Final Jeopardy: 2 Last Names, Same First Letter (6-17-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/17/2024) in the category “2 Last Names, Same First Letter” was:
Born 344 years apart, they are the 2 real people mentioned by name in the titles of 1990s Best Picture Oscar winners
13x super champ Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, IN, has now won $299,000. In Game 14, she is up against: Ty Patton, a communications specialist from Des Moines, IA; and Kelsey Kaunisviita Vockrodt, a stay-at-home Mom from Ottawa, Ontario.
Round 1 Categories: State Songs – Candy is Dandy – Bon Jovi – Religion – The “Last” Shall Be First – the Human Race
Ty found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Songs” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $200. Nobody else was on the board. Ty bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
“The shot heard ‘round the world” goes off in the third line of this state’s official song show
Adriana finished in the lead with $7,000. Ty was second with $2,000 and Kelsey was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A History Lesson – Musical Instrument Rhyme Time – Scientists – Labor Unions – Book Sequel – the Humans Race
Adriana found the first Daily Double in “Book Sequels” under the $2,000 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $10,200, $7,400 more than Ty in second place. Adriana bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
William Goldman wrote “Brothers”, a sequel to this thriller about a young runner, in which Agent Scylla is alive show
Ty found the last Daily Double in “Labor Unions” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,200, $9,800 less than Adriana’s lead. Ty bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 2024, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, president of this union, said he’d like to see all the stadiums switch to natural grass show
Adriana finished in the lead with $16,200. Ty was second with $13,400 and Kelsey was last with $2,200. Two $400 clues were not shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE SHAKESPEARE & SCHINDLER?
1993’s Best Picture at the Oscars was “Schindler’s List”, the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who is credited with saving about 1,200 Jews from the Nazis by putting them to work in his factories. The film, which starred Liam Neeson as Schindler, was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 7.
“Shakespeare in Love”, 1998’s Best Picture, was nominated for 13 Oscars, winning 7. Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes, falls in love with Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow). Viola was not a real person but Shakespeare was (and so was Elizabeth I, played by Judi Dench).
There are more Jeopardy clues on the pages I linked to for those Best Pictures; and to leave no stone unturned: Schindler was born on April 28, 1908; Shakespeare was born in 1564. The traditional date of the Bard’s birth is April 23.
Kelsey had Shakespeare & Smith. She didn’t bet anything so her score remained $2,200.
Ty got it right. He added $13,399 and finished with $26,799.
Adriana got it right, too. She added $10,800 and won the game with $27,000. Adriana’s 14-day total is $326,000.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
RELIGION ($1000) It’s the collective name for the oldest & most sacred books of Hinduism
A HISTORY LESSON ($2000) An emperor of this Chinese dynasty at its height in the early 1400s took the reign name Yongle, “perpetual happiness”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “TV LEGENDS”
Buster Keaton considered her the tops in her field &, in fact, was one of her early mentors show
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It was a decent game , and more or less a competitive one. Anyways, Adriana won the match again, but by a very slim margin. As for me, I did slightly above average in the game, but didn’t have a clue in FJ.
What looked like a sure runaway for AH turned into a decent contest. Congrats to the two who got FJ; I thought it was a toughie.
The Badger State song was a relative softball, but it must have confused them. Didn’t expect them to know what hangs on the doorpost. I’ve worn the equivalent on a chain around my neck since age 13. Thought someone would know the deposed Cuban dictator.
And the anesthetized tabla was kinda obvious.
It sounded so weird to me to hear Ken say “extreme unction”. Believe it or not, I can’t recall ever hearing anyone say it like that. Everyone in the Catholic schools I went to said it like it was one word — extramunction.
After 1965, it was renamed the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick but people mostly went with Last Rites.
My wife was a practicing Catholic, and when she appeared to be slipping away in 2013, I called and had the priest come over. But she pulled through and lived another 3 or so months.
You can get Anointing of the Sick more than once. That was a problem with “last rites” – not everyone knew you could get it more than once
I was just blanking on Final, but, my wife (who generally doesn’t watch J!), said “Schindler”, and that opened it up.
My goodness, but, Ty and his “uh” before everything became a bit annoying. The current mayor of Buffalo used to do that, but, I believe, was trained out of it.
No VI, I’m a Catholic too, and ‘Extreme Unction’ is actually the proper way of saying it. I mean, that was the way I was taught. As I’m sure that you’re aware, it is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic religion. Anyways, I was given the sacrament of ‘Extreme Unction’ in December 2007 before I I underwent a major brain operation to remove a large acoustic tumor. Well I obviously pulled through.
Rick, I never said extramunction was the proper way to say it. That’s how everyone said it where I grew up, even the nuns ran the two words together. Of course, we all saw it spelled out as two words, but, speaking for myself — I just assumed it was one of those things that are said differently than the way they are spelled.
Dominus vobiscum.
Adriana now moves to #13 in the all-time regular-play winnings.