Final Jeopardy: Groups in History (5-26-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/26/2023) in the category “Groups in History” was:

The third-most famous group that invaded Britain in the 5th century, they gave their name to the continental part of Denmark.

New champ Jesse Chin, an accounting director from Bayside, NY, won $24,801 yesterday. In Game 2, the competitors are : Diandra D’Alessio, a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec; and Alice Ciciora, a political scientist and researcher orig. from Palatine, IL.

Round 1 Categories: That’s Adorable – Spanish Professions – Food Stuff – America in the 1700s – Curses! Baseball! – Research

Alice found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Adorable” under the $800 clue with 9 clues left after it. She was in last place with $1,800, $2,000 less than Jesse’s lead. Alice bet $1,500 and was close, but got it WRONG.

The scientific name of one species of sloths includes didactylus, meaning “this part of its common name” show

WHAT IS TWO-TOED?

Jesse finished in the lead with $5,400. Diandra was next with $4,600 and Alice was last, at negative $300. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: World Cities – You Just Made That Stuff Up – Quotes – That Book Character Does Things – Technology – “Ree” Search

Jesse found the first Daily Double in “You Just Made That Stuff Up” under the $1,600 clue with 6 clues left after it. He was in second place with $7,400 now, $2,000 less than Diandra’s lead. Jesse bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

It’s the very hard-to-get substance that causes humans to set up shop on Pandora show

WHAT IS UNOBTAINIUM?

2 clues later, Jesse got the last Daily Double in “Technology” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $12,600 now, $3,200 more than Diandra in second place. Jesse bet $4,000 and said Sarah Kayacombsen. That was WRONG.

This Elon Musk company says it aims “To design a fully implantable, cosmetically invisible brain-computer interface” show

WHAT IS NEURALINK?

Alice finished in the lead with $8,900. Jesse was next with $8,600 and Diandra was in third place with $7,800. All clues were shown.

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WHO ARE THE JUTES?

In ancient times, the Jutes originated in modern-day Denmark. It is believed they gave their name to the Jutland Peninsula, the territory that makes up the largest, continental portion of Denmark. Jutland is located below Sweden and Norway and just across the North Sea from the UK. Almost half of Denmark’s 5.8 million people live on Jutland, which has the country’s only land border, where part of the Jutland peninsula continues into Germany from Flensborg to Hamburg.

The Ancient Origins website has more info on the Jutes, including a map showing the regions of the Jutland peninsula that was occupied by the Jutes, the Angles and the Saxons, plus the Venerable Bede’s account of their migration to the UK: “Those who came over were of the three most powerful nations of Germany—Saxons, Angles, and Jutes….”

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Diandra had the Visigoths. She lost $4,501 and finished with $3,299.

Jesse went with the Normans. He bet and lost his whole $8,600.

Alice thought it was the Danes. She lost $8,301 and finished with $599. That made Diandra D’Alessio the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

AMERICA IN THE 1700s ($800) In 1741 Jonathan Edwards delivered his fiery sermon “Sinners in the Hands of” this

WORLD CITIES ($1600) This city on the north coast of Colombia was named for one founded in 3rd century Spain by the North African General Hasdrubal

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Bestselling Authors”

Milestones along the eastern end of the Mason-Dixon Line were marked on either side with the crests of these 2 men show

WHO ARE LORD BALTIMORE (CALVERT) AND WILLIAM PENN?

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