Final Jeopardy: American History (4-23-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/23/2019) in the category “American History” was:

On May 1, 1869 these 2 men met at the White House, 4 years & 3 weeks after a more historic meeting between them

13x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, has wowed the world, winning $942,738 thus far. He’s so close to a million and beating Matt Jackson’s 13-day run. His opponents in Game 14 are: Claudia Walters, a grant writer from Mesa, AZ; and Kevin Donohue, a principal from Los Angeles, CA.

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Round 1 Categories: Architecture – Rhyming Phrases – Potpourri – Mercury – Queen – We Will Rock You

James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Mercury” under the $600 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,200, $7,400 more than Claudia in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

While the planet Mercury doesn’t have rings or moons, it’s full of these with names like Bach, Beethoven & Tolstoy. show

WHAT ARE CRATERS?

James finished in the lead with $20,000. Claudia was second with $1,200 and Kevin was last with $600.

Round 2 Categories: The Magic of Television – Pregnancy – World Newspapers – Do “Over” – Talking Dead – Solid Black

James found the first Daily Double in “Talking Dead” under the $1,200 clue on the 19th pick. He was in the lead with $33,200 at this point, $26,000 more than Claudia in second place. He bet $10,016 and he was RIGHT.

“Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by!” says this poet’s tombstone in Ireland’s County Sligo. show

WHO IS WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS?

4 clues later, James found the last Daily Double in “Do ‘Over'” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $46,816, he had $39,616 more than Claudia in second place. He bet $20,000, and he was RIGHT.

This organization says its only requirement for membership is a desire to stop consuming food compulsively. show

WHAT IS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS?

James finished in the lead with $68,816, his 12th consecutive runaway. Claudia was next with $8,400 and Kevin was in third place with $7,800.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO ARE ULYSSES S. GRANT & ROBERT E. LEE?

On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee famously surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. Four years later, Grant was the President of the United States and Lee was president of Washington College in Lexington, Va. Civil War Talk describes how Grant invited Lee to the White House where the two spoke privately for about 15 minutes. No one really knows what they had to say to each other.

From 1988: THE CIVIL WAR ($1,000 DD): Present at Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, he went on to lose a June 1876 Indian battle

Kevin bet $7,793, bringing him up to $15,593.

Claudia bet $7,201 and gave a shoutout to her 18 grandkids! She finished with $15,601.

James bet an even $50,000. He won the game with $118,816. His 14-day total is $1,061,554. By the end of the week, he may be the only one in the Single-Game Winnings column in Jeopardy!’s Hall of Fame.

Two triple stumper from We Will Rock You:

($400) In 2018 this band “didn’t have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes”

($1000) In November 2018 this band flew high with 12 of 50 songs on the Hot Rock Songs chart including “Bandito”, “Morph” & “My Blood”

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Numeric Groups”

This numeric group was the subject of an April 20, 1959 Time Magazine article titled “Rendezvous with Destiny”. show

WHO ARE THE MERCURY 7?

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