Final Jeopardy: Ancient History (7-6-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question in the category “Ancient History” was:

According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle

Today’s players: Kyle Jones from Aurora, CO, Anneke Garcia from Salt Lake City, UT, and Gilbert Collins from Princeton, NJ.

This is a rerun from 11/4/2019. The full recap is over here

Here are two categories from the first quarter-final of the 2017 Tournament of Champions (with Pranjal Vachaspati, Hunter Appler and Buzzy Cohen):

BACKING BANDS ($200) Ziggy Marley & these alliterative folks

($400) Siouxsie & these screamers

($600) Grandmaster Flash & this quintet, reminiscent of a Vin Diesel sequel

($800) Edie Brickell & this crew

($1000) Bob Seger & this band

WRITERS WHO SELF-PUBLISHED ($400) Before Warner Books picked it up, James Redfield self-published this “Prophecy” about a mysterious manuscript

($800) Along with creating Ms. Gale & her little dog too, he self-published a book on interior decorating

($1200) In the 1700s, this poet published his own books, made his own ink, and hand-printed the pages like the one seen here (image)

($1600) With her husband Leonard, she founded Hogarth Press in 1917 & published her own work with it

($2000) In 1827 he paid a printer to publish 50 copies of “Tamerlane and Other Poems”