Final Jeopardy: American History (6-8-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/8/2022) in the category “American History” was:
A participant in this 1773 event recalled, “Some of our numbers jumped into the hold …I never labored harder in my life”
2x champ Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, MN, has won $40,001 since he toppled giant Ryan on Monday. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Maggie Sharpe, a high school math teacher from Los Angeles, CA; and Tessa Matsuzaki, a graphic designer from Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round 1 Categories: French Kings Named Louis – Recent Slang – Put It on What? – Alliterative Sports No-No’s – Laurel – Canyon
Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “French Kings Named Louis” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,000, $1,400 more than Tessa in second place. Eric made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Louis VIII fought against King John of England & had this nickname, like King John’s older brother show
Eric finished in the lead with $6,600. Tessa was second with $3,800. Maggie was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Fictional Places – Around the World – 5-Letters, Ends in “O” – Elements & Their Uses – Stories of the Saints – Laurel Canyon
Eric found the first Daily Double in “Elements & Their Uses” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,000, $4,800 more than Tessa in second place. Eric bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
Predynastic Egypt used this element in glassmaking; today, we’d be pretty lost without it as a semiconductor in computers show
On the very next pick, Eric got the last Daily Double in “Stories of the Saints” under the $1,200 clue. He was in the lead with $20,000 now, $11,800 more than Tessa in second place. Eric bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In a vision on the wall of her room, St. Clare witnessed a Mass & so today is the patron saint of this modern invention show
Eric finished in the lead with $30,600. Tessa was second with $11,800 and Maggie was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?
The quote in today’s Final Jeopardy! clue comes from Joshua Wyeth (or Wythe), in what is believed to be the first published account of the December 1773 Boston Tea Party by an individual who actually participated in making a large “cup of tea for the fishes.” Wyeth said he was only 16 when he joined others to protest the May 1773 Tea Act and taxation without representation. BostonTeaParty.org has an abridged version of Wyeth’s story. A reprint of the entire article is online here in the first 2 columns of an 1827 edition of “The Athenian”.
But is it true? — J.L. Bell, author of the Boston 1775 blog, had his doubts but after “Digging Deeper into Joshua Wyeth’s Story”, he concluded that any discrepancies were from misremembering, rather than lying or making things up.
Maggie thought it was “the taking of Amistad.” She lost $3,599 and finished with $1.00.
Tessa got it right. She bet $4,599 which brought her up to $16,399.
Eric got it right, too. He bet $5,000 and won the game with $35,600. Eric’s 3-day total is $75,601.
A triple stumper from each round:
ELEMENTS & THEIR USES ($2000) A pacemaker can use heat from this radioactive element, No. 94, as it decays to generate the electricity that stimulates the heart
STORIES OF THE SAINTS ($2000) St. Francisco Marto, one of 3 children who saw the Virgin Mary in this Portuguese town in 1917, died in the flu pandemic in 1919
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “European Landmarks”
As described in an 1831 book, it has “three recessed and pointed doorways…immense central rose window…two dark and massive towers” show
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Eric sounded a lot more confident today. Tessa was her own worst enemy. The two DD really helped Eric. He was on the way, but not too far, when he hit them. Due to his runaway, that made the numbers look good for this game.
A slam dunk FJ.
Of course I had to look up Decca F.11940, which was the Zombies’ 1964 hit “She’s Not There”. I can’t say Vanilla Fudge did a cover in 1967 because it’s so different, I have to say Vanilla Fudge’s version rocked!
Santana did a marvelous cover of the song on their Moonflower album. Give it a listen on Youtube sometime. Decca was the label that turned down the Beatles after their audition on 1-1-1962. Someone on FB tonight also posted the title of that song in the clue. Was not familiar with the Fudge version.
Cinch FJ after a series of toughies.
My two oldest went to a Catholic school 35+ years ago named after the Portuguese town where the Virgin was seen, which is the only way I knew that answer.
Eric is very daring in his DD wagers, especially compared to Ryan, but that could turn against him at some point.
To win big, you gotta wager big. Just the way it is.
Thanks, Howard, I enjoyed that Santana version.
I was raised Catholic and loved to read the lives of the Saints when I was as young as 8, so yeah, I knew that one about the Portuguese children. There was a 1950s movie about it with Gilbert Roland and Frank Silvera (he was great as Linda Cristal’s daddy on High Chapparal).
Eric dominated this game today! Way to go! Every bit of American History helped me with this clue, especially playing Liberty’s Kids