Final Jeopardy: Brands (11-6-22)

The 2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship continues with Quarterfinal 3 in Round 2 and these actors and comedians are tonight’s celebrity contestants: Ray Romano, playing for Harvest Home; actress and comedian Joel Kim Booster, playing for Selah Neighborhood Homeless Coalition; and actor and comedian Melissa Rauch, playing for Oscar’s Kids.

The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Brands” was:

With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949

Mayim Bialik hosted tonight’s one hour show. John Michael Higgins and Wil Wheaton won the first two quarterfinals in Round 2 and this is the third. Whoever wins tonight’s match will face off with John Michael and Wil next Sunday for a semifinal spot. Three semifinals winners will advance to the finals to compete for $1,000,000 for charity.

Jeopardy! Categories: Fire Island – Big ____ – Ready for My Nude Scene – Bernie & Bernadette – All About Alliterative Book Characters – Everybody Loves Rain, Man

Joel found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Fire Island” under the $300 clue with 3 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $3,800, $2,300 more than Melissa in second place. Joel bet $200 and he was RIGHT.

On the map, Italy looks like it’s giving the boot to thai Mediterranean island, which was kicking around at 120 degrees in 2021 show

WHAT IS SICILY?

Joel finished in the lead with $4,500. Ray was second with $1,600 and Melissa was last with $1,500. All clues were shown.

Double Jeopardy! Categories: Lost in Explanation – Books & Authors – Human Anatomy & Physiology – Sitcoms – Fun with Flags – Starts with 2 Vowels

Melissa found the first Daily Double in “Sitcoms” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,100, $1,800 less than Joel’s lead. Melissa bet $500 and did not know so she was WRONG.

Daniel Stern began narrating this ‘60s-set show in 1988; Don Cheadle handled the task in the 2021 reboot show

WHAT IS WONDER YEARS?

Ray got the last Daily Double in “Human Anatomy” under the $800 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,800 now, $5,900 less than Joel’s lead. Ray bet $1,500 but drew a blank so he was WRONG.

No butts about it– it’s the 2-word name for the most massive muscle in the human body show

WHAT IS THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS?

Joel finished in the lead with $10,300. Ray was next with $4,600 and Melissa was in third place with $1,900. All clues were shown.

Triple Jeopardy! Categories: Ballet & Opera – Facts about Countries – History in Comedy – Politics – Dog-Gone Words – Johnny Gilbert Says the No. 1 Hits

Joel found the first Daily Double in “Dog-Gone Words” under the $900 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,000, $8,400 more than Ray in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

As an adjective it means “like a dog”; as a noun, it’s a type of tooth show

WHAT IS CANINE?

Melissa got the second Daily Double in “Ballet & Opera” under the $900 clue with a dozen clues still to go after it. In third place with $1,900, she had $13,400 less than Joel’s lead. She bet a cautious $200 and she was RIGHT.

The fate of these lovers in Shakespeare is no better in the ballet with music by Prokofiev show

WHAT IS ROMEO AND JULIET?

Ray got the last Daily Double in “Facts about Countries” under the $900 clue, with 4 clues left after it. In second place with $7,300, he had $8,600 less than Joel’s lead. He bet $4,000 and thought it was China. That was WRONG.

The Maori were the first inhabitants of this country & today make up about 15 percent of the population show

WHAT IS NEW ZEALAND?

Joel finished in the lead with a runaway $18,600. Ray and Melissa were tied for second place with $3,300. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS LEGO?

From LEGO History: “In 1949 the LEGO Group’s plastics department manufactures various kinds of toys. Among these the company’s first plastic bricks, which are marketed under the name Automatic Binding Bricks. Giving the toy an English name is a tribute to the Allied forces who liberate Europe and end World War II in 1945. At this point the bricks, as all of the company’s other toys, are sold exclusively in Denmark.”

Ray wrote down “we should be able to pause”, a reference to the way his family likes to play the game at home. He lost his $3,258 bet and finished with $42.

Melissa had no response. She bet and lost it all.

Joel got it right. He bet $400 bet and won the game with an even $19,000. We’ll be seeing Joel Kim Booster compete with John Michael Higgins and Wil Wheaton in next Sunday’s Semifinal. Ray and Melissa each won $30,000 for their charities.

Beaucoup triple stumpers:

Round 1: FIRE ISLAND ($100) This Hawaiian island had a Honolulu of a hot year in 2019; attention, shoppers at Waimalu Plaza, it hit 107 one day

($400) In September 2020 it was a toasty 110 in this one of California’s Channel Islands with Avalon as its only city

ALL ABOUT ALLITERATIVE BOOK CHARACTERS ($500) In 1858 the future St. Bernadette went to a grotto & had visions that turned this French town into a pilgrimage center

Round 2: LOST IN EXPLORATION ($200) In 1492 Columbus was actually trying to reach this continent — thus the name “West Indies” for the places where he landed

BOOKS & AUTHORS ($600) In the novel of the same name, Alice Walker wrote, “I think it pisses God off if you walk by” this “in a field… and don’t notice it”

HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY ($200) The pericardium is the sac that contains this organ

SITCOMS ($600) At Comic Con with the cast of this show, Matt Berry was asked, “Have people started yelling ‘BAT!’ at you?”; Yes. Yes they have

FUN WITH FLAGS ($800) The cross and sword represents St. George and St. Paul on the flag of the city of this, the historic center of the same-named capital

STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS ($800) Fly high in style aboard a big beefy A380 from this European company

Round 3: BALLET & OPERA ($1200) The 2021 nonfiction book “Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy” is by this prima ballerina

($1500) The last opera this genius composed was “The Magic Flute”

FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES ($600) From 1867 to 1918 it formed a dual monarchy with Austria

($1500) Egypt’s major waterways include the Nile River, of course, & this manmade waterway that opened in 1869

HISTORY IN COMEDY ($300) Did this man really steal from the rich & give to the poor? The 2,000 year old man: No, he stole from everybody & kept everything

($900) Bob Newhart on the phone with Walter Raleigh about this stuff: “Shred the leaves… between your lips… set fire to it!”

($1,200) On “Drunk History”, he’s “like, ‘No… I’m not gonna defect to the British side! That’s insane! George Washington is my daddy, kind of'”

POLITICS ($300) In 2022 Harriet Hageman defeated Liz Cheney in a much-commented-on Republican primary in this state

The players missed 4 clues in JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS. (The artist’s name was not required):

($600) “It’s OK, he already in my DMs… why are men great til they gotta be great? don’t text me, tell it straight to my face”
($900) “She’s got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain, I’d hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain”
($1200) “I’m… classy, bougie, ratchet (yeah), sassy, moody, nasty (hey, hey, yeah), acting stupid, what’s happening?”
($1500) “Chickity China, the Chinese chicken, you have a drumstick & your brain stops tickin’, watchin’ X-Files with no lights on”

NO. 1 HITS ANSWERS: show

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