Final Jeopardy: 3-Named Women (12-21-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/21/2021) in the category “3-Named Women” was:
Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the 1st female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections
14x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has won $571,200 so far. In Game 15, her opponents are: Kaitlyn Pesterfield, a medical student from Mesa, AZ; and Jason Snyder, a teaching assistant from Los Angeles, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Sports Nicknames – Geology – New Orleans: News Clues – Stocks, Symbolically – Go Home – Shakespeare, You’re Drunk
Jason found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Geology” under the $600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in third place with $400, $3,000 less than Amy’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance but half of his reply was WRONG.
The same substance may crystallize in 2 forms, like these 2 forms of carbon; one was first converted to the other in a lab in 1955. show
Amy finished in the lead with $10,600. Kaitlyn was second with $2,600 and Jason was last with $200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Santasia – TV Characters’ Occupations – False Advertising? – People in History – Opera – Go Get “Em”
Jason found the first Daily Double in “Opera” under the $1,600 clue on the second pick. He was in third place with $2,200 now, $6,400 less than Amy’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT. (Yup! He went from $200 to $4,400 in 2 clues.)
One of the librettists of this Puccini opera went to Nagasaki to help set the scene more accurately. show
Amy got the last Daily Double in “People in History” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick. In the lead with $12,600, she had $7,000 more than Jason in second place. She bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
Gold found on his land in 1848 ruined this California man; people destroyed his property looking for more & by 1852 he was bankrupt. show
Amy finished with a runaway $28,000. Jason was next with $10,400 and Kaitlyn was in third place with $3,000. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS LOUISA MAY ALCOTT?
In 1879, the Massachusetts legislature made it legal for women to vote in school committee elections. Louisa May Alcott, famed author of “Little Women (1868), was the first woman to register to vote. In March of 1880, she and her sister Anna Alcott Pratt (the basis for Meg in “Little Women”) cast their ballots in the first of such elections. For Louisa and Anna, the most important accomplishment was their taking that first step towards fulfilling their mother Abigail’s long-cherished dream of women’s suffrage. Learn more on Book Trib: Louisa May Alcott: Inspiring Women Writers, Rocking the Vote by Susan Bailey.
Kaitlyn picked Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a main organizer with Susan B. Anthony of the American Equal Rights Association. Kaitlyn lost $2,500 and finished with $500.
Jason also went with Stanton. He only lost $17. Jason finished with $10,383. That may have won the game in a different FJ! scenario, but…
Amy got it right. She bet $7,000 and won the game with $35,000. That put Amy over the $600K mark with a 15-day total is $606,200.
A triple stumper from each round:
FALSE ADVERTISING? ($1600) This food item with a body part & a dairy product in its name is actually a type of sausage
GO GET “EM” ($2000) This Greek philosopher was the first to argue that all matter is made up of earth, air, fire & water
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Milestones in U.S. History”
Congress declared September 6, 2008 Louisa Swain Day because Louisa did this in Wyoming on that date in 1870 show
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Empedocles? Hand to God, that is a gap in my knowledge base. That name rang no bells, shook any cobwebs, or brought up any (un)happy memories. At all.
Regarding the finale, I thought that the woman might have been Susan B. Anthony although she clearly wouldn’t have been considered a 3-named woman.
I was surprised the very last Jeopardy clue was a triple stumper under “False Advertising.” I guess none of the contestants watch Master Minds. Ken got the very same clue correct on Master Minds last year but his opponent got it incorrect in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge round. Perhaps that was why it was valued at $2,000. Ken, I’m assuming, helps write some of the Jeopardy clues and knew the difficulty level.
I agree with you and with what ken said. So far of all the mega champs ben Ingram, James Holzhauer and Amy so far with the most right fj responses,
Here’s a link to my charts on players who have won 10 or more games if you want to check anyone else out.
Ken’s statement that James Holzhauer is the only other contestant to miss only one of his Final Jeopardy! clues wasn’t right. James got FJ wrong in his 6th game.
So far, out of 15 games, Amy only missed the FJ! clue in her 5th game.
Before that, in regular play, Ben Ingram got ALL of his Final Jeopardy! clues right during his 9-game run. He missed one (the very last game) in his 4 ToC games, which would be 12 out of 13.
There are probably other players who had shorter runs than Ben who also got all their FJs right so Ken might want to qualify that statement to say players who won over x number of games