Final Jeopardy: Landmarks (4-12-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/12/2018) in the category “Landmarks” was:

In 1546 architect Pierre Lescot began rebuilding King Francis I’s palace, which is now this museum

It’s the 4th quarterfinal of the 2018 College Championship, featuring Univ. of Chicago senior, Harry Kioko, from Princeton, NJ; Swarthmore College sophomore, Rebecca Rosenthal, from Ridgewood, NJ; and Vanderbilt Univ. senior, Carsen Smith, from Jacksonville, FL.

Round 1 Categories: Anagrammed Novels – Video Games – I Will Not Serve… – College Slashes – Pass/Fail – “Add”/”Drop”

Harry found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “I Will Not Serve” under the $1,000 clue, with 9 clues remaining after it. He was $1,600 in the red. Rebecca was in the lead with $2,400. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

This Union General refused to run for President stating, “will not serve,” if elected; he wouldn’t have carried Georgia. show

WHO IS WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN?

Rebecca finished in the lead with $3,600. Carsen was second with $1,400 and Harry was last at negative $600.

Round 2 Categories: Paper Terms – Where in the Body? – Tales From the Arabian Nights – 4-Syllable Words – Broadway Musicals – Down for the County

Rebecca found the first Daily Double in “Broadway Musicals” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. She was in the lead with $5,600 now, after getting the $2,000 clue in the same category. She bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.

We’d like to “point” out that George in “Sunday in the Park with George” is this famous artist. show

WHO IS GEORGES SEURAT?

Rebecca found the last Daily Double in “Arabian Nights” under the $1,200 clue, with 10 clues left after it. In the lead with $23,000, she had $17,600 more than Carsen in second place. Alex observed that she might be able to set some kind of a record. She preferred to bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

Several of the stories are set in this city, capital of the Muslim world in the 8th century & still a capital today. show

WHAT IS BAGHDAD?

Rebecca finished in the lead with $26,000. Carsen was next with $6,200 and Harry was in third place with $600.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE LOUVRE?

From History.com: The Louvre palace was begun by King Francis I in 1546 on the site of a 12th-century fortress built by King Philip II. Francis was a great art collector, and the Louvre was to serve as his royal residence. The work, which was supervised by the architect Pierre Lescot, continued after Francis’ death and into the reigns of kings Henry II and Charles IX. Almost every subsequent French monarch extended the Louvre and its grounds, and major additions were made by Louis XIII and Louis XIV in the 17th century.”

Harry came up with l’Orangerie. He lost his $200 and finished with $400.

Carsen thought it was Versailles. She lost $4,200, leaving her $2,000.

Rebecca got it right. She didn’t bet anything because she already had that 4th semi-final spot on lock.

One more game to go with 2 chances to get a Wild Card left.

A triple stumper from each round:

VIDEO GAMES ($800) Post-apocalyptic mecha-dinosaurs are just part of the fun in the PlayStation game called this “Zero Dawn”

DOWN FOR THE COUNTY ($2000) It’s Detroit’s county & is on the name of a state university there

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “North American Geography”

Far from New England, it’s the state that has the shortest land border with Canada, only 45 miles. show

WHAT IS IDAHO?

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