Final Jeopardy: Antidisestablishmentarianism (4-1-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/1/2021) in the category “Antidisestablishmentarianism” was:

A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales

New champ Emily Seaman, a law clerk from Houston, TX, won $8,400 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: KT Lowe, a librarian from Saint Clair Shores, MI; and Scott Shewfelt, a writer orig. from Tavistock, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: April Fool! – U.S. Geography – Science & Scientists – TV & Film – Safe at Home – “Out” at First

Scott found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “U.S. Geography” under the $400 clue, with 7 clues worth $1,800 left after it. He was in third place with $1,000, $4,800 less than Emily’s lead. He bet it all and thought it was New Mexico. That was WRONG.

About 275 miles due west of the famous Four Corners, the Three Corners where Utah, Arizona & this state meet has its own monument. show

WHAT IS NEVADA?

Emily finished in the lead with $7,200 but she gained $400 from a reversal (see below) so her score rose to $7,600. KT and Scott gained $800 each from the same reversal so KT finished second with $3,400 and Scott was last with $800. (Yes, before that happened, he had zero!) No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: 1971: 50 Years Ago – Broadway Musicals – Exploring Australia – Immoral Line – Currencies – Overlaps

Scott landed on the first Daily Double in “Exploring Australia” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick. He was in third place with $3,600 now, $5,200 less than Emily’s lead. He bet it all again and, this time, he was RIGHT and a serious contender.

This Dutchman charted the coast of North Australia in 1644 & got a sea & an island named for him. show

WHO IS ABEL TASMAN?

Scott got the last Daily Double in “Immoral Line” under the $800 clue, with 4 clues worth $2,800 left after it. In the lead with $13,600, he had $1,600 more than Emily in second place. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

Of this title five-score-plus-one group, the villain says, “I don’t care how…hang them, suffocate them, drop them off the roof” show

WHAT IS “101 DALMATIANS”?

Scott finished in the lead with $20,600. Emily was next with $12,000 and KT was in third place with $7,800. No clues went uncovered.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A CHURCH?

Dr. Oz just said “church” as the acceptable answer to the clue, although it is specifically referring to the Church of England in Wales, which was disestablished on March 31st, 1920. This was because of the creation of the Welsh Church Act in 1914 to “terminate the establishment” in order to separate church from state. It took 6 years to actually put in place though as it was put off until after World War I. Learn more about the history of disestablishing the Church of England in Wales from Church Times.

What did Viscount Bridgeman have to do with it? Apparently he was a conservative politician who opposed the Welsh Church Act. He was also an expert cricketer.

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KT wrote down “The United Kingdom.” She lost her $7,000 bet and finished with $800.

Emily jokingly repeated her answer from yesterday and wrote down “Fed Ex.” That cost her $11,997 and left her with $3.00.

Scott ran out of time when writing something that began with “cru.” He lost $3,401 but won the game with the $17,199 he held on to. Scott Shewfelt is the new Jeopardy! champion.

Reversal: SAFE AT HOME ($400) redcross.org says hire a pro to make sure your home is securely anchored to its foundation for safety in one of these
Everyone’s response was rejected because they were lookin for “earthquake.” Evidently, the judges saw the light and KT and Scott were credited with $800. Emily got back $400, as her response of “flood” was marked wrong and deemed to have never happened. Dr. Oz said he was impressed “as a surgeon.” Whatever did he mean?

A triple stumper from each round:

BROADWAY MUSICALS ($2000) With music by Duncan Sheik, this coming-of-age musical is based on the German play “Fruhlings Erwachen”

IMMORAL LINE ($400) In “Paradise Lost”, not Santa but this guy says, “better to reign in hell, than serve in heav’n”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Famous Phrase Origins”

One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from Plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological “Atlas” of these show

WHAT ARE CLOUDS?

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