Final Jeopardy: Canadian Medicine (2-19-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/19/2024) in the category “Canadian Medicine” was:
Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this
Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants are: Diandra D’Alessio, a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec; Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, CA; and Taylor Clagett, a marketing director orig. from Chesapeake Beach, MD.
Round 1 Categories: On States’ Highway Welcome Signs – Their Name’s a Bible Book – Potent Quotables – TV Coaches – It’s All “Small” Stuff – Heavy
Deb found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “On States’ Highway Welcome Signs” under the $600 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,200, $2,000 less than Diandra’s lead. Deb made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
A southern sign says, “Welcome to” this Lynyrd Skynyrd title show
Deb finished in the lead with $5,800. Diandra was in second place with $4,800. Taylor was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: National Statuary Hall – Awards & Honors – Plant Lore – Geographic Book Titles – Pop – The Question?
Deb found the first Daily Double in “The Question?” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $8,600, $600 more than Diandra in second place. Deb bet $2,600 and she was RIGHT.
The answer to this question includes “to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach” show
6 clues later, Diandra landed on the last Daily Double in “Awards & Honors” under the $1,200 clue. She was in second place with $11,200, $1,600 less than Deb’s lead. Diandra bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
In the early 20th c. these were given out for literature; Baron Pierre de Coubertin won one under a pen name for “Ode to Sport” show
Deb finished in the lead with $17,200. Diandra was in second place with $15,200. Taylor was last with $4,600. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS A COUGH or COUGHING?
According to the company’s website, in 1919 pharmacist William Knapp Buckley created an effective cough suppressant from several natural ingredients. He called his creation Buckley’s Original Mixture and began marketing it in 1920. In the 1980s, Buckley’s became a household name in Canada due to “The Bad Taste Campaign” where W.K. Buckley’s son, Frank, promotes the company’s product with the slogan “It tastes awful. And it works.” (One of their FAQs says it tastes like pine needles.)
Etymology Online doesn’t have an entry for antitussive but it does have “tussive”, in use since the mid-1800s: pertaining to cough from the Latin tussis. The earliest year Dictionary.com traces antitussive to is 1905.
Taylor bet $23 and finished with $4,623.
Diandra bet $6,000 and finished with $21,200.
Deb bet $13,201 and won the game with $30,401. Deb joins Mira Hayward in the finals.
A triple stumper from each round:
ON STATES’ HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS ($1000) Once on Michigan’s welcome signs, this 2-word phrase that doesn’t just refer to size was also on its license plates from 1983 to 2007
GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES ($2000) Deep in the African rain forest, an ancient lost city holds a shocking secret in this Michael Crichton work
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “The Midwest”
At about 90,000 it’s the most populous U.S. City on North America’s biggest lake show
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Deb was beyond distracting. Ugh, when she squatted down so you couldn’t see her, I was thinking, “Dude! Calm down!”
Final was as Canadian as Canadian Bacon or French fries. My initial guess, before seeing anything, was Banting and/or Best, for insulin. I have never heard of the guy mentioned. Also, if one speaks Spanish, cough is “tos”.
Too bad for Diandra. Tyler recovered too late.
I noticed Ken has stopped reading extraneous information. So, wishes for family or other players won’t be heard for the vision impaired.
Good battle between the ladies, but Diandra had no chance of winning with that easy Final clue.
Tough stumpers, but someone should have known the “small” agency. I knew what university Bart Giamatti left when he became baseball commissioner. Smoking and dealing with Pete Rose led to his early demise.
The Tony award clue was a toughie, unless you watch the show every year.
I did fine in the Jeopardy game, but was struggling to find the English equivalent for ‘tussive’ as derived from Latin. In retrospect, I do recall seeing that term listed on cough syrups, but never paid much mind to it.