Final Jeopardy: Movies (10-10-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/10/2024) in the category “Movies” was:
More than 25 cast members from this 1990 film drama would later appear on an HBO series with a similar theme
4x champ Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, CT, has now won $81,600. In Game 5, his opponents are: Mike Obstgarten, a test-prep coach & tutor from Henderson, NV; and Cynthia Bullock, a nonprofit executive from Colorado Springs, CO.
Round 1 Categories: BBL, Busy – Animal Anagrams – Receipts – Proof – Timeline – Screen Shots
Mark found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Timeline” under the $800 on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000, the only one with any moolah. Mark bet it all and he was RIGHT.
A major war began in 1618 & ended with the Peace of Westphalia in this year; know the event, do the math and you’re home show
Mark finished in the lead with $5,000. Mike was second with $3,600 and Cynthia was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: African-American Sports History – World Leaders – The Very Old Song & Dance – Capitals of the West Indies – Stories Within Stories – You Get an “FF”
Mark found the first Daily Double in “World Leaders” under the $2,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,600, $3,400 less than Mike’s lead. Mark made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Before taking a higher position, he was mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998 show
Mark found the last Daily Double in “Stories Within Stories” under the $1,600 clue with 9 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $15,200, $3,600 more than Mike in second place. Mark bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In a story within this 1880 Russian novel, Ivan tells his sibling Alyosha a tale about Jesus & the Grand Inquisitor in Spain show
Mark finished in the lead with $18,600. Mike was second with $12,800 and Cynthia was last with $4,400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “GOODFELLAS”?
The 1990 film “Goodfellas” is based on the life of mob rat, Henry Hill, as told to Nicholas Pileggi in the true-crime book “Wiseguy” (1985). Pileggi also co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Scorsese, the film’s director. When HBO was casting its mafia family series, “The Sopranos”, 27 actors who were in “Goodfellas” found work, some in pivotal roles.
Lorraine Bracco got an Oscar nomination for playing Henry Hill’s wife in “Goodfellas”. In “The Sopranos”, she became Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist. Michael Imperioli had a small role in “Goodfellas” as Spider, who serves drinks at the mafia’s social club. He got a much larger role as Christopher Moltisanti, Tony Soprano’s junkie nephew, in “The Sopranos”. In the 1990 film, Vincent Pastore uttered one of “Goodfellas” iconic quotes “Now go home and get your shinebox,” as Billy Batts. In the TV series, he played NY mob boss Phil Leotardo (“the Shah” because he looked like the last Shah of Iran).
The Independent has a list of all 27 actors who appeared in both films, including descriptions of their roles.
Cynthia thought it was “Star Trek”. She bet $3,000 and finished with $1,400.
Mike got it right. He didn’t bet anything so he finished with the $12,800.
Mark also got it right. He bet $7,001 and won the game with $25,601. So Mark is Season 41’s first 5-day champ now and he has won $107,201.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
SCREEN SHOTS ($600) Her 1st IMDb credit is for “Married… with Children”; she then checked in to “General Hospital” but eventually, she made a royal exit
CAPITALS OF THE WEST INDIES ($1600) This capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands was founded in 1666 as Taphus, Danish for “beer hall”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “DOCUMENTARIES”
In this 1970 film, Max Yasgur says, “I’m a farmer… I don’t know how to speak to 20 people… let alone a crowd like this” show
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Wow, another great Jeopardy game, but I didn’t have much of a clue regarding FJ. In fact, I just took a real wild guess and went with Peyton Place. Anyways, as I had mentioned before, I simply refrained from watching the vast majority of the newer films and sitcoms (as they’re not worth my time). Actually, the only recent film that I viewed was ‘Godzilla Minus 1’ (2023) upon my sister’s recommendation. That wasn’t an especially good movie either as there was too much dialogue, and not enough action. When action did arrive, I didn’t consider the special effects to be all that great.
I liked Mike’s FJ wager. He knew Mark had to bet $7001+ to ensure victory with a right answer, and a wrong one would send him down to $11599 or less. And the zero wager locked out the third contestant entirely.
“Sibling” gave me that third DD. Missed FJ, but a fair question to be sure.
Re: FJ from two years ago. I was present when Max uttered those words. Unfortunately he died young, about 3-4 years after the festival.
Water plant receipt was very easy. So was the VP sequence, at least if you know whom Hamlin served under. Australian actress somewhat obvious.
Those anagrams were much easier than the ones they usually offer.
In Munich, to open Oktoberfest, the Mayor of Munich says “Ist Obst!”, which means “It’s tapped!” Mike OBSTGarten didn’t get the clue about “Taphus”!
Pythagoras 400 years ago? Dude was dust then!
I got FJ, and 2/3 on DD.
Interesting take. I know no German to speak of, so I looked online and the only translation of “obst” is fruit. (I’d have guessed it meant “open.”) Obstgarten must literally mean fruit garden.
Yikes, I am wrong (again), and you are right (again)! I had the German wrong: it is “O’zapft is!”. That means, “It is tapped “, but in the Bavarian dialect.
I have been studying German for nearly 3 years on Duolingo, and forgot that. “Obstsalat” is “fruit salad”.
And I don’t even drink anymore!
Carmine Lupertazzi had a hilarious scene in The Test Dream on The Sopranos. He was portrayed by Tony Lip who played Frankie the Wop in Goodfellas. Viggo Mortensen portrayed Tony Lip in Green Book.
After Carmine’s death, Tony wakes up in bed with the old man, who ran away from heaven because he’s lonely on the other side. Warning: mucho profanity.
That means that Mark Fitzpatrick becomes our first official qualifier for the Tournament of Champions. Finally it took 24 games this season to have a 5 day champion.