Final Jeopardy: Geographic Terms (5-24-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/24/2018) in the category “Geographic Terms” was:

For a link between oceans, the U.S. signed an 1859 treaty with Mexico giving us rights to this 2-syllable strip of land “of Tehuantepec”

6x champ Josh Hill, a network engineer from Arkansas, is at the head of the 2018 ToC list with $144,120 now. In Game 7, he is up against: Kristen Krikorian, a marketing director from Pennsylvania; and Tom Campo, a project manager from Massachusetts.

Round 1 Categories: Audible Recent Fiction – Raisin d’Etre – World Capital Attractions – What’s the Difference? – TV Animal Roundup – Fake Clues

Tom found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Fake Clues” under the $400 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was tied in second place with Josh. At $600, they had $2,000 less than Kristen’s lead. He went for the $1,000 allowance and thought it was a myth. That was WRONG.

Britannica cites the Piltdown Man & the Feejee Mermaid in its articles on this type of 4-letter scam. show

WHAT IS A HOAX?
They’re in the Museum of Hoaxes: 1910s for Piltdown & 1800-40s for the Mermaid

Kristen finished in the lead with $7,400. Josh was second with $3,600 and Tom was last with $1,400.

Round 2 Categories: The French Masters – In So Many Words – Physics – Play Bill – Senators Who Sought Higher Office – “Over” & “Under”

Josh found the first Daily Double in “In So Many Words” under the $800 clue, with 8 clues to go after it. He was in third place with $5,600 at this point, $4,200 less than Kristen’s lead. He bet $4,600 and he was RIGHT.

4 words: slogan used by De Beers since 1947. show

WHAT IS “A DIAMOND IS FOREVER”?

4 clues later, Josh landed on the last Daily Double in “Senators” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $10,200 now, he had $400 more than Kristen in second place. He bet $2,400 and thought it was Jesse Jackson. That was WRONG.

This Dem. falling short in 1980: “The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, & the dream shall never die” show

WHO IS TED KENNEDY?

Josh finished in the lead with $11,400. Kristen was next with $9,800 and Tom was in third place with $9,400.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS AN ISTHMUS?

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico is the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Before the Panama Canal came along, it was used as a major shipping route. Oscar J. Martínez writes in “Troublesome Border” (2006) that, in the 1850s, the USA made attempts to acquire Mexican territory whenever it “perceived a weakness in the Mexican regime in power.”

During the Mexican War of Reform in 1859, Pres. James Buchanan recognized the Juárez government and negotiated the McLane-Ocampo Treaty which would have immediately put $2 million in Mexico’s hands and granted the U.S. “perpetual transit rights in Tehuantepec and across northern Mexico,” among other things. “Although highly favorable to the United States, the treaty met with defeat in the U.S. Senate. Since the treaty was discussed in executive session, it is not known precisely why the Senate rejected it, but apparently the possibility that slavery would be extended into northern Mexico motivated many to vote against it.”

Tom had “islet.” He bet the farm and finished with zero.

Kristen got it right. She bet $9,001, bringing her up to $18,801.

Josh got it right, too. He bet $8,201 so he won the match (much to his obvious relief) with $19,601. His 7-day total is $163,721.

A triple stumper from each round:

RAISIN D’ETRE ($400) The Zante type of this “up-to-date” little fruit is actually a raisin

THE FRENCH MASTERS ($1600) This post-impressionist’s “Bathers” series, 1894-1905, inspired Picasso’s “Women of Avignon”

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Art History”

Escalier is in the original title of a work by this artist that scandalized NYC’s Intl. Exhibition of Modern Art in 1913. show

WHO IS MARCEL DUCHAMP?

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