Final Jeopardy: Triple-“A” Geography (3-16-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/16/2021) in the category “Triple-“A” Geography” was:
Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo
New champ Tom Duffey, an engineering manager orig. from Chicago, IL, won $31,400 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Brendan Sargent, a community organizer orig. from Worcester, MA; and Wendy Voelker, a nonprofit fundraising professional from Twinsburg, OH.
Round 1 Categories: Role in Common – Time for an App – Small Mammals – What a Dive! – Atlanta: News Clues – Hard-Hitting Words
Tom found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “What a Dive!” under the $1,000 clue, with 6 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,000 now, $400 less than Brendan’s lead. He bet $1,500 and had no response so he was WRONG.
Someone who profits, or a backwards somersault that lands feet first into the water. show
Brendan finished in the lead with $4,800. Wendy was second with $1,600 and Tom was last with $1,100. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Historic Henrys – Poets & Poetry – Thailand – ____ of the ____ – It’s Their Song – Starts & Ends with “E”
Brendan found the first Daily Double in “____ of the ____” under the $1,600 clue on the 15th pick. He was in the lead with $12,000 now, $8,800 more than Wendy in second place. He bet $4,000 and tried “Head of the Commonwealth.” That was WRONG.
One of Queen Elizabeth’s official titles, it was first conferred on Henry VIII by Pope Leo X. show
Brendan got the last Daily Double in “Historic Henrys” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues still to go after it. In the lead with $9,200, he had $6,000 more than Wendy in second place. He bet $2,000 and tried Patrick Henry. That was WRONG.
The Senate’s “Great Triumvirate” was John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster & him. show
Brendan finished in the lead with a runaway $8,800. Wendy was next with $3,600 and Tom was in third place with $1,100. Two clues worth $3,600 went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CARRARA?
What do 20th century English artist & sculptor Henry Moore and Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo have in common? Both sculpted in marble and both used marble from the quarries located in Carrara, Italy to produce amazing works of art. The above video shows many buildings that were built with Carrara marble, as well as reproductions of famous statues. At the end of the video, the narrator says that the marble supply is not infinite and it will run out sometime. In the meantime, if you have a mind to, you can buy Carrara marble countertops for your home and you will also have something in common with Henry Moore and Michelangelo.
An old clue: MICHELANGELO ($200) Until the Pope demanded Pietrasanta, Michelangelo quarried this material from Carrara
Tom had nothing for a response. He lost his $100 bet and finished with $1,000.
Wendy took a stab at it with Alba. She lost him $1,100, dropping her down to $2,500.
Brendan wrote down “Paintbrush,” to Katie’s amusement. He lost $1,200 and won the game with the remaining $7,600. Brendan Sargent is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
WHAT A DIVE! ($600) This Mexican city is famous for its clavadistas, or cliff divers,
HISTORIC HENRYS ($2000) King of England from 1399 to 1413, Henry IV was the first of the 3 kings of this ruling house
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “State Capitals East of the Mississippi”
The last 2 letters of this city’s name are the U.S. postal abbreviation for the state that it’s the capital of show
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Who selects the FJ question? Does staff have sidebets on FJ? Obscurity will land you out in the weeds!
That was the third week in a row where they had a “blank ___ blank” category. First it was ___ & ___, then ___ of ___ and today, ___ of the ___.
The lack of originality is starting to be a real ___ in the ___.
🤣🤣🤣, JP !!
Earlier guess before the show was 0/3.
I had no idea on either of the first two daily doubles either. How is ‘Muay Thai’ a $1,200 clue?
Rough game today and those daily doubles were not nice to any of the contestants sad to say. I didn’t get this one either though I do know about moore and Michaelangelo as sculptors. But still though a comedic response from Brendan. I thought Tom could have pulled off another win today VJ.
As usual, Richard Corliss would say darn those daily doubles.
Awful episode with a triple stumper and all 3 DDs were missed resulting our first Daily Double skunking in a while.
First DD skunking with a guest host and since December 11th of last year. This month has been a rough month for all contestants hopefully tomorrow will go better.
Rough game today.