Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Americans (12-3-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/3/2020) in the category “19th Century Americans” was:

In 1858 these 2 men faced each other in Alton, Freeport, Galesburg & 4 other nearby towns

Returning champ, Leslie, a grant writer from Las Vegas, NV, has won $2,700. In Game 2, she takes on these 2 players: Morgan, a theatre manager from Berkeley, CA; and Fred, a university professor from Manhattan, KA.

Note: This is Nikki, VJ’s daughter, filling in for my Mom while she is in the hospital, in case you missed her message on the Jeopardy Calendar post. Due to my own time constraints, the recaps will be shorter than usual, but my Mom will work her magic when she returns.

Round 1 Categories: New York Cities’ Nicknames – The Second Millennium – Verb Homophones – Keeping it 100 – Doll “R”s – To Donuts

Fred found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “New York Cities’ Nicknames” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in first place with $2,800, $200 more than Leslie in first place. He bet $1,000, and said Newark, but that’s in NJ! So that was WRONG.

Second only to New York City in population, this western port is the “Nickel City”. show

WHAT IS BUFFALO?

Fred finished in the lead with $4,200. Leslie was second with $3,600 and Morgan was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Health & Medicine – Singing for Your Oscar – Transportation – 15-Letter Words – Poetic Characters – Forest Clump

Leslie found the first Daily Double in “Poetic Characters” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in second place with $4,000, $5,000 less than Fred’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

In an epic poem this King of the Geats drinks mead & fights a monster. show

WHAT IS BEOWULF?

Leslie got the last Daily Double in “Health & Medicine” under the $1,600 clue, with just 5 clues left after it. In first place now with $14,800, she had $1,000 more than Fred. She bet $2,000 and couldn’t come up with the answer. She was WRONG.

The bone marrow doesn’t produce enough blood cells in the aplastic type of this disease. show

WHAT IS ANEMIA?

Fred finished in the lead with $15,000. Leslie was next with $14,800 and Morgan was in third place with $5,000. No clues went uncovered.

ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO ARE STEPHEN DOUGLASS AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

Morgan said Doc Holliday & Wyatt Earp. That cost her $4,997 and she finished with $3.

Leslie’s response was Lee & Grant and that was wrong. She lost $14,700, leaving her with $100.

Fred wrote down Lincoln & Douglas. He bet $5,001 and won the game with $20,001. Fred is the new Jeopardy champ.

Some triple stumpers from round two:

TRANSPORTATION ($400): The Antonov AN-2, a model of this old-style stack-wing aircraft, was produced until 2001

15-LETTER WORDS ($2000): This adverb means nevertheless or in spite of; it doesn’t mean fully seated

Today’s show is dedicated to Alex Trebek. Forever in our Hearts, Always our Inspiration.

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