Final Jeopardy: Popular Products (6-12-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/12/2019) in the category “Popular Products” was:

This product that brought virtual tourism into homes in 1939 introduced its first virtual reality device in 2015

New champ Dan Martson, a forklift operator from Declo, ID, won $40,600 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Ben Hatch, a pastor from Houston, TX; and E.J. Wolborsky, a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Don’t Be Afraid, It’s Only Football – College Towns – The Rules They Just Made Up – War in Literature – “Mac”-inations – Our Planet

E.J. found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “College Towns” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,000, $2,000 less than Dan’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and took a shot with Terre Haute. That was WRONG.

Have a ball at Ball State University, located in this city northeast of Indianapolis. show

WHAT IS MUNCIE?

Dan finished in the lead with $8,800. E.J. was second with $6,600 and Ben was last with $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: The American Presidency Project – Pop Culture Food & Drink – Eponyms – Quoting the Shakespeare Character – Far From – The Madden Crowd

Dan found the first Daily Double in “Shakespeare Character” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick. He was in second place with $12,000 at this point, $2,200 less than E.J.’s lead. He bet $3,000 and thought it was Puck. That was WRONG.

“I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me.” show

WHO IS BOTTOM?

4 clues later, E.J. found the last Daily Double in “American Presidency Project” under the $800 clue. In the lead with $14,600, he had $4,400 more than Dan in second place. He bet $5,000 and tried “speeches.” That was WRONG.

The project has more than 1,100 of these, including George H.W. Bush’s “Memorandum of Disapproval for the Revenue Act of 1992” show

WHAT ARE VETOES?

Dan finished in the lead with $15,800. E.J. was next with $14,400 and Ben was in third place with $200.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A VIEW-MASTER?

View-Master was the result of a collaboration between William Gruber, organ-maker and photography-lover, and Harold Graves of Sawyer’s Photographic Services. Introduced at the 1939 World’s Fair, the National Toy Hall of Fame has the lowdown on its success thereafter, including Disney’s role in its appeal to children. Mental Floss will tell you how, before that, the U.S. armed forces purchased more than 10,000 View-Masters and 6 million reels. In fact, that’s been in a Jeopardy! clue before.

From 2002: MILITARY MATTERS ($1600) First used to look at national landmarks, this toy was used in World War II for training in aircraft identification

Ben wrote down a shout out to his wife, Sarah. He lost his $116 bet, leaving him with $84.

E.J. got it right. He bet it all and finished with $28,800.

Dan came up with “Occulus.” He lost his $13,001 bet, landing in second place with $2,799. That made E.J. Wolborsky the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY PROJECT ($1600) There are messages, addresses & remarks, like Benjamin Harrison’s to his old war buddies in this association of Union veterans

EPONYMS ($2000) This synonym for hypnotism comes from its practitioner, a German doctor named Franz

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Books & Authors”

His first novel, from 1920, incorporated some of his pieces from the Nassau, a Princeton literary magazine. show

WHO IS F. SCOTT FITZGERALD?

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