Final Jeopardy: World Capitals (5-14-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/14/2021) in the category “World Capitals” was:

A national capital for less than 100 years, it’s the westernmost capital in mainland Asia

2x champ Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, TX, has won $33,599 so far. In Game 3, she is up against: Justin Williams, a land use attorney from Baltimore, MD; and Kristen Crowe, an online journalist orig. from Fargo, ND.

Round 1 Categories: The Art of Leadership – Pop Culture – Montana – The Stock Market – Thicker than Water – A Call on the Homophone

Justin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Stock Market” under the $1,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in second with $1,400, $2,200 less than Amanda in the lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

In 1914 standard statistics merged with this man’s investment information publishing company show

WHO IS HENRY POOR?

Amanda finished in the lead with $7,000. Justin was second with $4,200 and Kristen was last with $3,400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Creature From – The “Black” – Legumes – Supreme Court Decisions – Mashed-up Movie Roles – Historical Fiction

Kristen found the first Daily Double in “Legumes” under the $1,200 clue on the very first pick. She was in third place with $3,400 now, $3,600 less than Amanda’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she thought it was fiber. That was WRONG.

The drought-resistant moth bean is high in this, from the Greek for “first” show

WHAT IS PROTEIN?

Kristen got the last Daily Double in “Supreme Court Decisions” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. In third place with $4,000, she had $5,400 less than Amanda’s lead. She bet $2,400 and she was RIGHT.

The 1995 Thornton decision said these are unconstitutional for Congress, as the people have the right to choose their lawmakers show

WHAT ARE TERM LIMITS?

Amanda finished in the lead with a runaway $19,800. Kristen was next with $9,200 and Justin was in third place with $5,400. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS ANKARA?

WorldAtlas.com has some nice maps with one in particular that shows both the capitals of Turkey and Cyprus. It’s close but Ankara is the westernmost capital city in Asia and Nicosia comes in second. As you know (or should), a small part of Turkey lies in Europe. That is the part where the former capital Istanbul is located. MintageWorld.com goes into detail as to why Turkey’s capital was moved out of Europe to Ankara in Asia in the aftermath of World War I.

An old clue from 1988: WORLD CITIES ($600) The city for which Angora wool, Angora cats, Angora goats & Angora rabbits are named is now called this

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Justin got it right. He bet $4,100 and finished with $9,500.

Kristen got it, too. Her $1,601 bet brought her up to $10,801.

Amanda came up with Kiev. She lost her $200 bet but won the game with $19,600. Her 3-day total is $53,199.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

CREATURE FROM ($1200) This big black buffalo is named for a bit of land in way southern Africa

HISTORICAL FICTION ($2000) This Mumbai-born author opens “Midnight’s Children” as India becomes independent

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “U.S. States”

This state entered the Union in 1820 after separating from another state that began with the same 2 letters show

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