Final Jeopardy: Political Phrases (11-26-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/26/2019) in the category “Political Phrases” was:
Speechwriter Samuel Rosenman said FDR “attached no importance to” this phrase, “two monosyllables” in a 1932 speech
New champ Beth Stewart, a receptionist from Naperville, IL, won $39,601 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Julie Chang, a product strategist from New York, NY; and Ian Norris, an insurance broker from Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Round 1 Categories: Big Bodies of Water – What Do “I” Stand for – Deep Stuff – Life in Plymouth Colony – After Winning the Heisman – Scrambled Eggs
Beth found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Big Bodies of Water” under the $1,000 clue, with 10 clues left after it. She was in second place with $1,200, $1,800 less than Ian’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Around 900,000 square miles, this sea that touches North America and Asia. show
Beth finished in the lead with $6,600. Ian was second with $2,200 and Julie was last with $1,200.
Round 2 Categories: Musical Quotes – Fun With G20 Countries – Play Doctor – “Tron” Legacy – American Cathedrals – Meeting God
Beth found the first Daily Double in “Play Doctor” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick. She was in the lead with $9,800 now, $3,200 more than Ian in second place. She bet $1,800 this time and she was RIGHT.
Dr. Astrov & this title Chekhov relative vie for the affections of another man’s wife. show
Beth found the last Daily Double in “American Cathedrals” under the $1,200 clue. Only 2 clues were left after it. In the lead with $19,200, she had $10,800 more than Julie in second place. She bet $2,000 and thought it was Paris. That was WRONG.
Both Spanish & French governors worshipped at a church on the site of what’s now this City’s St. Louis Cathedral. show
Beth finished in the lead with a runaway $16,800. Julie was next with $6,400 and Ian was in third place with $6,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, first used the phrase “new deal” while accepting the Democratic nomination for President on July 2, 1932: “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people….” According to Safire’s Political Dictionary, his speechwriter Samuel Rosenman later said: “I had not the slightest idea that it would take hold the way it did nor did the Governor…. In fact, he attached no importance to the two monosyllables…. Some have said that it was intended to be a combination of the SQUARE DEAL of President Theodore Roosevelt and the NEW FREEDOM of President Woodrow Wilson. There was no such intention…”
Ian wrote down “what is OK?” He lost his $6,100 bet and was left with $100.
Julie had “fear itself”. She bet and lost it all.
Beth came up with half of that– “itself”. She lost her $2,800 bet but won the game with the remaining $14,000. Her 2-day total is $53,601.
A triple stumper from each round:
LIFE IN PLYMOUTH COLONY ($800) Ill-nourished after their first winter, the Pilgrims learned to plant corn & use herring for fertilizer from this guide & interpreter
PLAY DOCTOR ($1600) A hypochondriac wants his daughter to marry a doctor in the Molière play with the alliterative title “The Imaginary” this
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Video Games”
The desire in his childhood to catch every insect inspired Satoshi Tajiri to create this 1996 game. show
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Why was the player allowed to change his answer on the Mahalia Jackson question? Is the new rule that you can keep guessing until you get it right?
I remember on other shows where a player tried that, was ruled incorrect, and another player buzzed in with the first player’s second guess which was correct.
@Leo, Alex didn’t call Ian wrong. It seemed like Alex thought “hymns” might be an acceptable response and he was hesitating to get feedback from the judges. Ian changed to “gospel” before the time ran out so it was okay.
idk what the judges would have ruled if Alex had rejected it right away. On the one hand, a lot of gospel songs are hymns. On the other, it was a quote.
I hope Friday will be our first ladies’ game.
Tough Final Jeopardy and I said on Thursday that no one knows about American History.
I really don’t understand how the contestants didn’t come up with the new deal. I mean it wasn’t that tough. I would love to see a triple solve hopefully by the end of this week VJ. Any history majors would definitely get this one.
@Lou, I guess we could also compare it to the situation on WoF yesterday, where the puzzle spelled out something that no one thinks of as a “phrase” – in that case, I think they interpret phrase as something people commonly say. Today, it looks like they were thinking of a phrase FDR is famous for and not a policy
LINK: 16 more clues from the game
True. Although I guess that phrase didn’t come into their minds.
I’ve never been so surprised by a Final Jeopardy outcome.
As always, the easiest questions are the ones you know.
In a way, it made me think of one of the J!6 clues today, that just works out way too well when it’s multiple choice:
Of the “I” countries in the G20, this one has the longest name:
Iceland
India
Indonesia
If this had been a multiple choice, like:
Meal Deal
New Deal
Square Deal
it would have been just as simple