Final Jeopardy: Alphanumeric Anatomy (11-6-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/6/2018) in the category “Alphanumeric Anatomy” was:

Alphanumerically, it’s at the top of the spine and lets you nod

New champ Mary Ann Borer, a marketing coordinator from Pomona, CA, cleaned up with a $38,200 win yesterday. In her second game, and the last regular game before the Teen Tournament begins, her challengers are: Lonnie Weis, a creative director from Littleton, CO; and Chloe Sjuberg, a communications assistant from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round 1 Categories: In the ’90s – Familiar Phrases – 2018 College Football Names – What Do Your Shoes Mean? – It’s Biggest Neighbor – At the Soda Fountain

Mary Ann found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Shoes” under the $1,000 clue, with 3 clues worth $2,400 left after it. She was in the lead with $3,600, $800 more than Lonnie in second place. She bet $2,000 and thought it was a brogue. That was WRONG.

Queen Victoria’s Scottish castle is the source of the name of this laced shoe. show

WHAT IS BALMORAL?

Mary Ann finished in the lead with $3,000. Lonnie was second with $2,800 and Chloe was last, $200 in the red.

Round 2 Categories: In Their 90s – Raising Cane – Women’s Firsts – On Broadway in 2018 – The Book of Romans – “Re” Noun

Mary Ann got the first Daily Double in “Women’s Firsts” under the $1,600, with 10 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $13,400 now, $8, 200 more than Lonnie in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

Some first female mayors are Joan Wagnon (Topeka) Lila Cockrell (San Antonio) & this current U.S. Sen. (San Francisco). show

WHO IS DIANNE FEINSTEIN?

4 clues later, Mary Ann found the last Daily Double in “Broadway” under the $1,600 clue. Six clues were left after it. In the lead with $19,200, she had $14,000 more than Lonnie now. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

broadway.com said it best about this show: “Tina Fey’s fetch movie is, like, now on Broadway” show

WHAT IS “MEAN GIRLS”?

Mary Ann finished in the lead with a runaway $25,200. Lonnie was next with $4,000 and Chloe, at negative $600, was out of the game.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS C-1?

This video will give you a quick overview of the cervical vertebrae, that are labeled C1 through C7 when referred to in medical reports, or as wikipedia puts it, “By convention, the cervical vertebrae are numbered, with the first one (C1) closest to the skull and higher numbered vertebrae (C2–C7) proceeding away from the skull and down the spine.”

Closely related: This was a DD in the 12/21/15 game and the player who had “Jeopardy! nails” got it: The first cervical vertebra is called this after a Greek god because it supports the head

Lonnie wrote down L-1, the first lumbar vertebra. He only lost $5.00 and finished with $3,995.

Mary Ann had “the first vertebra,” not good enough in this instance. She lost her $10,000 bet, but still won the game with the remaining $15,200. Her 2-day total is $53,400.

We will see Mary Ann again on Wednesday, November 21st.

A triple stumper from each round:

IN THE ’90s ($2000) A.P. journalist Terry Anderson was freed in 1991 after 2,454 days as a hostage of Hezbollah in this country

ON BROADWAY IN 2018 ($2000) Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto & Jim Parsons were some of the “boys” in this revived Mart Crowley play

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Commonwealth Countries”

The constitution of this country came into effect on Feb. 4, 1997 & by 2016, 13 parties were represented in its parliament. show

WHAT IS SOUTH AFRICA?

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