Final Jeopardy: Say It in Italian (5-11-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/11/2022) in the category “Say It in Italian” was:
It’s an Italian word for “mercy”, but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo
New champ Mallory Kass, a children’s book editor from Brooklyn, NY, won $14,100 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Micaela Tuttle, a wine import manager from Nashville, TN; and Daniel Nguyen, a high school math teacher from San Jose, CA.
Round 1 Categories: From Queens – Geometry Class – American History – “4”! – This & That – More than One Meaning
Mallory found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “American History” under the $600 clue on the first pick of the round. Nobody had a nickel to his or her name. Mallory bet $1,000 and said “live long and prosper.” Of course, she knew that was WRONG.
These 4 words of advice from newspaper editor Horace Greeley were followed by “and grow up with the country” show
Daniel finished in the lead with $5,200. Micaela was second with $3,800. Mallory was last with $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Beastly Art – Timely Talk – Sci-Fi Trilogies – Brand Names – Going Global – What’s That Song Called?
Micaela found the first Daily Double in “Timely Talk” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in second place with $5,800, $200 less than Daniel’s lead. Micaela bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Some of the first units of these were organized in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1774 show
Daniel got the last Daily Double in “Going Global” under the $1,600 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was in second place with $8,000, $1,000 less than Micaela’s lead. Daniel bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
This fifth-largest island in the world is found between the Canadian mainland & Greenland show
Daniel finished in the lead with $13,000. Micaela was second with $9,400 and Mallory was last with $6,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CLEMENZA?
Clemenza is an Italian word for clemency or mercy. Some other Italian synonyms English speakers would likely understand are benevolenza, tolleranza and compassione. I could only think of grazie and pieta myself, but the cluewriters eliminated all those possibilities by tying the word to one specific movie character. He was not a major character, so I think they could have been a little more helpful with “1972” or even the name of the film.
In “The Godfather” (1972), Peter Clemenza (portrayed by Richard Castellano) was a caporegime in the Corleone crime family. He killed Don Victor Stracci and Carlo Rizzi, Don Corleone’s duplicitous son-in-law. In “The Godfather: Part II” (1974), young Clemenza was portrayed by Bruno Kirby. Other “Godfather” characters with translatable names include: Stracci (rags), Bonasera (good evening) and Vitelli (calves, veal).
Two Clemenza quotes are on our list of Favorite Godfather Quotes — the gun and the cannoli quote is one. Can you guess the other one?
Mallory was going for “maestro” but only got as far as the “s”. She lost $3,500 and finished with $2,700.
Micaela came up with “mercia.” That cost her $6,000 and left her with $3,400.
Daniel went with Sko Vikes. He bet $5,801 and won the game with $7,199 he had left. Daniel Nguyen is the new Jeopardy! champ. Perhaps he will explain his response on social media or in tomorrow’s chat.
2 triple stumpers from BRAND NAMES:
($1200) This kosher hot dog brand debuted the slogan “We answer to a higher authority” in 1965
($2000) First baked in Scotland in 1898, this “ambulatory” shortbread comes in plaid packaging
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Astronomers”
This man’s name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he’s the only human whose remains lie on the moon show
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I, nearly immediately, knew it was from The Godfather, but, then, struggled mightily. I haven’t seen that movie in many years, and I could only think of “Luca Brazzi”, so, I said “Brazzi”. After all, tonight, he sleeps with the fishes!
The sneak peek clue, the gold is “24 karat”. Carats are for gems. I’m surprised they gave it to Daniel, as, I believe, he said “karats”, and the gold is singular, as it’s a measure of purity (like alcohol “proof”), whereas the gems can be plural, as it’s a measure of weight.
Also, the quote mentioned about the gun, etc. What just rankled me was “Leave the gun, take the cannolis”! One cannolo is singular. Plural is “cannoli”. Saying “cannolis” just grates! No one who speaks Italian would say that!
I got about half of the TS.
You know what’s funny, Jason? I actually looked up “24 carat” because I wasn’t sure if it was “c” or “k” and one of the first results is from the World Gold Council — “24 carat is pure gold with no other metals.”
idk where you are seeing “take the cannolis” but I didn’t type that in this recap or the Godfather quotes.
Oh, and while we’re at it — it’s Luca Brasi. Brazzi was the last name of the actor who saw Mitzi Gaynor “across a crowded room” in the 1958 musical “South Pacific”
Oh, I just phoneticized it, as far as Luca Brasi.
And it wasn’t you, VJ – your mention reminded me of it is all! Cannoli are all over everywhere here, and that’s why the wound is continuously reopened!
Yeah, Rossano Brazzi!
But, “karatS/caratS” for the gold was wrong. And, don’t forget this caret ^ ! Or the other, original carrot!
If I was wrong, I’ll freely own it. But, I’m not “teeing off” on you! I was just recalling anecdotes.
No big deal, Jason, I just didn’t want anyone to think I wrote “cannolis.” I don’t have any Italian ancestry but I did grow up in a North Jersey Italian neighborhood so I know my way around an Italian street fair 🤣
btw, Clemenza is the one who said that “sleep with the fishes” line in the movie and, as I recall it, that line showed up in general conversation far more than the gun/cannoli line
I do love an Eyetalian street fair, VJ!!! Zeppoli, my favorites!!
omg, Rhonda, I love zeppoli too!! meaning also and also meaning too much 🤣
Me, too, VJ!!! I could sure go for some right now!! Nice and hot and with lots of powdered sugar!!
Questions about a foreign language are not fair if one person speaks that language and the others don’t know that language.
I thought it was a good FJ, in that there were multiple ways to approach it. The Godfather is one of the 5 or so most heralded American movies in the 20th century, and while Clemenza is far from the protagonist, anyone familiar with the movie should know that character. Plus it sounds like clemency.
Tough but fair imo
Mallory had to play catch-up after missing that easy Greeley quote DD. Interesting how Micaela missed a wine question and didn’t know the temporary name of her current state, Tennessee. And math teacher Daniel missed a geometry question. His students will tease him about that, but at least he won. He boo-booed early with “50 Cents” but rebounded nicely.
The final was discriminatory to women as most women dont know The Godfather movies. A man who has been watching The Godfather for the past 40 years on tv will know the answer in 10 seconds.
The Godfather movie made me want to learn Italian all over again. I liked that character Clemenza.
Another tough final as we got another triple stumper this week.
VJ, you are correct he wasn’t a major character in the movie. There are so many characters killing off so many characters in the movie until the viewer loses track on who killed who (or is it whom?). If it isn’t a major character who knows the names?
I agree, Jacob. We might have seen the same result even if they put the movie name in the clue. The guy who played Carlo made a career for himself as a singer and also wrote a book about his life. I don’t think a lot of Jeopardy! contestants could come up with his name.
Always fun to have as much as the leader going into FJ! just in Triple Stumpers, including the first round DD