Final Jeopardy: Toys & Games (2-7-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/7/2022) in the category “Toys and Games” was:
Its co-creator said adding an “L” to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 “made it”
3x champ Emma Saltzberg, a consultant from Brooklyn, NY won $54,199 last week. In Game 4, she takes on these two players: Lawrence Long, a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, NC; and Jennifer Kronenberger, a social worker from Metairie, LA.
Round 1 Categories: The Wrath of Khan – Air – Mixed Bags – The Word Series – & Then to the Opera House! – Pop Culture “East” & “West”
Lawrence found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Opera House” under the $1,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,000, $400 less than Emma’s lead. Lawrence made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Rome. That was WRONG.
This Po River city’s Santa Sindone Chapel houses a famed linen; there’s great opera at its Teatro Regio show
Emma finished in the lead with $3,200. Lawrence was second with $1,600 and Jennifer was last with $1,200. One clue worth $800 was left on the board.
Round 2 Categories: Angels & Demons & Insurance Agents – Photographers – International Airlines – Words with Numbers in Them – Prose – Cannes
Lawrence found the first Daily Double in “Cannes” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick. He was in the lead with $3,600, $400 more than Emma in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Trees like those seen there on the Promenade de la Croisette inspired this name of Cannes’ top prize, first awarded in 1955. show
Emma got the last Daily Double in “Prose” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was tied for the lead with Lawrence at $8,800, $8,000 more than Jennifer. Emma bet $4,000, and thought it was Hungarian. That was WRONG.
Milan Kundera wrote “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” in this language, but later started writing novels in French show
Lawrence finished in the lead with $14,800. Emma was second with $11,600 and Jennifer was last with $5,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS TRIVIAL PURSUIT?
Tim Moodie’s article “The Story Behind Trivial Pursuit” has the total scoop on how two Canadian newspaper men, Scott Abbott and Chris Haney, invented the board game “Trivial Pursuit” in 1979. It took several years and a lot of fund raising before they met with success but when they did, they became rich beyond their wildest expectations and made their investors buckets of cash as well. In addition to listing the various incarnations of Trivial Pursuit, Moodie also lists games that owe their existence to Trivial Pursuit, including Pictionary, Scattergories and Balderdash and many others.
It was Chris Haney’s wife, Sarah, who suggested adding the “L” to the end of Trivia. Scott Abbott thought that “made it” or, in other words, was the finishing touch to their creation.
Jennifer had no response. She lost her $5,000 bet and finished with $600.
Emma wrote down what looked like “The” before time ran out. That incomplete response cost her $2,000. She finished with $9,600.
Lawrence got it right. He bet $8,401 and won the game with $23,201. Lawrence Long is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
POP CULTURE “EAST” & “WEST” ($400) Yul Brynner wore the black hat in this 1973 movie; Ed Harris is a different man in black on the TV series
PROSE ($400) Louis Chu’s novel of Manhattan’s Chinatown is titled “Eat a Bowl of” this beverage
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Asian Geography”
This 150- by 2.5-mile area created in 1953 is now home to more than 100 endangered & protected species show
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How two supposed trivia experts didn’t know the name of arguably the most popular board game of the last 50 years is mind-boggling. It didn’t matter because Lawrence nailed it and had the lead. Had he missed, Emma would have won by default. But she should have bet $0, which would have locked out Jennifer from doubling to $11200 and passing her had Jennifer hit FJ
There were many stumpers, but IMO must of them were really tough. Being a sports junkie, I knew the Seattle baseball stadium and the sports verb for a shot without pausing. And the 1973 Yul Brynner movie, a real classic. film.
Yeah, Yul Brynner was the man!
Ah yes the good old days of trivial pursuit. One of my favorites back in the old days. Now Hasbro has made two windows versions of trivial pursuit. One of them was the millennium edition which contained six categories like wildcard, people and places, Sports and leisure and so forth. There is also trivial pursuit nascar edition and the 2009 trivial pursuit of game. I was certain the ladies would get this one. But maybe Lawrence can string together some wins if possible. Anyone else here played trivial pursuit for both pc or board game? Jacob, rhonda?
Lou, yes my family did play the board version of trivial pursuit. We never played the PC version though.
I have the board game tucked away, it’s been decades since I last played it.