Final Jeopardy: The Presidential Oath of Office (5-19-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/19/2016) in the category “The Presidential Oath of Office” was:

In 2013 Pres. Obama was sworn in on 2 bibles– one was Lincoln’s & one belonged to this man who died 103 years after Lincoln.

Power Players week continues with Game 4 featuring U.S. Senator (MN) Al Franken, playing for USO; Republican commentator Ana Navarro, playing for Operation Smile Nicaragua; and NBC News legal correspondent Sunny Hostin, playing for Bronx Children’s Museum.

Round 1 Categories: The Al Franken Decade – A Cook-Off – TV Theme Songs – Europe – 3-Letter Words – Legalize It

Ana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Legalize It” under the $600 clue. She was in second place with $2,800, $800 less than Al’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

In 1985, a court in Virginia recognized this as a religion; a few centuries back, it got you hanged.  show

WHAT IS WITCHCRAFT?

They got to one more “Legalize It” clue after that, leaving the $1,000 clue and 2 categories (Europe & 3-Letter Words) untouched.

Al finished in the lead with $4,400. Ana was second with $3,800 and Sunny was last with $2,200.

Round 2 Categories: Santa Anna – Political Movies – More Poetry, Please – Conservative – “Lib”eral – Moderates

Al found the first Daily Double in “Political Movies” under the $1,200 clue on the 15th pick. In the lead with $12,000, he had $7,000 more than Sunny in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

This Ryan Gosling political thriller shares its name with the last day of Julius Caesar’s life. show

WHAT IS THE IDES OF MARCH?

4 clues later, Ana found the last Daily Double in “Moderates” under the $1,200 clue. She was in second place with $6,600 now, $9,000 less than Al’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

For Ford & Carter on Oct. 22, 1976, “The View” from their podiums was of this ABC newswoman, the moderator. show

WHO IS BARBARA WALTERS?

Al finished in the lead with a runaway $20,000. Ana was next with $9,800 and Sunny was in third place with $5,000. This time they only left the “Poetry” category up there plus 2 “Santa Anna” clues.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.?

For his second inauguration, President Obama was sworn in twice: in a private ceremony on Sun. Jan. 20th during which he used the family Bible from his wife’s side. On Mon. Jan. 21st, he chose to use the Bibles that belonged to Abraham Lincoln (again– he also used it in his first inauguration) and Martin Luther King, Jr. UPI s “Historically Speaking” section of its coverage of the event says: “On Monday, President Obama again used the Lincoln Bible and the ‘traveling bible’ belonging to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stacked one over the other. Both bibles were be closed, rather than open to a specific verse, when Obama took the oath of office Monday, as was the Robinson Bible on Sunday.”

MLK, Jr.’s niece was not happy that her uncle’s Bible was not open to a specific verse.

Sunny wrote down JFK. She bet and lost her whole $5,000.

Ana got it right. Her $1,200 bet brought her up to $11,000.

Al also got it right. He bet $5.00 bet so he won the match with $20,005, the highest total this week. Once again, second place exceeded the $10,000 guarantee.

THE AL FRANKEN DECADE ($1000) In 1982, artificial heart recipient Barney Clark survived 112 days with a device called this-7

“LIB”ERAL ($1600) This country’s first and only monarch was King Idris, who was deposed in 1969

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Technology”

When Apple sued for iPad patent infringement, Samsung cited this 1968 movie as the originator of the design. show

WHAT IS ’2001: A Space Odyssey’?

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