Final Jeopardy: Italian Inventors (7-15-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question in the category “Italian Inventors” was:

In a 1644 letter he wrote, “We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air”, which is what his invention measures

Today’s players: Francois Barcomb from New Paltz, NY, Gilbert Collins from Princeton, NJ, and Lindsey Shultz from Pittsburgh, PA

This is a rerun from 11/13/2019. The full recap is over here

Here are two categories from the third semi-final of the 2017 Tournament of Champions (with Alan Lin, Pranjal Vachaspati, Tim Aten):

A TRIANGLE SCHEME ($200) After 1918, no one had an eye on the USS Cyclops, one of the first U.S. ships recorded missing in this mysterious region

($400) Two interlaced triangles make up this symbol of Judaism, which dates back more than 2,500 years

($600) The reciprocal of cosine, it’s the ratio of line AC to line AB in the triangle here

($800) Longfellow detailed a love triangle between Priscilla Mullins, John Alden & this guy in “The Courtship of” him

($1000) The regulation of sweatshops got heavier after the 1911 fire at this factory named for the blouses it made

RECENI TV EPISODES ($400) “Bob & Carol & Nick & Schmidt” & “Jeff Day”

($800) “Better Call Saul” & “Our Man in Damascus”

($1200) “The Upside Down” & “The Vanishing of Will Byers”

($1600) “The Race of His Life” & “Attack on Central City”

($2000) “Travel Agents” & “The Rat”