Final Jeopardy: Executive Orders (5-1-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/1/2024) in the category “Executive Orders” was:
On Nov. 15, 1961, JFK suspended the 8-hour workday at this agency, saying its work needed to proceed “with all possible speed”
5x champ Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, WI, punched her ticket to the next ToC and went over the $100K mark by $994. In Game 6, she takes on these two players: Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, NM; and Nils Cousin, an attorney from Washington, DC.
Round 1 Categories: 16th Century Stuff – In the Black – City Parks – “All” the Way – Yachts – Batman’s Alter Egos
Nils found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “In the Black” under the $1,000 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,400, $2,600 less than Weckiai’s lead. Nils bet it all and he was RIGHT.
In 1974 this physicist proposed a theory on how black holes die– a type of radiation now named for him show
Nils finished in the lead with $6,000. Weckiai was second with $5,400 and Amy was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Britspeak – Kiss & Tell – Compliments to the Writer – -ologies – Repetition – Redone-dancy
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Kiss & Tell” under the $1,200 clue on the 18th pick. She was in second place with $7,400 now, $5,200 less than Weckiai’s lead. Amy bet $4,000 and took a shot at it with Carmen but that was WRONG.
The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father’s dagger show
Amy got the last Daily Double in “-ologies” under the $800 clue on the 20th pick. In last place with $4,200, she had $8,400 less than Weckiai’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double but her response was WRONG because of one letter.
Remove 2 letters from the study of weather to get this, the study of weights & measures show
Weckiai finished in the lead with $11,400. Nils was next with $6,400 and Amy was in third place with $3,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NASA?
President Kennedy’s Executive Order 10976 (11/16/1961) suspended the 8-hour workday imposed upon laborers and mechanics employed by the U.S. Government in 1892 “except in case of extraordinary emergency”. The Order cites Proclamation No. 2914 (12/16/1950) when then President Truman said the threat of Communism taking over the world constituted a national emergency. JFK believed “that emergency still exists” and that it was a “vital national objective” to attain and maintain a leading role in aeronautical and space achievement.
What the threat of Communism taking over the world had to do with landing on the moon before the Soviet Union is beyond me, but Kennedy’s objective was realized on July 20, 1969. As we know, he did not live to see it.
Amy thought it was the CIA. She lost $3,599 and finished with $1.00.
Nils also went with the CIA. That cost him $4,000 and left him with $2,400.
Weckiai came up with NORAD. She only lost $1,401 and she won the game with the remaining $9,999. Weckiai Rannila is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from REDONE-DANCY:
($1600) “The Bridge”, about Swedish & Danish cops on the same case, was remade as this show in which the cops are British & French
($2000) In 2003 No Doubt charted with “It’s My Life”, first a 1984 hit for this group that could be in the Repetition category
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “POETS”
In 1939 he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948 show
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I didn’t do well in the Jeopardy game as a whole, but after pondering about it briefly, I did get the FJ.
When I looked at the Early Spoiler yesterday I was too tired to recognize that the Final Jeopardy catagory was the one from the day before. (The “What is NASA?” question made no sense.) The question I came up with to go with the correct answer in the wrong catagory was Santa’s Elves. The date was around Thanksgiving, Christmas was coming, let’s get to work. When I saw the show and the correct catagory it all made sense but I like my mistaken solution.
Shame on them for not knowing about JFK’s inauguration speech, in which he pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
Weckiai was running away with this haphazard game, but too many errors prevented a lock game. Nils started very slowly but acquitted himself well.
Amy’s two DD boo-boos were fairly lame. “Carmen” was Bizet’s opera, which is the extent of my knowledge in that field. And she stumbled over meteorology/metrology, which really wasn’t difficult.
“Minnehaha” was a giveaway re the author’s home. “Kiss on My List” duo was gettable but not a cinch; maybe a tad too long ago for this group. The one with two ZIPs wasn’t too tough.
I sound like a broken record, but I echo Howard again. For another day, my 80s retro heart aches, both for the double talk, and the duo.
That metrology from Amy, I believe, was her slow, stilted delivery. That was an unforced error.
The two ZIPs? Easy peasy lemon squeezy!! And, it’s “the best city in Vegas!”
That was a tough final as we got a triple stumper. I hope William Weyser will say darn those daily doubles to Amy.
I did, and I wanted Amy Hummel to keep going, because I love her voice. Still, we’ll see her in the Tournament of Champions.
So sorry this is so late, everyone. I thought I published it and fell asleep!!
Don’t worry. It happens.