Final Jeopardy: Famous Women (4-1-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (4/1/2014), in the category “Famous Women” was:

This crusader, in 1906: “More than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, & then to die without it seems so cruel.”

The Battle of the Decades 2000 continues with the second match and these returning champs: Stephanie Jass, 7x winner from Season 29; Roger Craig, 2011 TOC winner and current all-time record holder for highest single day winnings ($77,000); and Vijay Balse, 2010 TOC winner.

Round 1: Roger found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Inventors & Inventions” under the $800 clue before the first break. He was in third place with $1,400, $3,400 less than Stephanie’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Last name of American inventor Ray, whose noise-reduction system eliminated that background hiss on recordings. show

WHO IS DOLBY?

Stephanie finished in the lead with $8,000. Roger was second with $5,200 and Vijay was last with $2,400.

Round 2: Roger found the first Daily Double in “Historic Objects” under the $1,600 clue on the second pick. Still in second place, he had $6,400, $1,600 less than Stephanie’s lead. “You know how I like to roll Alex,” Roger said, “True Daily Double.” And he was RIGHT.

Today thought of as a bejeweled statue it was the Knights of Malta’s annual tribute to the Holy Roman Emperor. show

WHAT IS THE MALTESE FALCON?

Stephanie found the last Daily Double in “King James Bible Quotes” under the $1,600 clue. She was in a tie for the lead with Roger. They both had $10,400, $6,800 more than Vijay in second place. She bet $3,000 and took a shot with “lost.” That was WRONG.

A major theme of Ecclesiastes is stated in the second verse of the book: “All is” this. show

WHAT IS VANITY?

Roger finished in the lead with $17,200. Vijay was next with $8,800 and Stephanie was in third place with $7,800.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right, to no one’s surprise here. Don’t know why Alex Trebek thought it was tricky. It might have been if they wanted to know who she said it to, instead of who said it.

WHO IS SUSAN B. ANTHONY?

Social reformer and pioneer of women’s suffrage rights, Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to social equality. She passed away on March 13, 1906 at age 86. According to her colleague, Anna Howard Shaw, “On Sunday, about two hours before she became unconscious, I talked with Miss Anthony” and she spoke the words in the clue. See her reprinted obituary at NYT: On This Day.

From 1991: AMERICAN HISTORY ($400) She was 80 when she retired as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900

Stephanie doubled her money and finished with $15,600.

Vijay bet it all too. He finished with $17,600.

Roger bet $401 so he ended up with $17,601 and won the match.

So now we’ve got Roger Craig and Colby Burnett, both TOC winners, advancing to the May game. Three more games to go this week. Anybody rooting for a Ken Jennings vs. Roger Craig face off? It was Jennings’ single day win of $75,000 that Roger beat on 9/14/2010.

2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Translated Movie Titles”.

This Robert De Niro film is known in Italian as “il Cacciatore.” show

WHAT IS THE DEERHUNTER?

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