Final Jeopardy: Statehood (3-17-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/17/2023) in the category “Statehood” was:
Congress relented in 1890 after this prospective state said it would wait 100 years rather than come in without the women
8x champ Stephen Webb,, a data scientist from Longmont, CO, has now won $184,881. In Game 9, his competitors are: Mark Bernstein, a retired solutions architect from Ann Arbor, MI; and Kelly Barry, a marketing communications specialist from Seattle, WA.
Round 1 Categories: City of the Premiere – Shoe Know It – TV, You Say! – “Tri” Me – Out & About the Universe – Speak Your Truth
Mark found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Speak Your Truth” under the $1,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,400, $800 less than Kelly’s lead. Mark made it a true Daily Double and came up with Politifact. That was WRONG.
Verb meaning to verify an article pre-publication; before .org, it’s a nonpartisan project to evaluate what politicians say. show
Kelly finished in the lead with $5,200. Stephen was next with $3,000 and Mark was in third place with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Caribbean – Songs from Movies – Etymology – Irish Authors – Shape Up – Ship Out
Mark found the first Daily Double in “Etymology” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick. He was in third place with $2,400 now, $8,000 less than Kelly’s lead. Mark bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Greeks called this beast megas strouthos,”big sparrow”, or strouthokamelos, “sparrow-camel”; we know it as this. show
Mark got the last Daily Double in “Ship Out” under the $1,600 clue on the very next pick. Still in third place, he had $4,400 now, $6,000 less than Kelly’s lead. Mark bet $4,000 and guessed Northampton. That was WRONG.
Before its more famous departure from Plymouth, the Mayflower set sail from this “directional” English port. show
Stephen finished in the lead with $12,600. Kelly was next with $11,600 and Mark was in third place with $4,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS WYOMING?
In 2019, Wyoming celebrated its 150th anniversary of making it legal in 1869 for women to vote, hold public office, own and inherit property, and be granted guardianship of minor children. Fast forward two decades, when a state constitution was being drafted as part of Wyoming Territory’s bid for statehood. The wisdom of continuing to permit women to vote as a possible obstacle to statehood was hotly debated but women’s voting rights were ultimately included in Wyoming’s state constitution. From WyomingHistory.org: In 1890, “There was substantial opposition, especially in the U.S. House of Representatives, to admitting a state whose women could vote. Congress finally passed the measure, however, with a close vote of 139-127 in the House and more comfortable 29-18 in the Senate. President Benjamin Harrison signed the statehood bill on July 10, 1890, admitting Wyoming as the 44th state and the first to guarantee universal suffrage. And in 1892, the women of Wyoming became the first to vote for president during a general election.”
Our list of States by Date of Admission and Who Was President shows that Wyoming was not the only state admitted to the Union during Benjamin Harrison’s presidency.
Mark thought it was Wisconsin. He lost half his score and finished with $2,000.
Kelly got it right. Her $3,000 brought her up to $14,600.
Stephen picked Colorado. He lost $10,601, landing him in third place with $1,999. That made Kelly Barry the new Jeopardy! champ. We’ll be seeing Stephen in the next Tournament of Champions and we’ll be seeing Kelly at the first podium next Monday.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
SONGS FROM MOVIES ($2000) “Diamond Girl” is on the ’70s-heavy soundtrack of this 2021 film with a title that describes an LP
IRISH AUTHORS ($1600) This 3-named Irish author was a goner for actress Maud Gonne, who starred in his play “Cathleen ni Houlihan”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Historic Places”
8 Pres. have visited this battle site with an Algonquian name about 50 miles from Washington; for McKinley, it was a return visit show
IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE SHOW OR COMPLAINTS, PLEASE SEND YOUR FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO JEOPARDY!
We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.
In FJ Stephen guessed “Colorado,” the state in which he lives. But one would expect anyone residing there to be aware that Colorado’s nickname, “Centennial State,” comes from its having been admitted to the Union in 1876. Thus, it couldn’t possibly have been the correct answer.
Not 1 of our best weeks, but Stephen Webb had a great run, and we’ll see him in the Tournament of Champions.
Kudos to Stephen for being so knowledgeable and a classy player through all of his games. Can’t wait to see him again in the “TOC.” I read his post online where he stated that today’s match was his 6th game in one day. Ouch! He extended his congratulations to Kelly. Such a classy young man.
I agree with you, but you would not believe all the Stephen haters on the Jeopardy page on Facebook. And of course the many Mayim and Ken haters. Everyone’s a critic.
Historically they tape 5 shows in a day and 10 in a week, so 6 in a day is surprising.
Howard, I saw some of the verbal attacks online you refer to in your post. I’ve given up trying to figure out why somr people are so bitter and negative. I just chalk it up to the many mysteries of life that will never change. Stephen was a nice contestant imo. If you’re interested he will be on Jeopardy Reddit March 21, 2023 at 7 pm eastern standard time on Tuesday to answer questions. He has a very nice message posted on there.
Unlike Sarah yesterday, Kelly was the strong player who wagered correctly in FJ.
I suspected it was Wyoming because that’s the state that allowed women to vote early on.
Some answerable stumpers (IMO): Dr Spaceman sitcom; French word for daily register; synonym for definitive.
Always something new to learn. Even though I saw that 2021 movie, I didn’t associate its title with a nickname for an LP. I lived in SoCal in the 70s-80s and knew that name only as that of a chain of record stores.
All this week Stephen has not found any daily doubles. 0 out of 15 available daily doubles but still he is leaving us with 8 wins and over 184,000 in cash.
What’s amazing is Stephen didn’t need to find any of those DDs to win 4 out of this week’s 5 games. He didn’t even need to know FJ! in 3 of the games, but he did need to know FJ! to win this one.