Final Jeopardy: Historic Figures (9-30-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/30/2020) in the category “The Great Lakes” was:

In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, “Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but…talked for hour and half after being shot”

New champ, Mason Maggio, a songwriter from Los Angeles, CA, won $19,000 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Katrina Post, a client relationship manager from Santa Monica, CA; and Kamal Moo, an attorney from Lakewood, CA.

Round 1 Categories: British Government – Musical Styles – Household Names – Yesterday – All My Troubles – Seemed So Far Away

Kamal found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Yesterday” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,600, $800 less than Katrina’s lead. He bet $1,000 and thought it was “the vote.” That was WRONG.

Gerald Ford tried to tackle a big 1970s economic problem with the “WIN” program, or “Whip” this “Now” show

WHAT IS INFLATION?

Mason finished in the lead with $7,200. Katrina was second with $3,600 and Kamal was last with $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: Theater Time – 3 Vowels in a Row – Americana – Let’s Get Medical – Playing the Part on TV – Flowers on the Wall

Kamal found the first Daily Double in “Americana” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick. He was in third place with $3,400 now, $7,000 less than Mason’s lead. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of this iconic toy that sprung forth from mechanical engineer Richard James & his wife Betty. show

WHAT IS THE SLINKY?

5 clues later, Mason landed on the last Daily Double in “Flowers on the Wall” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $11,200, he had $4,400 more than Kamal in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

This woman said, “I’ll paint what I see– what the flower is to me, but I’ll paint it big” show

WHO IS GEORGIA O’KEEFFE?

Mason finished in the lead with $20,600. Katrina was next with $11,600 and Kamal was in third place with $6,000. Both boards were completely finished today.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right (and Alex got his wish that someone would get the final clue).

WHO IS THEODORE ROOSEVELT?

On October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was running for President on the Progressive ticket against Woodrow Wilson (D) and William Howard Taft (R). On his way to the Milwaukee Auditorium to deliver a speech, he was shot in the chest by a mentally ill man named John Schrank, who believed he was acting out the wishes of President William McKinley (who really was assassinated 11 years earlier). The bullet was slowed down by Roosevelt’s 50-page speech and a metal eyeglass container in his vest but still entered his chest. Roosevelt insisted on delivering his speech. He told his audience that he had just been shot and proceeded to speak for 84 minutes. Read more on HistoryDaily.org.

An old FJ! from 6/25/2012: Though shot in the chest, Teddy Roosevelt gave a 1912 speech saying, “it takes more than that to kill” one of these animals

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Kamal thought it was Ernest Hemingway. He lost his $5,900 bet and finished with $100.

Katrina thought it was William McKinley. That cost her $4,000 and left her with $7,600.

Mason got it right. He bet $3,000 and won the game with $23,600. His 2-day total is $42,600.

A triple stumper from each round:

MUSICAL STYLES ($1000) This composer and musician with the given names William Christopher was known as the Father of the Blues

PLAYING THE PART ON TV ($1600) Mr. Sulu; his own head on “Futurama”

More clues on Page 2

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

After this woman’s death, her daughter wrote, “As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y” show

WHO IS SUE GRAFTON?

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