Final Jeopardy: Wonders of the Modern World (8-17-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (8/17/2020) in the category “Wonders of the Modern World” was:

Nicknamed “The Big Ditch”, in 2014 this Modern Wonder celebrated its 100th anniversary

Today’s show is a rerun of the first quarter-final of the 2020 College Championship that originally aired on 4/6/2020. The players are: Marshall Comeaux, Emma Farrell and Sirad Hassan.

Click here for the original recap of this game.

Here are the triple stumpers from the first 2014 College Championship quarter-final, if you want to compare games.

NOVELS BY QUOTE ($600) A modern classic: “My guess was that Richard Parker was on the floor of the lifeboat”

($800) From 1982: “Dear God, he beat me today because he say I winked at a boy in church

($1000) Retells a biblical story: “First Aron prayed silently for Cal”

BACKING BANDS ($400) Ziggy Marley & the ____ Makers

ANCIENT HISTORY ($800) This escaped gladiator took refuge on Mount Vesuvius, where he built a large arm

FAMOUS HOMES ($2000) As of January 2014 Gracie Mansion at East End Ave. & 88th Street is this man’s official residence

CLASSICAL MUSIC ($1600) This composer of “Bolero” said
it was “a piece for orchestra without music”

($2000) Aram Khachaturian composed this “Dance” for his ballet “Gayane”

“D” PLUS ($400) Ambition, or the way Phil Mickelson starts a round

($2000) From the Hindi, it’s another name for blue denim jeans

THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT TERM ($400) In taxonomy: Kingdom, phylum…

($1600) In geologic time: Eon, era…