The Final Jeopardy question (6/19/2012) in the category “Fabrics” was:

The name of this fabric includes the initials of the city where it was introduced at a World’s Fair site.

3-day champ David Menchaca has won $69,102 so far and returned today to take on these two contenders: Victoria Steinberg, from Forest Hills, NY and  Curt Renshaw, from Washington, DC.

Curt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double early in “American Yearbook.” He had a meager $200, but that was only $200 more than David had. Victoria was in the hole to the tune of $800. He bet half of the $1,000 allowance he was entitled to and he was RIGHT.

In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this.
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WHAT IS ALASKA?

Curt finished in the lead with $4,200. David was next with $4,200 and Victoria was back on the plus side with $1,600.

Curt found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “A City on the Water.” He just got in the lead and had $7,900, $700 more than Victoria, now in second place after jumping WAY up by knowing her “Authors.” Curt bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Shelburne, Vermont.
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WHAT IS LAKE CHAMPLAIN?

David found the last Daily Double in “Italian Food” It was a video with Sarah giving the clues from “Eataly.” the Italian mega-food market in New York City’s Little Italy. He was now in second place with $8,200, $2,700 less than Curt. David bet $2,500, and he was RIGHT.

Naples is famous for pizza, including this simple but delicious one named for the Queen who visited the city in 1889 .
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WHAT IS PIZZA MARGHERITA?

This was one tight game with the contestants switching places frequently, but it was David who finished in the lead with $12,700. Victoria was next with $11,200 and Curt was last with $10,900.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

“All you had to do,” Alex Trebek, said “was think of some of the important cities of the world that have hosted world fairs.” He left out “and pick the right one and write it down in 30 seconds.”

WHAT IS NYLON?

“The 1939 New York World’s Fair will be remembered for many things: for Americans’ first glimpse of television, for their first ‘rides’ in space. But to three thousand excited members of a women’s club, the (1939 New York) World’s Fair site was their first keyhole to the future of hosiery. For at Flushing Meadow that October day in 1938, where the TV sets of tomorrow, the rides into the future, and the outdoor theater would sit a year later. E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc., chose to show these women a material never seen before on earth…. Du Pont called it nylon.” (They All Laughed… From Light Bulbs to Lasers)

Curt bet $9,000 and finished with $19,900.

Victoria bet $11,000, finishing with $22,200.

David bet $9,701 so he won $22,401 and remained champ with a 4-day total of $91,503. Wow!