Final Jeopardy: World Leaders Address Congress (3-2-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/2/2021) in the category “World Leaders Address Congress” was:

The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country’s longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015

New champ Jon Spurney, a musician & screenwriter orig. from New York, NY, won $37,201. In Game 2, his opponents are: Jeff Noblitt, a university administrator from Northridge, CA; and Michele Friedlander, a family law attorney from Encino, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Mountains – Guitar Talk – Fish & Chips – Sports Trophies & Awards – Presidential Birthplaces – Up Rising

Michele found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Mountains” under the $400 clue on the very last pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,800, $4,000 less than Jon’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

This highest mountain in Japan is actually a volcano that last erupted in 1707. show

WHAT IS MOUNT FUJI?

Jon finished in the lead with $6,800. Michele was second with $3,800 and Jeff was last with $1,600. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Colony Collapse Disorder – 5-Letter Words – U.S. Museums – Alternate History Novels – Compounds – Making & Remaking Robin Hood

Michele found the first Daily Double in “Alternate History Novels” under the $2,000 clue on the 15th pick. She was in second place with $8,600 now, $3,400 less than Jon’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

In “The Alteration” by Kingsley Amis, this man became Pope Germanicus I in the 16th century so the Reformation never happened. show

WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER?

Jon got the last Daily Double in “Compounds” under the $1,200 clue, with 2 clues worth $3,600 left after it. In the lead with $20,400, he had $9,000 more than Michele in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Potassium sorbate, which inhibits the growth of molds & yeasts, is mainly used in foods as this. show

WHAT IS A PRESERVATIVE?

Jon finished in the lead with $22,400. Michele was next with $11,400 and Jeff was in third place with $8,400. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS BENJAMIN NETANYAHU?

On the History, Art & Archives section of the U.S. House of Representatives website, there is a list of all foreign dignitaries who have addressed Joint Meetings of Congress, prefaced by this info: “The purpose of a Joint Meeting has usually been for Congress to hear an address from an important figure—generally a visiting foreign leader. This practice became a standard part of foreign leaders’ state visits to the United States after 1945. In the early Congresses, a Joint Session or a House Reception was often used for the address.” UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s 3 addresses occurred in 1941, 1945 and 1952.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speeches are all on YouTube. In 2015, Netanyahu began his address, as follows: “My friends, I’m deeply humbled by the opportunity to speak for a third time before the most important legislative body in the world, the U.S. Congress.”

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Jeff picked the UK’s Tony Blair (one address). He lost his $8,000 bet and finished with $400.

Michele went with Cuba’s Fidel Castro (no addresses). That cost her $11,399 and left her with a dollar.

Jon got it right. He bet $401 and won the game with $22,801. His 2-day total is $60,002.

A triple stumper from each round:

SPORTS TROPHIES & AWARDS ($400) MLB’s Rookie of the Year awards are named for this groundbreaker who won the award in 1947

5-LETTER WORDS ($800) Candy word meaning to falsify numbers

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “British Literature”

A chapter of “The Jungle Book” has this double-talk title, echoing the opening line of a Brit’s poem some 100 years earlier show

WHAT IS TIGER, TIGER?

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