Final Jeopardy: Royals (12-30-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (12/30/2014), in the category “Royals” was:

He was the last English monarch to die in battle.

2-day champ Vaughn Winchell has won $40,101 so far and everyone’s got their fingers crossed that he nails his 3rd game today. Well, not everyone! These new players want to take Vaughn down: Dan Eling, from Arlington, VA; and Marcia Kuipers, from Wayne, NJ.

Round 1: Dan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Winners” under the $800 clue. He was in second place with $2,400, $1,000 less than Vaughn’s lead. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS “THE GODFATHER PART II”?

Dan finished in the lead with $5,800. Vaughn was second with $4,400 and Marcia was last with $4,200.

Upon returning from the commercial break, Dan was dinged for $800 for his reply to this $400 clue in “Ribbons”: “Pack your ribbons if you’re competing in this sport, an Olympic Medal event since 1984”. Dan said “rhythm gymnastics” but it was “rhythmic”. He was still in the lead with the $5,000 he had left.

Round 2: Marcia found the first Daily Double in “11-Letter Words” under the $1,200 clue. She was in third place with $9,000, $5,800 less than Vaughn’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS A NUMISMATIST?

Vaughn found the last Daily Double in “Ladies Who Launch” under the $1,600 clue with one more clue left in the round. In the lead with $18,400, he had $5,200 more than Marcia in second place. Not about to put his lead at risk, he only bet $200. Good thing since he had no guess and he was WRONG.

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WHAT IS “LUCID”?

Vaughn finished in the lead with $18,200. Marcia was next with $13,200 and Dan was in third place with $11,800.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS RICHARD III?

King Richard died at the Battle of Bosworth on 8/22/1485. He’s been in the news recently after forensic teams at the University of Leicester completed their examination of his remains, which were found under a car park in Leicester in 2012: “CT scans were used on his 500-year-old skeleton to help determine his injuries and the medieval weapons used…. The results of forensic analysis… show he had nine wounds to the skull and two to the postcranial skeleton. Researchers said three of these ‘had the potential to cause death quickly’.” (BBC News: King Richard III killed by blows to skull)

Dying in battle wasn’t his only last. He was also the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.

Dan bet $11,798. He finished with $23,598.

Marcia bet $10,500 and finished with $23,700.

Vaughn bet $8,201 so he won the match with $26,401. Yup, our first 3x champ since Ryan Alley won his third game on Halloween (the “coincidental co-champs” game).

Vaughn’s 3-day total is $66,502. As you can see from the scores, Dan and Marcia were excellent players. Great game!

2 years ago:: TWO of the players got this FJ in “19th Century America”

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WHAT IS CENTRAL PARK?

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