Final Jeopardy: American Names (4-16-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/16/2021) in the category “American Names” was:
One of the luminaries who drove the “Golden Spike” in Utah in 1869 was this man who later founded a university.
2x champ Patrick Hume, a project manager orig. from Stoneham, MA, has won $46,501 so far. In Game 3, he is up against: Dakota Lupo, a documentary filmmaker orig. from Baldwin, NY; and Danielle Henry, a marketing professional from Seattle, WA
Round 1 Categories: Countries in the Dictionary – Dietary Matters – History on Ice – Parts of the Hole – The Birds – The “B”s
Danielle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “History on Ice” under the $600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in third with $1,200, $1,400 less than Patrick in the lead. She made it a true Daily Double and came up with the Bering Strait. That was WRONG.
In 1969 the Manhattan broke through ice between Baffin Bay and Point Barrow, Alaska to traverse this Arctic passage. show
Patrick finished in the lead with $7,200. Dakota was second with $2,600 and Danielle was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: European Geo-Graphic – Blow-Pourri – Latin Phrasebook – Chapters in Nonfiction Books – Dissecting the Lyrics – Native Americans
Danielle found the first Daily Double in “Chapters in Nonfiction Books” under the $2,000 clue on the 20th pick. She was in the lead with $8,600 now, $2,000 more than Dakota in second. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
”Everest Summit May 10,1996 29,028 feet” show
Patrick got the last Daily Double in “Latin Phrasebook” under the $800 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $600, he had $600 more than Danielle in second. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Literally “good faith”, this 2-word phrase has come to refer to the authenticity of credentials or official documents. show
Patrick finished in the lead with $17,600. Danielle was next with $10,600 and Dakota was in third place with $7,800. No clues went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah actually has a re-enactment script for the Golden Spike Ceremony for use by school groups (grades 4-6). The cast of characters include Leland Stanford, President of the Central Pacific Railroad and former Governor of California; Dr. Durant, VP of the Union Pacific Railroad; General Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad Chief Engineer and former Civil War General; Mr. Tritle: U. S. Railroad Commissioner and Candidate for Governor of Nevada; and Governor Safford, Governor of the Territory of Arizona. Also see, Four Special Spikes
Leland Stanford went on to serve as a U.S. Senator from California (1885-93) and also to found Leland Stanford Junior University in 1885, with his wife Jane, in honor of their deceased son, fatally stricken with typhoid fever at age 15.
Dakota wrote down “B. Young.” He bet and lost his whole $7,800.
Danielle also had “Brigham Young.” That cost her $7,001 and left her with $3,599.
Patrick went with “Young” as well. He lost a mere $3,601 and won the game with the remaining $13,999. His 3-day total is $60,500.
2 triple stumpers from CHAPTERS IN NONFICTION BOOKS
($400) “The Third Tuesday: We Talk about Regrets”
($1600) “Elsa Meets Other Wild Animals”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Literary Adaptations”
The director of the 2018 TV version of this 1953 classic said, yes, books were harmed in the making of this motion picture show
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The Final was pretty much a trick question. I, too, had Brigham Young.
what if the clue said Promontory Summit and didn’t mention Utah. Would you have got it then?
No.
Being a California native helped me again with Final Jeopardy! This was my sixth “skunk” for the year. I’m more than a month ahead of my 2020 pace.
Well another triple stumper to close out the week. At least Patrick broke the leader curse and hoping he has a good chance of winning his fourth game on monday. As a long time jigsaw puzzle fan I’ve never done any golden spike puzzles before as I have been doing ones from Kodak Color, Big Ben, Springbok, and Masterpieces. Also VJ, you’ve done a lot of puzzles yourself with family right? Which ones did you find challenging? not surprised that leland stanford didn’t come to me.
Yes, Lou, we like jigsaw puzzles a lot. I don’t really do them anymore myself but my daughter just finished a 1,000 piece puzzle of all different food brands, Tastycake, Cracker Jack, Chef Boyardee, Jello, Kool-Aid, etc. It was hard but my granddaughter helped and I got a couple of pieces in there in passing. She plans on framing it and hanging it up in the kitchen. She’s done that with smaller puzzles of cereal boxes (Trix, Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Lucky Charms, etc.)
This FJ! was either you knew it and if you weren’t sure, you needed to figure it was a person connected with the railroad industry. Utah is just where it happened.
Getting today’s clue felt like redemption for being stumped by the easy Carrie Nation clue last week. Brigham Young never even came to mind.
We end the week with a triple stumper as today’s FJ was mean to the contestants.
As was predicted, everyone got the same wrong answer.
It’s hard to make it through a week without a triple stumper, or a double stumper, if only 2 contestants make it to Final Jeopardy!, while the 3rd place contestant either is in the negative, or has no money, and can’t play in Final Jeopardy!, which hasn’t happened since Alex Trebek’s last ever episode, but on the plus side, we got another 3-Day Champion in Patrick Hume, which is good, and he’ll be back on Monday to try to become a 4-Day Champion.