Final Jeopardy: 1972 (6-14-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/14/2022) in the category “1972” was:

In June he said, “Don’t lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is… a comedy of errors”

6x champ Eric Ahasic, a meterologist from Minneapolis, MN , won $160,601 so far. In Game 7, his challengers are: Barry Margulies, a professor emeritus at Towson University from Lutherville, MD; and Megan Wachspress, an attorney from Berkeley, CA.

Round 1 Categories: The Early 1800s – The Moral of The Fable – Clever Crossword Clues – Sun Up – Well, It’s 5 for the Money – 3 for the Show

Barry found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “5 for the Money” under the $1,000 clue with 10 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $3,600, $2,400 more than Eric in second place. Barry bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

Oklahoma’s Wilma Mankiller, the 1st female principal chief of this Native American nation, appeared on a U.S. quarter in 2022 show

WHAT IS CHEROKEE?

Eric finished in the lead with $5,000. Barry was second with $4,600. Megan was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Isles of the British Isles – Partners in Rhyme – Mammals – Communications – Songs of Innocence & Experience – 3 Letters, E in the Middle

Barry found the first Daily Double in “Mammals” under the $1,200 clue on the second pick of the round. He was tied in the lead with Eric at $5,000, $3,200 more than Megan in second place. Barry bet $2,000 and thought it was a dolphin. That was WRONG.

The state marine mammal of Florida is a subspecies of the West Indian this show

WHAT IS A MANATEE?

Megan got the last Daily Double in “Partners in Rhyme” under the $1,200 clue with 8 clues left after it. She was in last place with $5,800, $9,200 less than Eric’s lead. Megan bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

Aiding Coleridge in creating this poem, Wordsworth wrote he “suggested the navigation of the ship by the dead men” show

WHAT IS “THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER”?

Eric finished in the lead with $18,600. Megan was second with $10,000 and Barry was last with $9,000. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS RICHARD NIXON?

In the wake of the June 1972 Watergate break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters, evidence emerged that President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign was behind it. In 1973, a Senate investigation revealed the existence of audiotapes, which President Nixon refused to turn over. The Supreme Court ordered Nixon to turn over the tapes on July 24, 1974 and he did so on August 5th. Three days later, on August 8, 1974 Richard M. Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, resigned from office.

The quote in today’s Final Jeopardy! clue comes from the “Smoking Gun” tape. Not that much was left out of what Nixon said to H.R. “Bob” Haldeman: “Don’t, don’t lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is sort of a comedy of errors, bizarre, without getting into it.” A complete transcript of the “Smoking Gun” tape is online here.

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Barry thought it was Haldeman. He lost his $8,000 bet and finished with $1,000.

Megan got it right. She bet $7,201 and finished with $17,201.

Eric went with John Dean. He lost his $1,401 bet and finished with $17,199. That made Megan Wachspress the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from 3 FOR THE SHOW

($200) Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly & Mo brings plenty landed in Montana

($400) CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Pre-Civil War Presidents”

Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: “After an extended tour of Europe he retired to Concord…& he died in obscurity” show

WHO IS FRANKLIN PIERCE?

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