Final Jeopardy: French Monarchs (6-27-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/27/2016) in the category “French Monarchs” was:
His reign was interrupted for “100 days” in the 19th century before he was restored & reigned for 9 years more.
New champ Harris Stutman won $23,000 last Friday. Today he is up against these challengers: Tony Orcutt, from Seattle, WA; and Susan Sexton, originally from Peachtree Corners, GA.
Round 1 Categories: Which Document Came First? – Musical Settings – Bible Briefs – 4-letter “V”ords – I’d Like To Thank – The Economy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Tony found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Musical Settings” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,000, $800 less than Susan’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
The Cook County jail in the 1920s is the setting for much of this show. show
Harris and Tony finished in a tie for the lead with $4,800 each. Susan wasn’t far behind at all with $4,400.
Round 2 Categories: Oprah’s Book Club Classics – War of The Words – Food & Drink Science – Margaret Me – Saints & Their Cities – ’90s Music
Tony got the first Daily Double in “War of the Words” under the $1,000 clue. There was one whole category left and the other DD was in it. In the lead with $14,800, he had $2,000 more than Susan in second place. He bet $1,600 and he was RIGHT.
This old-timey term for hand-to-hand combat starts with a hand ready to strike a blow. show
Tony also got the last Daily Double in “Oprah’s Book Club” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $16,800 now, $4,000 more than Susan in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 2004 Oprah reached back to this 19th century classic about an adulterous Russian wife. show
Tony finished in the lead with $21,000. Susan was next with $12,800 and Harris was in third place with $9,200.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Louis XVIII was a younger brother of Louis XVI, the monarch who literally lost his head in the French Revolution. If you were watching Jeopardy! last Tuesday, you might remember that they had a clue about Louis XVI’s son dying in prison in 1795. After his nephew’s demise, the Count of Provence changed his title to Louis XVIII, although he was in exile. The tables turned when Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba in April of 1814. Louis XVIII returned to Paris to take his place as King of France. His reign was interrupted by the 100-day return of Napoleon from Elba. Read Louis XVIII’s profile on The Mad Monarchist
Also see Napoleon’s Last Stand for more on that.
Harris got it right. His $7,500 bet brought him up to $16,700.
Susan thought it was Louis Napoleon. She lost her $4,601 bet, leaving her with $8,199.
Tony had Napoleon. That cost him $4,601 and he finished with $16,399. So Harris won the match and he is now a 2-day champ with $39,700 to show for it.
A triple stumper from each round:
MUSICAL SETTINGS ($600) It’s set at a Baltimore theatre that’s doing a musical version of “The Taming of the Shrew”
SAINTS & THEIR CITIES ($1000) Bishop, patron of France & “The Glory of Gaul”, St. Martin of this city
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “1970s Films”
In 2013 Mario Cuomo said he finally saw this film, which he had boycotted for personal reasons, & called it “maybe …a masterpiece”.” show
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Hey can someone help? A very special music venue and event in LA shares the same initials with this place that was included in a clue on Monday’s show, and I cannot for the life of me remember what the answer was! I posted it on FB cuz I thought it was cute, then I couldn’t remember the darned answer and people want to know now what the real answer is! Okay, here’s the clue (no idea of the category):
Idyllic Eastern Spot: G.O.E.
Anybody? Anybody?? THANKS!!
Garden of Eden
PS – It was in Bible Briefs
Tony blew it on the last DD. When the clue is under the $800 value, it is practically a gift. That was his chance to take the game with a question only he had a chance to provide.
To be fair, I might understand his reluctance if the category seemed like a complete unknown, or something as challenging as the real world of sports.
I truly hope in the rest of the games he watched, he had no clue as to the correct responses.
Harris essentially won by getting last clue right in DJ!.
47/61 here
Well done.
Was a bit busy today, so I missed the CotD talk (though there was not a whole lot of talk over there).
Well done by Harris, though. It is not often that the person in last gets to win.
About the FJ: is it me, or is it easy to mix up the different Louis rulers?
I would imagine that it’s not hard to mix up any list of rulers, popes or whatever with the same name when there are more than 5 of them.
Sometimes it doesn’t even have to be that many or even same name. LOL! I mixed up Saint Martin of Tours with Saint Martial of Limoges. today, thinking they were translating the name as Martin because I was just talking about that the other day.
There were 2 clues in this match where wrong responses gave another player an easy shot. One was when Harris misspoke on Princess Margaret’s sister in “Margaret Me” ($1200). The other was in “What Document Came First” ($600). Harris and Tony both gave wrong responses so…. LOL.
Here’s a link to 8 clues from this match.