Final Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy Rules
Wagers: Teams may wager an amount between 0 and their total score.
Wager Submission: Each team must decide their decided wager BEFORE the question is revealed. Each team will write their wager secretly on a sheet of paper and give to the host before question is revealed.
Answers: Each team will reveal their answers at the same time and then the correct answer will be revealed for all.
Scoring: If the answer is correct, the team wins their wager and adds it to their score. If the answer is incorrect, the team loses their wager and it's deducted from their score.
Winning: The team with the highest score wins the game. If there's a tie we will move onto the Tie breaker question.
Spelling does not count.
Final Jeopardy Question
Who is the inventor of the very first strand of electric Christmas lights?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Thomas Edison- the inventor of the first successful practical light bulb, created the very first strand of electric lights. During the Christmas season of 1880, these strands were strung around the outside of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Railroad passengers traveling by the laboratory got their first look at an electrical light display. But it would take almost forty years for electric Christmas lights to become the tradition that we all know and love.
Tie Breaker Question
How many Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States? Correct answers accepted within 200 million.
Tie Breaker Answer
1.3 Billion cards are sent annually- Answers between 1.1 Billion and 1.5 Billion are accepted.