Final Jeopardy: Holidays & Observances (3-22-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/22/2019) in the category “Holidays & Observances” was:
This day created in the U.S. In 1872 is observed in Florida & Louisiana in January, but Maine & Alaska hold it in May
2x champ Jonathan Lindeen, a senior finance manager from Denver, CO., has now won $48,002. In Game 3, he is up against these guys: Jeff Trojan, a marketing executive from Marina Del Rey, CA; and Dave Scatena, a chemical engineer from San Francisco, CA.
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Round 1 Categories: Biblical Baddies – Throwing Vocabulary – Now You’re Cooking – The Girls in the Group – The Bells Are Ringing – For Me & Miguel
Jonathan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Bells Are Ringing” under the $800 clue, with only one clue worth $1,000 left after it. He was in second place with $4,200, $600 less than Dave’s lead. He bet $1,000 but could not come up with it so he was WRONG. (Jeff previously gave it as a wrong response to the $400 clue.)
Macbeth rhymes “The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a “this” that summons thee to heaven, or to hell” show
Dave finished in the lead with $4,800. Jonathan was second with $4,200 and Jeff was last with $4,000.
Round 2 Categories: Please Bear With These Movies – U.S. Islands – Stuff on Stamps – Which Body Part? – Historical Fiction – Blank “UM”
Jeff found the first Daily Double in “Historical Fiction” under the $1,600 clue, with 10 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $12,400 at this point, $4,400 more than Dave in second place. He bet $4,000 and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
A blind French girl & a young German soldier’s paths collide during World War II in this recent Pulitzer Prize winner. show
Jeff found the last Daily Double in “Stuff on Stamps” under the $1,600 clue, with just one $2,000 clue left after it. In the lead with $12,800 now, he had $3,600 more than Dave in second place. He bet $3,000 and took a shot at TVA. That was WRONG.
A set of stamps features posters designed by Depression-era artists for this New Deal agency show
Jonathan and Jeff finished in a tie for the lead with $9,800. Dave was next with $9,200. Alex Trebek said “I cannot believe how many ties we’ve had in the last week and a half. I love it!”
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS ARBOR DAY?
Arbor Day is an annual event to encourage tree planting. According to wikipedia, the first known arbor plantation festival occurred in Spain in 1594. For the USA, it says: “The first American Arbor Day was originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton. On April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted in Nebraska. Birdsey Northrop of Connecticut was responsible for globalizing the idea when he visited Japan in 1883…” Become a member of The Arbor Day Foundation and they will send you 10 free trees.
From 1986: HOLIDAYS ($1000) Charles Schulz says his favorite “Peanuts” TV special was for this spring observance
Dave went with Statehood Day. He lost half his $9,200 leaving him $4,600.
Jeff went with Earth Day, which has only been around since 1970. He bet and lost it all.
Jonathan had no response. He bet the farm, too, so Dave Scatena became the new Jeopardy! champ with the $4,600 he held back.
A triple stumper from each round:
BIBLICAL BADDIES ($1000) The Phoenician princess Jezebel married this King of Israel & became his partner in crime & blasphemy
WHICH BODY PART? ($1600) Produces bile & stores energy from food
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Native American Name Places”
You have to go through military security to reach this town with a marine base on 3 sides & the Potomac on the other. show
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I don’t like to see 3 men. It is almost always better when there is at least 1 woman playing.
Oh, my goodness. Who would’ve thought… Dave Scatena became the new J! champion because Jonathan Lindeen hit hard and went with nothing. What an end to a week of high drama.
Smart guys tonight, but I’m surprised no one knew the liver produced bile. I got the final right away, but it was mostly an educated guess. Those two DDs really ruined Jeff’s chance of winning.
I don’t really see how, Howard, particularly since he didn’t get FJ.
Anyhow, for the sake of argument, it made sense that he tried to grab an even bigger lead on that Historical Fiction DD and it was just the breaks that he got a clue he didn’t know.
I don’t see what difference it would have made if he bet a lower amount on that last one.
Amazing how watching paint dry (NCAA tournament) is reducing the comments…🏀🙄
The Arbor Day Foundation site also has a page where you can click on your state to find out when it is observed. I looked up Texas and here, it is the first Friday in November (Nov 1st this year). I looked on the calendar, too, to see if it was on there but it’s not.
LINK: 11 more clues from the game
Glad you’re better. This week has been weird with these tie scores.
Well since none of these guys knew arbor Day, I still think congratulations are in order for Dave though I hope he can build on his win. Very low scores today and no daily doubles nailed. I’m glad Dave didn’t bet everything but still though this group’s a bit weak. Do these guys even watch any of the peanuts specials or read the comic strips John and VJ? We finished the week up with a four time winner but still next week should be better.
@Lou
Let’s hope so. Imo this week was not THAT tough, yet we only had 6/15 or 40% correct. Even the “Oscar” category was just recent…and STUART was a real disappointment. Well, hope springs eternal, so there is always next week.
Well, for a while there it looked as if Jonathan might sneak up quietly without ado to the 5 mark, but…. Good thing that not all 3 players bet everything, otherwise there would be 3 new contestants on Monday….So, congratulations to Dave for win #1, albeit a small one.
Have a nice weekend everybody, spring is finally here! (Summer in HI, average 88 in the P.M.)
We have the midterm elections here in the Philippines, as well as the Eurovision Song Contest in May, John.