Final Jeopardy: Planned Cities (12-1-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/1/2021) in the category “Planned Cities” was:
A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the Governor-General, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony
10x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $380,200. In Game 11, she is up against: Jaimie Carlson, a robotics scientist from Boston, MA; and David Miller, a communications director from Decatur, GA.
Round 1 Categories: The Mid-Atlantic States – Pulitzer Prize Winners – Hunter/Gatherer – The Company’s Product – Pronounce It the Way We Want – Putting You Through Some Hoops
Amy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Mid-Atlantic” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. She was in first place with $5,600, $4,000 more than David in second place. Amy bet $4,000 and said Philadelphia. That was WRONG.
Mid-Atlantic city where you’ll find the crypt of John Paul Jones. show
Amy finished in the lead with $4,600. David was second with $3,400 and Jamie was last with $1,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: European History – Snakes & Rivers – Writers, with Style – At Home on TV – Weights & Measures – Backwards & Forwards
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Writers, with Style” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. Amy was in first place with $6,600, $3,200 more than David in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Heere bigynneth owr joorny onn his “Summoner’s Tale”, a titl made moderne as he speld it “Somonours”. show
Amy got the last Daily Double in “European History” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. In the lead with $15,200, she had $11,400 more than David in second place. Amy bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
He fought both the Spanish Christians & the Moors before conquering Muslim Valencia in 1094. show
Amy finished in the lead with a runaway $31,000. David was second with $10,200 and Jamie was last with $3,800. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CANBERRA?
Thomas, 3rd Baron Denman, was appointed Governor-General of Australia in 1911. Moving the national capital from Melbourne to Australian Capital Territory was already in the planning stages. The move would not officially take place until 1927. On March 12, 1913, however, a ceremony was held to reveal Canberra as the name chosen for the future capital. The honor of deciding how to pronounce it fell to the Governor General’s popular wife, Lady Denman. She pronounced it CAN-bra, which has become the standard pronunciation in Australia. Learn more
Today, Canberra Day is a public holiday in the Australian Capital and Jervis Bay Territories. Australian states and territories also have capital cities. They are: Brisbane (Queensland), Darwin (Northern Territory), Hobart (Tasmania), Melbourne (Victoria), Perth (Western Australia) and Sydney (New South Wales).
An old clue: WORLD CAPITALS ($600) The name of this capital on the Molonglo River comes from an Aboriginal term for “meeting place” (More Canberra clues on Page 2)
Jaimie came up with Copenhagen. She only lost $1.00 so she finished with $3,799.
David got it right. He added $2,000 and finished with $12,200.
Amy also got it right. She bet $10,000 and won the game with $41,000. Amy’s 11-day total is $421,200.
2 triple stumpers from Round 1:
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES ($1000) Bordering similar communities in Ontario & Quebec, New York’s St. Regis Reservation is home to this tribe
HUNTER/GATHERER ($1000) During World War I Army General Hunter Liggett & his I corps prevailed at the battles of the Meuse & of this forest
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Movie Quotes”
The 2 single-word quotes on AFI’s list of the Top 100 Movie Quotes; 1 is from 1941, the other from 1967 show
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421K is a lot of money and I can see that she has surpassed Austin Rogers in winnings but not quite close to julia collins yet. Amy might just go for Julia’s record win as well before moving towards Jason’s 500K total.