Celebrity Jeopardy Final: Literary Clichés (1-23-24)

It’s the final match of the 2023-24 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship. The celebrity finalist facing off for a million dollar donation to their charities are: Mo Rocca, playing for the Inner-City Scholarship Fund; actor and stand-up comedian Lisa Ann Walter, playing for the Entertainment Community Fund; and actor and ports comedy host Katie Nolan, playing for Assoc. of Women in Sports Media.

The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Literary Clichés” was:

Many mystery fans blame “The Door”, a 1930 Mary Roberts Rinehart novel in which a servant kills a nurse, for this 4-word cliché

Jeopardy! Round Categories: Organic Chemistry – Advanced Cinematography – College-Level History Courses – Obscure Novels – Classical Composers – Night At The Museum

Lisa Ann found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Advanced Cinematography” under the $300 clue, with one clue left after it. At $2,600, she was tied with Mo for the lead. They had $800 more than Katie. Lisa Ann bet $400 and could only come up with “Rosebud”. That was WRONG.

Erik Messerschmidt shot the film “Mank” primarily in deep focus as a nod to this Orson Welles opus that pioneered the technique show

WHAT IS “CITIZEN KANE”?

Mo finished in the lead with $2,600. Lisa Ann was second with $2,200 and Katie was last with $1,900. All clues were shown.

Double Jeopardy! Categories: Lisa, Ann Or Walter? – Kinda Rhymes With Katie – Mo Rocca Drinking Vodka With Chewbacca – Peak TV – Best Time To Visit – Wacky Fad Obituaries

Katie found the first Daily Double in “Kinda Rhymes With Katie” under the $1,000 clue on the 8th pick. She was in third place with $2,700 now, $2,300 less than Mo’s lead. Katie bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS A KUWAITI?

Mo got the last Daily Double in “Peak TV” under the $1,000 clue on the 19th pick of the round. In last place with $4,800, he had $1,300 less than Katie’s lead. Mo bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Mike White, the creator of this series, said that the first season is about money and the second season is about sex show

WHAT IS WHITE LOTUS?

Katie finished in the lead with $8,100. Mo was next with $7,400 and Lisa Ann was in third place with $6,000. All clues were shown.

Triple Jeopardy! Categories: I’m Just Ken – Also A Good Starter Word For Wordle – Box Office Sleepers – Science Is Cool – ____ & ____ – Ozzy Osbourne’s Favorite Songs

Lisa Ann found the first Triple Jeopardy! Daily Double in “Box Office Sleepers” under the $900 clue on the first pick of the round. She was in last place with $6,000, $2,100 less than Katie’s lead. Lisa Ann bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” introduced the idea this household cleaner could cure anything, “from psoriasis to poison ivy” show

WHAT IS WINDEX?

Katie found the next Daily Double in “____ & ____” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $10,500, $1,300 more than Mo in second place. Katie bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

Used together, these words are synonymous with intrigue & secrecy, and they sound much cooler than “poncho & knife” show

WHAT IS CLOAK & DAGGER?

Mo found the last Daily Double in “I’m Just Ken” under the $600 clue on the 26th pick of the round. He was in last place with $10,400 now, $8,500 less than Katie’s lead. Mo bet it all and he was RIGHT.

In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a 4 hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo show

WHO IS KEN BURNS?

Mo finished in the lead with $21,100 and Katie was next with $19,500. Lisa Ann was in third place with $13,800.

Only ONE of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “THE BUTLER DID IT”?

TV Tropes has some interesting info on “the butler did it”, indicating that it’s so well-known, writers need to avoid it (although tonight’s results would seem to indicate it’s not as well-known as they think). The article also says that despite the common belief that mystery author Mary Roberts Rinehart coined the expression in “The Door”(1930), the plot was nothing new and was already considered trite.

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Lisa Ann got it right. She bet it all and doubled her score to $27,500.

Katie had “the doctor is in”. She bet and lost her whole $19,500.

Mo wrote “I’m so sorry”. He lost $20,000 and finished with $1,100. So Lisa Ann Walter won the million dollars for her charity and a trophy. Mo’s charity will get $250,000 and $100,000 goes to Katie’s charity. As Ken said, they are all winners and that goes for all the celebrities who participated in this tournament for the benefit of charity.

A triple stumper from each round:

Round 1: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM ($300) Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects like the 1917 work “Starlight Night”

Round 2: BEST TIME TO VISIT ($1,000) Dry season months like November are ideal for hiking “the Roof of Africa” at Simien National Park in this country on Africa’s horn

Round 3: OZZY OSBOURNE’S FAVORITE SONGS ($900) Ozzy said his world stood still the first time he heard this Led Zeppelin tune that lends its title to a film by Richard Linklater

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