Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Leaders (5-8-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/8/2020) in the category “19th Century Leaders” was:

Tall, lanky Joel Barlow was an ambassador carrying messages between these 2 world leaders, both mocked for being short

Today’s game is the last half hour of the second match in the Greatest of All Time Tournament (original airdate: 1/8/2020). Ken Jennings has one game to his credit at this point. James Holzhauer has the edge at the start of this game. Brad Rutter fans are hoping he will bounce back in a big way.

Round 1 Categories: Mozart – The __ of __ – This Will Tie Your Room Together – They’re Back – Name the Decade – Goats

Brad found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Name the Decade” under the 1,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with 800 now, half of what James had in the lead. He bet the 1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS THE 1480s?

Ken finished in the lead with 6,800. James was second with 6,400 and Brad was last with 3,800.

Round 2 Categories: I Just Took a DNA Test – Pop Culture People – audible – “G”eography – 20-Letter Words – GOATS (Greatest of All Time

Brad found the first Daily Double in “DNA” under the 1,600 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He bet all of his 3,800 points and thought it was 2. That was WRONG.

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WHAT IS 22?

2 clues later, James found the last Daily Double in “‘G’eography” under the 1,600 clue. In the lead with 8,400, he had 1,600 more than Ken in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

Rhino tracking at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve is something to try on a visit to this capital city. show

WHAT IS GABORONE?

James finished in the lead with 22,800. Ken was next with 21,200 and Brad was last, at negative 3,600. He couldn’t even play Final Jeopardy!

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

WHO ARE NAPOLEON & JAMES MADISON?

Joel Barlow became James Madison’s U.S. Minister to France from 1811 until he died from pneumonia in Poland on 12/26/1812. Chosen because he spoke fluent French, he also held dual U.S. and French citizenship. Perhaps most importantly, Barlow was on a first-name with many members of Napoleon’s court. James Madison, at 5′ 4″, holds the record of shortest President of the United States. With his “Petit Corporal” nickname, a discrepancy between French and British measurements, political cartoons and the so-called Napoleon complex, a commonly believed myth arose that Napoleon was a little guy.

From entitymag.com on Napoleon’s height: “At his death, his height was initially measured using French inches instead of English inches, which are slightly shorter. According to the BBC, the average height of British males at the beginning of the 19th century was around 170 centimeters or 5ft 5in. That means that Napoleon, at 5ft 7in, was around average height – or even a little bit tall – for a man of that time.”

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Brad had to stick around for Final Jeopardy! because this was a 2-game affair. Oh, the ignominy! He didn’t get penalized for today’s negative score and finished with 14,400 from the first game.

Ken thought it was Napoleon and James Monroe. He lost his 3,800 bet. That left him 17,400 to add to his 40,000 from Game 1. His final score was 57,400.

James got it right. He bet 15,300 to finish with 38,100. Adding in his 44,314 from Game 1 gave James 82,414 and made him today’s winner. The score is now 1-1 for Ken and James.

There were 3 triple stumpers in this game:

POP CULTURE PEOPLE (2000): ‘Pretty Baby, You Look So Heavenly’ is a chapter title in ‘Face It’, the 2019 memoir by this singing star

“G”EOGRAPHY (2000): Jimmy Kimmel: “One of my hobbies is fly-fishing & I’ve done some on this Montana river near Bozeman where most of the fishing scenes in ‘A River Runs Through It’ were filmed”

GOATS (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) (2000): In a 2010 poll this Nobel Peace Prize winner & political ranked as Ireland’s greatest person

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Political History”

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WHAT IS A POCKET VETO?

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