Final Jeopardy: Historic Transports (4-24-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/24/2024) in the category “Historic Transports” was:
Decorated with an illustration of the Montgolfiers’ craft, the smoking room aboard this could be accessed only via an airlock
New champ Mark Lashley, a professor from Philadelphia, PA, won $17,601 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Paul Drake, a front desk lead orig. from Grand Blanc, MI; and Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, WI.
Round 1 Categories: U.S. Military Actions – Celebrity Memoirs – Hiking Gear – Etymologies – The Rite Stuff – Movement
Mark found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Celebrity Memoirs” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,000, $800 less than Paul’s lead. Mark made it a true Daily Double and guessed “Last Action Hero”. That was WRONG.
Arnold Schwarzenegger aptly titled his 2012 autobiography this, the title of his 1990 film show
Amy finished in the lead with $6,000. Paul was in second place with $5,800. Mark was last with $4,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Near the Equator – Essays – Art & Artists – Engineering Marvels – Music From 10 Years Ago – Feel “Old” Yet?
Mark found the first Daily Double in “Essays” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $9,400, $2,000 more than Paul in second place. Mark bet $2,000 and guessed “Self-Reliance”. That was WRONG.
In jail Mahatma Gandhi would often read a copy of this 1849 Thoreau essay for inspiration show
Amy found the last Daily Double in “Near the Equator” under the $800 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $16,000 now, $7,400 more than Mark in second place. Amy bet $4,000 and couldn’t come up with a guess so she was WRONG.
The largest living monitor lizard shares its name with this island in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago show
Amy finished in the lead at $13,200. Paul was in second place with $9,400. Mark was last with $8,600. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE HINDENBURG?
Airships.net has an article on the Hindenburg’s smoking room, which “was perhaps the most popular room on the ship, which is not surprising at a time when so many people smoked, but its popularity was no doubt enhanced because it was also the location of the Hindenburg’s bar.” There are also some photos. They’re not the best quality but you can see the images of the Montgolfier Brothers’ hot air balloons.
The article explains all the safety measures taken: “the smoking room was closely monitored at all times by a member of the zeppelin’s staff, and only one electric lighter was provided; no matches, lighters, or other open flames were allowed anywhere on the airship.” Furthermore, a double-door airlock separated the smoking room from the rest of the passenger section.
Mark bet $801 and finished with $9,401.
Paul bet $7,801 and finished with $17,201.
Amy bet $5,700 and won the game with $18,900. Amy Hummel is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
ESSAYS ($800) In 1850 Herman Melville wrote an essay on this author’s short stories, including “Young Goodman Brown”
ART & ARTISTS ($2000) In contrast to the thick impasto of her contemporaries in this 2-word style, Helen Frankenthaler used a technique called “soak-stain”
2 years ago: The ONE player left in the final round got this FJ in “On the Internet”
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Oh, and, I did chuckle at “Paul Drake” – Perry Mason approves! If the player was an investigator, instead of a front desk guy, I would have laughed out loud!
BK is my way of remembering the capitals of Rep. of the Congo and Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC). Going west to east, the Rep. of Congo is first, then DRC. BK stands for Brazzaville and Kinshasa. Across from each other on the Congo River, they are the 2 closest world capitals.
Wasn’t certain of FJ, but Hindenburg was all I could muster.
Competitive game, just a few too many missed answers and stumpers.
I was semi-shocked when Mark didn’t know the Thoreau essay. It was Gandhi’s calling card, for goodness’ sake. And totally shocked when Amy didn’t know the largest lizard.
Kinshasa was the site 50 years ago of the famous Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle.” (I have a Neiman print commemorating it.) The country has changed its name since then, but this group had no clue.
As is common, you said what I was going to! Just as common, you said it better than me! As to Final, I got it, after I asked myself, “What else could it be?”
Good to see my fellow ER doc win.
And, I’ll sheepishly say, I called it “Zaire”!
Unimpressive main game as all 3 DDs were missed resulted our sixth shutout of the season. The DDs were not nice to anybody today.
Amy had 16,000 when she got the daily double. Darn those daily doubles today. Not a good day for the wagering clues but we have a triple solve in Final. Fun Fact: we had the other Amy Hummel who was on in early Season 19 and won one game and now this Amy Hummel won one game so far.