Final Jeopardy: Sports Nicknames (3-7-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/7/2016) in the category “Sports Nicknames” was:

Collective nickname for the group who “formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone”.

New champ Natasha Gainey won $14,200 on Friday. Today she takes on these two players: Brent Povis, from Pittsburgh, PA; and Eric Grebing, from Raleigh, NC.

Round 1 Categories: Ooh, Look, Shiny Things – American History – Street Smarts – In Trouble with the FCC – Let’s Hit the “Bar” – The Drinks Are on Me

Brent found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Street Smarts” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He and Eric were tied for the lead at $1,800, $1,400 more than Natasha. He bet $600 and he was RIGHT.

Folks from Oscar Wilde to Liza Minelli have hit Jean Lafitte’s Old Absinthe House at this Street & Bienville, y’all.  show

WHAT IS BOURBON STREET?

Natasha finished in the lead with $6,200. Brent was second with $5,000 and Eric was last with $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: Monuments & Memorials – 5-Letter Words – Born during the Civil War – Literature is for the Birds – The Indian Ocean – “R” Song

Brent found the first Daily Double in “The Indian Ocean” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. In second place with $5,000, he had $1,600 less than Natasha’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Northern extensions of the Indian Ocean include the Arabian Sea off India’s West Coast & this bay to the East. show

WHAT IS THE BAY OF BENGAL?

Two clues later, Eric uncovered the last Daily Double in “Literature is for the Birds” under the $1,200 clue. He was in third place with $4,200 now, $3,000 less than Brent’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

In this novel, a Tulane law student discovers facts that people will kill for & if she doesn’t get help, she might be next. show

WHAT IS “THE PELICAN BRIEF”?

Eric finished in the lead with $17,400. Brent was next with $12,400 and Natasha was in third place with $11,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO ARE THE FOUR HORSEMEN?

“After Notre Dame’s 13-7 victory over Army on October 18, 1924, [Grantland] Rice penned the most famous passage in the history of sports journalism. ‘Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.'” (UND.com)

Natasha wrote down “the White Sox.” She lost her $6,500 bet and was left with $4,900.

Brent got it right. His $12,389 bet brought his score up to $24,789.

Eric came up with “the Fighting Irish.” That cost him $7,401 and he finished with $9,999.

So we start out the week with a new Jeopardy! champ and that is Brent Povis. Congrats!

The last triple stumper was in the “Born in the Civil War” category – ($800) This manager of the Philadelphia A’s from 1901 through 1950 came into the world as Cornelius McGillicuddy in 1862.

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

A protege of Oscar Hammerstein, he’s won Grammys, an Oscar, a Pulitzer Prize & the most Tony Awards by a composer. show

WHO IS STEPHEN SONDHEIM?

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