Final Jeopardy: Birds (3-13-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/13/2020) in the category “Birds” was:

Black-footed & black-browed are 2 species of this seabird whose name was influenced by the Latin word for “white”

2x champ Jessica Babbitt, a personal stylist from Austin, TX, has $46,598 to her credit. In Game 3, she is up against: Kim Lifeso, an assoc. director of scientific training from Hamilton, Ontario ; and Duncan Weals, a law student from Silver Spring, MD.

Round 1 Categories: Petal Pushers – Athletic Achievements -State the Problem – First Names of Famous Pairs – Smithsonian Air & Space Museum – S Plus 3 Letters

Duncan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State the Problem” under the $800 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $2,600 more than Jessica in second place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

State troopers attack peaceful marchers on “Bloody Sunday” 1965 show

WHAT IS ALABAMA?

Duncan finished in the lead with $5,700. Jessica was second with $1,800 and Kim was last, at negative $800.

Round 2 Categories: Hajj-podge – Who Did She Marry? – 1940s Literature – “R” We There Yet? – The Norman Conquest – Portmanteau Words

Kim found the first Daily Double in “Portmanteau Words” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick. She was in third place with $4,400 now, $5,700 less than Duncan’s lead. She bet $2,000 but had no response so she was WRONG.

Money can’t buy happiness, says this portmanteau syndrome in which the wealthy feel guilt & isolation. show

WHAT IS AFFLUENZA?

Jessica got the last Daily Double in “Norman Conquest” under the $2,000 clue, the very last clue of the round. In second place with $11,400, she had $700 less than Duncan’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

On Christmas Day 1066, Ealdred, the Archbishop of York, crowned William King of England at this church. show

WHAT IS WESTMINSTER ABBEY?

Jessica finished in the lead with $13,400. Duncan was next with $12,100 and Kim was in third place with $6,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS AN ALBATROSS?

According to Etymology Online, albatross is “probably from Spanish or Portuguese albatros, alteration of alcatraz ‘large, web-footed sea-bird; cormorant,” originally “pelican” (16c.)…. The spelling was influenced by Latin albus ‘white.'”

BirdLife International has a list of 22 albatross species, 17 of which they say “are Globally Threatened according to BirdLife on behalf of the IUCN Red List.” At this time, the black-footed albatross is listed as “near-threatened” and the black-browed albatross has a “least concern” rating.

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Kim got it right. She bet $3,000 and finished with $9,000.

Duncan went with “boobie.” That cost him $6,000 and left him with $6,100.

Jessica got it, too. She bet $11,600 and won the game with $25,000. Her 3-day total is $71,598.

2 triple stumper from 1940s LITERATURE:

($1200) This 1944 Charles Jackson novel about a chronic alcoholic won 4 Oscars when it came to the big screen a year later

($1600) Her 1948 novel “Peony” told the story of a Jewish family living in China in the 1800s

More clues on Page 2

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

Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter “with actions of… tail & both ears”, but when people try to exit it “eats them up” show

WHO IS CERBERUS?

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