Final Jeopardy: Around the World (6-1-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/1/2021) in the category “Around the World” was:

In the 1860s a zoologist proposed that this island was once part of a lost continent he dubbed Lemuria

New champ Kevin Hirsh, an attorney from Ft. Lauderdale, FL., won $25,201 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Robin Lozano, a hospitality executive from San Antonio, TX; and Dominic Rios, a teacher from San Diego, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Peru – Scientists – Not to Be Confused: Household Brands – Making Fetch Happen – TV Title Pairs – Animal Expression Fill-in

Robin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Scientists” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,400, the only one with any money. She bet $2,000 and thought it was Tycho Brahe. That was WRONG.

I look at the world and I notice it’s turning–thanks to this man who studied at the University of Krakow in the 1490’s show

WHO IS NICOLAUS COPERNICUS?

Robin finished in the lead with $6,000. Dominic was second with $2,400 and Kevin was last with $2,000. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: U.S. History – Imported from Italy – Authors When Young – Grammy-Winning Directors – Quotations – Words of Wisdom

Kevin found the first Daily Double in “U.S. History” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick. He was in second place with $4,400 now, half of Robin’s lead. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

The Louisiana Purchase exposition opened April 30, 1904 in this non-Louisiana city show

WHAT IS ST. LOUIS?

Robin got the last Daily Double in “Authors When Young” under the $2,000 clue, with one clue left after it. In the lead with $11,600, she had $5,300 more than Kevin in second place. She bet $3,000 and couldn’t come up with an answer on time and so she was WRONG.

Born Chloe Wofford, she converted to Catholicism at age 12 and added the name Anthony to hers from St. Anthony of Padua show

WHO IS TONI MORRISON?

Robin finished in the lead with $8,600. Kevin was next with $6,300 and Dominic was in third place with $5,600. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS MADAGASCAR?

I found a good video called Continents We Thought Existed but you can only watch it on YouTube. It begins with the theories about Madagascar and India being part of a lost continent that zoologist Philip Schlater named Lemuria in the 1860s. Later in the same decade, a German biologist named Ernst Haeckel helped Schlater’s theory gain traction. Thereafter, the Tamil group of India connected Lemuria to Kumari Kandam, a lost continent described in ancient Tamil and Sanskrit writings. These theories were later discredited; however, in 2013, scientists have discovered some evidence that Philip Schlater was not entirely wrong. Read about that on allthatsinteresting.com: Lemuria: The Fabled Lost Continent That Turned Out To Be Real — Almost

Dominic went with Galapagos. That cost him $3,500 and left him with $2,100.

Kevin got it right. He bet $6,300 and finished with $12,600.

Robin got it, too. She bet $4,001 and won the game with $12,601. Robin Lozano is the new Jeopardy! champion.

A triple stumper from each round:

NOT TO BE CONFUSED: HOUSEHOLD BRANDS ($800) Noxzema came out in 1914, just 3 years after the launch of this snowy white skin cream whose name also starts with “N”

GRAMMY-WINNING DIRECTORS ($800) “Eight Days a Week”, a documentary about the Beatles, earned this “Apollo 13” director his first Grammy

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Animated Characters”

This cartoon character was based on a character in the educational comic “The Intertidal Zone” show

WHO IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS?

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