Final Jeopardy: World War II (9-18-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/18/2013) in the category “World War II” was:
Because time was short, only this ship’s starboard side, used for boarding, was repainted September 1, 1945.
4-day champ Jared Hall continues his reign, with total winnings up to now of $130,401. His $42K haul yesterday bought his average up to $32K+ per game! His opponents today are: Jen Yoak, from Centerville, OH and Todd Martin, from Fairfield, CA.
Todd found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Are You Ready for Some Football” before the first break. He was in the lead with $1,200, $800 more than Jen in second place. Already doing splendidly in the category, he made it a true Daily Double, but this one stumped him so he was WRONG.
This school gave birth to the football huddle in the 1890s when players huddled up to hide their sign language. show
Jared finished in the lead with $4,600. Todd was second with $2,800 and Jen was last with $2,200.
Todd found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “States by National Park Service Area.” He was in second place with $3,200, $2,600 less than Jared’s lead. He bet $1,800 and he was RIGHT.
Flight 93 National Memorial. show
Jared found the last Daily Double in “American Composers.” He had another runaway lead by now with $14,200, which was $9,200 ahead of Todd in second place. Like Alex, we thought he was going with his standard $5,000 bet, but he upped the ante to $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
William Schumann, who won the first Pulitzer Prize for music served as president of this NYC school, 1945-1961. show
Jared finished in the lead with $26,600. Todd was next with $11,000 and Jen was in third place with $3,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
On 9/1/1945 in preparation for formal surrender of the Japanese the following day, “The order went out to repaint the decks as fast as possible so they would be dry for the ceremony, and also only to paint the starboard side of the ship since we were short on both time and paint.” – from Surrender Gig by Carl Reisman in USS Missouri
Jen got it right. Her $3,399 bet brought her total to $6,799.
Todd thought it was the Arizona. That cost him $4,100. He finished with $6,900.
Jared also got it right. He bet $4,000 so he won this one with $30,600 and his 5-day total is $161,001.
