Final Jeopardy: 19th Century U.S. Politics (9-17-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/17/2021) in the category “19th Century U.S. Politics” was:

Named after a U.K. political party that helped depose a king, the U.S. Whig Party was formed to oppose this man

22x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT is rolling in the dough with $775,401 in winnings now. In Game 23, his challengers are: Samit Sarkar, a journalist from New Rochelle, NY; and Odessa Madakacherry, a retail manager from Westminster, CO.

Round 1 Categories: “We” – The People – A More Perfect Union – The Common Defense – The General Welfare – This Constitution

Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Common Defense” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick. He was in the lead with $4,600, $2,800 more than Samit in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

He just left a relationship? He doesn’t want to ruin a friendship? Nope, this title of a “no excuses” bestseller. show

WHAT IS “HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU”?

Matt finished in the lead with $12,400. Samit was second with $4,200 and Odessa was in third with $3,600. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Let’s Visit Mars – Peace – Inventors & Inventions – Broadway on the Pop Charts – World of Words – 2 Books in 1

Matt found the first Daily Double in “Let’s Visit Mars” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in first place with $14,000 now, $6,200 more than Samit in second place. He bet $8,000 and he was RIGHT.

Visits by the Mariner probes in the 1960s disproved the existence of these, first “observed” in 1877, on Mars’ surface. show

WHAT ARE CANALS?

Matt got the last Daily Double in “Broadway on the Pop Charts” under the $2,000 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In first place with $34,400, he had $23,800 more than Samit in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” riffed on “My Favorite Things” by this pair, so 90% of the royalties go to the rights holders for that song. show

WHO ARE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN?

Matt finished in the lead with $38,400. Samit was next with $11,400 and Odessa was in third place with $3,200. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS ANDREW JACKSON?

From fggam.org: “The Whigs were a loose coalition of diverse political interests—Anti-Masons, National Republicans, disillusioned Democrats—united by a shared hatred of President Andrew Jackson. To the Whigs, Jackson was ‘King Andrew the First,’ a despot who usurped power from Congress to serve his own populist ideals. The Whigs formed in 1834 in response to Jackson’s refusal to fund the second National Bank. They took their name from a British anti-monarchist party that was revived in Colonial America as ‘American Whigs.'” The article takes you through the eventual demise of the Whig party.

An old clue from 2004: 4-LETTER “W”ORDS $1600: Though later Republican, while governor of New York, William Seward belonged to this political party

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Odessa got it right. She bet it all and doubled her score to $6,400.

Samit thought it was John Calhoun, John Quincy Adams’ VP and Andrew Jackson’s in his first term. Samit lost $4,999 and was left with $6,401.

Matt got it right, too. He bet $12,000 and won the game with $50,400. What a week! Matt ran away with every game and made $251,000. He began Season 38 as an 18x champ with $574,801 and finished the first week a 23x champ with $825,801.

A triple stumper from each round:

“WE” ($1000) Per the subtitle, Silas Marner is one of these “of Raveloe”

INVENTORS & INVENTIONS ($1600) Bartolomeo Cristofori’s invention of this instrument was music to the world’s ears around 1700

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Presidential Candidates”

This is the most recent presidential election year when both major Pres. candidates were residents of the same state show

WHAT IS 2016?

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