Final Jeopardy: History (5-11-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/11/2023) in the category “History” was:
His epitaph, in a church in England, reads, “Sometime general in the army of George Washington”
6x champ Hannah Wilson, a data scientist from Chicago, IL, has now won $163,801. In Game 7, her opponents are: Jon Carnegie, a social media manager from Brooklyn, NY; and Kat Waller, a school business administrator from Pawtucket, RI.
Round 1 Categories: American Authors – Country Music – Differs by a Letter – Historic Eras & Ages – Travel USA – Lions & Tigers & Beers
Hannah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “American Authors” under the $400 clue just after the break. She was in the lead with $4,200, $2,600 more than Kat in second place. Hannah bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Born in 1896, this author was named for his distant cousin who penned the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” show
Hannah finished in the lead with $8,600. Kat was second with $5,000. Jon was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Met-ieval Art – Notable Black Americans – Quadrisyllabic Words – Asian Geography – Grandma – Watching My Stories
Jon found the first Daily Double in “Notable Black Americans” under the $2,000 clue on the first pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,400, $7,200 less than Hannah’s lead. Jon made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Known for sky-diving while playing sax, aviator Hubert Julian went to fight for this African empire against Italy in the 1930s show
Hannah got the last Daily Double in “Grandma” under the $1,200 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in second place with $7,000 now, $10,400 less than Hannah’s lead. Kat bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
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Hannah finished in the lead with $23,000. Kat was second with $12,800. Jon was last with $5,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS BENEDICT ARNOLD?
Benedict Arnold is a name that is indeed synonymous with treason and traitor, although he served with distinction in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. Arnold rose to the rank of Major General before plotting to turn West Point over to the British. His co-conspirator, Major John Andre was caught and hanged. Arnold escaped, seeking safe haven with the British and thereafer commanded British troops against his own countrymen. After the war was over, Arnold moved to England. He died in London on June 14, 1801. There is a photo of the plaque that refers to him as “an American patriot” outside his home on Intel.gov’s Benedict Arnold article.
On TopInspired.com: Top 10 American Traitors – Can Anyone Top Benedict Arnold?
Jon bet $623 and finished with $5,823.
Kat bet $12,795 and finished with $25,595.
Hannah bet $3,000 and won the game with $26,000. Hannah’s 7-day total is $189,801.
A triple stumper from each round:
AMERICAN AUTHORS ($800) Though he would continue to write nonfiction & essays, “Sophie’s Choice” was his last novel
GRANDMA ($1600) Of this early 20th century performer, Josephine Weisz
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Countries’ National Anthems”
With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it “was born a princess…between two nations” show
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The dark beer TS is a little more nuanced, because the response given is a subset of the other.
Final was simple, plainly stated. However, to say Hannah “barely won” is weird; she was in the lead and bet to cover.
The Sophie’s Choice author was quite a coincidence for me, as, earlier in the day at work, I told a coworker that there was a resident in another specialty when I was a resident who had the same name, and she told me she was second cousin to the author!
The FJ response was an obvious one. Anyways, Hannah just barely remained as champion.
The “Differs by a Letter” reversal is on Page 2 in the Sneak Peek clues. It’s hard to believe that got reversed. The clue said “To wait patiently & your humble home”. Hannah’s “bode” response is past tense. That should have been reason enough to reject it, imo, but as I often say… it’s their show.
Random observation: for the 3rd day in a row, we have seen $23,000 in front of Hannah. That’s the amount she won on Tuesday. Then it was her pre-FJ score yesterday and today.
Exactly what I was going to say. Bode is not synonymous with “to wait.” (Actually, I thought past tense of bide was “bade” but I’d have to double-check that.)
I was slightly surprised no one got several of the stumpers: Sophie’s Choice author; Queen of Me; the P in PCC; Maine city (we once took a stretch break there on our way to the other “Port” city); dark beer; forgiveness of sin.
Also liked that FJ you posted from 2 years ago. It was the first country that always comes to mind that’s squeezed between two others.
I meant past tense of bid, as in bid farewell. In fact, I just looked it up and saw at least once source that states the past tense of bid is either bid or bade.
@Howard, perhaps the judges found an example where “bode” worked for them. I’ve never forgotten a prior reversal where they accepted “Eve” Marie Saint for Eva, just because she was (obviously mistakenly) credited as “Eve” in one role. I believe the credit was a mistake because Eva was her real name.
Anyway, I think my initial reaction was wrong (bode – past tense). Bided, as in “We bided our time”, is the proper past tense. I can’t find anything that would make “bode” work but I guess the judges did.
Your initial reaction wasn’t wrong, VJ. I found it on Word Hippo and, yes, it is past tense