Final Jeopardy: Presidential Elections (2-20-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/20/2024) in the category “Presidential Campaigns” was:
He’s the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor
Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants are: Kat Jepson, an artist from Roanoke, VA; Alex Gordon, a surgical resident orig. from Somers, NY; and Jesse Matheny, a customer success specialist orig. from Huntington, IN.
Round 1 Categories: The 13 Colonies – Piles – The U.S. Postal Service – What’s that Smell? – Jewelry – Hansel Culture
Jesse found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The U.S. Postal Service” under the $800 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,600, $2,600 less than Kat’s lead. Jesse bet $1,600 and said a space shuttle. That was WRONG.
As an experiment in 1959, mail was dispatched by guided missile from one of these to a naval air station in Florida show
Kat finished in the lead with $5,600. Alex was in second place with $2,600. Jesse was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Taking Flight – Bodies of Water – Artists & Their Subjects – 4, 4 – Literary Helpers – Action Movies
Jesse found the first Daily Double in “4,4” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,000, $3,600 less than Kat’s lead. Jesse bet it all and he was RIGHT.
“Pray for us sinners” is a line from it show
Jesse found the last Daily Double in “Bodies of Water” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,800 now, $1,200 more than Kat in second place. Jesse made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Extending for about 135 miles, the Yucatan channel links these 2 smaller-than-an-ocean bodies of water show
Jesse finished in the lead with $18,800. Alex was in second place with $10,200. Kat was last with $8,400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS AL GORE?
As American voters should know, the winner of the Presidential election isn’t official until the U.S. Vice President, in his capacity as President of the Senate, officially certifies the Electoral College results on January 6th. In 2000, VP Al Gore ran for President against George W. Bush. On 1/6/2001, Al Gore officially declared Bush the President of the United States. According to the Washington Post, Gore did so with grace and humor, choosing to follow the example of Richard M. Nixon, the Vice President faced with the same situation in 1961.
Kat thought it was John McCain. She bet and lost her whole $8,400.
Alex went with Mitt Romney. That cost him $8,601 and left him with $1,599.
Jesse got it right. He bet $1,601 and won the game with $20,401. Thus ends the semifinals. Jesse Matheny, Deb Bilodeau and Mira Hayward will duke it out over the next 2 days for the top 3 monetary prizes and one spot in the Tournament of Champions.
2 triple stumpers from LITERARY HELPERS:
($1600) In this Wilde work Algernon’s manservant is named Lane, while Jack has a butler named Merriman
($2000) Frank helps Cora kill her hubby but is wrongly convicted of a murder he didn’t commit in this James M. Cain novel
2 years ago: BOTH of the contestants left in FJ got this FJ in “20th Century Authors”
Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, “use short sentences” & “use vigorous English” show
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Thought the whole set of clues tonight was especially tough. They did well to get such high scores, especially Jesse who had the chutzpah to go all in on the three DDs.
I said Gore for FJ, but not for the reason Ken gave, which made sense. I thought it was because he formally conceded publicly after the Supreme Court ruled for Bush. Poor reasoning, but it worked.
Tough stumpers, too. Guessed the Wilde novel and should have known the Cain novel (I said “Double Indemnity”) because I saw that movie. Same story for the McQueen film, it was a real winner. I dumbly said what the contestant did, but I think that was a Mustang. Wasn’t familiar with the “late winter streets” term, but figured it out.
Ken said “boobage”!
I did better than average in the Jeopardy game tonight, ;but mistakenly went with Mitt Romney for FJ.