Final Jeopardy: Classic Toys (6-18-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/18/2018) in the category “Classic Toys” was:
This toy was patented in the 1960s as a “liquid filled die agitator”
New champ Deirdre Thomas, an attorney & editor from Washington, won $16,399 last Friday. In her second game, her challengers are: Sara Nies, an editorial assistant from New York; and Erik Johnson, a packaging engineer from Minnesota.
Round 1 Categories: 4 Rings, Serkis – She Created Him – Comic-Conversation – Get “Out”! – Revolution Now! – But It’s Lunchtime
Sara found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Revolution Now!” under the $400 clue, with 6 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $5,400, $1,200 more than Deirdre in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and guessed Saudi Arabia. That was WRONG.
The Euphrates Revolt was an unsuccessful 1920s uprising against the U.K.’s control of this country. show
Deirdre and Erik finished in a tie for the lead with $5,200. Sara was next with $400.
Round 2 Categories: In the Louvre – 4-Letter Words – Economics – Island Hopping – Chemical Processes – Express-ing Themselves
Deirdre found the first Daily Double in “In the Louvre” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick. She was in the lead with $7,200 now, $2,000 more than Erik in second place. She bet $2,000 and went with Da Vinci. That was WRONG.
An Italian import: “The Rebellious Slave” (a sculpture); “Ideal Head of a Woman (a sketch). show
Sara found the last Daily Double in “Economics” under the $2,000 clue. The whole Chemical Processes category was still uncovered. She was in second place with $8,800 when she found it, but got dinged for $800 (see below). That dropped her below Erik’s $8,400 so she was in third place with $1,200 less than Deirdre’s lead. She bet $2,800 and came up with “voir dire.” That was WRONG.
For the Latin for “to look at”, they are investors out for short-term profit; their money keeps the markets liquid & efficient. show
Deirdre finished in the lead with $10,400. Erik was next with $8,400 and Sara was in third place with $5,200.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Magic 8-Ball had its beginning in the 1940s with Albert Carter, the son of a professional psychic. It began as a cylinder, not an 8-ball. Carter teamed up with his cousin Abe Bookman to form Alabe Toys to sell the product they called “Syco-Slate: The Pocket Fortune Teller.” Carter filed for a patent but passed away before it was granted, leaving the rights to Bookman. When Brunswick Billiards became interested in the gizmo for a promotional campaign, Bookman redesigned it to its current form. Toy Tales has more info on the toy’s history, as well as the patent drawings showing “the inner workings of the liquid-filled die agitator.”
The Magic 8-Ball is one of Time’s 100 Greatest Toys (listed in the 1940s), but it has not yet been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. If you love it, you can nominate it for the November 2018 induction.
Sara doubled her score to $10,400.
Erik bet $6,000, bringing him up to $14,400.
Deirdre bet $6,401 bet so she won the match with $16,801. Her 2-day total is $33,200.
There were 2 reversals in this match:
GET “OUT” ($200) I just got 3 cases of pens & 6 cases of scotch tape all for $20 in this type of liquidation sale — Alex said no to Erik’s “blowout” response and yes to Sara’s “closeout.” The judges accepted Erik’s reply, awarding him $400.
ECONOMICS ($400) From 1990 to 2015 this annual figure for the U.S. averaged about 2.5%; for China, about 10% — Alex accepted just “GDP” from Sara when they wanted “GDP growth.” She got dinged for $800.
A triple stumper from each round:
BUT IT’S LUNCHTIME ($400) Every Scot knows that cock-a-leekie soup is a fine repast based on leeks & a stock made from this
EXPRESS-ING THEMSELVES ($1200) This children’s book series by W. Awdry inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Starlight Express”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “European Literature”
“Episodes” in this 1922 work include the Lotus Eaters & Ithaca. show
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Would never have guessed the 8 Ball. It sounds like the Lava Lamp or one of those toys with swirling colors inside. I missed that it was die, not dye!
Congrats to the players on the triple solve. But still though how the contestants did not know about tigris and Euphrates rivers is beyond me. Also, VJ, have you ever used the magic eight ball and predicted good luck and fortune before? I thought for sure latin was in deirdre’s corner since she is an attorney. What went wrong today?
@Lou
Exactly! We agree on that Euphrates/Tigris miss. As I said it has been in the news for decades, not to mention that Babylon was supposed to be between them, the cradle
of civilization. Well, it did Sara cost the game.
@Lou, you are talking about the Daily Doubles and it never matters whether the other players know them or not. Deirdre’s DD was about Art. Sara got the “from the Latin” and Euphrates DD’s.
LINK: 10 more clues from the match
@JJ
Congratulations!!! The week of extremes continues, and like last week Wednesday , 3 right FJs, 3 wrong DDs. It cost Sara the game. The first DD, Euphrates and Tigris have been in the news for DECADES. To miss “Iraq” was a real bummer. Ah well. Congrats to DEIRDRE as well, we shall see if she can make it to 4 wins.