Final Jeopardy: Highways and Byways (11-6-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (11/6/2014), in the category “Highways and Byways” was:

The Hiram Bingham Highway, opened in 1948, is the last leg linking Machu Picchu with this World Heritage site, a city about 50 miles off.

New champ Hillary Huttenhower won $19,801 yesterday. Today her opponents are: Che Smith, from Washington, DC; and Charles Brower, from Durham, NC.

Round 1: Charles found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Of Species” under the $600 clue. He was in the lead with $8,000, $5,600 more than Che in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Cygnus atratus is this creature, also the title of a dance movie. show

WHAT IS BLACK SWAN?

Charles finished in the lead with $11,200. Che was second with $2,400 and Hillary was last with $1,600.

Round 2: Charles found the first Daily Double in “Published Posthumously” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $15,600, $7,600 more than Che in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

His “Lighthouse at the End of the World” was published in Paris shortly after his death in 1905. show

WHO IS JULES VERNE?

Charles found the last Daily Double in “Transportation” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $22,200, he had $15,000 more than Che in second place. He bet $2,000 and said “tire companies”. That was WRONG.

Bases for these are located at Carson, California, Pompano Beach, Florida & Akron, Ohio. show

WHAT ARE THE GOODYEAR BLIMPS?

Charles finished with a runaway $25,400. Che was next with $5,200 and Hillary was in third place with $4,800.

After the commercial, Hillary and Che were both credited for a prior response judged wrong, so Hillary was now in second place with $8,800 and Che was in third with $7,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CUSCO or CUZCO?

Cusco was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is the country’s leading tourist destination. “Known by the Incas as the “Sacred City”, Cusco was the capital of one of the main pre-Columbian empires: the Tahuantinsuyo. Its Quechua name, Qosqo, means “navel of the world”, because the city was the center that controlled a vast network of roads stretching from southern Colombia to northern Argentina. See more World Heritage sites in Peru.

Che thought it was Lima. She lost her $7,000 bet and finished with $200.

Hillary came up with Arequipa. She lost $3,000, finishing with $5,800.

Charles also thought it was Lima. He lost $5,000 but won the match with his remaining $20,400.

Charles Brower is a Sr. Managing Editor. During the chat, he talked about the PopUp Chorus he participates in that sings chorale versions of pop songs. Here’s a Durham, NC, PopUp Chorus singing “Bohemian Rhapsody”, if you want to see what he was talking about. Maybe you’ll spot Charles.

Here is the $2K clue in “Transportation” that was corrected: “L.A.’s Angels Flight is an example of this short cable-drawn cliff railway.” Hillary said “an incline” and Che said “a trolley.” Funicular was what Alex was looking for. After the judges found Hillary’s response acceptable, Che’s answer was treated as though it never happened.

2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Cities”

The seal of this historic New England city has the phrase “What a glorious morning for America” & the date “April 19”. show

WHAT IS LEXINGTON?

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