Final Jeopardy: Agriculture (7-6-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/6/2022) in the category “Agriculture” was:
Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest
2x champ Yungsheng Wang, a public defender from Los Angeles, CA, won $47,801 since the beginning of the week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Jen Alfonso-Punzalan, a school librarian from San Mateo, CA; and Alicia O’Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Geography – Movie Magic & Wizardry – Stock Symbols – We Recognize – The Representative From… – The State of Denial
Jen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Geography” under the $1,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in last place with $1,000, $1,400 less than Yungsheng’s lead. Jen made it a true Daily Double, and said the Sahara. That was WRONG.
Afrikaner Gert Alberts was the leader of a famous crossing of this desert in the 1870s show
Alicia finished in the lead with $8,600. Yungsheng was second with $6,400 and Jen was last with $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historical Hodgepodge – Literary Doctors – Billboard No. 1 Lyrics – Examine the Science – In the Courtroom – “A” before “E”
Alicia found the first Daily Double in “Literary Doctors” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick. She was in the lead with $12,600 now, $4,600 more than Yungsheng in second place. Alicia bet $4,000, and said Goethe. That was WRONG.
This German author’s 1947 novel “Doctor Faustus” reimagines the Doc as a 20th century composer show
Yungsheng got the last Daily Double in “Historical Hodgepodge” under the $1,200 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In second place with $13,600, he had $200 less than Alicia’s lead. Yungsheng bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Thomas Cranmer, who held this religious post from 1533 to 1556, was the first Protestant in the job show
Yungsheng finished in the lead with $19,200. Alicia was next with $18,200 and Jen was in third place with $3,000. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
On its way from Hong Kong to San Francisco in December 1850, the Auckland came across a struggling Japanese junk with 17 people on board. The Auckland rescued the crew and proceeded to San Francisco. Dr. Benjamin F. Edwards, a brother of former Illinois governor Ninian Edwards, was in San Francisco at the time. The HMdb.org (the Historical Marker database) has the scoop on how Dr. Edwards got some of the seeds and where he planted them in Illinois, “thus playing a significant role in soybean development across the country.”
Connections: One of the individuals rescued by the Auckland was Joseph Heco who became the first Japanese person to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen. He also took part in the 1853-54 diplomatic Perry Expedition to Japan. Soybean seeds and four Japanese chin dogs were among the gifts sent back to then President Franklin Pierce.
Jen didn’t bet anything so she finished with the $3,000 she started out with.
Alicia bet $6,200. That brought her up to $24,400.
Yungsheng put a big $17,201 on the line and won the game with $36,401. His 3-day total is $84,202. What a game!
A triple stumper from each round:
WE RECOGNIZE ($400) We recognize this flower; seen here is the creeping type that grows wild across North America (image)
BILLBOARD NO. 1 LYRICS ($2000) 1987: “Baby, I know you’re asking me to stay, say ‘please, please please, don’t go away'”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Games”
When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over show
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Good game, great fj clue, & great contestants. Jen would have won more imo but her opponents were much more quicker on the buzzer. Second triple solve since this past Friday. Things are looking up. “Yungsheng” is absolutely brilliant and a joy to watch when winning each match.
It also has his name Yungsheng in Chinese, “永勝”.
Yungsheng correctly guessed daily doubles and Finals correctly 3 times in a row!
That 17000 dollar bet for Yungsheng paid off for him. Way to go. 84k is the biggest payout win since that playwright from Louisville won 85k previously. Alicia gave our champion a good challenge and I am happy. Good game today.
Yungsheng put a big $17,201 on the line.
And as you said, darn those daily doubles to his challengers.
You pretty much have to do that when you’re leading, in order to win by $1 of the nearest opponent bets it all and gets FJ correct. If you don’t, you risk losing.