Final Jeopardy: U.S. Geography (5-25-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/25/2020) in the category “U.S. Geography” was:

Touching Canada at Boundary County, the northern part of this state’s panhandle has been referred to as “the chimney”

Today is the first quarterfinal in the 2020 Teachers Tournament. The players are: Amanda Baltimore, a 7th grade science teacher from Cocoa Beach, FL; Peter Gouveia, a 7th grade English teacher from Rye, NY; and Ivory Johnson, a H.S. social studies teacher from Hollandale, MS.

Round 1 Categories: Sayeth the Bible – Anagrams – School Supplies – World History – The Archies – Sugar, Sugar

Ivory found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sayeth the Bible” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. He was in a second place tie with Peter. They both had $3,400, $2,200 less than Amanda’s lead. He bet it all and tried “chosen”. That was WRONG.

In Exodus, “It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s” this “when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses.” show

WHAT IS PASSOVER?

Amanda finished in the lead with $5,600. Peter was second with $3,400 and Ivory was last, at zero.

Round 2 Categories: TV Teacher Appreciation – “C” in Science – Recent Bestsellers – It’s a Fact – All Around New York – Use Your Words

Amanda found the first Daily Double in “‘C’ in Science” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. She was in $10,800 now, $3,800 more than Peter in second place. She bet $2,000 and thought it was copper. That was WRONG.

This element, atomic number 27, is used to make blue pigment for pottery & glass. show

WHAT IS COBALT?

Ivory got the last Daily Double in “Recent Bestsellers” under the $1,600 clue, with just the $2,000 clue in the same category left after it. In third place with $4,400, he had $11,200 less than Amanda’s lead. He bet it all again and took a shot at it with “The Birdcage”. That was WRONG.

Donna Tartt wrote “The Goldfinch”; Kristin Hannah wrote this bestseller that also has an avian title. show

WHAT IS “THE NIGHTINGALE”?

No one got that last clue. Amanda finished in the lead with $15,600. Peter was next with $11,000. At zero, it was the end of the road for Ivory.

Only ONE of the 2 contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.

WHAT IS IDAHO?

The Idaho Panhandle is vertical and really does resemble a chimney on the map. Boundary County is Idaho’s only county that borders Canada. It shares a 45-mile border with British Columbia. Bonner’s Ferry is the county seat and there are two border crossing points there: Porthill-Rykerts and East Kingsgate.

Interesting: Almost all of Idaho’s panhandle is on Pacific Time, while the rest of Idaho follows Mountain Time

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Peter went with Minnesota. He lost his $4,601 bet and finished with $6,399.

Amanda got it right. She bet $2,000 and won the first semi-final spot with $17,600.

2 triple stumpers from RECENT BESTSELLERS:

($1200) This author of the memoir “Eat Pray Love” wrote the 2019 fiction bestseller “City of Girls”

($2000) Journalists Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey took readers inside their investigation of Harvey Weinstein in this bestseller

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Authors”

This author whom Helen Keller could identify by his cigar scent was the first to call Anne Sullivan a “miracle worker” show

WHO IS MARK TWAIN?

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