Final Jeopardy: Invasions (3-10-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/10/2023) in the category “Invasions” was:
Backed by 14,000 troops, he invaded England to restore, in his words, its “religion, laws, and liberties”
3x champ Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, CO, had won $80,631 when we last saw him on 2/17/23. His opponents in Game 4 are Jannette Peterson, a graduate student orig. from Minneapolis, MN; and Nick Lauber, an attorney from Sherman Oaks, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Let’s Visit Nicaragua – Shopping at the Mall – 20th Century Names – TV Shows in Other Words – Hodgepodge – From Stem to Stern
Jannette found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “20th Century Names” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,000, half of Stephen’s lead. Jannette bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
His brother Ted eulogized him in 1968 as “a good & decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it” show
Stephen finished in the lead with $8,200. Jannette was second with $2,000. Nick was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Future Oscar Winners – Biology – Getting Schooled – Tool Talk – National Official Languages – Literary Before & After
Jannette found the first Daily Double in “National Official Languages” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,400, $5,000 less than Stephen’s lead. Jannette bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
German, French, Italian & Romansh show
Stephen got the last Daily Double in “Literary Before & After” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick of the round. In the lead with $9,000, he had $3,400 more than Jannette in second place. Stephen bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Prussian monarch military genius whose Jazz Age story plays out on Long Island show
Stephen finished in the lead with a runaway $20,400. Jannette was second with $9,600. Nick was last with $5,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS WILLIAM OF ORANGE?
The Glorious Revolution in 1688 occurred when Netherland’s William of Orange was invited to invade England by enemies of Catholic King James II. James succeeded to the crown after the death of his brother, Charles II, who, although Catholic, promoted religious tolerance. James lost popular support mainly through his efforts to establish Catholic dominance. William of Orange was James’ son-in-law, married to James’ daughter, Mary, who was next in line to the English throne. Both were Protestants. When James and his wife had a son, James’ enemies took action to prevent a potential Catholic heir. Upon learning of William’s imminent invasion, James II fled the country. The event is also known as the Bloodless Revolution as it was accomplished without bloodshed. William and Mary were crowned joint rulers in 1689. She died in 1694. William died in 1702 and was succeeded by Mary’s sister, Anne.
Check out The Turbulent 17th Century for an overview of “a period of huge political and social upheaval” in England
Nick went with William the Conqueror. He lost $4,201 and finished with $1,199.
Jannette had the Conqueror, too. That cost her $8,000 and left her with $1,600.
Stephen thought it might be Charles II. He only lost $150 and won the game with $20,250. Stephen’s 4-day total is $100,881.
A triple stumper from each round:
HODGEPODGE ($800) The Awlad Ali are a desert tribe of this people; thought of as nomadic, they’ve undergone what sociologists call sedentarization
More clues on Page 2
(image) FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS ($1200) She knew acting was her calling after playing Lady Macbeth in a high school production
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In 2020 their “Greatest Hits”, with an optimistic ’80s anthem, became only the third album to spend 600 weeks on the Billboard 200 show
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It would have been hilarious if somebody wrote PRINCE HARRY for the Final.
Well, I would say that any guess is better than no guess at all.
History/monarchies not my thing. I gave the Dutch William a brief thought but went with the Conqueror instead.
Those stumpers were all brain-crushers, except maybe “The Lost Symbol” one.
Ouch–Nick was 35 years too late with Secretariat. I was down near the rail at Belmont in 1973 when Big Red won the Triple Crown by 31 lengths. And the longshot in the 5-horse field barely nosed out another for 2nd place at the wire, costing me a winning $2 exacta bet. Earlier, I lost 2 bucks on Secretariat when he was upset by a horse named Onion. During the post parade before that race, I had a sneaking suspicion that Onion would make me cry!
A tough FJ, and I never heard of William The Orange until now.
Oh excuse me, ‘William Of Orange’.
Just like how we begin the week, we end the week with another triple stumper as we got a tough final.
Other than yesterday, this was a hard week for Final Jeopardy!.
Two clues in this game were recently seen on Master Minds —
1. the kind of bananas that are cooked; and
2. a variation of the Official National Languages Daily Double (they wanted the “R” language in the last round)
I definitely noticed the “R” language for this reason. Coincidence?
If I’m not mistaken Sony owns Game Show Network too. Probably some sharing of writers or a clue bank between Master Minds and Jeopardy. Just a thought.