Final Jeopardy: 1980s Movies (2-24-15)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/24/2015), in the category “1980s Movies” was:

At his term’s end, Ronald Reagan took an office in an L.A. high-rise, still a mess from the filming of this 1988 thriller.

2x champ, Dava-Leigh Brush won considerably more yesterday than in her first game, bringing her winnings up to $11,501. Today she is up against these two players: Shannon Gillard, from Lake Charles, LA; and Jeremy Johnson, from Pocono Mountains, PA.

Round 1: Dava-Leigh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘T.V.’ Land” under the $800 clue before the first break. She was in the lead with $600, $200 ahead of Shannon in second place. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS A TRANSITIVE VERB?

Dava-Leigh finished in the lead with $5,400. Shannon was second with $5,000 and Jeremy was last with $2,400.

Round 2: Shannon found the first Daily Double in “American History” under the $1,600 clue. She was in second place with $6,200, $1,800 less than Jeremy’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

This 1820 agreement said there would be no slavery in the bulk of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36° 30′ show

WHAT IS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE?

Dava-Leigh found the last Daily Double in “Drawing a Crowd” under the $800 clue. She was in the lead with $17,800, more than double Shannon’s second place score of $8,000. There were 4 more clues left in the same category after this. She bet $2,200 and she was RIGHT.

Attendance was still down some 20%, but 800,000 revelers jammed the streets of this U.S. city in February 2007. show

WHAT IS NEW ORLEANS?

The match ended after Shannon correctly answered the $1,200 clue. Dava-Leigh had a runaway $20,000. Shannon was second with $9,200 and Jeremy was in third place with $5,200.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “DIE HARD”?

“When Fred Ryan, Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff from 1989 to 1995, first toured the soon-to-be-former-president’s future office suite on the 34th floor of Fox Plaza, the floors were littered with bullet shells and broken glass. The space was being used for the filming of 1988’s Die Hard, and when production wrapped, Reagan could have the only remaining space in the just-completed tower. When Ryan inquired about the building — Reagan was breaking tradition by choosing private office space over a federal building — he was told the building was full. But when word got back to 20th Century Fox owner and Reagan pal Marvin Davis, space miraculously became available. When Ryan informed the Secret Service of the choice, an agent deadpanned, ‘Great, you just picked a building where there’s been a movie made about how terrorists can blow it up.'” (The Hollywood Reporter)

Jeremy got it right. He added $5,000 to his score to finish with $10,600.

Shannon thought it was “Nightmare on Elm Street.” She promised Alex that her reply wasn’t a political statement. She bet and lost it all.

Dava-Leigh also got it right. She didn’t bet anything and remained at $20,000. Her 3-day total is $31,501 and we have our first 3-day champ since John Schulz in the second week of January.

During the chat, Dava-Leigh explained why she doesn’t like the term “bucket list.” It implies that once you’ve done everything on it, you are finished. She likes “someday list” and being on Jeopardy! is one thing on there she has fulfilled.

2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Speechwriters”

To the question “Did you write the best-known line in JFK’s inaugural?”, Ted Sorensen would smile & say these 2 words.  show

WHAT IS “ASK NOT”?

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