Final Jeopardy: Great Moments in 19th Century Science (7-30-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (7/30/2014), in the category “Great Moments in 19th Century Science” was:

Matthias Schleiden found plants are made up of these; at dinner he told Theodor Schwann who said, hey, so are animals.

This week is going by fast! Today’s the last semi-final match of the 2014 Teen Tournament. Two more days of Season 30 left after this match. The last three semi-finalists are: Kat Deabill ($14,400), Sam Lerner, ($20,000), and Alan Koolik, ($31,001).

Round 1: Sam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “In the Dictionary” under the $800 clue. He was in second place with $3,800, $400 less than Alan’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and came up with “parade”. That was WRONG.

The picture seen here might accompany the entry for this word found under the letter “P”. show

WHAT IS PYROTECHNICS?
the picture was something like this

Alan finished in the lead with $7,200. Kat was second with $3,000 and Sam was last with $1,400.

Round 2: Sam found the first Daily Double in “The Law” under the $2,000 clue. He was in third place with $5,000, $12,600 behind Alan’s lead. Sam sheepishly made this one a true Daily Double too. (He’s so cute!). This time, he was RIGHT.

Marbury v. Madison marked the first time that a Federal law had been ruled this 16-letter term. show

WHAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

Kat found the last Daily Double in “Creative Writers” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $13,000, she was $4,600 behind Alan’s lead. She bet $2,600 but did not have a guess so she was WRONG.

He created Edmond Dantes but based him on falsely accused Francois Picaud. show

WHO IS ALEXANDRE DUMAS?

Alan finished in the lead with $19,600. Kat was next with $10,400 and Sam was in third place with $10,000.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE CELLS?

“Matthias Schleiden found that all plants are composed of cells, and communicated the finding to Schwann, who had found similar structures in the cells.

Other researchers confirmed the similarity, as explained in his book, where he concluded, “All living things are composed of cells and cell products. This became the cell theory.” (Preceden.com: Timeline of Contributions to Cell Theory)

Sam, as you probably forecast correctly, bet it all. He finished with $20,000.

Kat bet it all but a dollar. She finished with $20,799.

Alan bet just what he needed to top Kat (if she had bet it all) — $1,201. He won the last semi-final spot with $20,801.

So the three Teen Tournament Finalists for 2014 are:
Cooper Lair, a sophomore from Little Rock, AR – $40,200
Alan Koolik, a junior from Boca Raton, FL – $20,801
Jeff Xie, a junior from Edison, NJ – $20,001

They will compete for the top prize of $75,000 over the next two days. Second place gets $25,000 and third $15,000.

2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Book Series”

In the 8th book in a series by L. Frank Baum, this character begins to speak; he simply chose not to before. show

WHO IS TOTO?

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