Final Jeopardy: Explorers (8-19-22)

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

Confirming a theory, fossils found with this explorer in 1912 included a plant from more than 250 million years ago

20x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA went over $800K yesterday and has now won $806,000. In Game 22, her challengers are: Nate Levy, a script coordinator from Los Angeles, CA; and Sarah Wrase, a certified public accountant from Monroe, MI.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM DECEMBER 30, 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 FACTS & FIGURES:
($200) The original 1789 version of this document on display at the National Archives proposes 12 amendments, not 10
($400) In 2019 these 2 govt. programs made up more than 1/3 of national health expenditures, totaling $1.4 trillion
($600) With a market share of 13%, this light brew was the number one selling beer in the U.S. in 2019
($800) There’s often an $18 toll to take the 20-mile bridge & tunnel system from Va.’s eastern shore to Hampton Roads across this bay
($1000) Cave-dwelling creatures have slow metabolisms; a troglobite type of this “fish”, really a crustacean, can live 175 years

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants also got all the clues in FEMALE NAME WORDS

($400) A traditional tune sung around the end of December
($800) A disk of meat soon to become a hamburger
($1200) As a verb, this first name of Tony Stark’s lady love means to ask a rapid series of questions
($1600) The pot of money to be won in a card game
($2000) Grand Harbour, a vast one of these in Malta, will take good care of your yacht

ANSWERS: show