Final Jeopardy: 20th Century America (11-6-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/6/2019) in the category “20th Century America” was:

In 1939, turned down by 2 local theaters, Howard University was able to get an outdoor venue for this singer’s yearly concert

Quarterfinal No. 3 in the 2019 Tournament of Champions features James Holzhauer, 32x champ ($2,462,216); Alan Dunn, 5x champ ($120,802); and Lindsey Shultz, 4x champ ($101,002).

Round 1 Categories: It’s Not Australia – Tech Stuff – The Name of the Game – “All” In – The 2010s – Reality Show Breakouts

Lindsey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The 2010s” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,800, $200 less than James in the lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

In 2011 this planet completed its first orbit since its discovery 165 years early. show

WHAT IS NEPTUNE?

James finished in the lead with $8,800. Alan and Lindsey were tied in second place at $4,000.

Round 2 Categories: Science & Exploration – American World’s Fairs – That’s Entertainment! – Past Bedtime – Initials to Roman Numerals to Numbers III – This Time, It’s Personal

Alan found the first Daily Double in “Science & Exploration” under the $1,600 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

In the early 1800s this German studied the ocean current of South America; one off South America’s west coast is named for him. show

WHO IS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT?

James found the last Daily Double in “Initials to Roman Numerals to Numbers” under the $2,000 clue on the 12th pick. In the lead with $17,600, he had $12,000 more than Alan and Lindsey, who were tied at $5,600. He made it “a truly disappointing $1,109,” and he was RIGHT.

For Laura’s dad in the “Little House on the Prairie” books. show

WHAT IS 101 (CI – Charles Ingalls)?

James finished in the lead with a runaway $30,309. Lindsey was next with $10,800 and Alan was in third place with $6,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MARIAN ANDERSON?

This comes from an April 2016 Newsweek article, reporting on the Treasury Department announcement that Marian Anderson will be on the $5 bill that is coming out in 2020: “In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused to let Anderson sing at Constitution Hall, a controversy that made national headlines. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who belonged to the organization and resigned over the issue, helped coordinate an Easter Sunday performance for Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial, where 75,000 people came to hear her. She sang seven songs, including “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and “Ave Maria.”

We just had a “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” Daily Double in the 10/23/19 game regarding Martin Luther King’s “March on Washington” speech. He is also going to be on the new $5 bill.

Alan wrote down “who is the one who sang at the L.M.” (Lincoln Memorial), to indicate he knew who the clue meant. That cost him $5,999 and left him with $1.00.

Lindsey got it right. Her $3,200 bet brought her up to $14,000. Her chance at a Wild Card looks pretty good.

James got it, too. He bet $326 and said “no shout out… following the rules.” He won the third semi-final spot with $30,635.

There were 2 triple stumpers in the IT’S NOT AUSTRALIA category that I feel sure the players would have known if they went top to bottom because they would have realized that all the answers begin with “A” by then. Could it have been a prank they pulled, knowing that James would go bottom to top?

($800) It’s in Transcaucasia, not Australasia, & its prime minister is named Pashinyan, not Morrison

($1000) It has an area of 180 square miles, not 3 million, & it has princes, not a queen

More clues on Page 2
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Poets”

In 1824 he was refused burial in Westminster Abbey for “questionable morality”; in 1969 he got a memorial stone there. show

WHO IS LORD BYRON?

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