Final Jeopardy: Historic American Roads (7-20-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/20/2022) in the category “Historic American Roads” was:
Originally a Native American trail, the Dutch made it a main road & today it runs 33 miles from State Street to Sleepy Hollow
New champ Matt Mierswa, an attorney from Rivers Edge, NJ, won $29,201 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Alfred Guy, an assistant dean from Babylon, NY; and Alison Trembly, a nurse practitioner from Amelia Island, FL.
Round 1 Categories: Please Rise for Our National… – Double Talk – World Capital Attractions – Quiz Bowl – It’s a Bug – Not a Feature
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Please Rise for Our National…” under the $1,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $800, $200 more than Alfred in second place. Matt bet the $1,000 allowance, and said “Hail to the Chief”. That was WRONG.
March: This “eternal” Sousa piece got the gig in 1987 show
Alison finished in the lead with $6,200. Matt was second with $6,000 and Alfred was last at negative $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Famous Americans – Eating & Drinking Places – History – The Title that Completes the Rhyme – Essays – Hey, Nice “AB”S!
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Eating & Drinking Places” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $11,600, $5,400 more than Alison in second place. Matt bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
Military types can have food & fun at one of these, also a term for something carried to drink water show
Alfred got the last Daily Double in “Essays” under the $1,600 clue with 4 clues left after it. In last place with $2,200, he had $21,000 less than Matt’s lead. Alfred bet $2,100 and he was RIGHT.
This 1929 essay says a woman must have a dedicated personal space in order to become a fiction writer show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $25,600. Alison was next with $12,200 and Alfred was in third place with $5,500. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Looking up today’s Final Jeopardy! answer, I came across a whole history of Broadway on New Netherland Institute’s site. It relates how the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail was renamed de Heere Straat (the Gentlemen’s Street) by the Dutch and later called Broadway by the English.
Music notes: On “2 or 3 Lines”, a great music blog, there’s a post on The Fantastic Johnny C and his 1967 hit song “Boogaloo Down Broadway”. The post includes this description “Broadway is the oldest north-south thoroughfare in New York City. It runs some 33 miles from the southern tip of Manhattan Island north through the Bronx and Westchester County, ending just beyond Sleepy Hollow.” Other Broadway songs include “Lullaby of Broadway”, “Give My Regards to Broadway”, “On Broadway” and “Funky Broadway”.
Alfred got it right. He bet $5,499 and finished with $10,999.
Alison went with Tappan Zee Rd. That only cost her a grand so she maintained her second place position with $11,200.
Matt got it right, too. He gained $1,044 and won this game with $26,644. Matt’s 2-day total is $55,845.
A triple stumper from each round:
NOT A FEATURE ($200) Not Donald but he is tormented by an all-powerful animator in the classic short “Duck Amuck”
HISTORY ($1600) During this 1870-71 war, Napoleon III was captured & eventually deposed & Paris fell to a neighboring nation’s army
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Italian Inventors”
In a 1644 letter he wrote, “We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air”, which is what his invention measures show
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Alison was very strong, but ultimately the champion rose to the occasion. She needed to answer that last clue to stay within half, but he got in first.
Wasn’t sure of the FJ answer, but having grown up in NYC, Broadway seemed right, especially considering the mileage given and the distance to Sleepy Hollow.
Remembered somehow that Lusia Harris was a pioneer in her chosen sport.
Oh VJ, almost forgot—but it’s still time to wish you a healthy and happy birthday. Thinking of you on your special day and hoping it was lovely. ❤️
Thanks, Cece, how nice of you to remember.
So sorry, VJ! I don’t know why I was thinking that your birthday is the 21st. Happy Belated Birthday to you! I hope you enjoyed your very special day!
And “Broadway” is it’s own thing, vs “Broadway Street” or the like.
Who mentioned “Hope springs eternal” a few weeks back?
The current champ seems sharp. I was surprised he missed the Sousa DD.
And, VJ, you should hear me belt out “The Lullaby of Broadway”. I can’t sing, but, I sing it with gusto!
Jason, I mentioned “The Essay on Man” and that quote recently when they had another Pope clue. They have now had clues on two of Pope’s most well-known works.
Maybe next season, they’ll have a quote from “The Essay on Criticism” — “A little learning is a dangerous thing” or “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” (the latter more well known as a song).
It’s nice to hear that you sing with gusto. I think everyone can recite poetry and sing. How well is a different matter. One thing I’ve noticed in my lifetime is that little kids can generally sing well naturally. Then if someone comes along and makes a kid self-conscious, they can lose that ability.
About the songs I mentioned, I believe “Boogaloo Down Broadway” and “Funky Broadway” are about Broadway in any big city, as opposed to Broadway in NYC
I was surprised no one got the Laika monument. Laika was the FJ answer in Jan. 2021.
I got that one about the 1870-71 war, too. One of my favorite short stories is about the end of that war from a schoolboy’s pov (by Alphonse Daudet).