Final Jeopardy: The 13 Colonies (9-13-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/13/2021) in the category “The 13 Colonies” was:

Founded by an advocate of religious freedom, it was the site of America’s first Baptist church & oldest synagogue

18x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven CT, won $574,801 in Season 37. It’s his 19th game at the start of Season 38 with Matt up against these two players: Amdé Mengistu, a legal recruiter from Brooklyn, NY; and Gabbie Kim, a mother of two & doula from Pittsburgh, PA.

Before the show began, Johnny Gilbert announced that earlier that day, Alex Trebek’s wife, Jean, and his 3 children, Nicky, Emily and Matthew, were on hand to help dedicate the Jeopardy stage to Alex.

Round 1 Categories: Sounds like Tennis – That’s Canadian Entertainment – Tasty Business – Somebody Wrote That – No Man – Is an Island

Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Is an Island” under the $600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,400, $3,800 more than Gabbie in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

One third of Earth’s lava flow since 1500 is said to have come from volcanoes in this Atlantic island nation. show

WHAT IS ICELAND?

Matt finished in the lead with $14,800. Gabbie was second with $2,400 and Amdé was last with $1,400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: First Day on the Job – Facts about Animals – Quoth the Maven – Authors Not Authoring – & the Best Supporting Actor Oscar Goes to… – 7-Syllable Words

Matt found the first Daily Double in “Authors Not Authoring” under the $2,000 clue on the 12th pick. He was in first place with $22,000 now, $17,600 more than Gabbie in second place. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.

She studied medicine at Johns Hopkins before moving to Paris in 1903 & drove an ambulance for the French in World War I. show

WHO IS GERTRUDE STEIN?

On the next pick, Matt got the last Daily Double in “Facts about Animals” under the $1,200 clue. In first place with $28,000, he now had $23,600 more than Gabby. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

When faced with danger certain ducks, snakes, & mammals do this, also called thanatosis. show

WHAT IS PLAY DEAD?

Matt finished in the lead with $42,800. Gabbie was next with $7,200 and Amdé was in third place with $5,400. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS RHODE ISLAND?

TouchstoneTruth.com is a blog written by Michael Alan Prestwood about Roger Williams, his 10th great-grandpa. He writes extensively about his ancestor’s firm beliefs in religious freedom and how, after being exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of them, Williams went on to establish Providence Plantations, a colony that welcomed all faiths and later became the State of Rhode Island.

The sections specifically relating to today’s FJ note that the First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1638 and is the oldest Baptist church in America. Although Jewish settlers were welcomed to the colony of Rhode Island as early as 1655, it was not until December 2, 1763 that members of the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island dedicated the Touro Synagogue, the first in America.

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Amdé bet everything that the correct response was “Providence, Rhode Island.” That was true about the Baptist church but the synagogue was in Newport so he lost all his money.

Gabbie got it right. She added $1,799, bringing her up to $8,999.

Matt also got it right. He bet a big $25,000 and won the game with $67,800. Matt’s 19-day total is $642,601, a very memorable way to start the new season.

2 triple stumpers from the first round:

SOMEBODY WROTE THAT ($800) Lynell George wrote the album notes for “Otis Redding Live at” this club on the Sunset Strip & won a Grammy for the effort

TASTY BUSINESS ($400) BB is the stock symbol of this company that today is more into cybersecurity than devices

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Biblical Archaeology”

A site excavated since 1899, Tell es-Safi has been identified as this Philistine city, home to a giant warrior show

WHAT IS GATH?

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