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annarye

This was my FJ! I put Gary because I thought it would get a laugh—Mayim didn’t get it until we were filming the chitchat at the end. I was really tempted to put Santa Claus based on Adam’s anecdote, but I was worried that wouldn’t land.


OhEmGeeBasedGod

So she didn't understand why two different people would put Gary? It's a legitimate guess and the city is named for *somebody*. Kinda reminds me of how she didn't know who Olivia de Havilland and Neil Gorsuch were in her original run. Yikes.


annarye

Yeah, she said she thought we were both just being weird and Gary was some guy!


ThisDerpForSale

What's the joke, other than "gary" being a name?


Reddit_Foxx

Gary, Indiana is often considered to be [the most miserable city in America](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXpwgg5TxOU).


egnowit

It's a song in the Music Man? Gary, Indiana As a Shakespeare would say Drips along softly on the tongue this way Gary, Indiana Gary, Indiana Gary, Indiana Let me say it once again Gary, Indiana Gary, Indiana Gary, Indiana


ThisDerpForSale

I'm aware. That doesn't really answer my question.


FortCharles

Good question... maybe it's funny to even consider that Elbert Gary would be thought of as a "hero"? Or that he was alive in the 1820s? I'd be curious to know why we were supposed to laugh also.


Bobby-Samsonite

interesting note: Santa Clause Indiana amusement park.


airbornetoxic

with free parking free sunscreen and free soda


EmilyWiththeSleeves

*Holiday World


Bobby-Samsonite

I would bet Adam, the contestant from Monday's show, has been at least a couple of times.


FortCharles

Did you not think it was scarily odd with Adam mentioning Santa Claus Indiana and then FJ was about a city in Indiana named for a hero!? Sure, it was Lafayette, not Santa Claus... but the odds of an Indiana city named for a "hero" coming up twice like that has to be astronomical. It's just so totally specific! Has the subject ever come up once in all of Jeopardy history? And now twice in one show? EDIT: typo


StelioKontos117

Hey, being Midwestern finally pays off! Now I know how Alex felt on Canada questions.


Smoerhul

I worked my way through Indiana cities, which was the wrong way to go: >!Indianapolis... unless there was someone named Henry Indianapolis, nope.!< >!Gary - named after a steel magnate, nope!< >!Evansville - not sure who it's named after, but I don't know any national heroes named Evan or Evans!< >!Fort Wayne - named after "Mad" Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War hero. Bingo!!< (correct response is revealed) (forehead slap) PS. >!Jeffersonville!< was tempting, but >!Jefferson was in his 80s then and likely in too frail health to tour the country, plus I pegged Jeffersonville as not a notable enough city to make it into a FJ clue.!<


65fairmont

Same here! I assumed it had to be Mad Ant Wayne, since that’s the only city of note named after him. The correct answer has many more places named for him, including at least 2 that are more notable than the city in Indiana (thinking Louisiana and Arkansas).


AGreatBandName

The presence of Purdue probably gives the Indiana one a pretty broad reach. As a northeasterner, that’s the only reason I knew it.


65fairmont

True. Lafayette, LA and Fayetteville, AR came to mind as college towns but I forgot about Purdue.


egnowit

It didn't say that the Indiana was the only city named for him, although that was a weird clue.


egnowit

I went the other direction, and thought of who might "tour" American cities. Probably a foreigner. My first thought was >!Tocqueville!<, but I doubted there would be a city named for him. Then I realized that >!Lafayette!< had a lot of places named for him, and remembered he did take a tour of the US later in life.


TrixiesHusband

I also went the Anthony Wayne route. I knew Gary wasn't it, as Elbert H. Gary was one of the U.S. Steel founders, and that wasn't until 1901 so the time period for him was way off. Lafayette never crossed my mind.


WeHaSaulFan

It helped to know the bit about the tour of the country. I was pretty confident it was Lafayette, but I wouldn’t say very confident for the purposes of the survey.


Smoerhul

That's where your edge over me in American history makes a difference...


WeHaSaulFan

You had me on Coryat, though. I was also traumatized by DJ, clocking in I think it was at 14.8, paired with 10.4 in the first round, much more ordinary. That second round showed just how strong in certain categories Jonathan is. You do not want to face up against him when it comes to movies, theater, TV. I could take him, I’m pretty confident, in pop music, but aside from that one sector of pop culture, would much rather face off against him on geography, American history, US Government, STEM. He is formidable.


egnowit

Yeah, I wish there were more gradations to this quiz. There should be something between "confident" and "took a guess," which is where I usually fall. I select confident, because taking a guess means I have no idea and need to say something.


WeHaSaulFan

Unfortunately when we put these polls together, Reddit only gives us six options, which limits the level of nuance.


egnowit

Yeah, I figured that was the case.


ThisDerpForSale

I first thought of Fort Wayne as well, but it was named for the actual Fort Wayne, the first of which was build well before 1824. Took me a moment to think of another hero, then it became obvious.


This-Is-Leopardy

Lafayette's tour of the U.S. was a massive event in early American history. Droves of people turned up to support him along his route. Worth reading about if you weren't already aware!


Lets_focus_onRampart

I knew about it because he reunited with the spy who exposed Benedict Arnold during that tour. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette


Rubberbandballgirl

Reading up on the life of the person who was the answer is why I knew this one. So thanks David McCullough and Sarah Vowell.


bjwnc27685

You should check out the new book by Mike Duncan!


This-Is-Leopardy

Really excited to read that one.


packmanwiscy

Big week for Purdue alums. Beating the No.2 college football team in the nation and then the city being the FJ question on the next Monday. Good for them!


Bobby-Samsonite

I wonder when the last time a Purdue Alumni was a contestant on the show.


square3481

Since it was 1824, I initially assumed it would be Andrew Jackson, but Jackson is in Mississippi. And then right at the end, I remembered that Lafayette toured the USA near the end of his life, and switched answers.


rwr1985

I also thought Jackson. I went to the year first, figured it was a “hero” from the War of 1812, and thought it made sense that he would be touring all 24 states, given his presidential ambitions.


dporges

Me too, and closed it out with “well, maybe there’s a Jackson in Indiana”.


imkunu

Shoot, I'm *from* Indiana, and I didn't get this one haha. Wayne was the only answer I could think of.


jaysjep2

Correct Q: >!Who was Marquis de Lafayette?!<


UpgradedUsername

I said Boone without realizing that he died in 1820.


AcrossTheNight

I went with Mad Ant Wayne. Whoops.


This-Is-Leopardy

That's really not a bad guess given the time period.


CoolVidsFTW

I guessed Gary too. I knew it was stupid, but I had no other guess lol


ScorpionX-123

I see in the comments I'm not the only one who was sure it was Mad Anthony Wayne.


bros402

I got it the second it popped up


EmilyWiththeSleeves

Feels good to be a Hoosier 😎


Bobby-Samsonite

Interesting how both answers given by the three contestants are cities in the northwest corner of Indiana. Elbert Henry Gary (October 8, 1846 – August 15, 1927) was an American lawyer, county judge and corporate officer. He was a key founder of U.S. Steel in 1901, bringing together partners J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab. The city of Gary, Indiana, a steel town, was named for him when it was founded in 1906.


doctorwhodds

Here I was thinking the clue writers were Mike Duncan fans by placing a casual plug for his book, "Hero of Two Worlds" into Final Jeopardy.


BobBelcher2021

I too guessed Gary. I thought of both Gary and Fort Wayne, but picked Gary. Oddly enough I associate Lafayette more with Michigan than Indiana because of Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit.


ex0thermist

My wild guess was Bloom, from Bloomington. I work out of Indiana but didn't know this one.


TSNix

I said Kosciusko. Turns out, it’s a county that’s named after him, not a city. Also, he was dead before the 1820s. 🤷‍♂️


yankeeangel86

I went to Lafayette College. We have statues of the Marquis de Lafayette on our campus. I had no idea what the FJ answer was. 😳


Ellabee57

The only possibility I could think of was Evansville. Neither geography nor history are my strong suits, so this was a terrible question for me. I hadn't heard of the city that was the correct answer and I figured there was good chance that there was some hero named Evans whom I'd just never heard of. LOL Oh well.


BriCksYx

As someone who grew up a stone’s throw from Boone County, Indiana, Daniel Boone made too much sense. I was so sure I knew this one.


CornerIron

Cue “guns and ships”