Final Jeopardy: European Rivers (8-18-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue in the category “European Rivers” was:

The flooding of this river in 1966 destroyed or damaged some 14,000 works of art, many of them priceless

19x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $745,200. In Game 20, the opponents are: Josette Curtis, a registered dietician from Anacortes, WA; and Chas Abdel-Nabi, a learning developer from Decatur, GA.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM DECEMBER 28, 2021. CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL RECAP.

Here are two categories, one from each round of this game:

JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants got all the clues in ASHES TO ASHES
($200) Ash Wednesday, a holy day of repentance & fasting, directly follows this day
($400) Highland, the estate of this fifth president, was formerly called Ash Lawn, due to the trees on the grounds
($600) This memoir by Frank McCourt depicts his life up to the time he was 19, when he left Ireland for America
($800) Makes sense that this ingredient in fertilizer was originally made by putting wood ashes in a vessel
($1000) “Ashes” is an 1895 work by this Norwegian painter who often dealt with intense emotional themes

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants also got all the clues in MY GOVERNMENT JOB
($400) Jesse Ventura, wrestling with politics from 1999 to 2003
($800) Future world leader Boris Johnson, from 2008 to 2016
($1200) “Law & Order” man Fred Dalton Thompson, from 1994 to 2003
($1600) Celebrity in his own right if only for his facial hair, C. Everett Koop, from 1982 to 1989
($2000) Political patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy, from 1938 to 1940

ANSWERS: show