Final Jeopardy: Countries’ National Anthems (5-6-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/6/2021) in the category “Countries’ National Anthems” was:

With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it “was born a princess…between two nations”

New champ Jamie Logan, a writer & consultant from Augusta, ME, won $32,200 yesterday. In Game 2, the challengers are: Kalee Hernandez, a musician & optician from Iron River, MI; and Steve Bright, an attorney from Norwell, MA.

Round 1 Categories: Around Tennessee – 12-Letter Words – Air Demonstration Squadrons – Hot Stuff – On Bass – Hybrid Animal Parents

Jamie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “12-Letter Words” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,800, $3,200 more than Kalee in second place. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

Reflecting the name of a mythological youth, this adjective means self-absorbed and egotistical. show

WHAT IS NARCISSISTIC?

Jamie finished in the lead with $8,500. Steve was second with $1,400 and Kalee was last with negative $600. One clue went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: 1920s Good Reads – Potent History – Saintly Named – The Role in Common – On Speaking – Terms

Jamie found the first Daily Double in “Saintly Named” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick. She was in the lead with $9,300 now, $8,300 more than Steve in second. She bet $2,700 and she was RIGHT.

Used to treat depression, this plant is named for the man who baptized Jesus show

WHAT IS ST.JOHN’S WORT?

Steve got the last Daily Double in “On Speaking” under the $1,600 clue, with 2 clues left after it. In second place with $4,600, he had $13,800 less than Jamie’s lead. He bet $4,400 and he guessed “Bryant.” That was WRONG.

Father to a Supreme Court justice, this poet wrote, “Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall” show

WHO IS OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES?

Jamie finished in the lead with a runaway $18,400 and Steve was next with $200. At negative $200, the game was over for Kalee at this point. Two clues went uncovered.

NONE of the remaining contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS ANDORRA?

From Ducksters: Geography for Kids: “Andorra was originally created as a buffer state by the French leader Charlemagne during the Middle Ages. It was meant to keep the Muslim Moors out of France. The Andorrans were to fight off the Moors and protect France. In return Charlemagne would grant them a charter. There were several of these buffer states created. Andorra is the last one of these states that is still an independent country.” This is the reason why the national anthem of Andorra honors “El Gran Carlemagny” and calls him the father of their country.

A principality that lies between France and Spain, Andorra is governed by co-princes: the President of France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgell. The current Bishop, Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, has been co-prince since 2003, serving with 4 French presidents: Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande and, currently, Emmanuel Macron.

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Steve thought it was Italy (Il Canto degli Italiani / Song of the Italians) That cost him $106 and left him with $94.

Jamie came up with Turkey (İstiklal Marşı / Independence March). She lost her $400 bet but won the game with the $18,000 she had left. Her 2-day total is $50,200.

A triple stumper from each round:

1920s GOOD READS ($1600) Chester Gillette’s real-life murder of his pregnant girlfriend inspired this classic novel by Theodore Dreiser

THE ROLE IN COMMON ($1200) Richard Rountree, Samuel L. Jackson

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “American Plays”

A character in this 1944 play is said to be like a piece in her own collection, “too exquisitely fragile to move from the shelf” show

WHAT IS “THE GLASS MENAGERIE”?

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