The Final Jeopardy question (2/21/2024) in the category “19th Century Americans” was:
In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match
Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants are: Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, CA; Jesse Matheny, a customer success specialist orig. from Huntington, IN; and Mira Hayward, a podcast host from Portland, OR.
Round 1 Categories: Science Quiz – 1990s Music – Fun & Games – Boozy – It’s Reigning Men! – Hallelujah!
Jesse found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Hallelujah!” under the $1,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,800, $1,600 less than Deb’s lead. Jesse bet it all and he was RIGHT.
As an interjection, it means freakin’ awesome, dude! As a noun, it’s a less freakin’ awesome unit of scientific measurement show
Deb finished in the lead with $7,200. Jesse was in second place with $6,800. Mira was last with $3,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Places to Visit – American Authors – Art & Artists – Ends in “ir” – Extremely Random Calculations – Mr. Steve Martin
Jesse found the first Daily Double in “Places to Visit” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in second place with $8,800 now, $2,000 less than Deb’s lead. Jesse bet all of it and tried the Falklands. That was WRONG.
Tourists who make their way to these islands 600 miles off South America often miss the fur seals, which love rocky & shady areas show
Jesse found the last Daily Double in “Art & Artists” under the $800 clue with 9 clues left after it. In last place with $3,200, he was $8,400 behind Deb’s lead. Jesse bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Picasso liked to draw this bird, also his daughter’s name translated from Spanish show
Deb finished in the lead with $13,600. Mira was in second place with $9,800. Jesse was last with $5,400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS WYATT EARP?
Wyatt Earp is one of those legendary heroes from the annals of the Wild West. He is most closely associated with the 12/28/1881 shootout at the O.K. Corral. However, shady episodes in Earp’s life depict him, among other things, as a crooked gambler and crooked boxing referee. Earp was chosen to referee the 12/2/1896 boxing match between Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey that took place at Mechanic’s Pavilion in San Francisco. The match was held under the Marquess of Queensberry rules.
After Fitzsimmmons knocked Sharkey down, the latter cried foul. Earp disqualified Fitzsimmons for hitting below the belt and declared Sharkey the winner. Spectators insisted that Fitzsimmons hit Sharkey in the solar plexus and Earp was accused of being in on a “fix.” The fallout from this match dogged Wyatt Earp for the remainder of his days. He still showed up in the ring in Gentleman Jim Corbett’s corner in the 1897 title fight when Bob Fitzsimmons used that solar plexus punch to became heavyweight champion.
Jesse thought it might be James Braddock but the Cinderella Man was born in 1905. Jesse lost $2,600 and finished with $2,800.
Mira went with Doc Holliday, who was at the O.K. Corral but not the boxing match. That cost her $7,000 and left her with $2,800.
Deb got it right and bet $8,000. Deb finished with $2,800 and won this match with $21,600. These scores will be added to tomorrow’s final scores. We’ll see who takes the top prizes then.
A triple stumper from each round:
AMERICAN AUTHORS ($800) She’s the author of “The Kitchen God’s Wife” & “The Bonesetter’s
($1600) This alliterative author of Western novels wrote several Hopalong Cassidy books under the pen name Tex Burns
More clues on Page 2
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “18th Century History”
The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year show
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