Final Jeopardy: U.S. History (5-10-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/10/2021) in the category “U.S. History” was:
On April 7, 1789 Charles Thomson & Sylvanus Bourne left New York City to tell these 2 men the results of a vote taken the day before
New champ Juliet Mayer, a grad student orig. from The Plains, VA, won $23,800 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against these two players: Alyse Stokes, a freelance content specialist from Silver Spring, MD; and John Marsh, a pastor from Edgewater, FL.
Round 1 Categories: Historic Happenings – I’ll Fight You! – Time – The 2021 World Almanac – The Plane Truth – From C to D
Juliet found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Happenings” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was tied with John at $600 when she found it, but John lost his $600 at that point on a reversal (see below). Juliet bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
When a pope did this to Bernabò Bisconti, the “Scourge of Lombardy,” Bernabò made the messenger eat the document, lead seals and all show
John finished in the lead with $5,400. Juliet was second with $5,000 and Alyse was last with $4,200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop – Music”!” – They Un-Blinded Me with Science – Short Stories – Jacques – Latin Overlappin’
Juliet found the first Daily Double in “Music’!’” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick. She was in the lead with $6,200 now, $800 more than John in second. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT
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Juliet also got the last Daily Double in “Short Stories” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick. In the lead with $12,400, she had $5,400 more than Alyse in second place. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
The long and the short of 1952 for this sci-fi man? A novel, “Foundation and Empire,” and “The Martian Way,” A McCarthyism allegory show
Juliet finished in the lead with $30,400. Alyse was next with $14,200 and John was in third place with $6,600. One clue went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to Wikipedia, “The first presidential term started on March 4, 1789, the date set by the Congress of the Confederation for the beginning of operations of the federal government under the new U.S. Constitution…. On that date, the House of Representatives and the Senate convened for the first time, but both adjourned due to lack of a quorum.” The Presidential Electoral Votes could not be counted or certified until April 6th when the elections of George Washington as president and John Adams as vice president were certified. Washington received the message sent with Charles Thomson at 5 p.m. at Mount Vernon on April 14, 1789.
10 Facts About President Washington’s election
John got it right. He bet $6,500 and finished with $13,100.
Alyse went with Adams and Jefferson. That cost her $1,000 and left her with $13,200.
Juliet had Washington and Jefferson. She lost her $1,000 bet but won the game with $29,400. Her 2-day total is $53,200.
Reversal: HISTORIC HAPPENINGS ($400) Saudi Arabia was changed in 1938 when Max Steineke insisted the 7th of these at Dammam be explored, though 6 had already flopped – John’s response of “oil fields” was accepted by Bill Whitaker but the judges ruled that he should have said “oil wells”. John ended up at negative $200 after they took back the $400, then subtracted another $400 for a wrong answer
A triple stumper from each round:
I’LL FIGHT YOU! ($400) In addition to knocking out Michael Spinks in the ring, this man knocked out several dinosaurs in a cartoon
($1000) Last name of the Ukrainian boxing bothers whose PhDs in sports science led to the nicknames “Dr. Steelhammer” & “Dr. Ironfest”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Poets”
A poem by him includes, “it was grassy and wanted wear;/ Though…The passing there/ Had worn them really about the same” show
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That was an easy finale, and I’m only surprised that only one of the contestants picked Washington and Adams.
Actually, Alyse wrote down Jefferson & Adams, instead of Washington & Jefferson. I hope Juliet can keep this up, and I feel like if John said “Oil Wells”, instead of “Oil Fields”, he would have had a shot at winning $2,000, instead of $1,000.
These guest hosts don’t seem to grasp the concept of the runaway.
By the way VJ, have you noticed that Juliet has averaged 20K during her two game run so far? It reminded me of another person with the same winning average from January of last year.
Juliet pretty much had a runaway so far with all the right answers and she nailed all the daily doubles. She is definitely looking good for a third win despite missing final jeopardy. A good start for Juliet this week. Keep it going! Maybe she has inherited Karen Farrell’s playing style I think. John struggled to build momentum but I am happy he got final right.