Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/6/2024) in the category “U.S. History” was:
Challenged in a courtroom that same year, 1925’s Butler Act in Tenn. outlawed this activity & wasn’t repealed until 1967
6x champ Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, IN, has now won $136,100. In Game 7, her opponents are: Benjamin Nelson, a theater producer orig. from Sturgis, SD; and Shira Gluck, a rabbi from Jersey City, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Historic Telegrams – I Got a Beef With You – Playing With Movie Dolls – Travel & Tourism – One Letter Says It All – Animal Planet
Shira found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Telegrams” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, $400 more than Benjamin in second place. Shira bet $600 and guessed J. Edgar Hoover. That was WRONG.
Him to President Truman in 1950: “The State Department harbors a nest of communists and communist sympathizers” show
Adriana finished in the lead with $4,800. Shira was second with $3,000 and Benjamin was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: 4-Letter World Cities – Hard Stuff – Women in the Bible – Music of the ’60s – Literary Terms – Double “R” Words
Benjamin found the first Daily Double in “4-Letter World Cities” under the $1,600 clue on the first pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,400, half of Adriana’s lead. Benjamin made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Golda Meir & the dancer Nijinsky were both born in this city when it was still part of Russia show
Shira found the last Daily Double in “Literary Terms” under the $2,000 clue with 4 clues still to go. She was in second place with $11,400, $5,400 less than Adriana’s lead. Shira bet $2,500 and guessed implication. That was WRONG.
Not always marked by three dots, it’s the emission of words that are understood in context show
Adriana finished in the lead with a runaway $18,800. Shira was second with $8,900 and Benjamin was last with $8,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS TEACHING EVOLUTION?
On 3/21/1925, state representative John Butler’s bill became law in Tennessee, prohibiting “the teaching of the Evolution Theory” in all educational institutions receiving state funds. Fines for violating the Butler Act ranged from $100 to $500. When the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) offered to defend anyone accused of violating the Act, businessman George Rappleyea thought a court case would make Dayton famous and boost its economy. He persuaded John Scopes, a substitute biology teacher, to be the defendant in what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Scopes’ trial was held in Dayton in July 1925, with famous attorneys William Jennings Bryan (for the State), and Clarence Darrow (for the defense). Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 by the judge. Tennessee’s Supreme Court upheld the Butler Act but overturned Scopes’ conviction because only juries were allowed to impose fines over $50. Thus, the law stayed on the books until it was repealed in 1967.
The trial inspired “Inherit the Wind”, a 1955 play and 1960 movie. Meanwhile, an annual festival is held in Dayton, Tennessee to commemorate the trial that made the town famous.
Benjamin didn’t have a response. He lost his $901 bet and finished with $7,099.
Shira went with drinking alcohol. That cost her $2,900 and left her with $6,000.
Adriana got it right. She bet $800 and won the game with $19,600. Adriana’s 7-day total is $155,700.
A triple stumper from each round:
HISTORIC TELEGRAMS ($1000) In 1909 he sent the message “Stars and stripes nailed to North Pole”
TRAVEL & TOURISM ($000) Feeling thirsty? After your one-hour canal tour of Amsterdam, stop at this, Europe’s No. 1 brewer, for another tour & a beer
More clues on Page 2
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES”
Known as the female Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell called this place “a fairy tale city, all pink & wonderful” show
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