Final Jeopardy: American History (1-23-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/23/2012) in the category “American History” was:
This volunteer group was born in May 1898 near the bar in San Antonio’s Menger Hotel. It existed for just 133 days.
New champ Bob Powell won Friday’s game with $4,800 in one of those Final Jeopardy! flukes. Alex Trebek said they were hoping to rectify that itty bitty win today with someone winning a lot more money. Will it be Bob or one of these new contestants: Molly Newman from Portland, OR. or Kirby Burnett from Prior Lake, MN?
Bob found the Daily Double in the Jeopardy! round in the category “Arctic Environment.” He had $2,200, half of Molly’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Lappish language gives us the name of this treeless environment some of which is so dry, it’s called the Arctic desert. show
That put Bob in a temporary tie with Molly, who forged on and finished the round with $8,000. Bob still had that $4,400 and Kirby was last with $3,600.
In Double Jeopardy, Kirby got the first Daily Double in “Real People in Novels,” after getting a Fatty Arbuckle clue right, and moving into second place with $4,800. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
The novel “The Paris Wife” is narrated by Hadley Richardson, this writer’s first wife. show
Bob got the last Daily Double in “Talk About the Weather.” In last place with $5,600, he opted for another true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
It’s the 5-word phrase associated with the logo seen here (The Morton Salt girl). show
Now we’ve got a game! Bob finished in the lead with $17,200. Molly got the very last $2,000 clue right. landing her in second place with $16,400 and Kirby had $15,600.
Three correct Daily Doubles today, but only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy right.
“On May 5, 1898, (111 yrs. ago) Colonel Wood arrived in San Antonio and set up a recruiting table on the patio (right next to the bar) of the Menger Hotel. San Antonio was selected as the regiment’s mobilization site and their encampment was established in the International Fair Grounds, what is now Roosevelt Park.” (A Capitol Blog)
Kirby got it right and bet $12,000. He now had $27,600.
Molly wrote down “The Sons of the Alamo.” We don’t know about that one, but Texas does have a “Sons of the Republic of Texas” group founded in 1934. That guess cost her $16,398. She now had two bucks.
Bob wrote down “the group that fought @ the Alamo” and bet $16,401, leaving him with $799. Does it matter whether he meant the Mexican Army or the Texans?
That made Kirby Burnett the winner, with a lot more dough than Bob got on Friday because of his excellent knowledge of history. Interestingly, he would have won anyway, but with less than Bob got on Friday, if he had blanked out.
