Final Jeopardy: Movie Characters (6-16-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/16/2021) in the category “Movie Characters” was:

A character who was going to be called Lunar Larry became him, inspired by the name of a real person

3x champ Katie Sekelsky, a graphic designer from Kent, OH has now won $35,899. In Game 4, her opponents are: Evan Williams, an associate broker from North Hollywood, CA; and Sarah Reza, a museum program manager from Hyattsville, MD.

Round 1 Categories: Fawkes & Friends – Scientists – Odd State Facts – Not Quite Stupid Answers – The Comics – In the Mi”dd”le

Evan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Scientists” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $400, twice as much as Katie in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

This man’s original temperature scale had 0 as the boiling point; Linnaeus made a more intuitive thermometer with 0 as freezing show

WHO IS CELSIUS?

Katie finished in the lead with $5,200. Evan and Sarah were tied for second place with $4,000. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Dear Diary – Country Name Origins – Desert Island Reads – Tough Vocabulary – Twins & Triplets – Pop Music

Katie found the first Daily Double in “Desert Island Reads” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. She was in the lead with $8,800 now, $1,200 more than Sarah in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

The term Robinsonade refers to a castaway story that emulates the 18th century works of this man show

WHO IS DEFOE?

Two clues later, Evan landed on the last Daily Double in “Country Name Origins” under the $1,200 clue. In third place with $5,200, he had $6,600 less than Katie’s lead. He bet $4,000 and took a guess with Panama. That was WRONG.

In Central America, thought to be from the name of a local leader and the Spanish word for water show

WHAT IS NICARAGUA?

Katie finished in the lead with $16,600. Sarah was next with $11,200 and Evan was in third place with $4,800. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR?

From IMDB trivia on “Toy Story” (1995): “Buzz Lightyear’s name was inspired by Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, and the term light-year, which means the amount of distance a beam of light travels in one” year.

Other pertinent items include Larry Lunar as one of the original versions of Buzz, who was also called Tempus from Morph before they settled on Buzz Lightyear. Before the role went to Tim Allen, several other actors were offered the chance to voice Buzz Lightyear, including Billy Crystal, Chevy Chase and Jim Carrey. See more Toy Story trivia here

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Evan got it right. He bet it all and finished with $9,600.

Sarah got it, too. She wagered $1,601 and finished with $12,801

Katie wrote down Osmosis Jones. She lost her $5,801 bet, dropping her down to $10,799. That made Sarah Reza the new Jeopardy! champion.

A triple stumper from each round:

THE COMICS ($1000) Patrick McDonnell’s comic strip has this canine name even though Mooch the cat is often seen with Earl the dog

DESERT ISLAND READS ($2000) In this Walter Farley novel, Alec bonds with the title horse when they are shipwrecked together

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Popular Products”

This product that brought virtual tourism into homes in 1939 introduced its first virtual reality device in 2015 show

WHAT IS A VIEW-MASTER?

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