Final Jeopardy: Historic U.S. Cities (6-26-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/26/2012) in the category “Historic U.S. Cities” was:
A 1905 Treaty named for this U.S. city ended a foreign war 7,000 miles away & was actually signed at Kittery, Maine.
3-day champ Margaret Swanson has racked up a total of $48,000 so far, most of it in her last 2 games. Today she is up against these two fellows: Jim Abbott, from St. Augustine, FL and Jon Shoup, from Charlottesville, VA.
Jon found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Speech!” He was in the lead with $1,600, $1,200 more than Jim and $1,600 more than Margaret. He bet $1,000 but thought it was Kaiser Wilhelm and that was WRONG.
In 1862, he told the Prussian Diet “The great questions of the time” will be decided by “iron and blood.”
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Jon finished in the lead with $4,200, and probably would have had a lot more if he wasn’t so sure Bela Lugosi was one of the answers in the category “The Scream Actors Guild”! Margaret was second with $3,800 and Jim was last with $3,000.
Jon found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Travels with Charley.” He had the lead with $9,800 now, $4,400 more than Margaret in second place. He bet $2,200 and he was RIGHT.
Prince Charles traveled to Aberystwyth, where he learned this language to prep for a 1969 investiture.
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Margaret found the last Daily Double in “John Steinbeck.” She was in second place with $8,200, $7,000 less than Jon in the lead. With 3 clues left on the board, she bet $2,000, and she was thought it was a mouse (as in “Of Mice and Men”). That was WRONG.
“Jody put out his bruised hand again, and …” this title animal “let his nose be rubbed.”
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Jon finished in the lead with $15,200. Jim was next with $6,600 and Margaret was now in third place with $6,200.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PORTSMOUTH (NEW HAMPSHIRE)?
“The Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905 stands today as one of history’s great peace negotiations. It ended the Russo-Japanese War and marked the emergence of a new era of multi-track diplomacy.” (Portsmouth Peace Treaty.com)
Margaret wrote down Portland. She lost her $5,800 bet and finished with $400 today.
Jim got it right and bet $5,801. He finished with $12,401.
Jon wrote down Burlington, but it only cost him $1,021 since he saw no reason to go and make any rash bets. So he won the game with a total of $14,179.
