Final Jeopardy: U.S. Cities (6-30-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/30/2022) in the category “U.S. Cities” was:

This U.S. city now has 10 times the population of the other U.S. city for which it was named in 1845

New champ Halley Ryherd, a real estate attorney from Waukee, IA., won $5,999 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: David Bzdak, a philosophy professor from Syracuse, NY; and Hoa Quach, a portfolio manager from Naperville, IL.

Round 1 Categories: First Lady Firsts – “Stan” Countries – Journalism – One Letter Makes a Difference – I Won an Emmy for that Drama – Tales from the Unclaimed Baggage Center

David found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘Stan’ Countries” under the $400 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was tied in second place with Halley at $1,600, $1,400 less than Hoa‘s lead. David bet $600 and thought it was Kazakhstan. That was WRONG.

Iran is on the western border of this country; the Arabian Sea, on its southern show

WHAT IS PAKISTAN?

Hoa finished in the lead with $5,400. David was second with $4,600 and Halley was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Thanks for the Memoirs – Science Words – Kentuckian Entertainers – “Eat” – Drink – Be Merry

Hoa found the first Daily Double in “‘Eat’” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She just tied for the lead with David at $7,400. They had $5,200 more than Halley in second place. Hoa bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.

This synonym for gloomy or pessimistic is also a conductor’s indication of the start of a measure show

WHAT IS DOWNBEAT?

David got the last Daily Double in “Science Words” under the $2,000 clue with 10 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $11,000 now, $300 more than Hoa in second place. David bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

A very low-carb, high-fat diet gets you into this state, when your body starts using fats to create energy show

WHAT IS KETOGENIC?

David finished in the lead with $15,000. Hoa was second with $13,900 and Halley was last with $7,200. All clues were shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS PORTLAND, OREGON?

The above video will tell you the story of how Portland got its name from a coin flip between Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy. Pettygrove chose Portland as he was from Maine and Lovejoy, being from Massachusetts, picked Boston. You already know Portland won. What’s interesting is how the story says these men picked their hometowns when Pettygrove was actually born in Calais, ME (2020 pop. 3,079) and Lovejoy was born in Groton, MA (2020 pop. 11,315).

It’s also interesting that one of Portland, OR’s nicknames is Stumptown, a nickname that Wikipedia says came from “a period of phenomenal growth in Portland after 1847. The city was growing so rapidly that the stumps of trees were left behind until manpower could be spared to remove them.” The 2020 population of Portland, OR was 652,503 vs. Portland, ME’s 2020 population of 68,408. These figures apply just to the city and not the metro area.

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Halley was going for New York but didn’t finish it. She lost $7,199 and had one dollar left.

Hoa was going for San Francisco, also incomplete. She lost $13,000 and finished with $900.

David wrote out New York. He lost $13,000 but won the game with the $2,000 he had left and that is how David Bzdak became the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

I WON AN EMMY FOR THAT DRAMA ($800) 2020: Jeremy Strong dealing with powerful family issues

THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS ($1200) “I Was Better Last Night” is by this Tony winner for “Torch Song Trilogy” and “La Cage aux Folles”

More clues on Page 2

3 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “State Capitals”

The last 2 letters of this city’s name are the U.S. postal abbreviation for the state that it’s the capital of show

WHAT IS ALBANY?

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