

The name of this satellite that scared the West is Russian for “traveling companion” show

WHAT IS SPUTNIK?

With 7 clues left, Wren picked the last Daily Double in “Words from Quechua” under the $1,200 clue. She was in second place with $9,600 now, $8,400 less than Tyler’s lead. She bet $3,000 and had no response so she was WRONG.

Often heard in the plural, these grassy flatlands can also be singular. show

WHAT ARE PAMPAS?

Tyler finished in the lead with $18,000. Wren was second with $11,400 and Emily was in third place with $10,400. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE “MARINES’ HYMN”?

This article on the website of the Library of Congress explains how the United States “Marines’ Hymn” evolved from a section of “Genevieve de Brabant”, a Jacques Offenbach comic opera, to its present form: “… “From the halls of Montezuma” refers to Marine participation in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), during which the Marines fought their way from Veracruz to Mexico City under the leadership of General Winfield Scott. “To the shores of Tripoli” refers to Marine participation in the war against the pirates of the Barbary States (1801-1805), during which they marched across 600 miles of Libyan desert with a group of Navy men and others, to capture the port city of Derna, Tripoli.”

Click here for a medley of the anthems of all branches of the United States Armed Forces.

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Emily picked the Star Spangled Banner, the whole country’s national anthem. She lost her $10,398 bet and was left with $2.00.

Wren ran out of time while she was going for The Battle Hymn of the Republic, a song most associated with the Civil War. She bet and lost it all.

Tyler got it right. He bet $5,000 and won the game with $23,000. His 3-day total is $58,301.

2 triple stumpers from PRESIDENTS WHO WEREN’T BORN IN THE UNITED STATES:

($400) Braintree was still Britville when he was born there in 1767

($600) He was born a British subject in Virginia in 1751; how dare they burn his pretty White House!
More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “British History”

In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women’s this show

WHAT IS SUFFRAGE (Sufferage also accepted)?

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