Final Jeopardy: American Cities (2-9-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/9/2022) in the category “American Cities” was:
Recorded on a visit to this California city, YouTube’s first video featured a man saying, “They have really, really, really long trunks”
2x champ Lawrence Long, a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, NC has now won $43,591. In Game 3, his challengers are: Michelle Bemis, a high school history teacher from Allen Park, MI; and James Cantres, a historian and professor from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Alphabetically First – Books for Young Readers – The Business of Television – Sporty Lingo – Isle “B” – The Judge of that
Lawrence found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Isle ‘B’” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with $800, $1,200 less than James in the lead. Lawrence bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Recent surveys have found that the soil on this atoll has plutonium concentrations vastly higher than Chernobyl’s show
Lawrence finished in the lead with $5,200. Michelle was second with $4,400 and James was last at $4,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Vice Presidents – Mismatched Pairs – 3-Letter Animals – 20th Century History & the Movies – In Authors’ Footsteps – It’s Time for a Word
Michelle found the first Daily Double in “Vice Presidents” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick. She was in the lead with $8,400, $2,800 more than James in second place. Michelle bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
33 days after taking the oath to be the veep, he took another one to not be the veep show
Lawrence got the last Daily Double in “In Authors’ Footsteps” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick. He was in third place with $6,800, $4,400 less than Michelle’s lead. Lawrence made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The Globe Inn, with a vast selection of single malt scotches, was a hangout of this 18th century poet & can be yours show
Lawrence finished in the lead with $18,000. Michelle was second with $13,200 and James was last with $8,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS SAN DIEGO?
YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the now famous 2005 video “Me at the Zoo”, about the elephant’s “really really really long trunk” that was recorded at California’s famed San Diego Zoo. Fifteen years later, it was No. 1 on Business Insider’s list of the 10 most important YouTube videos. (If they want to update that list, they’ll have to find a replacement for No. 2.)
James thought it was San Francisco. That cost him 8 big ones. He finished with $800.
Michelle got it right. She bet $4,401 and that brought her up to $17,601.
Lawrence also got it right. He bet $13,201 and won the game with $31,201. His 3-day total is $74,792.
A triple stumper from each round:
BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS ($1000) In “From the Mixed up Files of” this woman, a girl named Claudia & her brother run away from home & hide out at the Met Museum
20TH CENTURY HISTORY & THE MOVIES ($1000) Andrew Garfield played pacifist & Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss in this movie set in part at the Battle of Okinawa
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “American History”
At Harpers Ferry, John Brown & his rebels were defeated by troops commanded by this man who 2 years later led a rebel army himself show
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I said Redwood, too! When we were in SD a few years ago for a conference, we toured the USS Midway, but didn’t do the zoo. For as much as I use YouTube, whoops!
Wow, good game. History teacher Michelle hit the lottery with that VP category and seemed to be cruising toward a win until Lawrence went all in on that DD.
I stupidly changed my FJ response at the last moment from San Diego (zoo) to Redwood City (trees).
How come Fikkle Fame isn’t doing anything on the College Championship 2022? The Jeopardy site won’t print out the subject titles on the board, and you won’t either. I like to keep score, but can’t write fast enough to keep up with the host of Jeopardy. Please print out the subjects, so that we, who keep score, can write down the subjects on the board, PLEASE!!
We are doing recaps of the games, with the categories, Daily Doubles and triple stumpers etc.
Yesterday’s games were recapped here
74 thousand dollars is a handsome payday for Lawrence today. But he still has a good shot at 100K tomorrow.