Final Jeopardy: Rock Bands (7-7-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/7/2021) in the category “Rock Bands” was:

In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have no. 1 albums in the U.S. In the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s

7x champ Courtney Shah, a community college instructor from Portland, OR has won $118,558 so far. In Game 8, the challengers are: Nikole Villanueva, a direct service provider from Cedar Rapids, IO; and Keshav Shah, a graduate student from Atlanta, GA.

Round 1 Categories: Winning Presidential Campaign Slogans – Toys & Games – The Duke & Duchess of Suffix – TV Animation – Spiders – Working Out: The Details

Nikole found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Toys & Games” under the $600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,000, $800 more than Courtney in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

Milton Bradley used a printer that normally made shower curtains to make this game’s floor mat show

WHAT IS TWISTER?

Keshav finished in the lead with $4,600. Nikole was second with $3,800 and Courtney was last with $3,400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Women Directors – Chapter of the 19th Century Novel – Wall-to-Wall – Marshall Matters – Not to Be Confused – The “Dr” Is in

Keshav found the first Daily Double in “Chapter of the 19th Century Novel” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. He was in the lead with $5,800 now, $2,000 more than Nikole in second. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

”The Siege of La Rochelle” and “Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword” show

WHAT IS “THE THREE MUSKETEERS”?

Keshav got the last Daily Double in “Wall-to-Wall” under the $1,600 clue, with one clue left after it. In the lead with $15,200, he had $3,400 more than Nikole in second place. He bet $3,000 and said he didn’t know so he was WRONG.

It’s the only remaining structure of the second temple of Jerusalem show

WHAT IS THE WESTERN WALL / WAILING WALL?

Keshav finished in the lead with $12,200. Nikole was next with $11,800 and Courtney was in third place with $6,200. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS U2?

“Songs of Experience” is the name of the 2017 No. 1 album by Irish rockers U2. Its title (as well as the group’s 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence”) were taken from William Blake’s collection of poems, “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”. Prior to its release, the band scored 7 No. 1 albums, 2 in the 1980s, 3 in the 1990s and 2 in the 2000s. See U2’s discography on Wikipedia.

Get the scoop on lead singer Bono’s nickname.

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Courtney got it right. She bet $800 and finished with $7,000.

Nikole got it, too. She wagered $11,500 and ended the game with $23,300.

Keshav wrote down The Police. He lost his $11,401 bet and landed in third place with $799. That made Nikole Villanueva the new Jeopardy! champion.

A triple stumper from each round:

WINNING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS ($800) “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

CHAPTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY NOVEL ($2000) By H.G. Wells, “The Reversion of the Beast Folk”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Mythology”

In Homer there’s only one of these, from the Greek for “terrible”; later they became 3 scary sisters show

WHO ARE THE GORGONS?

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