Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Women (7-19-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/19/2024) in the category “19th CENTURY WOMEN” was:
The National Park Service says there are more statues of her, often with her infant son, than any other American woman
3x champ Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, IL has now won $28,200. In Game 4, he competes against: Dave Gutierrez, a logistics director from Fox River Grove, IL; and Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, PA.
Round 1 Categories: British History – The Olympics – Rodents – It’s Some Kind of Law – Rated “PG” – 40
Neilesh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “British History” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $200, $2,000 less than Jay’s lead. Neilesh bet $1,000 and guessed the London Eye. That was WRONG.
The name of this venue built in 1599 fit its circular shape, a “wooden O”, some would say show
Dave finished in the lead with $3,400. Jay was second with $2,600 and Neilesh was last with negative $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Real Book Title Locales – Fanny Pack – Classical Music – Old Hollywood Power Couples – A Little Word Math – Fort-y
Neilesh found the first Daily Double in “Classical Music” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in last place with $0, $3,400 less than Dave’s lead. Neilesh bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
This suite by Handel for strings and various wind instruments was performed for a royal boat trip on the Thames show
Jay found the last Daily Double in “Fort-Y” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,000, $1,200 more than Dave in second place. Jay bet $2,000 and went with Fort Sumter right away. Unfortunately, that was WRONG.
Fort Moultrie held off the Royal Navy in 1776; a 2nd fort constructed at this same harbor years later would gain fame in 1861 show
Neilesh finished in the lead with $13,000. Dave was second with $5,400 and Jay was last with $5,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS SACAGAWEA (SACAJAWEA)?
Various online sources agree that Sacagawea has more statues in the USA than any other American woman. Sacagawea was a Shoshone Native American who served as a guide to the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition. Without going into every detail, Sacagawea bore her first child, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, on 2/11/1805. She is sometimes depicted carrying the child in her arms or in a papoose on her back.
Lifetime’s Herstory page counted 16 Sacagawea statues and Wikipedia has a list of them. Herstory says Joan of Arc has the second most statues and she wasn’t even American. Stranger still, both Sacagawea and Joan of Arc were teenagers when the events they are honored for took place.
Dave was going for Lincoln. He lost $5,000 and finished with $400.
Jay got it right. He added $401 and finished with $5,401.
Neilesh also came up with Lincoln. He lost $1,000 but won the game with the $12,000 he had left. Neilesh Vinjamuri is the new Jeopardy champ!
2 triple stumper from OLD HOLLYWOOD POWER COUPLES. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
OLD HOLLYWOOD POWER COUPLES ($1200) Jamie Lee Curtis called this power couple Mom & Dad
($2000) A film producer extraordinaire & an eventual 6x Best Actress Oscar nominee, they could have been called “Irvma”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “MORE THAN ONE MEANING”
Its definitions include containing the metallic element No. 22, pertaining to a group of Greek gods & having great strength or size show
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I just watched the game on the DVR. Man, I was SO not impressed with Neilish in the first round. There was no plan, them a plan for all the high dollar clues and ringing in first, and hoping to come up with it. As is usual, not successful.
I was 2/3 on DD and got FJ. I also “got a feeling” that Neilish will be a “cooler” (low scoring games).
I got more than half the TS.
Final seemed obvious to me, but wasn’t necessarily a giveaway.
Nice comeback by Neilish after that shaky start. Minus 1800 off the bat.
Knew Jamie Lee’s parents; Funny girl; Fanny-Alexander Swede (who else might it have been?).
Neilesh made an impressive comeback after starting Double Jeopardy in the negative. He really turned things around in that round. He will be the champion heading into the final week of Season 40.
Sorry this is so late, everybody. Also sorry about the way Jay lost!! Ken actually emphasized “at this same harbor” when he read the clue, but I said Fort Sumter too!!