Final Jeopardy: The 20th Century (12-22-23)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/22/2023) in the category “The 20th Century” was:
On July 19, 1940 Hitler called this man a warmonger & wrongly predicted he would flee to Canada
This week’s contestants are: Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario; Jason Carpenter, a stand-up comic from Santa Rosa Valley, CA; and Iris Masucci, a pharmacist from Rockville, MD.
Round 1 Categories: Chicago – Weather in the Bookstore – Follow the “Money” – Historical American Governors – Going Soft – Carols
Iris found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Chicago” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in last place with $600, $1,600 less than Juveria’s lead. Iris bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
Nearly 250,000 gathered to see Obama’s 2008 victory speech in Chicago’s front yard, this park named for another president show
Juveria finished in the lead with $8,800. Iris was in second place with $4,400. Jason was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Bodies of Water – Movie Inspirations – Contemporaries – New to the OED – Biology – Carols
Juveria found the first Daily Double in “Biology” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $12,800, $8,400 more than Iris in second place. Juveria bet $10,000 and she was RIGHT.
This adjective for the organ that gives nutrients to the fetus describes all mammals except marsupials & a few even weirder ones show
Juveria got the last Daily Double in “Contemporaries” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $25,600, $21,200 more than Iris in second place. Juveria bet $10,000 and she was RIGHT.
J.S. Bach & this great German-British composer were born a few weeks & a few dozen miles apart in 1685 show
Juveria finished in the lead with a runaway $45,600. Jason was in second place with $10,600. Iris was last with $6,400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS WINSTON CHURCHILL?
On July 19, 1940, in a speech before the German Reichstag, Adolf Hitler made what he claimed was a “last appeal to reason”, offering Great Britain peace or destruction. Hitler painted himself as having sought peace all along. Churchill and just about everyone else, except Mussolini, were warmongers and profiteers, and he even claimed to have written proof that British leaders didn’t care what happened to the people of mainland Europe. Hitler also said that when he unleashed his forces on the people of Great Britain, Churchill and their other leaders would probably be safe in Canada.
After the May 1940 German Blitzkreig through Belgium and France, there were those in Churchill’s War Cabinet who wanted to make peace with Hitler but Churchill was having none of it and Hitler’s speech did nothing to change his mind, nor did Churchill leave his country. Less than 5 years later, a defeated Hitler committed suicide.
Iris thought it was Stalin. She lost $4,000 and finished with $2,400.
Jason got it right. He bet $5,600 and finished with $16,200.
Juveria got it right too. She bet $5,600 and won this match with an astounding $51,200. This 2-day affair will continue on Christmas Day and the final scores of both matches will be added together to determine the winner.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
BIOLOGY ($1200) It’s the collective word for all the DNA, RNA, whateverNA in an organism
CAROLS ($1600) Director Carol Reed was nominated for an Oscar for this 1949 Cold War thriller set in Austria & starring Joseph Cotten
2 years ago: Only ONE of the two contestants left got this FJ in “French Artists”
The catalog of MoMA’s first exhibition called this artist who died in 1891 a “man of science” & “inventor of a method” show
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I think Iris is outclassed in this one. Jason has a very small chance to win. However, Juveria looks like the real thing. In any case, it’s definitely a nice cushion to have for Monday.
51,200 is the exact same score that Ken Jennings finished Game 1 in Night 3 of the Greatest of All Time with.
Jeopardy! has now reached the 9000th episode.
Wow, Juveria took no prisoners, and is fast on the buzzer too. I was impressed she knew “Henderson the Rain King.” I was sure that’d be a stumper.
I considered Churchill but went with Stalin, who I thought fit the warmonger label. But Churchill was more in line with the Canada reference. I should have known the term for water-soaked air because we just got over one.
My first thought for FJ was FDR, then Churchill, and lastly De Gaulle. Why I settled for De Gaulle I’ll never know, but the French president did flee to England. IMHO, I wouldn’t know why Hitler would fear any of those two leaders as the British and French were hardly good fighters. Actually, neither were the Italians for that matter.
45,600 was the highest score this season going into FJ! Right now Juveria’s score is very hard to catch but it’s not over yet.