Final Jeopardy: Medical History (6-11-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/11/2020) in the category “Medical History” was:

One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks

2x champ Zach Newkirk, an attorney from Alexandria, VA, has now won $44,600. In Game 3, his challengers are: Iman Shervington, a filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA; and Jennifer Kosmin, a history professor from Lewisburg, PA.

Round 1 Categories: American Literature – TV Catchphrases by Show – A River Runs Under It – Actions – Speak Louder – “Than” Words

Jennifer found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Speak Louder” under the $800 clue, with 4 clues in the same category left after it. She was in second place with $3,200, $1,600 less than Zach’s lead. She bet $800 and she was RIGHT.

If you’re increasing these units that measure the intesity of sound, you’re getting louder. show

WHAT ARE DECIBELS?

Jennifer finished in the lead with $5,000. Zach was second with $4,800 and Iman was last, at negative $800.

Round 2 Categories: The French Revolution – Animals – The House of Representatives – Breakout Movie Roles – Patron Saints – Pun-forgivable

Jennifer found the first Daily Double in “Patron Saints” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick. She was in second place with $7,400 now, $1,400 less than Zach’s lead. She bet $2,000 and had no response so she was WRONG.

St. Erasmus, also known by this shorter name, is a patron saint of sailors. show

WHO IS ST. ELMO?

5 clues later, Zach got the last Daily Double in “House of Representatives” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $12,000, he had $5,800 more than Jennifer in second place. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

This 15-letter appointed officer publishes the rules for the House & makes sure the reps abide by them. show

WHO IS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN?

Zach finished in the lead with a runaway $21,800. Jennifer was next with $7,800 and Iman was in third place with $1,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS JULIUS CAESAR?

On Ann Marie Ackermann’s Historical True Crime Blog, in “Milestones in the History of the Forensic Autopsy”, she writes: “When a group of Roman senators assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC, they stabbed Caesar 23 times. But only one wound proved fatal. That was the result of the world’s first recorded autopsy report. A physician named Antistius examined Caesar’s body…. Antistius determined one of the two stab wounds to Caesar’s chest had sliced his heart and caused his death.”

That info is followed by more noteworthy events, the last of which answers this old clue: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ($100) In what may be a forensic first, Paul Revere used these records to help identify Joseph Warren’s body

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Iman had no response. She lost her $1,100 bet and finished with $100.

Jennifer drew a blank, too. She bet and lost it all.

Zach came up with Bram Stoker. He lost $726 and won the game with $21,074. His 3-day total is $65,674.

Reversal: ($800) West Virginia’s Lost River disappears under a ridge in this mountain chain, then emerges as the Cacapon River on the other side – Zach got shot down for Blue Ridge Mountains and Jennifer got it with the Appalachians. The judges later decided that worked too. Zach’s score went up $1,600 during the chat.

A triple stumper from each round:

AMERICAN LITERATURE ($800) 4 Chinese women meet regularly to play Mah-jongg & to talk about life & their children in this 1989 Amy Tan novel

BREAKOUT MOVIE ROLES ($1200) Him as stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Constellations”

This zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot show

WHAT IS PISCES?

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