Final Jeopardy: Colonial America (9-2-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/20/2021) in the category “Colonial America” was:
Milestones along the eastern end of the Mason-Dixon Line were marked on either side with the crests of these 2 men
Quarterfinal No. 4 of the 2021 Tournament of Champions features: 8x champ MacKenzie Jones, a STEM programming coordinator from Tulsa, OK; 5x champ Kevin Walsh, a story analyst orig. from Williamstown, NJ; and 2020 Teachers Tournament champ Ben Henri, a choral music director from Grosse Pointe, MI.
Round 1 Categories: The Constitution – Alliterative Jobs – Same First Name – All about that Base – U.S. Cities – 5-Letter 3-Syllable Words
Kevin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Constitution” under the $1,000 clue, with 4 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,800, $600 less than Mackenzie in the lead. He bet $2,800 and he was RIGHT.
The president has no pardon power in cases of this congressional proceeding show
Kevin finished in the lead with $7,000. Mackenzie was second with $5,000 and Ben was last with $2,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: German Authors – Musical Theater – Battles – That’s My Airport – Crossword Clues “C” – In Other Recent News…
Ben found the first Daily Double in “That’s My Airport” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. He was in third place with $7,000 now, $4,400 less than Kevin’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and took a shot at it with “Worth”. That was WRONG.
This Dallas airport is named for a lieutenant killed in a plane crash while practicing for a military aviator test show
Kevin got the last Daily Double in “Battles” under the $800 clue, with 4 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,200, he had $3,200 more than Mackenzie in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Battle of Zama, a defeat for Hannibal, ended the second of these wars show
Kevin finished in the lead with $16,000. Mackenzie was next with $9,000 and Ben was in third place with $2,800. No clues went uncovered.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE LORD BALTIMORE (CALVERT) AND WILLIAM PENN?
The basis for the boundary dispute between the descendants of William Penn and George Calvert began back in 1632, when England’s Charles I granted a land charter to George Calvert’s son Cecil, 2nd Lord Baltimore, for a colony designated as the land between Virginia and the 40th parallel. Fast forward to 1681, when King Charles II granted the land to the north of Maryland to William Penn and, in another charter, instructed Penn to create a city on the river. The junction of the Schuykill and Delaware Rivers was chosen for to build the city of Philadelphia; however, this area had already been granted to Lord Baltimore. It would be another 80+ years before Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired to resolve this boundary dispute once and for all. See the Survey part of “The Mason-Dixon Line: Dividing a Nation” on h2g2.com.
Ben went with George III and Cromwell. He bet and lost it all.
Mackenzie jokingly went with Mason and Dixon, who were in the clue. She bet nothing and finished with $9,000.
Kevin wrote down Washington and Adams. He bet nothing but won the game with $16,000. Kevin Walsh is a ToC semi-finalist. Tune in tomorrow for the last semi-final game of the ToC between Sam Kavanaugh, Andy Wood, and Veronica Vichit-Vadakan.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
BATTLES ($2000) Kamikaze attacks were first used during the October 1944 Battle of this Gulf in the Central Philippines
GERMAN AUTHORS ($2000) Hermann Hesse’s last novel, “Das Glasperlenspiel” translates to this title in English
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Bestselling Authors”
He once said, “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage…who we are and where we have come from” show
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Here are the money totals:
MacKenzie Jones (whose 8-day cash winnings total $204,808)
Kevin Walsh (whose 5-day cash winnings total $111,301)
Ben Henri ($$100,000, The 2020 Teacher’s Tournament Winner!)