Final Jeopardy: U.S. Presidents (12-7-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/7/2022) in the category “U.S. Presidents” was:
He was sworn in twice as president within 2 years, first by his father & then later by a former U.S. President
New champ Andy Tirrell, a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, CA, won $15,399 yesterday while putting an end to Cris Pannullo’s 21-game streak. In Game 2, Andy takes on these two players: Tammy Groner, a legal assistant from Hamilton, NJ; and Ron Cheung, an economics professor from Lakewood, OH.
Round 1 Categories: A Decade to Remember – College Football Bowl Biz – State Stuff – “U” Is the Only Vowel – TV Sidekicks – Ginger Zee Talks Meteorology
Tammy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Meteorology” under the $400 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $8,400, $3,400 more than Andy in second place. Tammy bet $3,400 and she was RIGHT.
Ginger Zee: “In early 2020, I was in Australia to cover its unprecedented wildfires and learn how the hottest and driest year on record had parched giant stretches of these native trees, filled with extremely flammable oil” show
Tammy finished in the lead with $12,200. Andy was second with $5,600 and Ron was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Life’s Peaks & Valleys – Sequels – Famous South Americans – Angles Among Us – Classic Movie Characters – I Will Leave
Ron found the first Daily Double in “Angles Among Us” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick. He was in third place with $2,800, $9,800 less than Tammy’s lead. Ron bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
At a 38-degree angle or 78% gradient, Harakiri is the steepest ski slope in this nation of skiers Franz Klammer & Hermann Maier show
Ron got the last Daily Double in “Sequels” under the $800 clue with 2 clues left after it. In second place with $13,000, he had $8,800 less than Tammy’s lead. Ron bet $9,000 and he was RIGHT.
”Insurgent” is Book 2 in this dystopian series show
Tammy finished in the lead with $22,200. Ron was in second place with $22,000 and Andy was last with $11,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS CALVIN COOLIDGE?
After the sudden death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding on August 2, 1923, his VP Calvin Coolidge became the 30th U.S. President. Coolidge actually took the oath of office three times. The first time took place at his family home in Vermont on August 3, 1923 at about 2:30 a.m. The oath was administered by his father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., a notary public and justice of the peace at the time. On August 21, 1923 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., Justice Adolph August Hoehling of the District of Columbia Supreme Court administered the oath of office to Coolidge for the second time in order to quash any questions regarding Coolidge Sr.’s authority to administer the oath.
Calvin Coolidge won the 1924 Presidential election and took the oath of office for a third time on March 4, 1925. For the first time, the oath was administered by a former president, William Howard Taft in his position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It was not the last though: Taft also administered the oath of office to Herbert Hoover, Coolidge’s successor.
What presidents took the oath of office the most number of times? Find out here.
Andy thought it was Teddy Roosevelt. He lost $10,001 and finished with $1,199 .
Ron went with John Quincy Adams. That only cost him $2,401 and he hung onto $19,599.
Tammy had Franklin Roosevelt. She lost $21,801 and finished with $399. That made Ron Cheung the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
SEQUELS ($1600) It’s the fitting 2-word title of Jojo Moyes’ sequel to “Me Before You”, about Louisa Clark following the death of Will Traynor
($2000) Margaret Atwood won the Booker Prize for this sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale” that’s narrated by Daisy, Agnes & Aunt Lydia
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Novel Characters”
This character from an 1851 novel “was intent on an audacious, immitigable, and supernatural revenge” show
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Thank goodness for this recap. J! not on till 1 am tomorrow due to a local special. I have no recorder.
Two straight days of narrow margins going into FJ. Nice change from those 17 runaways.
Does anyone have stats on how many players who defeated super-champs lost their next match? Nancy Zerg (Ken Jennings) probably the most famous.
The Atwood sequel is pretty recent, so someone should have known it. And the 3-letter window was pretty obvious.
Hate to say I was right. Andy went up against stronger contestants, and came up short. The final was a schoche more difficult than I expected. Maybe it’s because I had a few beverages, but, I couldn’t come up with it in time. I got a chuckle, though, out of 2 Roosevelt’s, and one Adams. My first thought was George W. Bush, but I quickly discarded it. All three were presidents with the same family name.
Hope Ron can put a few together!
Tammy is looking good for the next second chance tournament since she had a great game today. Happy that Ron won despite not getting the final
And we got a triple stumper as today’s final was a tough one.
I hope that Tammy gets invited back for the Second Chance tournament because of her strong play throughout the game and gave 24 correct responses and not getting anything incorrect.