Final Jeopardy: The Civil War Era (5-30-17)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/30/2017) in the category “The Civil War Era” was:
The USA’s largest state school in 1861, by 1862 its enrollment had dropped by 90%.
3x champ Jon Groubert had quite a game yesterday, bringing his winnings up to $76,191. It’s Game 4 and his opponents are: Rand Wise, from Decatur, GA; and Kerry Benn, from Springfield, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Occupations in News – Behind the Biblical Name – Other British Isles – The 1910s – From the French – Winning Through Alliteration
Kerry found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Biblical Name” under the $600 clue with only 2 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $5,600, $2,000 more than Rand in second place. She bet $2,000 and guessed Rachel. That was WRONG.
A character on “Friends” & a woman mentioned in Romans share this name meaning “pure” & “bright” show
Rand finished in the lead with $4,600. Kerry was second with $3,600 and Jon was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: Occupations in the News – The Plays of Neil Simon – The “I”s Have It – Seoul Man & Woman – Nuclear Physics – Lyrical Spelling Bee
Jon found the first Daily Double in “Occupations” under the $800 clue. There were 13 clues left after it. He was in third place with $8,200 at this point, $400 less than Rand’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In September 2011 Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park became ground zero for this movement. show
Kerry found the last Daily Double in “Seoul Man & Woman” under the $1,600 clue. Only one clue was left after it. In third place with $10,000, she had $8,000 less than Jon’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1971 Seoul-born Kyongwon Ahn founded the UTA, the United this Koreal martial art Association. show
Jon finished in the lead with $18,000. Kerry was next with $13,000 and Rand was in third place with $11,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
A 1902 UVA Alumni Bulletin related that enrollment increased dramatically in the 1850s “reaching 645 in 1857 and remaining above 600 until the outbreak of the civil war. The University was kept open during the war but the number of students dwindled to 46 in 1862-63. After the return of peace the number averaged about 420 until 1871…”
Also see: A Jan. 3, 1863 letter Socrates Maupin, chairman of the university’s faculty, wrote to Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon, seeking exemptions for the less than 10 students who became subject to conscription that year. (Exemptions were denied but the students were granted furlough until the end of the school year).
Rand got it right. He bet $900 and finished with $11,900.
Kerry also got it. Her $1,000 bet brought her up to $14,000.
Jon thought it was Annapolis. He lost his $8,001 bet, leaving him with $9,999. That made Kerry the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
WINNING THROUGH ALLITERATION ($600) Wide-receiver who won “Dancing with the Stars” in 2012
LYRICAL SPELLING BEE ($1200) Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn’t want her 4-year-old “to understand”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Infamous”
Born in Illinois of Huguenot ancestry, he was executed in June 1882, a year after his heinous act. show
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Did Rand tell Kerry how much to wager?
No.
Ah well. Just when the FJ music stopped, you could see Jon give a little negative shake of his head so I didn’t think he got it. I didn’t think he bet low either because I thought he was confident in war history clues.
Well, congrats to him anyway on the $76+ he won in his 3 games and congrats to Kerry on today’s win. And congrats to me on finally getting a prediction right. lol
LINK: 10 more clues from the match
I enjoyed Jon’s games. He had a good sense of humor and a merry twinkle in his eye. How about when he got the Hollaback Girl clue today? lol He laughed outright.