Celebrity Jeopardy Final: Award-Winning Actresses (1-2-24)
In the first semifinal of the 2023-24 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship, the celebrity contestants are: actor and stand-up comedian Lisa Ann Walter, playing for the Entertainment Community Fund; actress Mira Sorvino, playing for the U.N. Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking; and actor and singer Utkarsh Ambudkar, playing for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Award-Winning Actresses” was:
Her 2019 Oscar win & 2021 Emmy win were both for portraying a British queen
Jeopardy! Categories: Books in the Series – Sports Team Homophones – Auto Biographies – One Belly Button, Two Nipples – Elementary Pop Culture – Oaths
Lisa Ann found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Oaths” under the $400 clue, with 2 clues to go after it. She was in the lead with $2,700, $500 more than Mira in second place. Lisa Ann bet $500 and she was RIGHT.
One translation of this early oath begins “I swear by Apollo the physician” show
Lisa Ann finished in the lead with $3,200. Mira was second with $2,800 and Utkarsh was last with $1,500. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! Categories: African History – Different Songs, Same Titles – Geography & a Little Math – Uranus, Shmuranus – Maine Attractions – “Lady”s First
Mira found the first Daily Double in “Maine Attractions” under the $$800 clue on the 23rd pick. She was in the lead with $7,000 now, $2,500 more than Utkarsh in second place. Mira bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Portland’s historic Abyssinian Meeting House was a hub for this secret 19th century network show
Mira got the last Daily Double in “African History” under the $400 clue with just one clue left after it. In the lead with $10,200, She had $5,700 more than Utkarsh in second place. Mira bet $1,000 again and she was RIGHT again.
The Agojie, an all-female army corps in the kingdom of Dahomey, was at the center of this Viola Davis film. show
Mira finished in the lead with $11,200. Utkarsh was next with $4,500 and Lisa Ann was in third place at $4,400. All clues were shown.
Triple Jeopardy! Categories: Know Your -ologies – Tiny Desk Concerts – Personal Finance – Sojourner Truth – Scientists – Celebrity Jeopardy Ain’t The Only “CJ”
Lisa Ann found the first Triple Jeopardy! Daily Double in “Scientists” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $8,900, $2,300 less than Mira’s lead. Lisa Ann bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Through her book “Silent Spring”, Rachel Carson spurred interest in this field, the “EP” in the Federal agency EPA. show
Lisa Ann found the next Daily Double in “Know Your -ologies” under the $900 clue on the 15th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $13,100 now, $1,600 more than Mira in second place. Lisa Ann bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.
Geek out if you graduated from MIT where the “T” stands for this show
Mira found the last Daily Double in “Personal Finance” under the $600 clue on the 26th pick of the round. She was in second place with $15,400, $700 less than Lisa Ann’s lead. Mira bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
For film buffs, it was a Tom Cruise hitman-in-a-taxi movie; for bank nerds it’s an asset pledged to secure a loan show
Lisa Ann finished in the lead with $17,000 and Mira was next with $16,100. Utkarsh was in third place with $8,400.
TWO of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS OLIVIA COLMAN?
Olivia Colman was nominated for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy in 2020 and 2021 for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in “The Crown”. She won the award in 2021. Before that, Colman portrayed Queen Anne in the 2018 film “The Favourite”. She won the Best Actress Oscar for that performance at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony in February 2019.
Utkarsh got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $16,800.
Mira thought it was Helen Mirren. She bet her whole $16,100 and finished with zero.
Lisa Ann also got it right. She bet $15,201 and won the match with $32,201. Lisa Ann advances to the finals. Utkarsh and Mira each won $50,000 for their charities.
A triple stumper from each round:
Round 1: BOOKS IN THE SERIES ($500) Philip Pullman: “The Golden Compass”; “The Subtle Knife”; “The Amber Spyglass”
Round 2: MAINE ATTRACTIONS ($200) For wildlife lovers, Maine offers safaris to spot this large mammal featured on its flag
Round 3: PERSONAL FINANCE ($1500) If you’re eligible, sock away some after-tax retirement scratch in one of these accounts, named for a late Delaware senator
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As is usual, the clues, to me, seemed easier than regular, and they still struggled. I think the only TS I didn’t get was the Golden Compass one. That’s why I think that putting the Celeb J! champ in the TOC is a bad idea. Like, in the upcoming, I would be VERY surprised, like bet money on it, if Ike Barinholtz even makes it out of his first round game.
Although, to their credit, I didn’t know the Viola Davis DD, and I also got FJ wrong. Like Mira, I said Helen Mirren.