Final Jeopardy: The Race to Space (2-20-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/20/2020) in the category “The Race to Space” was:

In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp

3-day champ MacKenzie Jones, a program development director from Tulsa, OK, had quite a game yesterday and her winnings took a giant $46,801 leap to $85,601. In Game 4, her challengers are: Judy Mader, a project manager from Maitland, FL; and Amal Karim, an impact officer from Minneapolis, MN.

Round 1 Categories: The Bible Book Tells Me So – Lesser-Known Names – Geographically Speaking – Silent “K” is Golden – 5 of a Kind – TV Drama

Amal found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Lesser-Known Names” under the $600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,800, $800 more than MacKenzie in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

Philippe Curtius taught her the art of wax modeling & in 1794 left her his 2 museums. show

WHO IS MADAME TUSSAUD?

Amal finished in the lead with $7,800. MacKenzie was second with $6,000 and Judy was last with $1,200.

Round 2 Categories: History Timeline – Body Part Adjectives – Establishing Some Borders – A Role for the Director – Knickknack – Kerouac

Judy found the first Daily Double in “Knickknack” under the $2,000 clue on the 12th pick. She was in second place with $8,400 now, $3,000 less than Amal’s lead. She bet $3,000 and thought it was Limoges. That was WRONG.

A high-stakes card game shares its name with this French glassmaker that produces gorgeous paperweights, like the one seen here show

WHAT IS BACCARAT?

Amal found the last Daily Double in “Establishing Some Borders” under the $1,200 clue, with 11 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,200, she had $2,600 more than MacKenzie in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

Egypt to its east, Algeria to its west. show

WHAT IS LIBYA?

MacKenzie finished in the lead with $16,000. Amal was next with $12,800 and Judy was in third place with $5,400.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS LEBANON?

The Lebanese space program got its start with students at Haigazian College in Beirut in 1960, led by mathematics professor Manoug Manougian. In 1962, the government lent its support to the group after a number of Cedar rockets were launched successfully. The above video has more info and shows the stamp referred to in the clue at 0.49. You can also read more about it in “About the Lebanese Rocket Society,” an article by the directors of the 2012 documentary on the Society. They show the stamp, too.

Judy went with Jordan (first satellite launched in 2018). She lost her $4,600 bet and finished with $800.

Amal got it right. She bet $9,601, bringing her up to $22,401.

MacKenzie got it, too, with her phonetic spelling of “Lebbenon.” She also bet $9,601. That brought her up to $25,601 for another win. Her 4-day total is $111,202.

A triple stumper from each round:

TV DRAMA ($1000) Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok & Jon Voight play family members of this Showtime title character

HISTORY TIMELINE ($1600) Mortally wounded in this 1805 battle, Admiral Nelson is said to have uttered, “Thank God, I have done my duty”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Actresses”

Already an Emmy winner, in 2017 she won an Oscar for the same role that had won her a Tony. show

WHO IS VIOLA DAVIS?

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