Final Jeopardy: World Mammals (2-4-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/4/2020) in the category “World Mammals” was:

A drawing of it by John Hunter, naturalist & governor of New South Wales, published in 1802 labels it Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus

New champ Travis Gaylord, a management consultant from Wynnewood, PA, won $14,801 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Kathryn Flucht, an accounting student from Canton, MI; and Nipun Tulshian, an investment analyst from New York, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Around Ohio – Where Does It Hurt? – Give Us One Letter – Irritable Owl Syndrome – Monumental Television – In the Environment

Kathryn found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Where Does It Hurt?” under the $1,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She just got out of negative territory and was at $0, $2,200 less than Nipun’s lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and could not come up with a response so she was WRONG.

Myalgia (these parts) show

WHAT ARE MUSCLES?

Nipun finished in the lead with $2,600. Travis was second with $2,200 and Kathryn was last with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: Apostolic Names – Newer World Heritage Sites – Hello! – I Also Compose Film Music – Admirable Admirals – TL;DR (too long; didn’t read)

Nipun found the first Daily Double in “Admirable Admirals” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,200, $2,000 more than Travis in second place. He bet $2,000 and thought it was South Hampton. That was WRONG.

On July 30, 1588 Admiral Howard left this city’s harbor to meet the Armada; 32 years later, another ship set sail from there. show

WHAT IS PLYMOUTH?

Kathryn found the last Daily Double in “Apostolic Names” under the $2,000 clue on the 9th pick. In second place with $2,000, she had $2,200 less than Travis in the lead. She bet $2,000 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.

The Spanish Diego is the equivalent to this apostolic name. show

WHAT IS JAMES?

Nipun finished in the lead with $5,200. Travis was next with $5,000 and Kathryn was in third place with $2,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A PLATYPUS?

The State Library Victoria reproduced a paper online that outlines early accounts of 5 unique Australian animals:— the kangaroo, wombat, platypus, koala and Tasmanian tiger. In the Platypus section, it says: “The platypus was first discovered in November 1797, almost ten years after first British settlement.” In addition to his drawing of the platypus, Gov. John Hunter also drew a wombat and sent specimens of both back to England, where scientists initially thought the platypus was a hoax.

The Rev. Sydney Smith wryly observed in 1819: “Then comes a quadruped as big as a large cat, with the eyes, colour, and skin of a mole, and the bill and web-feet of a duck — puzzling Dr Shaw, and rendering the latter half of his life miserable, from his utter inability to determine whether it was a bird or a beast.”

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Kathryn thought it was a kiwi. She lost $2,399 and was left with a dollar.

Travis got it right. He bet $201, bringing him up to $5,201.

Nipun went with the kangaroo. He bet and lost it all so Travis won the game and retained his Jeopardy! champ title with a 2-day total of $20,002.

A triple stumper from each round:

GIVE US ONE LETTER ($1000) In 1927 Ford introduced its next generation of cars, the Model this

TL;DR ($1200) Dickens’ tale of a seemingly endless lawsuit is contained in the 900+ pages of this “homely” novel

More clues on Page 2

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

Despite the title, in this Plato work, Socrates says, “I shall never alter my ways, not even if I have to die many times” show

WHAT IS THE “APOLOGY” (APOLOGIA)??

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