Final Jeopardy: Olympic Hosts (4-12-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/12/2021) in the category “Olympic Hosts” was:

Aside from the United States, one of the 2 countries with 2 different cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics

New champ Dennis Chase, a biotech project manager orig. from Hyannis, MA, won $25,900 last Friday. In Game 2, he is up against: Drew Fox, a bartender orig. from Toronto, Ontario; and Allison Means, software sales executive from Coral Gables, FL.

Round 1 Categories: Art & Artists – Former Websites – American Food & Drink – Geogra-sea, & Also Lakes – 6-letter “S”ynonyms – Drew’s Clues on Famous Families

Fox found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Geogra-sea” under the $800 clue with 6 clues left after it. He was in third place with $1,600, $3,600 less than Dennis’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he thought it was the Great Salt Lake. That was WRONG.

Named for an 1830’s explorer and linked to Salt Flats, this ancient lake hit 5,000’ in elevation and covered much of what is now Utah. show

WHAT IS LAKE BONNEVILLE?

Dennis finished in the lead with $8,400. Allison was second with $3,000 and Fox was last with $0. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: The National Park System – Science Nicknames – Counting on Television – Double Talk – British History – Bill of Writes

Dennis found the first Daily Double in “Science Nicknames” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick. He was in the lead with $9,600 now, $5,800 more than Allison in second place. He bet $3,400 and he was RIGHT.

Peter Higgs himself is among those who expressed dislike for this religious-themed nickname for The Higgs Boson. show

WHAT IS THE GOD PARTICLE?

Dennis also got the last Daily Double in “The National Park System” under the $1,600 clue, with 1 clue left after it. In the lead with $27,000, he had $19,600 more than Allison in second. He bet $7,000 and took a shot with Vincennes. That was WRONG.

National military parks include Horseshoe Bend in Alabama and this one in Mississippi that’s alphabetically last. show

WHAT IS VICKSBURG?

Dennis finished in the lead with a runaway $20,000. Allison was next with $7,400 and Fox was in third place with $3,200. One clue went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

 
WHAT IS AUSTRALIA OR GERMANY?

When it comes to hosting the Summer Olympics, Australia & Germany have done so in two different cities. Australia hosted in Melbourne in 1956 & Sydney in 2000. Germany hosted in Berlin in 1936 & Munich in 1972. Some firsts from these games are: two new additions at the Sydney Olympics, triathlon & taekwondo. The Melbourne games were the first to be held in Oceania. The Berlin games were first to be televised. In Munich, men’s indoor handball, slalom canoeing & kayaking were all featured for the first time. Learn more on Wikipedia’s Summer Olympic Games.

As for the USA, we hosted the Summer Olympics 4 times in 3 different cities: St. Louis in 1904; Los Angeles in 1932 & 1984 and Atlanta in 1996.

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Fox wrote down “S. Korea.” That cost him $3,152 and left him with $48.

Allison got it right with Australia. She bet $7,300 and finished with $14,700.

Dennis got it right with Germany. He bet $2,500 and won the game with $22,500. His 2-day total is $48,400.

A triple stumper from each round:

FORMER WEBSITES ($600) Mercilessly recapping your nightly shows was the website called “Television Without” this, which would itself be canceled

BILL OF WRITES ($2000) Known for art as well as poetry, this Londoner was apprenticed to the engraver James Basire for 50 guineas

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Hollywood History”

On June 6, 2018 the Chinese Theatre dimmed its lights to honor Jerry Maren, who lived to the greatest age of any of this 1939 group show

WHO ARE THE MUNCHKINS?

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