Final Jeopardy: Historic Documents (11-4-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/4/2016) in the category “Historic Documents” was:
William Seward objected to its timing, saying “It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government”
New champ Rachel Hopkins won $21,799 yesterday. In the last game of the week, she faces these challengers: Chuck Dunn, from Tigard, OR; and Donna Goldberg, from West Hills, CA.
Round 1 Categories: The Films of Meryl Streep – U.S. Mountains – Auto Shop Talk – A Spanish Inquisition – “C”s The Day – Punning Political Titles
Rachel found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “U.S. Mountains” under the $600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in third place with $600, $2,800 less than Donna’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Roosevelt. Didn’t matter which one because that was WRONG.
A Wyoming peak was named for this man soon after his 1924 death; there are said to be 14 points on its ridges. show
Donna finished in the lead with $4,400. Chuck was second with $4,000 and Rachel was last with $1,400.
Round 2 Categories: The Lives Of Authors – TV Shows by Episodes – Kings & Queens – “Ready” When You Are – Musical Instruments – Travel & Tourism
Chuck found the first Daily Double in “TV Shows by Episodes” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in the lead with $5,200 at this point, $800 more than Donna in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT, to his great amazement and relief.
“Dirty Little Secrets” and “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” show
Donna got the last Daily Double in “‘Ready'” under the $2,000 clue, the very last clue of the round. She just lost $1,600 by leaving out one word in the prior clue (near end of recap). In third place with $6,800, she now had $6,600 less than Chuck’s lead. She bet $6,500 and got the first part WRONG. She didn’t phrase it in the form of a question either, but that didn’t matter.
In the year 1000 England’s king was this man who sounds ill-prepared. show
Chuck finished in the lead with $13,400. Rachel was next with $9,000 and Donna was in third place with $300.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, is widely reported to have made the objection in the clue at a July 22, 1862 cabinet meeting where Lincoln read his first draft of the document. Seward reportedly felt the Union needed a decisive victory in the Civil War before such a move was made. It is usually noted that the source of this information is artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter who painted the well-known “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.” In an 1866 book, the artist claimed that President Lincoln told him about Seward’s objection. Since Carpenter is the only one Lincoln supposedly told that to and it doesn’t square up with Secretary of War Stanton’s notes at the meeting, some view it with skepticism. Read more about it on the website of Seward biographer, Walter Stahr.
“Over the years, I’ve discovered that Jeopardy players are usually good dealing with U.S. history,” Alex said, “Let’s see if I’m correct.”
Donna didn’t bet anything so she remained at $300.
Rachel bet $8,399 and finished with $17,399.
Chuck bet $9,000, bringing him up to today’s winning total: $22,400. We will be seeing Chuck again on Monday. The Teen Tournament doesn’t start until Wednesday, November 9.
A triple stumper from each round:
PUNNING POLITICAL TITLES ($400) After abandoning conservative politics, David Brock title a book “Blinded by” this
Donna gave Edith Wharton as a wrong response on this clue, and then tried to ring in with the right one. The time for Rachel or Chuck to get it ran out and Alex smiled at Donna, saying she couldn’t ring in again. He let her give the correct response. That was very sweet, Alex.
THE LIVES OF AUTHORS ($2000) Written while she lived in France, “Tender Buttons” is a 1914 collection of poems by this American author & art patron
This is the clue where the 1st word of the nickname eluded Donna.
“READY” WHEN YOU ARE ($1600) 4-word nickname of President Zachary Taylor, who had served 40 years in the U.S. Military
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Sports Logos”
This NFL team’s logo is the only one that is a plant. show
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In the episode in question (S33, E40) , Donna, a challenger, did not use question format when answering three of the items in the category Spanish Inquisition, and Alex and the Jeopardy staff did not catch the mistake. She chose the category and did not use question format in identifying the first two Spanish questions. The third Spanish clue was correctly identified in question format by the champion. The fourth Spanish clue was incorrectly identified by the champion and Donna then responded, not in Jeopardy question format, and Alex denied her response until she used question format. But then, on the next clue, she again did not use question format, and Alex did not catch it, because it was a joke about who would pay for Trump’s wall. Donna, of course, went down in flames at the end of double jeopardy, but we will never know what would have happened if Trebek and his staff were truly on top of things.
@Paul, her responses were already in question format. Here is what was said:
$200 – Donna: What time is it?
$400 – Donna: What is your name?
$600 – Rachel: What is “how old are you?”
$800 – Rachel: What is “do you speak French?”
Alex: Nope. Donna.
Donna: Do you speak German? What is “do you speak German?”
Alex: Thank you.
The last one is already on the recap. But you can see that Alex did not deny her $800 response. She put in the “What is” as an afterthought because she noticed Rachel did it. But Rachel didn’t have to either.
If it was a wrong call on Trebek’s part, the judges would have overruled him. If it was going to be a problem, Alex would have reminded Donna to add the “What is” preface the first time she left it off.
P.S. We talked about this some more on the weekly recap
This was an Easy Final.
Congrats Chuck. Good game buddy.
I was surprised Donna was able to ring in twice, with the light showing, on the same clue. Somehow, I thought once you rang in your buzzer locked.
I liked the Spanish category and the Meryl Streep category tonight.
The Spanish Inquisition category was a lot of fun. I believe it was okay to not start off with “What is” because the responses were all in question form anyway. So Alex didn’t say anything when Donna didn’t do it on the first two. Then Rachel did say “What is” when she got the third one. Donna tried to remember it on the last two.
She didn’t remember on that last one, translating “¿Quién paga por el muro?”on the fly. Then she got the joke after Alex said right and busted out laughing. LOL. Alex looked so amused. That’s bound to go viral.
10 more clues from the match are up now, including the Streep category. LINK
I enjoyed that category, too, VJ. That last translation was so funny, especially Donna’s reaction when she got the joke.