Final Jeopardy: U.S. Political History (5-11-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/11/2018) in the category “U.S. Political History” was:
President Madison is credited with the 1st of these 2-word actions; he didn’t sign an 1812 bill after Congress had adjourned
The last quarterfinal of the 2018 Teachers Tournament is about to go down. The teachers with the last chance to advance to next week’s semi-finals are: Jake Allen, from Arkansas, (K-12 Gifted & Talented); Steve Mond, from Utah, (9th & 10th Grade Math); and Ranjani Sheshadri from Texas, (10th & 11th Grade English).
Round 1 Categories: Let’s Have a Garage Sale – “V”erbs — She Did It! – Elementary – My Deer – What’s on?
Steve found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “She Did It!” under the $400 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was the only one with any dough– $800. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
She won gold in track & field at the 1932 Summer Olympics & was the leading money winner in women’s golf, 1948 to 1951. show
Jake finished in the lead with $6,600. Steve was second with $5,000 and Ranjani was last with $2,800.
Round 2 Categories: Field Trip – Shakespeare’s People – Odd Words – The Stars – Your 1990s Hit Parade – Old School
Ranjani found the first Daily Double in “Shakespeare’s People” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. After getting the first 2 clues, she was in third place with $4,000, $2,600 less than Jake’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT. Then she ran the whole category.
He calls himself “his Moorship’s ancient”. show
Ranjani found the last Daily Double in “The Stars” under the $1,600 clue, with 11 clues left after it. In the lead with $13,600, she had $4,200 more than Jake in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
This constellation known as “the Chained Lady” contains the nearest spiral galaxy to our own. show
Jake finished in the lead with $18,200. Ranjani was next with $12,000 and Steve was in third place with $10,600.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS A POCKET VETO?
On the Presidential Vetoes page of the U.S. House of Representatives’ history site, it says: “The pocket veto is an absolute veto that cannot be overridden. The veto becomes effective when the President fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned and is unable to override the veto.”
They have a chart of all regular and all pocket vetoes. James Madison used the pocket veto twice. Andrew Jackson held the record with 7, until Andrew Johnson did 8. Ulysses Grant blew that away with 48. Grover Cleveland outdid Grant in his 1st term with 110, adding 128 more in his 2nd non-consecutive term, for a total of 238. However, the Veto King title goes, as you might expect, to the longest serving President. FDR had the most regular and pocket vetoes.
Steve got it right. He bet $6,000 and that brought him up to $16,600.
Ranjani thought it was executive privilege. She lost her $8,000 bet, leaving her with $4,000.
Jake wrote down “presidential veto” but it only cost him $2,000. His final $16,200 score made Steve the last semi-finalist and earned Jake a Wild Card.
Mucho thanks to Richard for keeping track of this week’s winners and Wild Card standings. Once again, my list will be on the weekly recap.
A triple stumper from each round:
WHAT’S ON? ($800) Amy Berg had the pleasure of writing for J.K. Simmons & J.K. Simmons in the “Love the Lie” episode of this Starz show
ODD WORDS ($1200) This word for a medical fraud has a longer version that ends with “salver”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Presidential Candidates”
He was awarded a DFC in WWII for a combat mission as pilot of the B-24 bomber he named the “Dakota Queen” show
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Hi VJ–
Would it be out of line for me to ask that your commenters refer to adult Jeopardy contestants as men and women?
I find it offensive when college educated teachers, many with advanced degrees, entrusted with the education of our children are referred to as “girls.”
Thanks.
@Nell, the commenters are all different ages, all different backgrounds, some are still in school and it’s probably best if you try to consider whether the commenter intended disrespect. In this case, I’m sure he didn’t.
I’ve been referred to as a girl on here myself (a Jersey girl, specifically). To me, that’s a compliment. I know some folks get upset when Trebek calls some players “young lady,” even though he certainly means no disrespect.
Intent isn’t magic. When adult male contestants are referred to as “men” and adult female contestants as “girls” in the same comment, it’s disrespectful.
Regardless of the age or background of commenters, sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic and all manner of offensive remarks need to be called out. Would you let pass a reference to an adult African American contestant as “boy”?
I don’t call out or lecture people on here, Nell. I just delete comments that I find offensive when I see them and if it’s that bad, I ban the poster. Obviously I did not find the comment you are referring to offensive and I don’t think Richard meant to demean the female teachers. He is rooting for them to win the Tournament after all. If you want to enlighten Richard on why it’s offensive to you, go ahead.
Sorry to budge in here, Nell and VJ
In Hawaii, once you reach a certain age, most people call you Uncle or Auntie, which is a sign of respect, especially when it comes from Asians (Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipinos) even if they know your first name. They might call you also Uncle John or Auntie Mary etc…..for me as a European it sounded first as an insult until I found out it’s a sign of respect and meant in an honorable way.
VJ, like you, I take it as a compliment to be referred to as a “girl”. And when I get together with my friends, I refer to it as “going out with the girls”, or as I like to say in my NY accent “goils lol”. What I hate with a passion being called is “ma’am”, it makes us “goils” feel so very old.
That’s funny, Rhonda — down here, “yes ma’am” is heard with great frequency. When my teenage granddaughter first lived down here for a while, she was only a toddler and had never heard m’am at all. She thought they were saying “yes, man.” OMG! it was hysterical.
And that wagering mistake & incorrect response from Ranjani puts her as the semifinal alternate for this year’s Teachers Tournament.
Yes, I feel bad for Ranjani, because she played a good game, and I was impressed by her when she ran the “Shakespeare’s People” category, but I still think we have a good group of semi-finalists.
Will there be 3 girls Thursday and Friday or a man or 2 will join 1 or 2 girls next week?
We don’t know yet, Richard.
What I do know is that Steve Mond is playing on Monday, Judy Tymkiw is playing on Tuesday, and Larry Martin & Jake Allen are playing on Wednesday. I don’t know about the other 5 yet.
A low score of 8000 or less getting into semi finals is rare, wouldn’t you say VJ? This hasn’t happened in the past tournament competitions right? Also, can a pocket veto apply for the governor as,well if she or she cannot agree on who can be elected officially or unanimously? Plus looks like the low scoring teacher’s in this competition are out.
@Lou, Well, in the 2015 Teachers Tournament, there was a $4,600 Wild Card. The next year, there was a $5,000 Wild Card, so yeah, it happens.
LINK: 9 more clues from this match
Cathy Farrell from Wyandotte, Michigan: $4,600 Every time she gets a daily double Alex always goes to a contestant about their response. Nicole Throckmorton from Williamsburg, Virginia WVEC 13 lives 3 hours away from Washington D.C. if traffic isn’t bad. She stood on the lectern with only one foot standing she had her other foot way up high up in the air.
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And to make a WC with 5.600 is kind of low…..But next week will be better.
Yeah but it might be worse when a male teacher is gonna be a finalist.
You tapped Steve to win the whole enchilada and a minute later you think it’s going to be worse next week if a male teacher is in the finals??????? How come?
Well, so far Jennifer Giles is the 1st female to win that spaghetti in 2/2015. Colby Burnett defeated everybody he’s competed in 2012/2013. Jason Sterlacci won the tournament and he was the fastest teacher 2 years ago he prevent Lauren Gilmore from Orlando to have an all woman final and he won the whole thing, he moved to the semifinals last year in Tournament of Champions he and Buzzy Cohen made it really tough for Lisa Schlitt to catch up. Matt Jackson and John Schultz made really tough for Jennifer Giles. So it’s always gonna a male teacher to win a teachers tournament because they have big brains than woman teachers even though there are more women teaching.
I think you mean faster reflexes, Richard. (You did say that Steve Mond was fastest)
@ VJ and @Jacob, Congrats for a right prediction. Could have sworn it was “Executive order”, but then not signing a bill for 4 years should have let me to “veto” You learn something new every day.
@VJ, You wouldn’t know by any chance who is playing when in the semis??
My guess is that Steve Mond is the fastest teacher to win the whole tournament.
Thanks, John. I am guessing they will have the semi-final lineups on Jeopardy.com tomorrow
I think they will have the line ups on Monday.