Final Jeopardy: Other Nations’ Presidents (6-25-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/25/2019) in the category “Other Nations’ Presidents” was:

This nation’s 1st 8 presidents were all born in the U.S.; the 1st local-born president came in 1884, 37 years after independence

In the second semi-final of the 2019 Teen Tournament, the players are: Shriya Yarlagadda, a sophomore from Grand Blanc, MI; Eesha Sohail, a senior from Bakersfield, CA; and Ryan Presler, an 8th grader from Sioux Falls, SD.

Round 1 Categories: It Happened in the Bible – Juvenile Justice – People in American History – Teens on TV – Name the Game – You Got 2 As & 2 Ds

Shriya found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “American History” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,600, $1,200 more than Ryan in second place. She bet $1,200 and she was RIGHT.

After his first wife Miriam died in 1832, this religious leader wed as many as 56 more times. show

WHO IS BRIGHAM YOUNG?

Ryan finished in the lead with $5,600. Shriya was second with $4,000 and Eesha was last with $2,800.

Round 2 Categories: Young Writers – Transportation – International Parks – Hitmakers – Find a Synonym – The “Saurus”

Shriya found the first Daily Double in “Transportation” under the $1,600 clue, with 11 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $9,600 at this point, $2,400 more than Ryan in second place. She bet $2,000 and added an extra letter to her answer. That made it WRONG.

In 1932 a 3-seat Stinson was the entire fleet flying between Bristol Bay & Anchorage for what would be this airline. show

WHAT IS ALASKA AIRLINES?
Shriya said AlaskaN Airlines

4 clues later, Ryan found the last Daily Double in “Find a Synonym” under the $1,200 clue. He was in a tie for the lead with Shriya. They both had $8,000, $800 more than Eesha in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

This synonym for a news reporter & a person who keeps a diary comes to us partly from the French. show

WHAT IS A JOURNALIST?

Ryan finished in the lead with $11,200. Shriya was next with $10,400 and Eesha was in third place with $9,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS LIBERIA?

In 1816, the American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed with the aim of resettling free-born and freed black Americans in Africa. The American colony of Liberia was established and in 1822, the ACS began sending immigrants there. According to the African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress), by 1846, the colony had become a “financial burden” and the ACS ordered the Liberians to proclaim their independence. The Republic of Liberia was declared on 7/26/1846. Joseph Jenkins Roberts was elected as its first president. He was born a free man on 3/15/1809 in Norfolk, VA. (Both 7/26 and 3/15 are Liberian national holidays.)

This list of Liberian presidents shows where they were born and that the first Liberian-born president was Hilary R. W. Johnson, elected in 1884. He was born in Monrovia on 6/1/1837. His parents were both born in America.

Eesha crossed out Canada in favor of the Philippines. She bet and lost it all.

Shriya went with Canada. She bet and lost it all, too.

Ryan went south with Mexico. He lost his $9,601 bet so he ended up winning the game with $1,599. As Alex said, that guarantees him at least $25,000 as one of the finalists.

A triple stumper from each round:

NAME THE GAME ($600) Water on the knee is one challenge

YOUNG WRITERS ($2000) Carson McCullers started writing this novel when she was 19, bedridden & perhaps “Lonely”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Literary References”

An homage to a 1953 novel, this number appears as an error code when a user tries to access a web page with censored content. show

WHAT IS 451?

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