Final Jeopardy: 18th Century America (4-23-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/23/2018) in the category “18th Century America” was:

Congress met in June 1778 to sign these but found errors in the official copy; it had to reconvene with a new set in July

We’re back to the regular games today with 2x champ Kristin Robbins, who has won $44,994 so far. In Game 3, she is up against these two players: Rex Moroux, from Lafayette, LA; and Kate Jovin, from Somerville, MA.

Round 1 Categories: Shakespeare’s Women – Places to Stay in Vegas – European History – Furniture – What Do You Love? – A Ruview of Movies

Kristin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “European History” under the $600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,800, $5,600 less than Kate’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

During France’s Reign of Terror, this wax modeler was forced to make death masks of freshly guillotined heads. show

WHO IS MADAME TUSSAUD?

Kate finished in the lead with $8,400. Kristin was second with $3,800 and Rex was last with $200.

Round 2 Categories: 5-letter Lands – TV Shows by Episode Title – Turning Philosophical – Zodiac Rhyme Time – Here’s the Customs Man – Anything to “De”Clare?

Kristin found the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Lands” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $15,400 at this point, $2,600 more than Kate in second place. She bet $3,000 and guessed Mexico. That was WRONG.

The CIA World Factbook calls it “the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. show

WHAT IS HAITI?

Rex found the last Daily Double in “Turning Philosophical” under the $1,600 clue, with just 2 clues left after it. In third place with $5,000, he had $9,400 less than Kate’s lead. It was still great because when Kristin got that last DD, he was $1,000 in the red! He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

In the 18th century, this Swiss-French philosopher observed “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains” show

WHAT IS ROUSSEAU?

Kate finished in the lead with $14,400. Kristin was next with $12,400 and Rex was in third place with $9,000.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?

After various revisions, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by Congress on 11/15/1777. Copies were sent to the states, telling them to vote on them by 3/10/1778. On 6/26/1778, Congress ordered that the Articles be “engrossed” or written in calligraphy on parchment. The calligrapher finished the task by the next day but made mistakes and the engrossing had to be redone. The corrected Articles were presented to Congress on 7/9/1778 and signed by delegates from the 8 states that had already ratified them (CT, MA, NH, NY, PA, RI, SC and VA). By 1779, DE, GA, NJ and NC were on board, with Maryland as the last holdout. Maryland finally ratified the Articles and America’s first Constitution went into effect on 3/1/1781. By this time, disillusionment with the Articles was such that steps toward a new Constitution were already underway and our current Constitution was drafted in 1787. It replaced the Articles of Confederation on 3/4/1789.

Rex bet $6,500, finishing with $15,500.

Kristin bet everything she had, doubling her score to $24,800.

Kate bet $14,399, just a dollar short of everything. She won the match with $28,799 and that made her the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from Here’s the Customs Man:

($800) Losing his New Orleans Customs job freed up H.L. Hunley to make this type of vessel he named after himself

($2000) Long after his days exploring with Peary, this man started at the N.Y. Customhouse at age 47 as a messenger

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Metaphorical Phrases”

In the late 1800s Clark Stanley was a notorious seller of this 2-word product, which he advertised as a curative liniment. show

WHAT IS SNAKE OIL?

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