Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Metaphors (5-26-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/26/2020) in the category “20th Century Metaphors” was:

If it had physically existed, it would have stretched some 500 miles from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea

Today is the second quarterfinal in the 2020 Teachers Tournament. Today’s teachers are: Meggie Kwait, a middle school humanities teacher from New York, NY; Katie LaBarge, a high school science teacher from Cambridge, MA; and Sam Matson, a high school English teacher from Cookeville, TN.

Round 1 Categories: From Page to Screen – 21st Century Royalty – The Proper Name is the Verb – Study Groups – Buy Your Own – Accord

Sam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Accord” under the $800 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. He was in second place with $1,600, $1,200 less than Meggie’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

The 1985 Plaza Accord devalued the dollar in relation to this, the currency of the only Asian G-5 member. show

WHAT IS THE YEN?

Meggie finished in the lead with $7,800. Sam was second with $3,600 and Katie was last with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: Canadian Places – Women’s Firsts – Song Sung Blue – Shakespeare – Schoolhouse Rocks – E_I_E_I Uh Oh!

Meggie found the first Daily Double in “Canadian Places” under the $2,000 clue on the 12th pick. She was in the lead with $11,800 now, $4,600 more than Katie in second place. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

Look above the Arctic Circle to find most of this largest Canadian island, which shares its name with a large bay. show

WHAT IS BAFFIN?

6 clues later, Meggie got the last Daily Double in “Shakespeare” under the $800 clue. In the lead with $16,200, she had $9,000 more than Katie and Sam, who were tied at $7,200. She bet $5,000 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.

iN “Henry IV, Part 2”, Doll Tearsheet calls this knight a “sweet little rogue” show

WHO IS FALSTAFF?

Meggie finished in the lead with $16,400. Sam was next with $10,800 and Katie was in third place with $9,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE IRON CURTAIN?

Winston Churchill used the metaphor “Iron Curtain” in a 5/12/1945 message to Harry S. Truman (“An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind”); and in a March 5, 1946 speech in Missouri (“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent”). Both quotes have been the subject of prior Jeopardy! clues. In this video, Dr. Byrd explains the Iron Curtain and has a handy map at about 2:25, with a line reflecting Churchill’s words from the Baltic to the Adriatic.

Time.com: Winston Churchill did not coin the phrase Iron Curtain

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Katie went all in and doubled her score to $18,400.

Sam bet $5,602 and finished with $16,402.

Meggie bet $5,201 and won the semi-final spot with $21,601. Awesome game! Katie and Sam are looking good for Wild Cards.

A triple stumper from each round:

FROM PAGE TO SCREEN ($600) When “One Shot” by Lee Child came to the big screen, it was named this, after the main character

E_I_E_I UH OH! ($2000) What’s called photographic memory may actually be this type of “imagery”, the ability to describe an image no longer present

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “British Commonwealth Countries”

Of the 16 Commonwealth nations with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, this one is farthest from the United Kingdom show

WHAT IS NEW ZEALAND?

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