Final Jeopardy: Fairs & Expositions (3-18-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/18/2020) in the category “Fairs & Expositions” was:

To celebrate the 500th anniversary of a major event, Seville, Spain & Genoa, Italy both had expositions in this year

New champ Kris Sunderic, an adjunct professor from New York NY won $16,601 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Emmy Crawford, a program officer from Arlington, VA; and Andrea Dragan, a research compliance manager from Silver Spring, MD.

Round 1 Categories: Biographies & Memoirs – Fortysomething – Translated Cities – TV Stars – Stagey Dialogue – The Mandela Effect

Emmy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Biographies & Memoirs” under the $1,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,800, $600 less than Kris in the lead. She made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Hawking. That was WRONG.

Biographies by Walter Isaacson include “Steve Jobs” & one about this man subtitled “His Life and Universe” show

WHO IS ALBERT EINSTEIN?

Kris finished in the lead with $6,600. Andrea was second with $2,200 and Emmy was last with $1,400.

Round 2 Categories: Places in Fantasy – Ends with a 3-Letter Body Part – Battle Ships – Classic Songs – Life – Insured by Lloyd’s

Kris found the first Daily Double in “Places in Fantasy” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick. He was in the lead with $8,200 now, $6,000 more than Andrea in second place. He bet $3,000 and took a shot at it with Middle-earth. That was WRONG.

The name of this 2-word ancestral dwelling in Tolkien is a play on the translation of the French “cul-de-sac” show

WHAT IS BAG END?

Emmy got the last Daily Double in “Ends With a 3-Letter Body Part” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $4,600, she had $3,600 less than Andrea’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

This other name for tetanus refers to one of its most common symptoms. show

WHAT IS LOCKJAW?

Andrea finished in the lead with $12,600. Kris was next with $9,600 and Emmy was in third place with $6,400.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS 1992?

In 1992, two expos were held to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage and discovery of the “New World.” The first expo to open was in Seville, Spain. It ran from 4/20 to 10/12/1992, with over 100 countries represented. The wikipedia article says Columbus began his voyage from “Seville’s port (on the Guadalquivir).” However, most sources name the port of Palos de la Frontera, some 50 miles from Seville as the departure point. I found a 2014 article reporting on how the mayor of Huelva took exception to the mayor of Seville’s claim that Columbus started out from Seville.

The second expo took place in Genoa, Italy, where Columbus was born. (No one knows his exact birthday although the year given is 1451.) The expo’s theme was “Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea.”. It ran from 5/15 through 8/15/1992 with 54 countries participating.

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Emmy got it right. She bet $6,200 and finished with $12,600.

Kris misunderstood the clue and wrote down 1492. He lost his $3,600 bet and finished with $6,000.

Andrea got it, too. She bet $6,601 and won the game with $19,201. Andrea Dragan is the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

ENDS WITH A 3-LETTER BODY PART ($2000) The fruit of a rambler or damask

BATTLE SHIPS ($1200) The coat of arms of USS Monterey bears the image of this general & future president, fittingly shown during the Mexican War

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Films of the 1960s”

Bernard Herrmann scored this 1960 black & white thriller using only the string section of an orchestra show

WHAT IS “PSYCHO”?

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