Final Jeopardy: American History (2-11-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/11/2020) in the category “American History” was:

After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job

New champ Vinny Byju, a student from Cambridge, MA, won $3,399 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Kristyna Ng, a corporate strategist from Calgary, Alberta; and Danyelle Long-Hyland, a scientist from Ranson, West VA.

Round 1 Categories: Time Zone Cities – Crayola Colors in Other Forms – Behind the Iron Curtain – Food – “Inna” – Got a DeVito

Kristyna found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Time Zone Cities” under the $1,000 clue, with 9 clues to go after it. She was in second place with $2,200, $1,400 less than Danyelle’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Detroit, Michigan. show

WHAT IS EASTERN?

Kristyna finished in the lead with $5,000. Danyelle was second with $4,200 and Vinny was last with $2,200.

Round 2 Categories: Day Job Vu – Magic in Literature – Italian Loanwords in English – I Write a Symphony – Pop Goes the Culture – “M”en of the Past

Vinny found the first Daily Double in “‘M’en of the Past” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick. He was in second place with $5,800 now, $2,000 less than Danyelle’s lead. He bet $3,000 and tried Mandel. That was WRONG.

On July 20, 1937 we short-waved goodbye to this Italian inventor. show

WHO IS GUGLIELMO MARCONI?

Kristyna found the last Daily Double in “Symphony” under the $1,600 clue on the 12th pick. In the lead with $8,600, she had $800 more than Danyelle in second place. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

The Finnish govt. commissioned him to write a symphony to celebrate his own 50th birthday & he conducted the premiere on that day. show

WHO IS JEAN SIBELIUS?

Danyelle finished in the lead with $9,800. Kristyna was next with $9,200 and Vinny was in third place with $5,600.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON?

From the Dept. of Treasury website: “In 1781 Robert Morris devised a plan for a National Bank and submitted it to the U.S. Congress…. Once the plan was approved, Morris was appointed as Financial Agent of the United States (precursor to the position of Secretary of the Treasury)…. In 1789 President George Washington appointed Morris to be the first Secretary of the Treasury but Morris declined, suggesting Alexander Hamilton for the position instead.”

List of all Secretaries of the Treasury

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Vinny bet $4,201 bet. He finished with $9,801.

Kristyna bet $2,001 bet, bringing her up to $11,201.

Danyelle bet $3,612 and won the game with $13,412. Danyelle Long-Hyland is the new Jeopardy! champ.

Reversal: DAY JOB VU ($2000) In ’96 this ex-Pres. of Poland returned to his electrician gig in Gdansk; his first day included a press conference & a vacation request — Alex accepted “Lech WaleNsa” from Kristyna but she had to give $4,000 back when the judges nixed it. There’s no N. I don’t know what Alex was talking about when he said she “flipped syllables.”
Correction: That was my initial impression. Kristyna did indeed flip the syllables. She said “La-Wen-sa”.

A triple stumper from each round:

FOOD ($800) The name of this spicy Cajun stew comes from the French for “to smother”

DAY JOB VU ($1200) In 1973 Erich Segal, author of this weepy bestseller about a dying coed, quit teaching classics at Yale, but he returned in the ’80s

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Classic TV Homes”

In 2017 the Bel-Air estate used in this ’60s TV show was listed for $350 million show

WHAT IS “THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES”??

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