Final Jeopardy: Science & Innovation (12-19-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/19/2019) in the category “Science & Innovation” was:

In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents

New champ Dave Agase, an information professional & writer from Saline, MI, won $8,218 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Peggah Ghoreishi, a penguinologist from Chicago, IL; and Eric Smith, a bartender from Tucson, AZ.

Round 1 Categories: About (Type)face – Around the World – 1999 Television Premieres – Canine Conversation – Stupid Answers – I’m Dyin’ Up Here!

Peggah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “I’m Dyin’ Up Here” under the $1,000 clue, with 8 clues left after it. She was in a second place tie with Dave. They both had $2,200, $1,400 less than Eric’s lead. She bet $1,300 and she was RIGHT.

4 of the 7 members of the team that first conquered this Alp in 1865 fell to their deaths during the descent. show

WHAT IS THE MATTERHORN?

Eric finished in the lead with $5,000. Peggah was second with $3,500 and Dave was last at negative $400.

Round 2 Categories: The Wreck of the F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Hall of Fame Position – Culture Club – Mammal Facts – Native Americans: the Reality – “T” Time

Eric found the first Daily Double in “Mammal Facts” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick. He was in the lead big time with $18,600 now, $16,200 more than Dave in second place. He bet $3,000 and went with “bat.” That was WRONG.

The 350 or so species of these include the numbat. show

WHAT ARE MARSUPIALS?

Eric found the last Daily Double in “Culture Club” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $18,000, he had $15,600 more than Dave in second place. He bet $3,000 again and this time, he was RIGHT.

This term for the struggles between liberals & conservatives, especially in the media, comes from the German “kulturkampf” show

WHAT IS A CULTURE WAR?

Eric finished in the lead with a runaway $21,000. Dave was next with $6,000 and Peggah was in third place with $1,100.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS 3M?

Audrey Sherman has worked with 3M since joining their pre-college STEM program as a high school junior. She was much in the news earlier this year as “the only female inventor in 3M’s 116-year history to hold over 100 patents.” In an interview with ThriveGlobal.com, Sherman says: “By my sophomore year in college I had interned with 3M for four years…. and in one lab experiment our tests weren’t producing the results we expected. I suggested a new way and my boss said, ‘Write that down.’ It wound up being the key to getting our process to work, and we filed for the patent.” This was the impetus that inspired her to average 5 patents per year for the next 26 years.

Justia has 16 pages of patents that Audrey Sherman contributed to. The first was granted in 1992 and the last on the list in 2019.

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Peggah thought it was the Mayo Clinic. That cost her $313 and left her with $787.

Dave got it right. He bet $3,000 and brought his score up to $9,000.

Eric came up with Dupont. He lost $4,000 but won the game with the remaining $17,000. Eric Smith is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

ABOUT (TYPE)FACE ($800) Lucida Bright was designed for this magazine that has brought the lab to the layman since 1845

THE WRECK OF THE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD ($2000) Fitzgerald was 44 when he died of a heart attack before he could finish this “Last” novel about a Hollywood producer

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Advertising Characters”

This brand was looking for a Hemingway type when it hired Jonathan Goldsmith for its commercials. show

WHAT IS DOS EQUIS?

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