Jeopardy television program U.S. numismatic questions on March 10 2021

The television game show "Jeopardy" had a series of U.S. Coin questions last evening (March 10, 2021):

Old west artist James Earle Fraser designed this 1913 coin with a native American design

Released in the order in which states ratified the constitution, the state quarters series began with this one in 1999

First minted in 1809, the "liberty cap" this was .74 inches in diameter, just a bit bigger than today

The first historical woman on a U.S. coin was this 15th century Spanish queen

In 1971 Nixon presented the first proof of the dollar coin featuring this president to his widow Mamie

Most of the contestants gave incorrect answers.

 

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Out of curiosity which answers were answered correctly? I don't watch Jeopardy, but if I had to guess without even seeing the segment it was probably the question concerning the Indian Head/Buffalo nickel and the Eisenhower Dollar.

 

lol, thats funny, those are good solid questions to ask tho. I bet about 80% of people dont know the answers to half of those.

 

It's on YouTube. Somebody correctly answered #2, 4 and 5 as listed above. #1 was the Double Jeopardy, and he guessed Indian Head Penny. #3 all three contestants got wrong.

 

Wonder if the first guy/question had answered "Buffalo" Nickel, would they have given him a correct answer...? Given the question, they may have required him to answer "Indian-head" nickel. As it was, he was wrong, answering with "Indian penny".

 

1. Indian Head nickel
2.Delaware
3. Uncertain, the date is wrong (1809) for the half-cent and Large cent is way above .74 inches. Unless I'm missing something, the only two "Liberty Cap".
4. 1893 Isabela Quarter
5. Dwight D Eisenhower

 

I got them all correct except #3.
They got the right denomination (dime) but the wrong design (Capped Bust).
There is no Liberty Cap design for dimes.

 

Numista calls it Liberty Cap. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27521.html
I don't know what's considered correct but it seems like there must be a reference that calls it that?

 

Try the TPG's and see what they call them.

 

I know, I'm just curious if there's a reference book that calls them "Liberty Cap dime". Usually Jeopardy doesn't make such a blatant mistake.

 

#3 is a puzzlement. I guess the answer is "dime," but the dime was introduced in 1796. The Liberty Cap Dime was introduced in 1809. That would be a darn tough question even for someone who has a decent knowledge of U.S. coinage.

 

The "Capped Bust Dime" (as per Redbook, TPG's, etc.) or "Liberty Cap Dime" (as per Numista) was minted 1809-1828 (diameter = 18.8mm = 0.74") and 1828-1837 (diameter = 18.5mm = 0.728").

Indeed 0.74" is "just a bit bigger" than 0.728" which is also a bit bigger than the current dimes (17.9mm = 0.705").