Final Jeopardy: History in Medicine (11-11-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/11/2020) in the category “History of Medicine” was:

2020 marks the 55th birthday of the first piece of equipment dedicated to this process, now used for regular screenings

New champ, Greg, a school administrator from Huntington Beach, CA, has won $21,200. In Game 2, he takes on these 2 players: Daniella, an attorney from Westfield, NJ; and Doug, a high school economics teacher from Burbank, CA.

Note: This is Nikki, VJ’s daughter, filling in for my Mom while she is in the hospital, in case you missed her message on the Jeopardy Calendar post. Due to my own time constraints, the recaps will be shorter than usual, but my Mom will work her magic when she returns.

Round 1 Categories: Set the Table – Taxes – 3-letter Crossword Clues – Geology – She Shoots – He Scores!

Doug found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Geology” under the $600 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,800, $400 less than Greg in first place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

J. Harlen Bretz explored many of these with his dog; in his book, these “of Missouri”, he called them “valleys with roofs”. show

WHAT ARE CAVES?

Doug finished in the lead with $6,100. Greg was second with $5,000 and Daniella was last with $2,200. 1 clue went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: 21st Century Broadway – Unusual Adjectives – Authors’ Home – Geographic Gateways – Transportation – John Brown

Greg found the first Daily Double in “Authors’ Homes” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. He was in first place with $13,400. Unfortunately, Greg mispronounced his response to a previous clue and that cost him $4,000. Left with $9,400 now, only $1,700 more than Doug, Greg bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

In the 1870s she & her family lived in a little dugout house near Walnut Grove, Minnesota on the banks of Plum Creek. show

WHO IS LAURA INGALLS WILDER?

Doug got the last Daily Double in “Unusual Adjectives” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In second place with $8,900, he had $5,500 less than Greg’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Something that is quadragesimal happens during this period of the Catholic calendar. show

WHAT IS LENT?

Greg finished in the lead with $17,600. Doug was next with $15,100 and Daniella was in third place with $4,200. 2 clues went uncovered.

ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A MAMMOGRAM?

Daniella answered colonoscopy which was wrong. She bet $4,198 and finished with $2.

Doug went with CT scan. That cost him $5,000 and left him with $10,100.

Greg wrote down mamogram, the correct response, although incorrectly spelled. He bet $2,400 and won the game with $20,000. His 2-day total is $41,200.

Some triple stumpers from Round 2:

UNUSUAL ADJECTIVES ($2000) Absinthial can mean related to this herb that is used to make absinthe

21st CENTURY BROADWAY ($2000) In 2014 this Lorraine Hansberry drama won the Tony Award for best revival of a play

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