Final Jeopardy: Sporting Events
The Final Jeopardy question (5/17/2012) in the category “Sporting Events” was:
First held in May of 1875, it is the oldest continuously held major sporting event in the United States.
Today’s celebrity Power Players are: Lewis Black, Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian, author and social critic; Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist; and Chuck Todd, Chief White House Correspondent and NBC News political director.
Chuck found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Daily Rundown” before the first commercial break. He was in the lead with $800. Actually, he was the only one who had any money. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he came up with “Remembrance,” which was WRONG. Now he was the only one in the hole.
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Clarence finished in the lead with $3,000. Chuck was second with $2,400 and Lewis was last with $400.
Chuck found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Stop the Presses.” He was in second place with $4,400, $600 less than Clarence, in the lead. He bet half of it and he was RIGHT.
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Chuck found the last Daily Double in “Constitution.” He now was in the lead with a runaway $15,400, over $8,000 more than his nearest competition. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
He was Emperor when Japan’s “The Emperor… shall not have powers related to government” was written.
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Chuck finished in the lead with $18,400. Clarence was next with $9,000 and Lewis was last with $8,000.
It was nice to see all the Daily Doubles today but NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“On May 17, 1875, the horse, Aristides, and his rider, Oliver Lewis, crossed the finish line ahead of the rest of the field at the first ever Kentucky Derby. The horse’s owner, H.P. McGrath, and a roaring crowd in the stands looked on. Aristides, a Thoroughbred named after an ancient Greek general, earned extra alfalfa that day in Louisville.” (The First Kentucky Derby – America’s Library)
Lewis thought it was the U.S. Open and he had it all on the line. He finished with nothing.
Clarence wrote down baseball. “Kinda vague on that,” Alex quipped. He bet $2,000, finishing with $7,000.
Chuck also wrote down the U.S. Open. Alex then gave him some hints — what do you think of when you think of May? Car racing, but it doesn’t go back that far. Then the correct answer came to Chuck but it was too late to save his $200 bet. He ended up with $18,100, but won the game and $50,000 for his charity Samaritan Inns.
Clarence Page played for for American Institute for Stuttering and Lewis Black played for 52nd St. Project and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Their charities will each receive $10,000.
Tomorrow Anderson Cooper will be on. Remember when Cheech Marin whupped his butt on Celebrity Jeopardy! a couple of years ago?
