Final Jeopardy: U.S. History (3-6-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/6/2023) in the category “U.S. History” was:
An 1869 presidential pardon was granted to this man, due in part to a plea by the Medical Society of Harford County, Maryland
In the second semifinal match of the 2023 High School Reunion tournament the contestants are: Justin Bolsen, a first year student at Brown University from Canton, GA; Stephanie Pierson, a junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Macon, GA; and Claire Sattler, a senior at Yale University from Bonita Springs, FL.
Round 1 Categories: How Often Will It Happen? – Book Sequels – History – Quotable TV Shows – A Lot of Hot Air – “A”djectives
Justin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “History” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, $1,200 more than Claire and Stephanie who were tied for second place. Justin made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Between 1776 & 1783, Thomas Paine wrote “Crisis” papers, each signed with these 2 words from a familiar early pamphlet show
Justin finished in the lead at $6,200. Stephanie was second with $4,000. Claire was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Tech Beat – Sea Here – Study: Guides – Pop Music – More Than One Meaning – Pivotal Women
Claire found the first Daily Double in “More Than One Meaning” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in second place with $6,600, $3,600 less than Justin’s lead. Claire bet $2,000, but she couldn’t come up with a response so she was WRONG.
A list of passengers on a ship, or to become visible or obvious show
Justin got the last Daily Double in “Study: Guides” under the $1,200 clue on the 15th pick of the round. In the lead with $12,200, he had $2,400 more than Stephanie in second place. Justin bet $5,000 and said black book. That was WRONG.
From 1936 to 1967 this “colorful” guide aided African Americans in traveling safely during segregation show
Claire finished in the lead with $8,600. Justin was second with $8,400 and Stephanie was last with $5,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS DR. SAMUEL MUDD?
After John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln during the performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater on 4/14/1865, Booth leaped from the balcony onto the stage, shouting “sic semper tyrannis” and broke his leg. Booth and co-conspirator David Herold hightailed it to the Maryland home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, arriving in the wee hours of 4/15. Mudd treated Booth’s leg and let the men sleep in his home. He later claimed he did not recognize Booth despite testimony to the contrary. Dr. Mudd was convicted as a co-conspirator on 6/29/1865 and sentenced to life in prison at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. In 1867, Dr. Mudd’s services proved invaluable in saving many lives during a yellow fever epidemic. This was a factor in President Andrew Johnson’s decision to pardon Dr. Mudd in 1869. See pictures of the material evidence used against Dr. Mudd on the website of Ford’s Theater.
Samuel Mudd’s name has often been cited as the source of the expression “one’s name is mud” but the Grammarist explains why that isn’t true.
Stephanie thought it was Johnson, who was the President. She lost $3,500 and finished with $1,700.
Justin came up with Frederick and a scribbly last name he said was Douglass. That cost him $2,001 and left him with $6,399.
Claire went with Booth, the assassin who died 2 weeks after our 16th President. She lost $8,201 and finished with $399. That made Justin Bolsen the second finalist.
Reversal: THE TECH BEAT ($400) A relational one of these systems presents the information to be stored & retrieved in rows & columns – Near the end of Double Jeopardy!, Justin’s “matrix” response was rejected in favor of “database”; before FJ!, the judges reversed and Justin got $800.
A triple stumper from each round:
BOOK SEQUELS ($800) This seemingly Utopian land is the title of an 1872 Samuel Butler work, which he “Revisited” in a 1901 sequel
STUDY: GUIDES ($800) Want guide to write good? “The Elements of Style”, your go-to, by these 2 men (currently rolling in graves they in)
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Geographic Regions”
In “Histoire des navigations aux terres australes” Charles de Brosses coined this term for the many islands of the region show
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Now that’s just, what, weird, perseverating, crazy, that six of 16 responses (before mine) were from Rick. Personally, I would say, “I found FJ to be easy”, and stop there.
There was an article on the US Sun , quoting people who said online that “Stephanie got robbed”. On the Thunberg clue, I didn’t know if that was a variant accent pronunciation, or just wrong. As an example, if the clue asked for a repetitive Samoan capital, I would say, phonetically, “Pango Pango”, because that’s in the Samoan dialect, and would be 100% correct.
As for the “Hidden Figures” lady, one thing I’ve learned from J! competitors who have done Quiz Bowl is, give the minimum amount of info to respond. If you’re going to give the first name, when you don’t have to, you better get it right.
As to the reversal, I said “matrix”, also, but also thought that it was a poorly written clue.
No, the often told expression “your name is Mudd” came directly from Dr. Samuel Mudd.
Oh by the way, the contestant on the right came up with Greta Thunberg as one of the responses during the game, but Mayim Bialek didn’t give her the credit simply because she apparently mispronounced the last name. Actually, I pronounced it the same way that she did, but I sure gave myself credit for it. After all, I don’t speak Swedish.
What did you think about that VJ?
Well, Rick, I don’t think about it anymore. Back in 2019, there was a similar situation over an Italian name and I thought they should have cut the contestant more slack. There’s also the inconsistency issue with whether they split these hairs or not.
Ultimately, it is up to the judges. One thing you can bet on: the host does not make that decision.
The FJ was a shoo-in, and was likely meant exclusively for those young people’s level. However, I was shocked that none of the contestants gave the correct response. No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that have possibly been was beyond me. Anyways, even my 94 year old mother got it right, and right off the bat I might add. As for my brother, he knew which doctor that the clues were referring to, but couldn’t quite come up with the name.
Today’s final was an easy one?
Oh sir, my 94 year old mother even came up with Dr. Mudd, and rather quickly I might add. As for my brother, he knew exactly what doctor that the clues were referring to, but couldn’t quite come up with the name.
Not sure why you keep insulting your mother, since being 94-year-old doesn’t mean “nearly incompetent.” People who have lots of life experiences have an easier time with Jeopardy (which is why some old fogeys like us on here find some categories and shows super easy as time goes by). So thinking a bunch of youngun’s would instantly get it is a leap.
No need to hijack the whole comments section to show how smart you are. Hopefully you can get on the show and become the next, sigh, superchamp (a term I rather loathe, mostly because they get boring as they roll over competition for a month or so).
Don’t know where else to ask this. Tonight’s show asked about a TV show.
The answer should have been SpongeBob SquarePants, Mayim accepted response of SpongeBob, that is not the shows correct name?
Hi, Robert K. I don’t think it’s unusual for them to accept a shortened version that is commonly used for some titles. Just “SpongeBob” falls within that exception, imo
That was a tough final as we got a triple stumper to start the week off and our first one since January 31.
A tough finale? How you jest! It was like following the yellow brick road with all of those obvious clues that were just staring at you in the face. How could anybody have flubbed it? Actually, it seemed that the Jeopardy writers were trying mighty hard to make sure that every contestant gave the correct response.
I thought it was a twisty FJ too. I did recognize it had something to do with Lincoln could not come up with the correct answer. Nice to see that many people are saying it was easy. After all, that name Mudd does sound familiar from grade school… probably. There’s always two sides to everything!
I think Justin feels better after his awful semifinal game in 2019.
Yep, tough luck for Claire. I was hoping she would advance to the finals but we had a triple stumper. That means both Teen Tournament winners have advanced to the semifinals but lost their semifinal game.
Now there’s gonna be a rematch between Caleb and Maya.