Final Jeopardy: Business & Industry (7-22-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/22/2020) in the category “Business & Industry” was:
Over 1/2 of Fortune 500 and 42% of all N.Y. Stock Exchange companies are incorporated in this state
Today we’re watching a rerun from Season 2 of Jeopardy, that originally aired on 10/4/1985. The contestants were: 4x champ, Chuck Forrest, a student from Grand Blanc, MI, with $60,000 in winnings so far; Linda Alznauer, a student and actress originally from Los Angeles, CA; and Susan McGowan, an office automation manager from San Francisco, CA.
HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY TO ALEX TREBEK!!
Round 1 Categories: Presidential Middle Names – Celebrity Sayings – WWII Trivia – Science – 12-letter Words – Bear Facts
Susan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “12-Letter Words” under the $400 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, twice as much as Chuck in second place. She bet $400 and she was RIGHT.
The univ. choral group whose theme song is the following: “Yes, the magic of their singing / Of the songs we love so well / ‘Shall I Wasting’ and ‘Mavourneen’ and the rest…” show
Chuck finished in the lead with $4,400. Susan was second with $2,200 and Linda was last with $800.
Round 2 Categories: The ’50s – Odd Customs – The Bible – Classic Country – Islands – Fruits & Vegetables
Susan found the first Daily Double in “Islands” under the $400 clue on the 7th pick. She was in second place with $3,400 now, $1,600 less than Chuck’s lead. She bet $400 and she was RIGHT.
1st to claim Calif. gold said he found it on this island named for St. Catherine. show
Chuck got the last Daily Double in “Classic Country” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $8,000, he had $1,600 more than Susan in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
1 of 3 original members of the Country Music Hall of Fame show
Chuck finished in the lead with $12,800. Susan was next with $6,400 and Linda was in third place with $1,400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS DELAWARE?
On Whyy.org, two major reasons are given as to why Delaware dominates the incorporation business: “One reason is the bi-partisan political consensus in Delaware to keep the Delaware corporation statute modern and up-to-date, and to rely on Delaware’s corporate law specialists for advice in how to do this”; and secondly, because “Delaware has a special court, the Court of Chancery, to rule on corporate law disputes without juries. Corporate cases do not get stuck on dockets behind the multitude of non-corporate cases.”
Indeed, in this 2019 article, “Best States to Incorporate a Business”, Delaware is only listed as one of the states with the best legal system for corporations (along with Nevada and Wyoming). Delaware does not rank in the Top 3 for formation fees, annual filing fees or taxes.
Linda thought it was Texas. She lost her $1,000 bet and finished with $400.
Susan went with New York. That cost her everything but $1.00.
Chuck got it right. He didn’t bet anything so he won the game with $12,800. That brought him up to a 5-day total of $72,800. That gained him entry into the next Tournament of Champions but finished his regular play as 5 wins was the limit for Jeopardy! champs back then.
In his intro, Alex Trebek mentioned the Forrest Bounce, still in use to this day. But did you know, it’s really the Rubin Bounce?
A triple stumper from each round:
WWII TRIVIA ($200) The U.S. Navy had a ship whose sole purpose was to make this dessert
ISLANDS ($1000) Pt. Udall, in this island group, is called the easternmost American point in the western hemisphere
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Bridges”
In 1990 the Yalu River Bridge was renamed the “Friendship Bridge” between these 2 nations; one is the other’s best friend show
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Happy Birthday🎂 indeed of the GOATs (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) game show hosts
Chuck was a skilled player with five wins. And thanks to his strategic playing, everyone else followed his advice or some tried it and were unable to string together four or more wins as that won’t always work. Still though great game played so far. When did the number of game wins increase in jeopardy, VJ?
Well, he wasn’t the first 5-day winner, Lou. The record he set was for most money won up till then. $72,800. That was on a board with clues half the value that they are now. They doubled the clue values sometime in 2001 and they eliminated the 5-game limit in 2003
and that made quite a difference. with the five day limit you had new players against each other every few days. it is a huge advantage to have already played. plus, without having to wait for the blue lights to come on after Alex finishes the question, you could gamble on the early questions and just ring right in and figure out the answer while Alex was still reading it.