Final Jeopardy: U.S. Place Names (12-25-24)

The Final Jeopardy question (12/25/2024) in the category “U.S. Place Names” was:

A trio including Andrew Jackson founded this city with a name that evokes a great city of the ancient world

4x champ Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, TN, has now won $40,400. In Game 5, she takes on these two players: Mathieu Farhoud-Dionne, a musician from Montreal, Quebec; and Amber Gamrat, a software developer from Hudson, NH.

Round 1 Categories: Islands & Archipelagos – The Novel Chapter – Triple Jeopardy! – I’m So Indicted – 5, 5 – Foot Ball

Mathieu found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Novel Chapter” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the red to the tune of $ 1,200. Laura had the lead with $2,800. Mathieu bet the $1,000 allowance and thought it was “Pygmalion”. That was WRONG.

“Eliza’s Escape” show

WHAT IS “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN”?

Laura finished in the lead with $8,800. Amber was second with $600 and Mathieu was last with negative $1,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Thinking About the Ottoman Empire – All Kinds of Music – Mollusks – Let’s Go to the Park – Happy 100th, Rod Serling – “A”cronyms & “A”bbreviations

Mathieu found the first Daily Double in “All Kinds of Music” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick. He was in second place with $4,000 now, $4,800 less than Laura’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

Aubades were sung in the morning; these courtship tunes, like Mozart’s, “Oh, Come To The Window”, were meant to be sung at night show

WHAT ARE SERENADES?

Mathieu got the last Daily Double in “Let’s Go to the Park” under the $1,200 clue, on the 16th pick. In the lead with $11,600, he had $800 more than Laura in second place. Mathieu bet $3,000 but had no idea so he was WRONG.

Built over abandoned railroad tracks, this Chicago park opened in 2004, just a few years behind schedule show

WHAT IS MILLENNIUM PARK?

Mathieu finished in the lead with $13,400. Laura was next with $13,200 and Amber was in third place with $2,200. The top 2 clues in Mollusks were not shown.

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Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS MEMPHIS (TN)?

John Overton was a Tennessee Supreme Court judge. In fact, he was Andrew Jackson’s successor in that position. James Winchester was a Tennessee state senator. The three men founded the city of Memphis, Tennessee in May of 1819, naming it after Memphis, one-time capital of Egypt located on the banks of the Nile River. It is thought that the founders chose the name because Memphis sits on the banks of the Mississippi River, often called the Nile of North America. It is also thought they got the idea from the founders of Cairo, Illinois, which is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi.

Per Memphis Travel Fun Facts, “Memphis is mentioned in more songs than any other city in the world – more than 400 according to Billboard Magazine.”

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Amber thought it was Alexandria. She stood pat on her $2,200.

Laura got it right. She bet $4,800 and finished with $18,000.

Mathieu came up with Carthage. He lost $13,001 and finished with $399. So Laura, who coincidentally is a Memphian, punched her ticket to the next Tournament of Champions. Lucky Laura’s 5-day total is $58,400.

2 triple stumpers from ALL KINDS OF MUSIC:

($400) The name of this music form is actually an abbreviation of an Italian phrase meaning “work in music”

($800) In 1899 a critic wrote, “If” this “was called tempo di raga… it might win honor more speedily”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “AMERICA AT WAR”

Until the Civil War, the January 8 date of this battle of dubious military importance but big morale value was a national holiday show

WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS?

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