Final Jeopardy: Presidential Facts (12-14-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/14/2022) in the category “Presidential Facts” was:

Only 3 presidents have married while in office– John Tyler was the first & he was the last

New champ Sean McShane, a non-profit membership associate orig. from West Islip, brought his winnings up to $53,200 yesterday. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Dan Rosen, an accounting clerk from Philadelphia, PA; and Mollie Cowger, an asst. puzzles and games editor from San Francisco, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Historic Names – Animals in French – Who Lou? – Lights, Camera, Auction! – The Proof – In the Pudding

Sean found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “In The Pudding” under the $800 clue with 5 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $8,600, $5,000 more than Dan in second place. Sean bet $4,000 and said black pudding. That was WRONG.

This type of “pudding” is actually sausage, but sanguinaccio dolce, made with the same stuff, is pudding pudding show

WHAT IS BLOOD PUDDING?

Sean finished in the lead with $5,800. Dan was second with $3,800 and Mollie was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Capital City Rivers – 8-Letter Crossword Clues – Instrumental Past – The Nonfiction Section – The “J.C.”s – 1982: a Year in Film

Dan found the first Daily Double in “Instrumental Past…” under the $1,200 on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,000, $800 less than Sean’s lead. Dan bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

James Reid, who played these during the Jacobite Rebellion, was hanged– the English viewed them as instruments of war show

WHAT ARE BAGPIPES?

Mollie got the last Daily Double in “Nonfiction” under the $2,000 clue on the 19th pick of the round. In last place with $6,600, she had $10,800 less than Sean’s lead. Mollie bet $1,500 and came up with the Styx. That was WRONG.

In “Disappointment River”, Brian Castner retraces Sir Alexander Mackenzie’s 1789 search for this waterway show

WHAT IS THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE?

Sean finished in the lead with $23,000. Dan was in second place with $13,600 and Mollie was last with $5,100. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS WOODROW WILSON?

John Tyler, Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson, in that order, were the three presidents who married while in office.

• John Tyler’s first wife, Letitia, was First Lady from 4/4/1841 until she died on 9/10/1842. Tyler married Julia Gardiner in 1844. The president with the most kids, he had 8 with Letitia and 7 with Julia.

• Grover Cleveland was the only one of the three who was marrying for the first time. He was 49 years old and his bride, Frances Folsom, was 21. She is still the youngest First Lady and the only one to serve in 2 nonconsecutive terms. They had 5 children. Cleveland also assumed responsibility for an out-of-wedlock child.

• Woodrow Wilson’s first wife, Ellen, was First Lady from 1/17/1911 until she died on 8/6/1914. Ellen was the mother of his 3 children. Wilson married Edith Bolling Galt on 12/18/1915. They had no children.

Also see American First Ladies by century

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Mollie thought it was William Henry Harrison. She lost $900 and finished with $4,200.

Dan went with Zachary Taylor. That cost him $7,000 and left him with $6,600.

Sean got it right. He bet $4,201 and won the game with $27,201. Sean McShane’s 3-day total is $80,401.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

THE “J.C.”s ($2000) “The Enormous Radio” is among the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Stories of” this writer

1982: A YEAR IN FILM ($1200) What’s best in life, this Arnold guy? “Crush your enemies, see them driven before you & hear the lamentation of their women”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “American Lit”

A book by him says, “From the forest came the call…distinct and definite as never before–a long-drawn howl” show

WHO IS JACK LONDON?

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