Final Jeopardy: Geogra-flee (8-28-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (8-28-23) in the category “Geogra-flee” was:

In July 2022 the ousted president of this country fled west across the Indian Ocean to the Maldives

In the first final match of the 2022 Tournament of Champions, The three finalists are: Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, CA; Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, CA; and Sam Buttrey, an associate professor of operations research from Pacific Grove, CA.

TODAY’S RERUN: 2022 TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, FINAL NO. 1. CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GAME RECAP AND TRIPLE STUMPERS.

This YOUR U.S. HISTORY TEST category is from Double Jeopardy!
$400: An early experiment in representative government, the House of Burgesses met for the first time in 1619 in this settlement
$800: The assassination of James Garfield made this man the 21st president
$1200: The Compromise of 1850 admitted this Western state to the Union, with slavery banned there
$1600: MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech called for freedom to ring from Stone Mountain in Georgia & this mountain in Tennessee
$2000: An eyewitness account of the Boston Massacre said this man hit several soldiers with a club before he was shot

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Here is the highlights video from the game, which includes the Final Jeopardy! round