Final Jeopardy: U.S. History (6-6-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/6/2024) in the category “U.S. History” was:
Challenged in a courtroom that same year, 1925’s Butler Act in Tenn. outlawed this activity & wasn’t repealed until 1967
6x champ Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, IN, has now won $136,100. In Game 7, her opponents are: Benjamin Nelson, a theater producer orig. from Sturgis, SD; and Shira Gluck, a rabbi from Jersey City, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Historic Telegrams – I Got a Beef With You – Playing With Movie Dolls – Travel & Tourism – One Letter Says It All – Animal Planet
Shira found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Telegrams” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, $400 more than Benjamin in second place. Shira bet $600 and guessed J. Edgar Hoover. That was WRONG.
Him to President Truman in 1950: “The State Department harbors a nest of communists and communist sympathizers” show
Adriana finished in the lead with $4,800. Shira was second with $3,000 and Benjamin was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: 4-Letter World Cities – Hard Stuff – Women in the Bible – Music of the ’60s – Literary Terms – Double “R” Words
Benjamin found the first Daily Double in “4-Letter World Cities” under the $1,600 clue on the first pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,400, half of Adriana’s lead. Benjamin made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Golda Meir & the dancer Nijinsky were both born in this city when it was still part of Russia show
Shira found the last Daily Double in “Literary Terms” under the $2,000 clue with 4 clues still to go. She was in second place with $11,400, $5,400 less than Adriana’s lead. Shira bet $2,500 and guessed implication. That was WRONG.
Not always marked by three dots, it’s the emission of words that are understood in context show
Adriana finished in the lead with a runaway $18,800. Shira was second with $8,900 and Benjamin was last with $8,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS TEACHING EVOLUTION?
On 3/21/1925, state representative John Butler’s bill became law in Tennessee, prohibiting “the teaching of the Evolution Theory” in all educational institutions receiving state funds. Fines for violating the Butler Act ranged from $100 to $500. When the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) offered to defend anyone accused of violating the Act, businessman George Rappleyea thought a court case would make Dayton famous and boost its economy. He persuaded John Scopes, a substitute biology teacher, to be the defendant in what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Scopes’ trial was held in Dayton in July 1925, with famous attorneys William Jennings Bryan (for the State), and Clarence Darrow (for the defense). Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 by the judge. Tennessee’s Supreme Court upheld the Butler Act but overturned Scopes’ conviction because only juries were allowed to impose fines over $50. Thus, the law stayed on the books until it was repealed in 1967.
The trial inspired “Inherit the Wind”, a 1955 play and 1960 movie. Meanwhile, an annual festival is held in Dayton, Tennessee to commemorate the trial that made the town famous.
Benjamin didn’t have a response. He lost his $901 bet and finished with $7,099.
Shira went with drinking alcohol. That cost her $2,900 and left her with $6,000.
Adriana got it right. She bet $800 and won the game with $19,600. Adriana’s 7-day total is $155,700.
A triple stumper from each round:
HISTORIC TELEGRAMS ($1000) In 1909 he sent the message “Stars and stripes nailed to North Pole”
TRAVEL & TOURISM ($000) Feeling thirsty? After your one-hour canal tour of Amsterdam, stop at this, Europe’s No. 1 brewer, for another tour & a beer
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES”
Known as the female Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell called this place “a fairy tale city, all pink & wonderful” show
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I didn’t know that Dutch brewery has become Europe’s No. 1. But I knew the beer very well, indeed. During my 23 years of teaching in Taiwan, the govt. decided to order 3 diesel-powered submarines from the Dutch govt. for about $300 million, if my memory serves me right. I think in the early 1980s, anyway after Pres. Carter dis-recognized the Taiwanese govt. It was a bad time for foreign and friendly residents, but that’s another story, which includes the predicament of our Ambassador to R.O.C., the Hon. Leonard Unger.
Part of the trade deal with the Dutch included a couple shiploads of Heineken’s, I forget how many. Well, most the foreign residents of Taiwan, including missionaries I’m sure(?), took it upon ourselves to help the local govt. pay for those submarines. A ship was in Keelung Harber with about 40,000(?) cases of Heineken’s and we offered to do some about it. So for a while the American Legion, the V.F.W., the local markets, et al, were all awash with Heineken’s. The local population liked it as well, although I think they usually preferred their own Taiwanese Beer 台灣啤酒 established by the Japanese in the 1920s and based on a German formula.
I lived not far from the No. 1 Brewery in Taipei, and I had students who worked there, so toured it a couple of times. It had been destroyed during the war (WWII), and when the Nationalists and refugees came over from the mainland after the war, the first building to be repaired and put back in operation was the No. 1 Brewery. This was even before the Presidential Palace, which was in shambles for a while. At least that is what my students told me. Oh, I forget to mention that the mainland govt. was madder than hell, and recalled their ambassador from The Hague. But the beer was in Taiwan and so were we, and also the subs, eventually.
I got FJ, due to the 1925 reference. Also, about 3/4 of the TS, including the mineral and South Pole.
Shira was WAY too conservative.
Holy Scopes! Even if they’d never seen “Inherit the Wind,” they all should have known Final Jeopardy. Historic event. Expected all 3 to get it.
Shira was on a decent roll, partly thanks to the Bible category, but really surprised me when she didn’t know the 3-dot word. She even had experience in publishing. C’est la vie…
The Dutch brewery was a highlight of my visit to Amsterdam ages ago. None of them had a clue. My niece has worked for them for 10 years and has done work details to Amsterdam and Indonesia. Thought someone would know the hard mineral and poem lamenting death. Didn’t expect any of this group to know the football formation. Loved the 60s music clues but blanked on the stumper that Ringo Starr later popularized.
Despite a weak start, Adriana showed just how strong she is. Someone’s going to have to hit some big DDs and/or outsmart her on a Final clue.
Ringo’s version of that song actually came out in the ’70s. The original 1960 hit was by Johnny Burnette, who also had a hit with “Dreamin'” that year.
Johnny’s son Rocky had a 1980 hit with “Tired of Toein’ the Line”
Keep on going Adriana, we are rooting for you!
Go, Adriana!!!! Whoo!!!!!
Congrats to Adriana on another runaway.
For the record, there are 4-letter cities named Sana, but the one in Yemen is 5-letters: Sana’a (the capital).
Aden’s a common answer in crosswords.