Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Documents (3-11-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/11/2016) in the category “19th Century Documents” was:
Its preamble substituted the words “a permanent federal government” for “a more perfect union”.
2x champ Katrina Mundinger has now won $22,000. Today she is up against these two fellows: Gordon Moffat, from Nashville, TN; and Victor Ferreira, from Cambridge, ONT, Canada.
Round 1 Categories: Busted! – The Entertainment Business? – It’s the Wurst – Weapons in the Board Game Clue – U.S. Geography – From “C” to Shining “C”
Katrina found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It’s the Wurst” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, $200 more than Victor and Gordon, tied in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
It’s no surprise that bierwurst is a specialty of this German state that’s home to the original Oktoberfest. show
Gordon finished in the lead with $8,200. Katrina was second with $3,800 and Victor was last with $3,600.
Round 2 Categories: A Billion Views on YouTube – Exploration – Buggy Words & Phrases – U.S. Firsts – The Middle – Literary Characters’ Last Words
Katrina found the first Daily Double in “Buggy Words” under the $2,000 clue, with 3 clues and a Daily Double left after it. In second place with $7,000, she had $11,600 less than Gordon in the lead and was reminded that, as things stood, he had a runaway. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
This phrase for a flaw that spoils something has its origin in Ecclesiastes 10:1. show
When we got down to the last two clues, for some unknown reason, Gordon chose the $400 one in “U.S. Firsts.” Katrina got it right and that gave her the final clue — the last Daily Double — under $1,200 in “Characters’ Last Words.” She wanted to go with a $4,000 bet again (“It seems to be working”) and she was RIGHT.
“Bob! Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another I, Bob Cratchit!” show
Gordon finished in the lead with $20,200. Katrina was next with $15,400 and Victor was in third place with $5,200.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“We can get a good glimpse into the founding principles of the Confederacy by taking an in-depth look at the Confederate constitution, which was approved, and came into use by the rebel states on March 11, 1861. The document is largely a word-for-word copy of the United States constitution, but with several key changes. The changes offer the clearest window of insight into how precisely the CSA intended to be different from the USA, and why.” (JJMcCullough.com: CSA)
Victor thought it was The Gettysburg Address. He didn’t bet anything though so he remained at $5,200.
Katrina wrote down the Constitution. She lost her $5,000 bet and was left with $10,400.
Gordon wrote down “the Confederate Const.” After Alex assured us that was an acceptable dictionary abbreviation for Constitution, Gordon’s $4,500 bet was revealed so he became the new Jeopardy! champ with $24,700.
This last triple stumper was in “Literary Characters’ Last Names”:
($2,000) Tessie Hutchinson, in this 1948 short story: “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right.”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Actors & Oscars”
He was nominated for Oscars in 5 consecutive decades; the last nod was for his 1978 role as a Nazi hunter. show
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Poor Keith! He was so distressed by the wagering in this game, he’s about to throw in the towel.
He had Victor at 5600.
Nah, Victor had $5200 – you can see that’s right in the image after he bet zero.
PS – Keith just didn’t take $400 off Victor’s score after Victor gave a wrong answer to the $400 clue before Katrina gave the right answer.
The last time we had someone with the name Gordon win on JEOPARDY! was Gordon Graham, a recent anthropology graduate from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, who was on JEOPARDY! almost 2 years ago. He won 1 game, because 1 of his opponents failed to cover him, and lost by $1 on the next game.
Too bad my fellow Canadian did not win, but good game Gordon.
The Lottery comes up fairly often. I think it was also a FJ answer not terribly long ago.
The site I found to link to for the answer to that TS is really cool (like wow, “I wish I thought of that” cool). They give the first and last line of many books. Coincidentally, the last addition on there was “Roots”, 2 days before the first line showed up in a clue.
Would you have the link to that site, VJ? Thanks.
Here it is, Rhonda. It’s also linked in the recap in the words “in this 1948 short story” under the image
(3/2018 Note: Link in recap changed. The site we were talking about is no longer online)
Thanks, VJ. I didn’t realize you had included it in the recap. I am with Cece, fun link!
You’re welcome, Rhonda. I always put a link in on that part instead of the answer so folks who didn’t see the show can give the clue a try .
What do you mean by the lottery?
Whatever happened to Friday’s easy FJ??? I had no clue on this one.
Yeah, that was strange that between the last 2 clues left, Gordon didn’t pick the $1,200 in “Characters’ Last Words”, nervousness maybe?
P/S. Never mind, Rhonda :):)
Apparently, I was so stunned by that move, I forgot to put in the scores:
Katrina had $11,400 , $8,800 less than Gordon’s lead (the $20,200 he finished with).
I don’t remember how he did on that category (I was distracted during the game), so is it possible he didn’t like the category and avoided the DD on purpose?
Btw, I liked the ‘First Line, Last Line’ site, too—way cool. Thanks!
And like you wondered, VJ, Alex did make a comment about FJ being hard for Victor. 🙂
So Katrina managed to put herself out of reach of Victor and still reach Gordon. Ok theory on the last DD (if not betting it all). Why then bet the amount that could lead to a tie with Victor?
I know, right?
The Gettysburg address— you called it, Eric.