Final Jeopardy: The Early United States (12-23-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/23/2021) in the category “The Early United States” was:
The final piece in this series points out “the analogy of the proposed government to your own State constitution”
16x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA, has now won $631,400. In Game 17, her challengers are: Kelly Hartman, a retired librarian from Powell, OH; and Andrew Tyler, an orthopedic surgeon from Friendswood, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Seasonings Greetings – National Natural Landmarks – From the U.S. Citizenship Test – Thomas Hobbes – Nasty, British – “Short”
Amy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “National Natural Landmarks” under the $600 clue with 6 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $9,000, $5,400 more than Kelly in second place. Amy bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
With 36, this state has the most NNLs including Rancho La Brea & the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. show
Amy finished in the lead with $14,400. Kelly was second with $4,600 and Andrew was last with $1,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: That’s Quite a Coup – Built in the 1800s – First among Sequels – Animals in Children’s Books – Communications Technology – 5, 5
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Built in the 1800s” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick. In first place with $20,000, she had $11,800 more than Kelly in second place. Amy bet $4,000 again and she was RIGHT.
A meeting place for the Bundestag, it was completed in 1894 & dramatically torched in 1933. show
8 clues later, Amy landed on the last Daily Double in “5,5” under the $1,600 clue. In first place with $29,200, she had $20,200 more than Kelly in second place. Amy bet $4,000 again and she was RIGHT again.
A 1974 U.S. law mandated a national one of these, intended to improve fuel efficiency. show
Amy finished in the lead with a runaway $38,000. Kelly was second with $9,000 and Andrew was last with $3,600. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE THE FEDERALIST PAPERS?
The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 letter or essays, all addressed to the People of New York. They were written by James Madison, John Jay and (mostly) Alexander Hamilton in support of ratifying the proposed U.S. Constitution and were published in New York newspapers from 1787 to 1788.
The quote in the clue comes from the 85th letter (the “Concluding Remarks”). It says the only two points left to discuss are “the analogy of the proposed government to your own State constitution,” and “the additional security which its adoption will afford to republican government, to liberty, and to property.” Then it says that the topics have already been “fully anticipated and exhausted” that it would be repetitious to do so. Check out The Avalon Project to read any or all of the 85 Federalist Papers.
Andrew got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $7,200.
Kelly thought it was the Madison Papers. That cost her $1,799. She finished in second place with $7,201.
Amy also got it right. She bet a whopping $18,000 and won today’s game with $56,000. Her 17-day total is $687,400.
A triple stumper from each round:
BUILT IN THE 1800s ($800) While President in 1806, he began construction of his octagonal house at his retreat, Poplar Forest
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ($2000) In the 1950s Sarkis Acopian invented the solar-powered one of these devices, still good to have for emergencies
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Science and Innovation”
In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents show
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Amy has close to 700K which is more than what Larissa had in her games. At this point I can say with certainty that Amy will be our new julia collins. Kelly was close with her response, but still I had learned about the federalist papers in US history class previously.All the daily doubles nailed by Amy shows she is making a comeback after not getting final right yesterday. This season we have two big winners which is Matt Amodio and Amy Schneider. It will be interesting to see them face off in the toc later on. If this keeps up we could get more streakers next year after last year’s slow start in jeopardy.
With $687,400, Amy Schneider is now the biggest female winner in Jeopardy! History, bumping Larissa Kelly, with $661,930, down to 2nd place.