Today's Final Jeopardy

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Our local TV station screwed up today and did not show the answer to Final Jeopardy.

The category was “Presidents and First Ladies”. The station did show the “answer” which was,as best as I can remember, The only foreign born First Lady was married to this man, who was in the diplomatic corps from the age of 14.

The music started to play, then suddenly the station went to a commercial. This repeated itself, first part then the same damn commercial.

I am currently watching their news program, wondering if it’s possible enough other people were upset that they called the station, and the answer will be given. So far nothing though.

Anyone else see this, and can you give me the solution?

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Probably Louisa Adams, married to John Q, who was US ambassador to, I believe, Imperial Russia. Can’t remember where she was born right offhand, though.

EDIT: According to Wiki, she was born in London, England.

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That’s got to be it, because Alex did say her name was Louisa just before being cut off.

Thanks so much!

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I didn’t know the wife’s name, but I would have guessed JQA since he was known to be a political assistant to his father from an early age.

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Jeopardy is in summer reruns, so it’s somewhat less likely that there were complaints.

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Here’s the link to her Wiki bio:

I remember she was played by a really hot actress on The Adams Chronicles back during the Bicentennial.

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The J! Archive shows this A&Q as being used at least twice:[ul][]Presidents & First Ladies for $2000 in 2006[]and First Ladies for $100 in 1989[/ul]Aside from any joke about same occupation and different value, one could say that “foreign-born” includes anyone born before July 4, 1776. Previously, Jeopardy! answered that she was “born abroad”.

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Aired OK for me.

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As I said I assume it was our local station that screwed up.

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Probably was. Jeopardy! is a syndicated show, so there isn’t a network feed (like for a football game or any prime time show) for the airings. And the whole show was shown in our neck of the woods without interruption.

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I hope so. I’d be surprised if she was born a dude.

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The J! Archive shows this A&Q as being used at least twice:[ul][li]Presidents & First Ladies for $2000 in 2006[*]and First Ladies for $100 in 1989[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]

And in Final Jeopardy in Battle of the Decades: The 80s Game 1, which was the show that reran last night.

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[quote=“from_a_to_z, post:7, topic:695332”]

The J! Archive shows this A&Q as being used at least twice:[ul][li]Presidents & First Ladies for $2000 in 2006[*]and First Ladies for $100 in 1989[/ul]Aside from any joke about same occupation and different value, one could say that “foreign-born” includes anyone born before July 4, 1776. Previously, Jeopardy! answered that she was “born abroad”.[/li][/QUOTE]

It’d also trip me up to wonder about someone born in a territory but not a state like Regan (simultaneously makes you wonder just how OLD Regan was and just how NEW Arizona is).

[ba] Zing! [a]

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First, you mean Reagan. Second, you mean Goldwater. Reagan was born in Illinois.

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Third, Arizona became a state in 1912, along with New Mexico, rounding out the lower 48.

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D’oh and double D’oh.

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Goldwater was born in 1909, so Arizona was a territory when he was born there.

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I watch nearly every episode and sometimes I know the right response and I don’t know how I know it.

I assume many times that they are giving the same clue, worded differently and somewhere in my brain I remember the right response.

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This brings to mind a question I have about the show, but not one important enough to start its own thread. I know we have some posters who have been on the show, so maybe they’ll know:

What happens if, say, someone is in the middle of questioning an answer, and starts sneezing? Do they allow the contestant to resume the answer, and edit it as if it never happened?