Final Jeopardy: The Supreme Court (6-10-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/10/2021) in the category “The Supreme Court” was:
The 1st justice directly succeeded by his former clerk was Rehnquist by Roberts; the 2nd time was this other alliterative pair
New champ Mara Davis, a conference events manager from Chicago, IL won $27,600 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Ankit Gupta, a product manager from Somerville, MA; and Becky Parks, a healthcare researcher from Washington, DC.
Round 1 Categories: 15 Love – Deuce – “AD” In – Game – Set – Match
Becky found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Set” under the $1,000 clue, with no clues left after it. She was in the lead with $5,000, $800 more than Mara in second place. She bet $800 and she was RIGHT.
This type of diagram that uses overlapping circles to illustrate set relationships is named for a 19th century Englishman show
Becky finished in the lead with $5,800. Mara was second with $4,200 and Ankit was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Biblical Broadway – Famous Americans – Shades of Green – Book-Borne Words & Phrases – Railway & Subway Stations – 3-Letter Palindromes
Mara found the first Daily Double in “Biblical Broadway” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick. She was in the lead with $6,600 now, $2,400 more than Ankit in second place. She bet $2,400 and she was RIGHT.
John the Baptist and Judas are played by the same actor in this 1970s Broadway musical with a one-word title show
Ankit got the last Daily Double in “Railway & Subway Stations” under the $1,600 clue, with 13 clues left after it. In second place with $5,400, he had $2,800 less than Mara’s lead. He bet $1,000 and thought it was Reykjavik. That was WRONG.
Among Eliel Saarinen’s prominent works is the railway station in this capital show
Mara finished in the lead with $13,800. Ankit was next with $7,600 and Becky was in third place with $1,400. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE KENNEDY AND KAVANAUGH?
John Glover Roberts, Jr. was nominated by President George W. Bush on 9/6/2005, to fill the seat left vacant by William Rehnquist. Roberts was Rehnquist’s law clerk from 1980 to 1981, and sworn into office on 9/29/2005. (Source: Ballotpedia)
Brett Kavanaugh is an associate justice of the Supreme Court nominated to the Court by President Donald Trump on 7/9/2018 to fill the seat left vacant by Anthony Kennedy, and sworn into office on 10/6/2018. Kavanaugh clerked for Justice Kennedy from 1993 to 1994. (Source: Ballotpedia)
Becky only had Scalia. She bet it all and finished with nothing.
Ankit got it right. He bet $6,000 and finished with $13,600
Mara wrote down Ginsburg and Gorsuch. She lost her $1,401 bet and was left with $12,399. That made Ankit Gupta the new Jeopardy! champion.
2 triple stumpers from FAMOUS AMERICANS:
($1200) This evangelist who founded a university in Oklahoma was called home in 2009 at age 91
($1600) This Army major & his 21 associates were recognized with congressional gold medals for their work on yellow fever
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “American Music Legends”
Steinbeck called him “just a voice and a guitar” but said his songs embodied “the will of a people to endure and fight against oppression” show
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Another eye-popping number of triple stumpers. Perhaps we will see a potential 4x champ when we see that number go down.
Most of those stumpers were pretty tough, although missing the Army major and the evangelist was inexcusable.
I knew them because there is a hospital named after the army major in Bethesda, maryland. For the contestants to miss those and the subways tells me they are pure beginners. By the way, reyjkavik does not have a train system there since mostly the heart of europe has it and elsewhere in the world.
Jeopardy will have to announce a perm host soon if a new perm host is to begin after labor day. They film about 2 months in advance so the show should have a new perm host filming by mid july if that is their intention.
I prefer the current format with rotating hosts. My mom never watched with trebek but she loves watching for the guest hosts.
It was an up and down game for Becky, not counting the triple stumpers. Furthermore, I don’t think Iceland even has any subways since they are all within central and western Europe. Kavanaugh was recently in.the news during the presidency of trump, didn’t he testify in.congress previously? but this was an easy final. I doubt ankit could last long but we shall see if we can get a streaker and soon.