Final Jeopardy: Medical News 2018 (6-14-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/14/2019) in the category “Medical News 2018” was:

For the first time, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of this, though there hadn’t been a new case in 40 years

2x champ E.J. Wolborksy, a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, New York, has won $54,201. In Game 2, his opponents are: Eric Larson, an events agency exec. producer from Long Beach, CA; and Becky Reisig, a document mgmt. system administrator from Fort Collins, CO.

Round 1 Categories: Dads & Daughters- 2-Letter Words – Remember the 1990s? – Meerkat Manners – “O” is for Opera – Big Top Jobs

Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘O’ is for Opera” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in third place with $800, $1,200 less than Becky’s lead. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

Spoiler: Eurydice dies in Monteverdi’s 1607 opera named for this protagonist. show

WHO IS ORPHEUS?

E.J. finished in the lead with $5,200. Eric was second with $5,000 and Becky was last with $1,200.

Round 2 Categories: Truth or Dare – N.Y. TV – Triple-A Rated – Communication – In & Around Asia – Another One Bites the Dust Jacket

E.J. found the first Daily Double in “Asia” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick. He was in the lead with $6,000 now, $1,000 more than Eric in second place. He bet $3,000 and guessed Ho Chi Minh City. That was WRONG.

Sights in this capital city include the lovely SIlver Pagoda & the ghastly Tuol Sleng Museum. show

WHAT IS PHNOM PENH?

Eric found the last Daily Double in “Communication” under the $1,200 clue, with 6 clues worth $6,000 left after it. In the lead with $9,400, he had $800 more than E.J. in second place. He bet $3,000 and took a shot with public speaking. That was WRONG.

In the debate between oralism & manualism, this 2-word type of communication, Thomas Gallaudet was a manualist. show

WHAT IS SIGN LANGUAGE?

E.J. finished with a runaway $13,000. Eric was next with $5,600 and Becky was in third place with $4,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS SMALLPOX?

On 7/13/2018, the FDA announced that it had granted approval of TPOXX (tecovirimat) to SIGA Technologies Inc., “the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox.” In a press release, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said: “To address the risk of bioterrorism, Congress has taken steps to enable the development and approval of countermeasures to thwart pathogens that could be employed as weapons. Today’s approval provides an important milestone in these efforts. This new treatment affords us an additional option should smallpox ever be used as a bioweapon.”

From 2005: THE EARLY 1800s ($600) He must have had a cow when Parliament gave him a grant of 10,000 pounds for his smallpox vaccination

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Becky thought it was polio. She lost her $3,050 bet and finished with $950.

Eric got it right. He bet $2,401, bringing him up to $8,001.

E.J. came up with polio, too. He lost his $501 bet but still won the game with $12,499. His 3-day total is $66,700.

3 triple stumpers from ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET:

($800) In a Steinbeck tale Jody Tiflin kills a buzzard that’s come to feast on his “Red” one of these that just died

($1200) Susie in this Alice Sebold novel is already in heaven, but she watches her murderer covering his tracks

($2000) Addie is the “I” who not only passes away but decomposes in this Faulkner novel

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Classical Music”

Scholars think this 1810 piano piece was dedicated to Elisabeth Rockel or Therese Malfatti, a student of the composer. show

WHAT IS FÜR ELISE?

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