Final Jeopardy: Films of the 1960s (3-21-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/21/2018) in the category “Films of the 1960s” was:
Bernard Herrmann scored this 1960 black & white thriller using only the string section of an orchestra
2x champ Lisa Mueller, has now won $33,200. In Game 3, she is up against these two ladies: Chris Franz, from Orwigsburg, PA; and Rebecca Zoshak, from State College, PA.
As Alex noted during the chat, Rebecca Zoshak was invited back for another game after a misleading FJ in the 1/11/2018 game affected her negatively. Serendipity: that FJ was about a movie, too.
Round 1 Categories: Senior Moments – 5-letter Words – Not-So-Serious Laws – Newspapers – I’ve Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway – Mix -ology
Lisa found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Senior Moments” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,600. In fact, she was the only one with any money. She bet it all and she was RIGHT.
He was 77 when he returned to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery. show
Lisa finished in the lead with $5,200. Rebecca was second with $1,400 and Chris was last with $1,000.
Round 2 Categories: Pizarro World – Lawyer TV – Triple Rhyme Time – Ethni-Cities – Full Sentence Literary Titles – Deus Ex Machina
Chris found the first Daily Double in “Ethni-Cities” under the $2,000 clue on the 12th pick. She was in third place with $4,400 at this point, $1,000 behind Rebecca’s lead. She bet $3,000 and went with Portuguese. That was WRONG.
Buenos Aires’ many people of this European origin call themselves Tanos. show
Lisa found the last Daily Double in “Deus Ex Machina” under the $2,000 clue, with 7 clues still to go. In the lead with $8,200, she had $2,800 more than Rebecca in second place. SHe bet $1,000 and thought it was a Hummer. That was WRONG.
In 1990 the first of these autos rolled out of a GM plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. show
Rebecca finished in the lead with $7,400. Lisa was next with $7,200 and Chris was in third place with $6,600.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
From CMuse.org: When Bernard Herrmann wrote the music for Psycho, “he was dealing with a reduced music budget and disagreements with Hitchcock. Hitchcock originally wanted a jazz score for Psycho and did not want any music in the shower scene. Herrmann frequently ignored what directors suggested and this film was no exception. Since he was faced with a lower budget, he used only strings for the entire score. To create the screeching music for the shower scene, he made use of different techniques for violins of plucking the strings, tremolos, and harmonics.”
Never nominated for an Academy Award for any of his scores in Hitchcock films, Herrmann was nominated for “Citizen Kane” and “All That Money Can Buy” in 1942, winning the Oscar for the latter; and for “Taxi Driver” and “Obsession” (posthumously) in 1977.
Chris bet $6,000 to finish with $12,600.
Lisa bet $6,001 bet, bringing her up to $13,201.
Rebecca bet $7,007 bet and won the game with $14,407. Rebecca Zoshak is the new Jeopardy! champ. “It’s nice to come back, isn’t it?” Alex asked. “It sure is,” Rebecca responded.
A triple stumper from each round:
NOT-SO-SERIOUS LAWS ($1000) His law tells us work always expands to fill the available time
FULL SENTENCE LITERARY TITLES ($2000) “Never Let Me Go” is by this Japanese-born British writer, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “21st Century News”
Russia took out $200 million in insurance, anticipating any damage that might be caused by this in 2001. show
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So what is the ‘official’ answer to the streaming producer question?
@Kathleen, “Manchester by the Sea” was the response they wanted. After that 1/11/18 game, Alex Trebek explained that they should have said the film was “distributed” by an internet streaming service, not produced. Rebecca evidently discounted that film because she knew it was distributed by Amazon. The link to that particular match is in the paragraph after the players’ names.
Congrats on a triple solve today by the ladies. It’s great to see Rebecca zoshak again. But do you Remember the three way elimination back in January 2016, VJ? I really hope Rebecca has a long jeopardy run without being eliminated again. Plus, when was the last time you saw psycho and it’s sequels?
@Lou, I saw the original Psycho a couple of times though really, once was enough. ha ha ha. I don’t remember when the last time was and I never saw any of its sequels.
LINK: 11 more clues from the match