Final Jeopardy: Historic TV (6-7-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/7/2016) in the category “Historic TV” was:
An authentic Bell H-13 Sioux air ambulance was used in the opening credits of this television series.
New champ Stew Latwin won $13,400 yesterday. Today he takes on these two players: Robert Wood, originally from 29 Palms, CA; and Malavika Jagannathan, from Seattle, WA.
Round 1 Categories: Hall of Fame Catchers – Abbrev. – A State of War – A Little Bit of Everything – “Beauty” – The Beast
Robert found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Abbrev” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,200, $1,600 less than Stew’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
After a joint injury, you might have less: ROM. show
Robert finished in the lead with $5,400. Stew was second with $3,000 and Malavika was last with $1,000.
Round 2 Categories: From Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary – Bays & Gulfs – Theatre to Theater – Authors’ Short Story Collections – Museums – The Phone
Stew found the first Daily Double in “Webster’s 1828 Dictionary” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. In the second place with $5,000, he had $5,200 less than Robert’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
“One versed in the science of government and the art of governing”; also “a man of artifice or deep contrivance.” show
Stew found the last Daily Double in “Museums” under the $1,600 clue. Two categories + one clue were left after it. Still in second place, he had $8,800 now. That was $2,200 less than Robert’s lead. He bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.
The Bradbury Science Museum in this New Mexico city displays replicas of the 2 atomic bombs used in WWII. show
Stew finished in the lead with $14,800. Robert was hot on his heels with $14,600 and Malavika was in third place with $8,200.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“One of the earlier military helicopters, the Bell H-13 Sioux was a light helicopter whose design was developed from the Bell 47. It was used mainly as an observational aircraft in the early part of the Vietnam War and more recently gained fame when a late-model variant (Bell 47G) appeared in the television series M*A*S*H.” (Armed Forces History Museum)
RotaryAction.com has an extensive guide to helicopters in cinema & television. They even have a list of Helicopter Movie Cliches, like “”In the movies a stolen helicopter only ever carries two minutes of aviation fuel…”
Malavika got it right. She bet $7,000 and finished with $15,200.
Robert wrote down “Emergency.” That cost him $14,500 and left him with $100.
“Now we come to our champion,” said Trebek, “He is a navy helicopter pilot.” Stew got it right and bet $14,401. He won this match with $29,201. That makes his 2-day total $42,601.
“BEAUTY” ($800) This hybrid is the official flower of Washington, DC
THE PHONE ($1200) Jamie Fuller created an app called this “dialer” that lets you reach out & touch someone like it was the 70s
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Scientists”
As a humorous tribute, an astronomical term equivalent to at least 4 billion has been named for him. show
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Seems like a very easy fj. But maybe that is because i have watched the show.
All of the contestants must be iPhone owners. After that Android Marshmallow ts it made me think that none of them own a Samsung Phone.
Congrats Stew. I’m trying to figure out why Alex feels compelled to state a contestant’s occupation when a clue is in that person’s wheelhouse. Stew told us yesterday, on the show, that he flew helicopters in the navy. So what’s new Alex?
LOL! I was trying to figure out why Alex felt compelled to say Malavika’s name over and over. He kept saying it as if it’s an Italian name.
When I was doing today’s clue post, I found out that the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary is online.
Plenty of viewers today did not watch on Monday. As a longtime journalist at CBC Alex Trebek was providing helpful context information–even for those who did see Monday program and did not memorize what this war guy does.
Stew mentioned again on today’s show during the chat that he was a helicopter pilot. I was thinking after Stew missed the “aeronautics” clue Alex may have been wondering out loud if he might miss fj too.
I don’t recall if they mentioned Stew and a helicopter yesterday, but he was introduced today as just a navy pilot, in the beginning of the show and in the beginning of the chat
Just think, he could have said I love saying your name, Stew. It makes me hungry.
@Mimsy. lol
@mimsy, lol seconded.
I used to know a big guy named Robert. Some people always called him Ro-Bear. He wasn’t French, just big like a bear, and he wasn’t as big as today’s Robert though.
@Mimsy – during Stew’s first appearance in the interview section he said he was a helicopter pilot.