Final Jeopardy: Businesses (7-1-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (7/1/2016) in the category “Businesses” was:

An 1860 ad for this business that only lasted 19 months sought “Ten or a dozen men, familiar with the management of horses”

New champ Shyamlee Patel won $20,401 yesterday. She’s going for a second win in the last match of the week and on the first day of the month. Her challengers are: Valerie Ryan, from Austin, TX; and Zach Klitzman, from Washington, DC.

Round 1 Categories: Movie Mistakes – Letter Perfect – Who Was President When I Died? – “Con”centration – Brand Names – The United States of Kentucky

Zach found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Who Was President When I Died” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,200 and that much ahead of Valerie in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

James Dean.  show

WHO IS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER?

Zach finished in the lead with $9,800. Shyamlee was second with $4,600 and Valerie was last at zero.

Round 2 Categories: Symphony Orchestras – Nonfiction – Recent Pop Culture – Words In Jeopardy – Daylight Saving Time – Nice Long Danes

Zach found the first Daily Double in “Nice Long Danes” under the $1,600 clue exactly halfway through the round. He was in the lead with $13,000 now but Shyamlee did some awesome catching up. She was in second place with only $800 less. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

In 1990, 6’2″ Dane Peter Martins succeeded Jerome Robbins as boss of this Big Apple artistic organization. show

WHAT IS THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET?

Shyamlee found the last Daily Double in “Nonfiction” under the $1,600 clue. She was now in second place with $17,000, a mere $400 less than Zach’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

“Prague Winter” is this Secretary of State’s memoir of her life as a child in Czechoslovakia during WWII. show

WHO IS MADELEINE ALBRIGHT?

Zach finished in the lead with $21,000. Shyamlee was next with $18,800 and Valerie was in third place with $4,800.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE PONY EXPRESS?

The particular ad that the clue is referring to was published on March 19, 1860 in the Sacramento Union: “”MEN WANTED! The undersigned wishes to hire ten or a dozen men, familiar with the management of horses, as hostlers, or riders on the Overland Express Route via Salt Lake City. Wages $50 per month and found. [sic] I may be found at the St. George Hotel during Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. ~ WILLIAM W. FINNEY”

In his book “Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of The Pony Express,” Christopher Corbett examines the stories surrounding the Pony Express. He was unable to document the more famous advertisement that reads “Wanted. Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred,” and also concluded that Buffalo Bill was not really a Pony Express rider.

Valerie bet $3,200 and finished with $8,000.

Shyamlee bet $12,201. That brought her up to $31,001.

Zach bet $16,601 so he became the new Jeopardy! champ with a whopping $37,601. “For one day!,” Alex exclaimed, “One half hour’s work.”

WORDS IN JEOPARDY ($1600) Verily, in the King James Bible, the 23rd Psalm says this word “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death”

RECENT POP CULTURE: This R&B queen, who ought to team up with Jack Johnson or Jack Jones, had a No. 1 album with “Woman”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Fictional Locales”

Featured in a 1933 novel, it may have been inspired by the 1920s Tibetan travel writer Joseph Rock. show

WHAT IS SHANGRI-LA?

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