Final Jeopardy: English Monarchs (9-23-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (9/23/2014), in the category “English Monarchs” was:

She was born near London; her mother near Madrid.

New champ Heather Jarvis won $11,800 yesterday. Today she is up against these two players: Christian Burks, from Austin, TX; and Catherine Hardee, from Kinston, NC.

Round 1: Christian found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Star Spangled Banner” under the $800 clue before the first break. He was in the lead with $2,000, $800 more than Heather in second place. He bet $400 and he was RIGHT.

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Christian finished in the lead with $6,000. Catherine was second with $4,600 and Heather was last with $2,600.

Round 2: Christian found the first Daily Double in “Common Ponds” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $8,400, $3,400 more than Catherine in second place. He bet $600 and he was RIGHT.

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Catherine found the last Daily Double (a video experiment by Jimmy of the Clue Crew) in “Physics” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $8,200, she had $2,000 more than Christian in second place. She bet $1,000 and said “reflection”. That was WRONG.

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And that was the end of this round with 3 clues left uncovered. Catherine finished in the lead with $7,200. Christian was next with $6,200 and Heather was in third place with $2,200.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MARY I (MARY TUDOR)?

“The first queen to rule England in her own right, she was known as ‘Bloody Mary’ for her persecution of Protestants in a vain attempt to restore Catholicism in England. Mary was born at Greenwich on 18 February 1516, the only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.” (BBC.UK: History)

Mary’s mother was a Spanish princess, born near Madrid in December 1485. Her parents were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

Heather thought it was Mary, Queen of Scots (born in Linlithgow, Scotland. Her mother, Mary de Guise, was born in France). She lost her $2,000 bet and ended up with $200.

Christian thought it was Queen Elizabeth I. (She and her mother, Anne Boleyn, were born in England). He bet and lost everything.

Catherine got it right after crossing out the mom’s name. She bet $5,201 and won the game with $12,401.

So Catherine Ruth Hardee is our second new champ of the week. During the chat, she talked about how she got her middle name (that’s how we know it). Her father handed out Baby Ruth candy instead of cigars when she was born.

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