Final Jeopardy: U.S. City Names (8-26-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue in the category “U.S. City Names” was:

Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water

New champ Ciara Donegan, an undergraduate student from Towson, MD, won $27,601 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Jackie Kelly, a pension calculation developer from Cary, NC; and Nicole Wachell, a teacher and writer from Los Angeles, CA.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM MARCH 25, 2022. 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 POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE
($200) “Change of Seasons” is a memoir by this musician of growing up in the suburb of North Wales & teaming with Daryl Hall
($400) Philadelphia International Records, celebrating 50 years in 2021, put out hits like the theme to this Don Cornelius show
($600) “He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper” was a 1988 album by this Philly duo, one of whom soon famously went to Hollywood
($800) Fabian & this “Twist” sensation attended South Philadelphia High School together in the ’50s
($1000) This rapper with a biblical name was a choir girl from West Philly

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants also got all the clues in HISTORY’S MISTER “E”s
($400) He was “lucky” to find Vinland after getting blown off course around the year 1000
($800) Director John Ford said he based the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in “My Darling Clementine” on this man’s recollections
($1200) A successful capitalist by day, he gave his pal Marx a yearly stipend of 350 pounds
($1600) Robert Devereux, Earl of this, was one of Elizabeth I’s favorites, but she had him beheaded for inciting rebellion
($2000) This great 16th century Dutch humanist was also known as Roterodamus

ANSWERS: show