Final Jeopardy: Famous Ships (7-28-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/28/2020) in the category “Historic Names” was:

In December 1620 this vessel came ashore at a secondary destination because of a shortage of beer

Today we’re watching a rerun of the Celebrity Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 2/5/2001 and featured: Jodie Foster, Oscar-winning actress and director; Nathan Lane, Tony & Daytime Emmy-winning actor; and Harry Connick, Jr., Grammy & Emmy-winning singer, pianist and actor.

Round 1 Categories: Citizenship Test – Better Known as… – Holidays – Pop Music – History From Hollywood – Talk Nonsense

Jodie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Holidays” under the $500 clue on the 11th pick of the round. At $200, she was in a second place tie with Nathan. They both had $900 less than Harry’s lead. She bet $500 and she was RIGHT.

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WHO IS VICTORIA?

Nathan finished in the lead with $2,100. Jodie was second with $1,800 and Harry was last with $1,000. Only the $500 clue in “Citizenship” went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Ballet – Forgotten but Not Gone – “F” in Geography – Recent Movies – Literature – A Little French

Nathan found the first Daily Double in “Recent Movies” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick. He was in the lead with $4,100 now, $1,100 more than Jodie in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHO IS SHAKESPEARE?

Jodie got the last Daily Double in “Forgotten Not Gone” under the $800 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $5,800, she had $3,100 less than Nathan’s lead. She bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.

At a dance class, you can still learn this hot 1920s dance named for a South Carolina city. show

WHAT IS THE CHARLESTON?

Nathan finished in the lead with $11,100. Jodie was next with $8,300 and Harry was in third place with $4,800. The whole board was completed.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE MAYFLOWER?

According to Lisa Grimm’s 2012 Beer-Mythbusting article, when the Pilgrims sighted land in the New World near Cape Cod, they were running out of beer and they were in the wrong place to boot. Winter was setting in and it would be too difficult to continue on to the Virginia colony they were originally bound for. A supply of beer was a necessity as contamination of water aboard the ship was a potentially deadly threat.

Also mentioned: Budweiser’s role in popularizing this tale in the 20th century with ads that can be seen online and bought on eBay if you search for “Budweiser Mayflower Vintage Print Ad.”

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Harry wrote down the H.M.S. Budweiser. Alex was highly amused and said Harry would find a Clydesdale in his garage when he got home. Harry lost $4,700 and finished with $100.

Jodie got it right. She bet it all and doubled her score to $16,600.

Nathan went with Budweiser, too. “Great minds think alike,” Alex said as Harry and Nathan high-fived. Nathan lost $10,000 and was left with $1,100.

Jodie’s was awarded an extra $5,000 so $21,600 was donated to The Hollywood Education and Literacy Project. Nathan and Harry each got $10,000 for their respective charities: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Jimmy Fund.

A triple stumper from each round:

HISTORY FROM HOLLYWOOD ($500) In 1939 Spencer Tracy searched for this African explorer, played by Cedric Hardwicke

LITERATURE ($800) This Thoreau work includes a chapter on “The Pond in Winter”

More clues on Page 2

5 years ago on Celebrity Jeopardy!: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Business”

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WHO ARE HARLEY & DAVIDSON?

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek for continuing success in his battle against cancer. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.