Final Jeopardy: Colonial America (5-20-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/20/2021) in the category “Colonial America” was:
Milestones along the eastern end of the Mason-Dixon Line were marked on either side with the crests of these 2 men
Quarterfinal No. 4 of the 2021 Tournament of Champions features: 8x champ MacKenzie Jones, a STEM programming coordinator from Tulsa, OK; 5x champ Kevin Walsh, a story analyst orig. from Williamstown, NJ; and 2020 Teachers Tournament champ Ben Henri, a choral music director from Grosse Pointe, MI.
Round 1 Categories: The Constitution – Alliterative Jobs – Same First Name – All about that Base – U.S. Cities – 5-Letter 3-Syllable Words
Kevin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Constitution” under the $1,000 clue, with 4 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,800, $600 less than Mackenzie in the lead. He bet $2,800 and he was RIGHT.
The president has no pardon power in cases of this congressional proceeding show
Kevin finished in the lead with $7,000. Mackenzie was second with $5,000 and Ben was last with $2,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: German Authors – Musical Theater – Battles – That’s My Airport – Crossword Clues “C” – In Other Recent News…
Ben found the first Daily Double in “That’s My Airport” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. He was in third place with $7,000 now, $4,400 less than Kevin’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and took a shot at it with “Worth”. That was WRONG.
This Dallas airport is named for a lieutenant killed in a plane crash while practicing for a military aviator test show
Kevin got the last Daily Double in “Battles” under the $800 clue, with 4 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,200, he had $3,200 more than Mackenzie in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Battle of Zama, a defeat for Hannibal, ended the second of these wars show
Kevin finished in the lead with $16,000. Mackenzie was next with $9,000 and Ben was in third place with $2,800. No clues went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE LORD BALTIMORE (CALVERT) AND WILLIAM PENN?
The basis for the boundary dispute between the descendants of William Penn and George Calvert began back in 1632, when England’s Charles I granted a land charter to George Calvert’s son Cecil, 2nd Lord Baltimore, for a colony designated as the land between Virginia and the 40th parallel. Fast forward to 1681, when King Charles II granted the land to the north of Maryland to William Penn and, in another charter, instructed Penn to create a city on the river. The junction of the Schuykill and Delaware Rivers was chosen for to build the city of Philadelphia; however, this area had already been granted to Lord Baltimore. It would be another 80+ years before Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired to resolve this boundary dispute once and for all. See the Survey part of “The Mason-Dixon Line: Dividing a Nation” on h2g2.com.
Ben went with George III and Cromwell. He bet and lost it all.
Mackenzie jokingly went with Mason and Dixon, who were in the clue. She bet nothing and finished with $9,000.
Kevin wrote down Washington and Adams. He bet nothing but won the game with $16,000. Kevin Walsh is a ToC semi-finalist. Tune in tomorrow for the last semi-final game of the ToC between Sam Kavanaugh, Andy Wood, and Veronica Vichit-Vadakan.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
BATTLES ($2000) Kamikaze attacks were first used during the October 1944 Battle of this Gulf in the Central Philippines
GERMAN AUTHORS ($2000) Hermann Hesse’s last novel, “Das Glasperlenspiel” translates to this title in English
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Bestselling Authors”
He once said, “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage…who we are and where we have come from” show
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The questions seem longer and the pace faster for this tournament. It’s often hard to follow. I’ve never noticed this before, even for a tournament. As always, it would be a big help to see the category displayed along with the question.
I am honestly surprised at today’s ending I was expecting it to be McKenzie who won but hopefully she can earn a wild card spot. Unfortunately for her that is unlikely because tomorrow is Andy Sam and Veronica who all have a very good record with final jeopardy.. We also know that Jason and Nibir are wildcards.
Do you think jennings, rutter, and/or holzhauer would have answered today’s Final correctly? Being from Lancaster, PA, Rutter may have some extra knoeledge about the Manson-Nixon Line.
Robin williams called it manson-nixon line in a routine. Very funny.
Good question. Ken is a geography nerd and likely would have nailed it. Brad, too, especially considering his PA roots. And James hardly ever misses a FJ question.
I got Lord Baltimore but my other guess was De La Warr (which I would have misspelled as de la Ware).
Tough final as we got a triple stumper.
That daily double didn’t work out for Ben today but still though everyone isn’t a big risk taker here. I really hope Mackenzie can clinch to her wild card spot. I am excited to see who will be the last semi finalist. I.was hoping Ben would have been able to gain momentum. William Penn I knew right away but not the other one.
That was a tough DD. I happened to be familiar with Love Field, partly because it was the title subject of a movie with Michelle Pfeiffer long ago. And the Kennedys flew into Love Field shortly before JFK was assassinated in 1963. Pays to be old sometimes!
That’s how I knew it, too!
It’s the last Quarter-Final Game, not Semi-Final Game.
So Jason and Nibir have both clinched the first two spots for the wild card which means that they can’t be caught going into tomorrow’s game. The scores to beat tomorrow are Ryan H. with 11,600 and Mackenzie with 9,000. I’m a little worried about these two because they may both get bumped off the wild card spot unless the other two players don’t have enough money to beat their scores.
And then there were 11.
Semifinalists:
Ryan Bilger: $32,405
Jennifer Quail: $20,650
Karen Farrell: $16,200
Kevin Walsh: $16,000
Wild Cards:
Jason Zuffranieri: $18,800
Nibir Sarma: $12,199
Ryan Hemmel: $11,600
MacKenzie Jones: $9,000
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Steve Moulds: $4,800
Paul Trifiletti: $100
Sarah Jett Rayburn: $0 ($9,800)
Ben Henri: $0 ($2,800)
On Jeopardy.com, their information is wrong. Steve should be on the “Wild Card Watch”, not Paul (because Paul is out), before watching tonight’s episode. Link
It’s changed now.