The Final Jeopardy question (7/11/2012) in the category “Inaugural Address” was:

He said: “It is 72 years since the first inauguration of a President under our national Constitution.”

New champ Prabhu Balasubramanian won $9,199 yesterday and is back today to face off against these two players: A.J. Motley, from Wylie, TX and  Lynn Welch, from Evanston, IL.

A.J. found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “1933.” He was in the lead with $7,000, $1,600 more than Prabhu in second place. He bet $2,000, thought it was Rudolf Nureyev (who was born in 1938) so he was WRONG.

He came to the United States in 1933 & helped found the School of American Ballet.
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WHO IS GEORGE BALANCHINE?

Prabhu finished in the lead with $6,000. A.J. was second with $5,000 and Lynn was in last place with $800.

Lynn found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “The Hard Stuff.” She was in third place with $4,800, $8,200 less than A.J. who was in the lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

The star variety of this deep blue gemstone has other minerals embedded inside super-hard corundum.
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WHAT IS SAPPHIRE?

A.J. found the last Daily Double in “The Iliad & The Odyssey.” With $19,400, he had $9,000 more than Prabhu in second place. He bet a most conservative $400, which was a good thing, because he thought it was Hector and that was WRONG.

In order to retrieve the body, this man kisses the hands that killed his son.
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WHO IS KING PRIAM?

A.J. finished in the lead with $19,000. Prabhu was next with $10,400 and Lynn was in third place with $7,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

The quote comes from Lincoln’s first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, 72 years after George Washington became our first President in 1789. Lincoln continued: “During that period, 15 different and very distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the executive branch of the Government. They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope for precedent, I now enter upon the same task, for the brief constitutional term of four years, under great and peculiar difficulties.” An mp3 of the entire speech is available on Amazon.

Lynn bet $7,198 and finished with $14,398.

Prabhu bet $7,000, finishing with $17,400.

A.J. bet $1,801, winning the game with a total of $20,801.