Final Jeopardy: Presidents: Born & Died (6-1-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/1/2018) in the category “Presidents: Born & Died” was:
Born the farthest west in the continental U.S. of any president, he would later die farthest from his birthplace
3x champ Jeffrey Schwarz, a private investor from New York, has $62,300 in his coffers now. In his 4th game, he is up against these two fellows: Ian Booth, a trade specialist from Washington, D.C.; and Dan Hess, a wine & spirits distributor from California.
Round 1 Categories: Celebrations of the Month – We Like Turtles – The Third Man – Movie! – That Raises a Red Flag – I Only Have Es for You
Dan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Celebrations” under the $800 clue, with 6 clues left after it. He was in second place with $2,200, $4,600 less than Jeffrey’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
National Magic Day on the anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death. show
Jeffrey finished in the lead with $6,800. Dan was second with $4,200 and Ian was last with $2,400.
Round 2 Categories: Show Biz Nicknames – Day & Night Bookstore – Starts With a Musical Instrument – Spy Stuff – Historic “P”laces – Herbs & Spices
Ian found the first Daily Double in “Historic “P”laces” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was still in third place with $4,400 at this point, but only $2,400 less than Jeffrey’s lead. He bet $2,600 and he was RIGHT.
This city was founded in 1855 by a Boer leader who became the 1st President of the South African Republic. show
Ian found the last Daily Double in “Day & Night Bookstore” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick. In the lead with $10,600 now, he had $3,000 more than Jeffrey in second place. He bet $2,000 and took a shot with “The Day of the Samurai.” That was WRONG but Alex was highly amused. “Good guess! Close!”, he joked.
A butler recalls the successes & failures of his own life in this Kazuo Ishiguro novel. show
Ian finished in the lead with $14,600. Jeffrey was next with $11,600 and Dan was in third place with $9,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th U.S. President, is the only POTUS born in California so far. He was born in 1913 in Yorba Linda in a house built the previous year by his parents. PresidentsUSA.net has some great close-ups of the house and plaques. Under a photo of Nixon’s gravesite, they note that he “holds the distinction of being the President who is buried closest to his birthplace.” Although he died in a New York City hospital in April 1994, his remains were transported back to Yorba Linda several days later.
Second FJ this year: Nixon also showed up in the 1/8/2018 match (the day before the 105th anniversary of his birth).
Dan got it right. He bet $4,000 for a $13,000 finish.
Jeffrey thought it was Herbert Hoover (born in Iowa). He lost his $6,500 bet, leaving him with $5,100.
Ian got it right, too. He bet $8,601 and won the match with $23,201. Ian Booth is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
HISTORIC “P”LACES ($2000) This volcano on Martinique blew its top in 1792, 1851, 1901 & 1929
HERBS & SPICES ($1600) Smoked jalapeno chili peppers, which are also called by this name, can be found in chili powders
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Business”
This alliterative beverage chain says it gets its name from an African word meaning “to celebrate” show
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What was the question about ‘Cod’? I never heard of the answer.
@Albert, It was the $1600 clue in Starts with a Musical Instrument:
Lye-soaked dried cod, beloved by Scandinavians
What in the heck is lutefisk?
(actually part of the title that links to. LOL!)
@John B you might be right about that. The question is what will happen in June or July if we do get at least four streakers (2 this month) (2 in the next month) without any leader curses? Let’s hope Ian can win a streak of games next week since he is a trade specialist.
So VJ, jeff had a great run but do you think he could be tournament of champion worthy? What did you think of his performance so far?
idk, Lou, remember last year when Austin got in the ToC even though his games were in this season? So that means we’ve really got June, July and at least September and maybe part of October, to fill out the field. I think they’ll just postpone the ToC like they did in 2017 till they have more 5x and more players, and I don’t think we’ll be seeing any 3x winners in it.
LINK: 11 more clues from this match
Dan should have bet 5.601, just in case Ian stayed put. Anyway, a better performance than I expected and now a weekend to relax.
Jeffrey is still at # 9 overall in the ToC list (just in front of Kate O’Connor by 500 bucks), so we might see him there, unless 7 players overtake him. But we are approaching the summer break and there was not exactly a flood of multiple champs so far, especially in the last 2 months or so. Before you know it the ToC will be upon us. So he has certainly a fighting chance.