Final Jeopardy: Diplomacy (9-22-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/22/2020) in the category “Diplomacy” was:

The book “The Eagle & the Elephant” is about the relationship between the U.S. & this Asian country beginning in 1833

New champ, Dana Hill, a book dealer & stay-at-home mom from Simi Valley, CA, won $25,200 yesterday. Today, her challengers are: Tyler Brill, a freelance writer from Simi Valley, CA; and Reshima Wilkinson, a researcher from Venice, CA.

Round 1 Categories: You Gotta Fight! – European History is a Downer – Hodgepodge – Food Science – The Language of Like – Westward Ho!

Dana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Language of Like” under the $800 clue on the 17th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,400, $2,000 more than Tyler in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

To venerate, say, a specific Revolutionary War nighttime equestrian. show

Dana finished in the lead with $9000. Tyler was second with $3,600 and Reshima was last, at zero. Two clues in “Westward Ho!” went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Americans in Paris – Country Clubs? – The Man, the Poetry – Music Festivals – Daddy! Papa! – 3 Ns

Dana found the first Daily Double in “The Man, the Poetry” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick. She was in the lead with $14,600 now, $7,800 more than Tyler in second place. She bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.

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Tyler got the last Daily Double in “Americans in Paris” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $11,200, he had $12,400 less than Dana’s lead. He bet $4,000 and took a shot at it with Thomas Jefferson. That was WRONG.

In 1803 this American launched an experimental steamboat on a river in Paris. show

Dana finished in the lead with $21,600. Tyler was next with $11,200 and Reshima was in third place with $5,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THAILAND (or SIAM)?

From the Bangkok Post: “The elephant and eagle as symbols of Thailand and the United States were not the creation of today’s news spin-meisters. In 1833, US president Andrew Jackson gave a gift to King Rama III that symbolised one of the most important relations the US had with the outside world — its first foreign mission in Asia. Jackson gave the king a sword with an eagle representing America and an elephant representing Siam carved into the handle.” As you can see, “The Eagle and the Elephant: Thai-American relations since 1833” (1982) shows that sword on its cover. The book delves into diplomatic relations with Thailand (then Siam) since the 1833 Treaty of Amity and Commerce.

There is another “The Eagle and the Elephant” book with a different subtitle about economic matters with India. Wikipedia has a list of the years the USA established bilateral relationships with Asian nations and you can see on there, that in India’s case, that occurred in 1947 (after it became an independent nation).



Reshima got as far as “Th” and stopped. Idk if she ran out of time or just thought it was wrong. She lost her $5,000 bet and finished with $600.

Tyler went with India. That cost him $11,195 and left him with $5.00.

Dana came up with Korea. She only lost $2,000 so she won the game with $19,600. Her 2-day total is $44,800.

Final Jeopardy (9/22/2020) Dana Hill, Tyler Brill, Reshima Wilkinson

A triple stumper from each round:

HODGEPODGE ($800) These people lived up to their name when they sacked Rom in 455 A.D., tearing up the tiles of the Temple of Jupiter

AMERICANS IN PARIS ($2000) In 1932 this author began a passionate love affair in Paris with Anais Nin that would last for years

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Animal Characters”

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10 Responses

  1. Sam Handley says:

    Sorry, VJ. I meant only two Asian countries use elephants as icons, state seals, symbols or decorations. Many Asian countries are home to small populations of elephants but as the eagle is recognized as a US symbol, the elephant is recognized as a symbol of India and/or Thailand. Frankly I would think Burma would use them, considering their necessity in the logging endeavors. Thank you for the website reference. It’s great to learn things and I appreciate your input.

    • VJ says:

      Thanks so much, Sam, for that clarification. I appreciate it and I get it now! I have a particular fascination with the 19th century and I really liked this FJ! I’ve read a lot about the Jacksonian era, but somehow never came across that bit about the sword before. The FJ! also led me to look up the various kingdoms in Asia in that time period. Check out the flag of the Kingdom of Vientiane. Before that, it was the a larger kingdom called Lan Xang meaning a million elephants. Can you imagine living in that place at that time?

  2. Sam Handley says:

    True, not the best clue but once Asian nation specified only two associated with elephants – India and Thailand

    • VJ says:

      Well, no, on the website Disappearing Elephants, it says “Today’s Asian elephants are mainly used in circuses around the world or as tourist entertainers in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia.” Those countries still have small numbers of wild elephants but back in the 1800s, they must have had a whole lot more

  3. Lou says:

    Probably not a great clue here and was a tough one for a triple stumper. At least Dana won today. Hope she can break the dry spell of leader curses and get a streak going. Korea wasn’t a bad guess but I don’t remember when that country became independent, do you VJ?

  4. Dal Higbee says:

    (To Tyler) No, India wasn’t an independent nation at the time of the year we read the clue.

    • JP says:

      I don’t know that Thailand would have been an independent nation then either, at least by that name. Overall, not a good clue with multiple areas of ambiguity, in my opinion.

      • Howard says:

        Alex did say Thailand or Siam, so either would have been right. I have to assume it was an independent land in 1833 if we estab’d diplomatic relations with it.