Final Jeopardy: Historic Legislation (9-23-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/23/2015) in the category “Historic Legislation” was:
In 1820 Jefferson called this bill “the knell of the union”, saying “a geographical line… will never be obliterated.”
New champ Dylan Parson won $5,399 yesterday by keeping the most after an FJ that stumped all 3 players. Perhaps he can augment that today. To do it, he has to beat these two challengers: Barbara Gao, originally from Chandler, AZ; and Austin Yates, from Bellevue, NE.
Round 1: Dylan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Notable Women” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $6,600, $1,400 more than Austin in second place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.
In the 1920s, she organized a birth control conference in NYC & a world population conference in Geneva. show
Dylan finished in the lead with $8,300. Austin was second with $5,800 and Barbara was last with $600.
Round 2: Barbara got the first pick and she chose the $2,000 clue in “Presidential Hopefuls’ Resumé Items.” It was the first Daily Double and the scores were the same as above. She went for the $2,000 allowance and thought it was Rand Paul. That was WRONG.
Chairs the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel. show
Austin found the last Daily Double in “Ancient Times” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $6,200, he had $3,700 less than Dylan’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Around 900 A.D. this Central American Society’s classic era collapsed & temple building ceased. show
Dylan finished in the lead with $13,500. Austin was next with $10,600 and Barbara was in third place with $7,800.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The quote reflects Thomas Jefferson’s fears about the Missouri Compromise. It comes from a letter the former president wrote to John Holmes, a representative from Massachusetts who later represented Maine in the Senator. Here is the entire part of the letter that ties the two parts of the clue together: ” I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed indeed for the moment. but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.” The Library of Congress has a transcript of the whole letter.
Also see Presidential Key Events for James Monroe for more info.
Barbara bet everything and doubled her score to $15,600.
Austin bet $8,000, finishing with $18,600.
Dylan bet $5,700. That brought him up to today’s winning total: $19,200. His 2-day total is $24,599. Yay for Dylan. Now, hopefully, Trebek won’t be making dumb remarks about low winnings tomorrow and Johnny Gilbert won’t chuckle when he reads Dylan’s 2-day total.
During the chat, Dylan shared his career goal of becoming an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church.
2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Names”
Since his 1988 death, he’s been inducted into the U.S. Hockey, World Figure Skating & National Inventors Halls of Fame show
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Pericles Prince of Tyre appeared in this episode too, just like it’s being the only Shakespeare play not having a European locale in the title was the FInal J! on the Battle of the Decades finale 16 months ago.
As I recall, it was the FJ Question that ended Ben Ingram’s perfect FJ response record.
Li’l Abner was a man, just for the record, not a possum. He was on a stamp with Daisy Mae in the 90s (LINK)
Dylan’s bet was not brilliant!