Final Jeopardy: U.S. Natural Wonders (2-1-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/1/2016) in the category “U.S. Natural Wonders” was:

Teddy Roosevelt called it “the one great sight which every American should see”.

It’s the first quarter-final match of the 2016 Jeopardy! College Championship. Today’s contestants are Adam Antoszewski, a junior at the University of Virginia; Carissa Pekny, a senior at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; and Emily Sun, a freshman at Columbia University.

Round 1 Categories: In Which Month? – Election Terms – Sheer Will – Countries’ Provinces – Pop Songs of 2015 – “EX’s” & “OH’s”

Emily found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Election Terms” under the $800 clue before the first break. She was in second place with $1,400, $600 less than Carissa’s lead. She bet $700 and even her more specific reply was WRONG.

By definition, these are taken right after some votes & are used to forecast the outcome. show

WHAT ARE EXIT POLLS? (Emily said “polls,” then “voting polls”)

Carissa finished in the lead with $6,800. Emily was second with $3,700 and Adam was last with $2,000.

Round 2 Categories: African-American History – Pop-Pourri – Architecture & Building – Required Reading – 5-Letter Words – Seeing Stars

Carissa found the first Daily Double in “African-American History” under the $800 clue on the third pick of the round. In the lead with $7,600, she had $3,900 more than Emily in second place. She bet $1,000 and thought it was W.E.B. Du Bois. That was WRONG.

This institute founder was the first African American featured on a U.S. postage stamp. show

WHO IS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON?

Five clues later, Adam found the last Daily Double in “Required Reading” under the $800 clue. He was in second place with $5,600 now, $1,000 less than Carissa’s lead. He bet $2,000 and thought it was Oresteia. That was WRONG.

For “Women and War” at the Univ. of Virginia (Adam’s school!): this Aristophanes play about women who refuse to take things lying down. show

WHAT IS LYSISTRATA?

Emily finished in the lead with $10,900. Adam was next with $6,400 and Carissa was in third place with $5,000.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE GRAND CANYON?

President Theodore Roosevelt made his first trip to the Grand Canyon in May of 1903. In a speech he gave on May 6th, he called the site “a natural wonder which, so far as I know, is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world” and urged the citizens of Arizona to leave the Grand Canyon as it was. In the transcript, the words in the clue are found in this sentence: “What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children’s children, and for all who come after you, as one of the great sights which every American if he can travel at all should see.”

Also see how Roosevelt protected the Grand Canyon using a legal loophole.

Carissa came up with Yellowstone National Park. She bet and lost her whole $5,000.

Adam thought it was Old Faithful. He also bet everything and ended up with nothing.

Emily wrote down “Yosemite.” She only bet $1,901 so she won the match and the first semi-final spot with $8,999.

Three clues in Architecture & Building stumped all the players. This was the $2,000 clue: Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts is the only North American Building designed by this Swiss architect.

2 years ago, it was the first match of the Battle of the Decades: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Presidents & First Ladies”

The only foreign-born First Lady was the wife of this man who served in the diplomatic corps from age 14. show

WHO IS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS?

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