Final Jeopardy: Comedy Movies (11-30-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/30/2020) in the category “Comedy Movies” was:

In the original script for this 1975 film, the title object was finally found in London’s Harrods department store

Returning champ, Ryan, a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, CA, has won $78,203. In Game 4, he takes on these 2 players: Tracy, a college administrator from Newport News, VA; and Ben, an accountant from Allentown, PA.

Note: This is Nikki, VJ’s daughter, filling in for my Mom while she is in the hospital, in case you missed her message on the Jeopardy Calendar post. Due to my own time constraints, the recaps will be shorter than usual, but my Mom will work her magic when she returns.

Round 1 Categories: Annual Events – Authors’ Middle Names – The Birds & The Bees – Multicolored – Sports Joe – Yiddish

Tracy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Birds & The Bees” under the $400 clue, with just 3 clues left after it. She was in last place with $200, $5,400 less than Ryan in first place. She bet $500 and answered drone bees. She was WRONG.

Mason & carpenter bees are classified as this type that practices social distancing full time. show

WHAT ARE SOLITARY BEES?

Ryan finished in the lead with $6,600. Ben was second with $2,600 and Tracy was last with $300. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Geography – It Came From Crowd Funding – 3 C’s – Words in the Song – Having an Argument – A Royal Pain

Tracy found the first Daily Double in “Geography” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick. She was in last place with $1,500, $5,100 less than Ryan. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

One of the 2 landlocked South American nations; both have Spanish & Guarani as official languages. show

WHAT IS PARAGUAY? The other country is Bolivia

Ryan got the last Daily Double in “Having an Argument” under the $800 clue, with 1 clue left after it. In first place with $19,800, he had $13,400 more than Ben. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.

Senator, 2 minutes for this segment of a debate, to attack elements of the prior argument such as its assumptions or its relevance. show

WHAT IS A REBUTTAL?

Ryan finished in the lead with $25,800. Ben was next with $6,600 and Tracy was in third place with $4,100. No clues went uncovered.

ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL?

Click here to check out 15 Facts about “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” on Mental Floss.

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Tracy didn’t write anything down and that cost her $2,501. She finished with $1,599.

Ben had no response, he thanked everyone who got him here. He bet $6,158, leaving him with $442.

Ryan got it right and bet only $523. He won the game with $26,323. 4-day total, $104,526.

A triple stumper from each round:

Sometimes in the middle of the night I’ll head to the kitchen & do some of this, from the Yiddish for “snacking”

“I wanna feel the heat with somebody”

Today’s show is dedicated to Alex Trebek. Forever in our Hearts, Always our Inspiration.

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