Final Jeopardy: U.S. Stamps (2-12-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/12/2024) in the category “US Stamps” was:
This roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law
Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants are: Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, VA; Donna Matturri, a librarian from Columbus, OH; and Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Pop Culture vs. – Airline Logos – Initials Of Historic People – Some Very Moving Words – Life In The 1920s – Genius: MLK/X
Donna found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Life In The 1920s” under the $1,000 clue, with 9 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $5,400, $1,800 more than Sriram in second place. Donna bet $2,500 and guessed Eleanor Roosevelt. That was WRONG.
In a 1925 speech she said, “We have got to free women from enforced, enslaved maternity” show
Donna finished in the lead with $4,900. Sriram was second with $4,800 and Dan was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Fictional Characters – Oceanography – Musicians of the 1960s – Homes – International Organizations – Rhyming Synonyms
Donna found the first Daily Double in “Fictional Characters” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $10,500 now, $5,500 more than Dan in second place. Donna bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
Michael Connelly named this LAPD detective after a 15th century Dutch painter. show
6 clues later, Dan landed on the last Daily Double in “International Organizations” under the $1,600 clue. In last place with $4,200, he had $12,900 less than Donna’s lead. Dan made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Founded in 1831 to support the conquest of Algeria, this organization requires all members to use assumed names. show
Donna finished in the lead with $20,700. Sriram was next with $13,200 and Dan was in third place with $6,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS IX?
Title IX was enacted on June 23, 1972 as part of the Education Amendments. It specifically prohibited gender discrimination in public or private schools receiving federal financial assistance.
The U.S. Postal Service released 4 new Forever stamps to commemorate Title IX’s 50th anniversary at a First Day of Issue ceremony in Washington, D.C. on 3/3/2022. Melinda Beck, the artist who designed the stamps, was one of the women interviewed in this video.
Dan got it right. He bet $1,000 and finished with $7,000.
Sriram also got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $26,400.
Donna wrote down LXII. She lost $5,800 and was left with $14,900. That made Sriram Krishnan the winner and semifinalist.
A triple stumper from each round:
GENIUS: MLK/X ($1000) Kelvin Harrison Jr.: “Since they marched together, went to jail together & even had a pillow fight together right before Martin’s death, MLK & this minister are referred to as the Civil Rights twins on the show”
MUSICIANS OF THE 1960S ($400) “Butch” Snipes in Seattle & “Baby Boo” Young in Tennessee are thought to have inspired this star to play guitar with his teeth
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Toys & Games”
Its co-creator said adding an “L” to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 “made it” show
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Good group, Hard to say, but if Donna had hit that first DD, maybe she’d have had a runaway. FJ was not a gimme, but if you had an inkling of when Title IX was passed, it was very gettable. And it made fairly big news in 2022.
Thought someone might now the “dental” guitar star. The two missed synonym clues weren’t tough at all, but sometimes you just blank out with so little time to come up with it. The two words in the $2K clue are common in crosswords.
I was way off in FJ as I somehow came up with LIV. Oh well.