Final Jeopardy: Statues (4-25-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/25/2024) in the category “Statues” was:
The 42-foot-high statue of Athena in this state capital is the tallest indoor statue in the United States
New champ Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, WI, won $18,900 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Tyler Jarvis, , a researcher & Ph.D. student, orig. from Portales, NM; and Justin Brandt, a an attorney, orig. from West Hills, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Gorges Countries – Top 10 Baby Names – Assaults & Batteries – Reality Show Hosts – Bro-pourri – “A.C.”
Tyler found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Bro-Pourri” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,800, $400 less than Amy’s lead. Tyler bet it all and he was RIGHT.
These brothers bought James A. Bailey’s business in 1907 show
Tyler finished in the lead with $6,200. Amy was in second place with $5,800. Justin was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Below Deck: Sailing Novel – Vocabulary – World Holidays & Observances – French History – Let’s Rock & Roll! – D.C.
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Vocabulary” under the $2,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $7,800, $1,600 more than Tyler in second place. Amy bet $3,000 and said schema. That was WRONG.
Italian gives us this word for an outline of what could happen, also an old word for screenplay show
Amy found the last Daily Double in “French History” under the $800 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $11,200 now, $3,000 more than Tyler in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles of 1768, the Genoese ceded this island to the French show
Amy finished in the lead at $18,800. Tyler was in second place with $8,600. Justin was last with $2,000. 4 clues were not shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NASHVILLE?
In 1796 Tennessee became the 16th U.S. state. Nashville became its capital in 1843 and by the 1850s, it became known as the “Athens of the South” due to its focus on education via public schools and universities. “When Tennessee celebrated its 100th year of statehood with the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville took advantage of its nickname…and built the Fine Art Building as a copy of Athens’ most famous building and the epitome of Greek classical architecture.” Nashville’s Parthenon is an exact-size replica of the original temple in Athens, Greece.
It was not until 1982 that Alan LeQuire was commissioned to re-create the 42-foot statue of Athena. The statue was unveiled on 5/20/1990. In 2002 the statue was gilded in gold. See a history and timeline of Nashville’s Parthenon here.
Justin tried Juneau. He didn’t bet anything so he stayed at $2,000.
Tyler only got the first half of Arkansas’ capital. He lost his $4,599 bet and finished with $4,001.
Amy discarded Boston in favor of Springfield. That cost her a mere $5.00. She won the game with the remaining $18,795. Amy’s 2-day total is $37,695.
A triple stumper from each round:
BRO-POURRI ($400) This company acquired the rights to the British board game Cluedo & renamed it Clue in 1949
D.C. ($1600) The only president laid to rest in D.C., he’s entombed in the Washington National Cathedral
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Films of the 1950s”
The title character of this film has the same name as the Roman goddess of the dawn show
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The first Greek-sounding capital I thought of was Indianapolis, so left it there.
Oh, those youngsters! They didn’t know Booker T’s band or Chuck Berry’s hit based on a makeup brand. In fairness, the recent “Music from 10 Years Ago” category was a total washout for me.
No one knowing the French president in 1967 was pretty unforgivable.
The Capt. Queeg novel was a terrific movie with Humphrey Bogart.
I watched that Julie Chen show the first summer it was on, which pretty much soured me on reality TV forever.
I agree, Howard. It always blows my mind when they don’t know the big tall French prez of the 60s. He was France’s president while we went through 3 (Eisenhower, Kennedy and LBJ). He resigned his office a few months after Nixon’s inauguration. This is history not oldies music.
I didn’t expect them to know Booker T’s band but I thought Chuck Berry’s songs are still pretty well-known.
Concur with the dead time. Amy isn’t really lighting the world on fire. However, she is far from the first “cooler” we’ve seen.
I missed Final. I thought of Athens, as in Georgia, so, I went with Atlanta. Oh well!
Lots of dead time–Alex must be spinning in his grave!
In reality, there were games galore with unplayed clues when Alex was host and just as many triple stumpers.
Also in reality, Alex was cremated. He doesn’t have a grave to spin in.
I get the unplayed clues, but don’t know about the TS. However, I believe it’s the wistful hagiography that says it was “better in the good ol’ days”! I prefer to defer to Billy Joel, though!
For the second Thursday in a row, we got a triple stumper in the final thanks to that pesky geography clue.