Final Jeopardy: Agriculture (9-9-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Agriculture” was:

Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest

2x champ Yungsheng Wang, a public defender from Los Angeles, CA, won $47,801 since the beginning of the week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Jen Alfonso-Punzalan, a school librarian from San Mateo, CA; and Alicia O’Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, NY.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM JULY 6, 2022. CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL RECAP.

Alicia O’Hare was selected to compete in the Second Chance Tournament coming up in October 2022

Here are two categories, one from each round of this game:

JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants got all the clues in MOVIE MAGIC & WIZARDRY
($200) Amateur magician Tony Curtis did his own tricks in a 1953 biopic of this conjurer & escape artist
($400) At age 78, Ian McKellen said this character “is over 7,000 years old, so I’m not too old”
($600) In “Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets”, Professor Snape uses this spell to disarm Professor Lockhart
($800) Magician Nicolas Cage hires an assistant in this 2010 Disney film with the same title as a segment of “Fantasia”
($1000) Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman were witch sisters in this 1998 movie

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants also got all the clues in “A” BEFORE “E”
($400) A “Best of Bob Marley” album calls him “The King of” this
($800) The name of this field of science means “ancient study”
($1200) A distinguished musical conductor is often referred to by this title, if you please
($1600) This spiky piece of equipment is used to perforate your lawn to allow better penetration of water & nutrients
($2000) Legend says this ancient dramatist died when a tortoise fell on his head

ANSWERS: show