Final Jeopardy: Toys (8-9-22)

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

Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a “land adventurer”

New champ Sri Kompella, a corporate strategy professional from Frisco, TX won $30,000 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Kate Kohn, a communications manager from Washington, DC; and Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, CA.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2021. CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL RECAP.

Jeff Smith was selected to compete in the Second Chance Tournament coming up in October 2022

JEOPARDY ROUND: Here is the 3 OF A KIND category from today’s game:

($200) Sorry!, Operation, Battleship
($400) Affenpinscher, Basenji, German Spitz
($600) Boater, ushanka,top
($800) Baku, N’Djamena, Phnom Penh
($1000) Greek, ambrosia, larb

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:

($400) In December 1998 the U.N. convened a conference on this alphanumeric computer “bug” that ended up getting squashed
($800)
How punk– considered the first computer, Charles Babbage’s 19th century Analytical Engine was designed to be powered by this
($1200) Brothers John & Thomas Knoll created this image-editing program in the ’80s & sold it to Adobe in 1995
($1600) In 1965 this American engineer first enunciated his famed “Law”, predicting computing power would double every year
($2000) These sealed glass predecessors of the transistor were vital components in early computers

ANSWERS: show