Celebrity Jeopardy Final: Famous Women (10-18-23)
The 4th quarterfinal of the 2023 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship features these celebrity contestants: actor Steven Weber, playing for SAG-AFTRA Foundation; 2x NBA champ Shane Battier, playing for Battier Take Charge Foundation; and actress Melissa Fumero, playing for the Intl. Community Foundation/This is About Humanity.
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Famous Women” was:
She joined the Sisters of Loreto at age 18, then took her good works to Calcutta, where she was called this
Jeopardy! Categories: Historical Markers – Repetitive Song Titles – Board Games – Respond Like A Pirate – Popular Baby Names Of The 2010s – “Pop” Quiz, Hotspot
Shane found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historical Markers” under the $500 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $900, $800 more than Steven in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and went with Nixon. That was WRONG.
Along with “Deep Throat”, he’s the reporter mentioned on a historical marker outside a parking garage in Arlington, VA show
Steven finished in the lead with $2,200. Shane was second with $1,900 and Melissa was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! Categories: On Another Planet – Denzel Washington – Historic Quotes Rephrased – Podcasts – Other Words For Doin’ It – Middle “Man”
Steven found the first Daily Double in “Middle “Man”” under the $1,000 clue on the 25th pick. He was in the lead with $6,000 now, $3,900 more than Shane in second place. Steven bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Ernest Hemingway wrote about “The Snows of” this highest peak in Africa show
Two clues later, Melissa landed on the last Daily Double in “Podcasts” under the $400 clue. She was in last place, $400 in the red. Melissa chose not to bet the $1,000 allowance, opting for a $600 bet instead. Unfortunately, she drew a blank so she was WRONG.
“5-4” is a podcast that calls itself an “occasionally profane take on the ideological battles” of this federal body show
Steven finished in the lead with $9,000. Shane was next with $2,000 and Melissa was in third place at negative $1,000. All clues were shown.
Triple Jeopardy! Categories: Artistic Children’s Books – Nonagenarians – Medical Mnenomics – The Quran – Car Models In Other Words – “I” Can Go Either Way
Steven found the first Triple Jeopardy! Daily Double in “Nonagenarians” under the $1,500 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $11,400, $5,800 more than Shane in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Making comedy fans wait over 40 years for a sequel, this 97-year-old released “History of the World, Part II” in 2023 show
Two clues later, Steven found the next Daily Double in “Oh, The Irony!” under the $600 clue. He was in the lead with $23,100 now, $17,500 more than Shane in second place. He bet $10,000 this time and he was RIGHT again.
“Sunflowers and Swirly Stars” is the subtitle of a book about this artist show
Steven found the last Daily Double in “The Quran” under the $1,200 clue on the 24th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $37,000 now, an incredible $27,500 more than Shane in second place. He bet $15,000 and thought it was Aramaic. That was WRONG.
The Quran has gone through dozens of translations but was originally written in the classical form of this language show
Steven finished in the lead with a runaway $24,400 and Shane was next with $10,700. Melissa was in third place with negative $1,000. She was given $500 to play with in Final Jeopardy! All clues were shown.
ALL of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS MOTHER TERESA?
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was born on 8/26/1910 in Skopje, the current capital of North Macedonia, which was part of the Ottoman Empire then. By age 18, she had decided to become a missionary so she left Skopje “to join the Sisters of Loreto, in Dublin, Ireland. There she chose the name Teresa after her patron St. Thérèse of Lisieux. She learned English there, because English was the language the Sisters of Loreto used to teach schoolchildren in India. Although her stay in Dublin was short, the sisters remember her as ‘very small, shy and quiet.'”
Melissa bet $400 and finished with $900.
Shane bet it all and finished with $21,400.
Steven bet $600 and won the match with $25,000 even. Steven advances to the Semifinals. Shane and Melissa each won $30,000 for their charities.
A triple stumper from each round:
Round 1: “POP” QUIZ, HOTSPOT ($500) In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey sang about wanting this large animal for Christmas
Round 2: DENZEL WASHINGTON ($600) “No one would take on his case… until one man was willing to take on the system” was a tagline for this 1993 Washington film
Round 3: ARTISTIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS ($900) Henri Matisse’s paper cut-outs inspired the book “Drawing with” this hand-operated tool
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