Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 28, 2017

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Posted By: Andy Saunders April 28, 2017

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Works’ First Lines) for Friday, April 28, 2017:

The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Kevin McCarthy, a postal clerk from Lincoln, Rhode Island
 Rachel Snyder, a writer from Grand Rapids, Michigan
 Alan Lin, a software engineer from Santa Barbara, California (4-day total: $84,400)

If you haven’t seen it yet, you should check out our state-by-state map of where Season 33’s players have hailed from (best viewed on desktop or tablet).

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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is The Wealth of Nations?[/spoiler]

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Adam Smith’s seminal economics work, 1776’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, is most famous for the concept of the “invisible hand”, which speaks of the unintended social benefits of individual actions. It is also well known in introductory economics as the “force” which pushes supply and demand towards equilibrium in classical economic theory.

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6 Comments on "Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 28, 2017"

  1. Carl R Donaldson | April 29, 2017 at 3:03 pm |

    Appears I was looking too hard. Sorry. Thnx.

  2. Jake Potter | April 29, 2017 at 10:18 pm |

    Ben roelthesburger or however you spell it is not from Lima but Findlay!!! How has no one noticed this yet???

    • Andy Saunders | April 29, 2017 at 10:32 pm |

      Jake:

      The reason why “no one” has “noticed this yet” is because you are not quite correct with your assertion.

      Per Ben Roethlisberger’s official biography, he was, in fact, born in Lima, thus providing a source for the show’s clue.

      • Matt Carberry | April 30, 2017 at 11:13 pm |

        I almost clammed on this clue myself. I lived in Findlay briefly before I moved to Pennsylvania to take my current job, and I knew that in some manner, Big Ben was “from” there. Fortunately, the year 2006 being given narrowed it to two* options, and since the second of those (Peyton Manning) made no sense, I picked up the LT.

        * The year also threw me for a second, since Roethlisberger’s first Super Bowl title was in the 2005 season; it seems that (without having researched the point) the show may have on this topic an inconsistency similar to that shown on years of Oscar wins, and no intent to rectify it.

  3. Gary Czaja | May 3, 2017 at 1:55 pm |

    How do I enter previous word of the day if I was late entering the word of the day?

    • Andy Saunders | May 3, 2017 at 1:56 pm |

      You can’t. The official rules state an official closing time of 7 AM PT the next day (with the exception of April 28, which closed May 1 at 7 AM PT.

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