Final Jeopardy: Alliterative Legislation (3-25-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/25/2020) in the category “Alliterative Legislation” was:
Signed into law in March 1941, House Resolution 1776 was this act that provided aid to a foe from 1776
New champ Nick Klotz, a financial analyst from Milwaukee, WI, won $22,801. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Rachel Burns, a software analyst from East Lansing, MI; and Adam Smith, a law student from Somerville, MA.
Round 1 Categories: All-American Stamps – Female Superheroes – Wearable Car Parts? – That’s Gotta Hurt! – He Said It – Dropping Rhymes
Adam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Dropping Rhymes” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,200, half of Nick’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and tried “plotting.” That was WRONG.
A thrilling movie or arterial blockage could be described as this.
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Nick finished in the lead with $6,000. Adam was second with $600 and Rachel was last with $400.
Round 2 Categories: A Real Squab Story – Instrument Makers – Herbs & Spices – ___ing ___ – Short Runs on Broadway – Notable Italians
Nick found the first Daily Double in “___ing ___” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $7,600 now, $4,400 more than Rachel in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1947 a pilot reported 9 circular aircraft doing 1,700 mph near Mount Rainier & these 2 words entered the modern lexicon. show
Adam got the last Daily Double in “Herbs & Spices” under the $1,600 clue on the 18th pick. In second place with $5,400, he had $4,800 less than Nick’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Olympic medals are imprinted with sprigs of these leaves that cooks use to flavor soups & stews. show
Nick finished in the lead with $13,000. Adam was next with $10,600 and Rachel was in third place with $6,800.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE LEND-LEASE ACT?
In December 1940, Great Britain was at war against the Axis Powers and no longer had the resources to pay cash for arms. The Neutrality Act of 1939 prevented the U.S. from selling arms under any other terms than cash. In January 1940, FDR appealed to Congress to obtain the authority to supply arms to Great Britain and other nations. Despite opposition from isolationists, the House of Representatives approved the Lend-Lease Act (H.R. 1776) on March 11, 1941. Read more on the House’s history website.
An old clue: AMERICAN HISTORY ($600) This 1941 act enabled the U.S. to become the “Arsenal of Democracy”
Rachel wrote down “Lend and Lease Act” and that was accepted. She bet it all and finished with $13,600.
Adam got it too. He also went all in, finishing with $21,200.
Nick wrote down the British Blockade. He lost $8,201, dropping him down to $4,799. That made Adam Smith the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
FEMALE SUPERHEROES ($1000) Being widowed by Yakuza began the journey of this Suicide Squad member whose name means a samurai sword
SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY ($2000) “La Strada”, based on this director’s film, starred a young Bernadette Peters & said arrivederci after one show
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Musical Theatre”
This show has songs that weren’t in the 1992 film it’s based on, like “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” & “How Will I Know” show
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Somehow a space got in the link for this triple stumper and that broke it. I just fixed it on the next page, but here it is again:
____ING ____ ($1600) Valdemar Poulsen’s telegraphone of 1898 was one of these that used a reel of magnetized wire– beep!
Brake pad is really what presses on the rotor on disk brake cars. Not Brake shoes. Brake shoes were and are used on drum brakes to press against the inside of the drum to slow the vehicle. Why wasn’t ‘Pad’ acceptable
Hi Paul, I don’t know much about cars so I’m just guessing that it was because of the “fit inside” part. The clue says “the arc-shaped pieces that fit inside & press against brake drums.”
For brake pads, wikipedia’s article says “Brake pads are composed of steel backing plates with friction material bound to the surface that faces the disc brake rotor.”
You could write the show and ask them for their explanation.
In any event, it had no effect on the game’s outcome — Adam was the one who said pad.
I was hoping for a triple solve today but two out of three ain’t bad. Still though I thought that the suicide squad clue should have been an easy get, VJ. Have you recently seen the first suicide squad movie?
Congrats to Adam on the win but I hope he can break the leader curse and build up on his wins.
Yeah, I was happy they let Rachel have that and didn’t give her the ‘ol “you put an extra word in there” ruling.
I can’t see myself watching the first suicide squad movie or the second anytime soon, if ever. 😁
We’ll get another Triple Solve 1 of these days, but on the bright side, that $10,000 Comeback paid off for Adam, and we’ll see what he does tomorrow.
Homing pigeons and carrier pigeons are different.