Final Jeopardy: World’s Fairs (5-12-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/12/2021) in the category “World’s Fairs” was:

The theme of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair was “Man in the” this era

New champ Jeff Mitchum, a teacher from Dixon, CA, won $31,200 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, TX; and Dave Friedlander, a freelancer orig. from Milwaukee, WI.

Round 1 Categories: The Worst Part of Waking up – The Measure of a Film Title – Napoleon the Innovator – Stupid Answers – “A” Is for Writer – ‘Cause We Spell Good

Jeff found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Napoleon the Innovator” under the $600 with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,600, $1,600 more than Dave in second place. He bet $3,600 and couldn’t come up with an answer so he got that WRONG.

Baron Larrey, Napoleon’s chief surgeon, is credited with pioneering this type of medical service, from French for “walking” show

WHAT IS AMBULANCE SERVICE?

Dave finished in the lead with $5,000. Jeff and Amanda both tied for second with $4,000. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Composers All Around – Word Origins – Birds of Pray – 7-Letter Countries – American History – I’ll Repeat Myself Again, Too

Jeff got the first Daily Double in “American History” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick. In second place with $7,600, he had $2,000 less than Amanda’s lead. He bet $4,000 and guessed Oklahoma. That was WRONG.

In the 1850s Chief Oshkosh stopped a U.S. attempt to move Menominee people westward from this state show

WHAT IS WISCONSIN?

Amanda found the last Daily Double in “Birds of Pray” under the $2,000 clue, with 4 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $12,800 now, $5,000 more than Dave in second. She bet $1,000 and thought it was Hinduism. That was WRONG.

The guru Granth Sahib of this faith uses birds like the flamingo and crane to draw parallels between man and the divine show

WHAT IS SIKHISM?

Amanda finished in the lead with $11,400. Dave was next with $6,600 and Jeff was in third place with $3,200. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE SPACE AGE?

The theme of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair (the Century 21 Exposition) was, according to SpaceNeedle.com, “The Age of Space” and the Space Needle’s “futuristic design was inspired by the idea that the fair needed a structure to symbolize humanity’s Space Age aspirations.” The Space Race between the USA and Russia was in full swing at the time. A few months before the Fair’s grand opening, President John F. Kennedy boldly promised that the United States would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Tragically, he did not live to see that vision come true.

An FJ! from 2013: U.S. LANDMARKS: Design artist Iwao Takamoto said the exterior for the Skypad Apts. on “The Jetsons” was inspired by a landmark in this city

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Jeff got it right. He bet $3,195 and finished with $6,395.

Dave went with The Modern Era. That cost him $6,000 and left him with $600.

Amanda got it, too. She added $2,600 to her score and won the game with $14,000 even. Amanda Ganske is the new Jeopardy! champion.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

WORD ORIGINS ($2000) Persian for perfume gave us this word for a fragrant essential oil “of roses”

AMERICAN HISTORY ($2000) In 1853 this 14th President was not sworn in– he was affirmed on a Bible

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Words from the Comics”

Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz show

WHAT IS A SECURITY BLANKET?

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