Final Jeopardy: 20th-Century Events (6-26-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/26/2023) in the category “20th Century Events” was:
It was immediately reported “the flames are still leaping maybe 30, 40 feet from the ground the entire 811 feet length of” this
New champ Donna Matturri, a librarian from Columbus, OH won $17,400 last week. In Game 2, she is up against: Ryan Clary, a cheesemonger from Chattanooga, TN; and Caroline Gulick, a realtor from Reno, NV.
Round 1 Categories: First Ladies’ Rhyme Time – Here Comes the Summer – 7-Letter Words – United Kingdom Election Constituencies – Lovely Rita – Meter Made
Caroline found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “United Kingdom Election Constituencies” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,600, $800 more than Donna in second place. Caroline bet $1,600 and she was RIGHT.
Bordering Dover & Folkestone & Hythe, this district on England’s East Coast has a few ancient “tales” to tell show
Caroline finished in the lead with $6,200. Donna was second with $3,800 and Ryan was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Names of the 1990s – War of the Words – Scientists – Classical Music – TV – Crossword Clues “P”
Ryan found the first Daily Double in “Classical Music” under the $1,200 on the first pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,800, $3,400 less than Caroline’s lead. Ryan bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Tan Dun, an Oscar winner for this 2000 Ang Lee Film, recently composed an operatic work called “Buddha Passion” show
Donna got the last Daily Double in “Scientists” under the $2,000 clue on the last pick of the round. She was in the lead with $19,800 now, $8,200 more than Ryan in second place. Donna bet $1,000 and thought it was Galileo. That was WRONG.
When Tycho Brahe died in 1601, his protege, this astronomer, succeeded him as “imperial mathematician” show
Donna finished in the lead with $18,800. Ryan was second with $11,600 and Caroline was last with $7,400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE HINDENBURG?
The Hindenburg was a German airship designed and built by the Zeppelin Company and named after Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, the 2nd president of Germany’s Weimar Republic. The Hindenburg made a number of successful trips in 1936. In May 1937, Chicago radio station WLS sent reporter Herb Morrison and sound engineer Charles Nehlsen to cover the landing of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst, N.J. While Morrison recorded the landing, the Hindenburg burst into flames before everyone’s horrified eyes. Despite his shock and barely able to maintain his composure, Morrison continued to record, capturing the chaos unfolding around him. The recording is most famous for Morrison’s outburst “Oh, the humanity”. Listen to it on YouTube.
From the National Archives: “Years later, Morrison recalled that he yelled “Oh, the humanity,” because he thought everyone on board had died; in fact, sixty-two of the people on board survived.”
Caroline didn’t have a response. She bet and lost her whole $7,200.
Ryan got it right. He bet $10,222 and finished with $21,822.
Donna also got it right . She bet $4,000 and won the game with $22,800. Donna’s 2-day total is $40,200.
A triple stumper from each round:
METER MADE ($1000) It was a breeze for John Thomas Romney Robinson to make the cup style one of these in the 1800s; a similar design is still used
NAMES OF THE 1990s ($1200) He won a 3-way race for party leadership & became Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1990
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Reference Books”
Emily Dickinson made frequent use of a work by this family friend & said that for several years, it was “my only companion” show
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For some arcane reason, I got FJ because of the 811 foot thing.
Yeah, goofy wagers, but, I’m happy for better contestants. Donna was impressive making up the difference and increasing her lead by getting so many clues correct. For a while I thought Caroline was going to be a challenge.
I have to sheepishly admit that I got the Brahe clue wrong – that is so, because, in college, I did a report on Brahe for an astronomy class I took! I don’t know why I said Copernicus, but Kepler didn’t even come to mind. All I’m going to tell you is that brain surgery really isn’t that difficult (just precise), but rocket science certainly is! As a guy I know said, “Why would you do that to those numbers? They never did anything to you!”
Oh, the humanity! On that last DD, Donna could have bet around $4K to ensure a lock victory, and even if wrong, still would have had the lead. And Ryan’s $10222 FJ wager has me scratching my head. If he’d bet it all, he’d have won because Donna’s wager was at least $401 too low. Mind-boggling. Ryan was a good player, but his wager was unusual.
I’m still laughing over Donna’s guess of “shot put” for the woman athlete’s 237-foot throw, and her guess of “polio” for the Jenner vaccine was also poor. And what did “Dua Lipa” have to do with the “Rita”category?
I believe it was the “War of the Words” category that got the librarian back into the game in Round 2.
Good group tonight, though, and I’m impressed that 2 got the Final (I sure didn’t). I thought one of them MIGHT know the proper name of the weather instrument; the feudal vassal payment; the Albanian Rita; the Illinois politician; the anthrax vaccine; the Jenner vaccine;
The Daily Doubles have been hidden until the very last clue of each round in today’s game. It’s the first time that the Daily Doubles were played on the last clue in both rounds.
yeah, that was very unusual — the last one in the first round, then first and last in the second round