Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Politics (4-3-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/3/2014), in the category “19th Century Politics” was:
In 1884, George Pillsbury became mayor of this city.
Day 4 of The Battle of the Decades 2000. Today’s returning champs are Vinita Kailasanith 2001 College Championship winner; Ken Jennings, all-time top money winner of 74 games in a row; and Michael Falk, 2006 TOC winner.
Round 1: Ken found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Fairly Recent News” under the $1,000 clue. He was in the lead with $6,400, $3,400 more than Vinita in second place. He bet $3,600 and he was RIGHT.
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Ken finished in the lead with $10,400. Vinita was second with $3,600 and Michael was last with $400.
Round 2: Ken found the first Daily Double in “In the Book Store” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $11,200, $8,400 ahead of Vinita and Michael, tied in second place. He bet $8,800, speculating that he might hate himself in the morning, but he was RIGHT so he can continue to love himself.
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Michael found the last Daily Double in “Isotopes” under the $2,000 clue, with 3 full categories still on the board. In second place with $5,200, he had $14,800 less than Ken’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was barium. That was WRONG.
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Ken finished in the lead with $26,800. Michael was next with $4,800 and Vinita was in third place with $3,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Pillsburys were involved in everything from flour milling and business to founding and financing Minnesota institutions of higher education, social services, health care, the arts and parks. Many had careers in elected public service, including a Minnesota Governor, member of Congress, mayor of Minneapolis and several state legislative roles. (MinnPost.com)
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Vinita came up with Buffalo. She lost her $2,000 bet and finished with $1,600.
Michael thought it was Philadelphia. He lost half his money and wound up with $2,400.
Ken wrote down Boston. He only bet $3,200 so he won the match with $23,600, though we don’t know why he let his breath out as though it was a relief. He had the game in the bag.
Not often a mayor is the subject of FJ, but a 19th century mayor? Alex read the clue with a Pillsbury Dough Boy giggle that we just had to include. Pillsbury, incidentally, was bought out by General Mills, another Minneapolis-based biggie, in 2001. There was another clue about a mayor in the game, an NJ mayor turned State Senator, in “Fairly Recent News.”
Alex also announced, for anyone wondering why Dave Madden isn’t playing this week, that he was invited but was unable to accept.
2 years ago:: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Classic Children’s Books.”
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Wow! It’s great seeing Ken Jennings again. I think he sighed because he was competing against himself. He probably had a certain amount he thought he wanted to win but didn’t reach it. That’s just my take on why he sighed. Minneapolis was a guess for me because of General Mills. Bet if I had been in FJ I would not have guessed it due to nerves.
maybe it was just a sigh of relief? after all, everybody expected him to win. that stress can get to you more than anything else. so he was glad it was over and won? handsomely and in a convincing fashion as well….
I dunno. Surely he knew he won the game before FJ.