Final Jeopardy: Female Singers (1-31-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/31/2019) in the category “Female Singers” was:
In the 1990s this New York native had 8 of her first 10 Billboard Top 40 hits reach No. 1
New champ Joan Dietrich, a Montessori teacher from Sammamish, WA, won $21,300 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Meghan Schulz, an environmental engineer from Bristol, PA; and J.B. Evans, an attorney from Boise, ID.
Round 1 Categories: Official State Foods – Disaster Averted – Miscellaneous – I Before E, After C – Scribbling Siblings – The Super Bowl
J.B. found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Official State Foods” under the $800 clue, with a dozen clues to go after it. He was in third place with $800, $3,200 less than Joan’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that’s made with this state fruit. show
Meghan finished in the lead with $7,200. Joan was second with $4,400 and J.B. was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: Bio Picked – Cliches – 1960s America – I Got the World on a String – “M.C.” – The Superb Owl
J.B. found the first Daily Double in “1960s America” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. He was in third place with $3,000 at this point, $7,800 less than Meghan’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
He formed a Harvard psychedelic drug program; he was dismissed by Harvard in 1963. show
J.B. got the last Daily Double in “The Superb Owl” under $1,200, the very last clue of the round. In second place with $9,400, he had $4,600 less than Meghan’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
The owl has traditionally been considered wise, as it was the bird of this Greek goddess. show
That DD put J.B. in the lead with $14,400. Meghan was next with $14,000 and Joan was in third place with $6.000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to Billboard: “With 18 No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100, Mariah Carey holds the record for the most leaders on the list of any solo artist, second overall only to The Beatles…. Notably, she landed a No. 1 every year from 1990 through 2000, while her duet with Boyz II Men, “One Sweet Day,” is tied with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, for the most weeks at No. 1: 16 (starting Dec. 2, 1995).”
From an Ultimate Tournament of Champions game: WHO’S HAD MORE NO. 1 HITS? $800: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand
Joan got it right. She bet $1,500 and finished with $7,500.
Meghan got it, too. She bet $13,190, bringing her up to $27,190.
J.B. went for New Jersey native Whitney Houston. He lost $13,601 and landed in third place with $799. That made Meghan Schulz the new Jeopardy! champ.
What the heck?? I BEFORE E, AFTER C ($800) It’s an Italian lawn bowling game.
Alex spelled it B-O-C-C-I-E. Joan rang in but didn’t respond. She was probably spelling the more widely used B-O-C-C-E to herself and thinking “no I”)
Two triple stumpers from the last round:
1960S AMERICA ($400) Thanks to a gift from Nikita Khrushchev, this president enjoyed a litter of dogs nicknamed “pupniks”
I GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING ($1600) This instrument is a long-necked Greek lute; a bazooka makes a much different sound
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “The U.S.A.”
The Empire State Building says that on a clear day you can see 5 states from the top: New York, New Jersey, Conn. & these 2. show
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J.B. tried to win the game, but missed because he picked the wrong female singer in the wrong state. Meghan, the new J! champion, could be the first 5-time champion we desperately need.
Although her wager was a little strange (had she been wrong she would have been left with 810 bucks, might as well have won another 810…), CONGRATULATIONS to Meghan!
Funny they had an “M.C.” category when Mariah Carey was the FJ solution !!! Did J! try to give a hint there? I also found the “bazooka” clue funny, did they mean the sound of the weapon or the chewing gum popping?
Well, it’s great that the ladies knew Mariah Carey since her music has given us happiness. Let’s hope meghan can build up her win because we need her to get a streak going to start the month of February before the all star games begins. Whitney Houston wasn’t that bad but her songs I have nothing, I will always love you and so forth Will always be my favorite. VJ and John you guys know I don’t want to cry, my all, and hero right?
@Lou
I like Parton’s version of IWALY” better, but then I am a big fan of Dolly Parton…..
Houston was great, what a pity that her life went into a downward spiral, really sad.
@Lou, there’s no denying that Whitney and Mariah have fabulous voices, but personally, I like songs that you can sing along to so that kind leaves them out of my repertoire.
LINK: 10 more clues from the game