Celebrity Jeopardy Final: Rallying Cries (10-11-23)
In the third quarterfinal of the 2023-24 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship, the celebrity contestants are: actor Christopher Meloni, playing for Global Lyme Alliance; actress & TV host Sherri Shepherd, playing for Move-In Day Mafia Initiative at Project Dreamlight; and sports comedy host Katie Nolan, playing for Assoc. of Women in Sports Media.
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Rallying Cries” was:
Don’t mess with Texas: Sam Houston’s troops shouted this 3-word battle cry while attacking Santa Anna’s army at San Jacinto
Jeopardy! Categories: As Seen on “Shark Tank” – Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda – Demonyms – Oh, That’s Rich – Lesser-Known Siblings – All You Need is “L-O-V-E”
Christopher found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Lesser-Known Siblings” under the $1,000 clue, with 2 clues to go after it. He and Sherri were both in the red to the tune of $100. Katie had $4,500. Christopher bet the 500 allowance and he was RIGHT.
Berenice IV who was dethroned and executed by her father was the sister of this queen who committed suicide in 30 BC show
Katie finished in the lead with $4,500. Christopher was second with $900 and Sherri was last with negative $100. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! Categories: Feeling Gassy – Fictional Tv Towns – Big Dogs as Little Puppies – For Sweater or Worse – Wine Biz – Merriam-Webster‘s Words of the Year
Katie found the first Daily Double in “Words of the Year” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick. She was in the lead with $6,500 now. Christopher and Sherri were both in negative territory. Katie bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
A 1944 Ingrid Bergman film popularized this 11-letter word of 2022, an act of psychological manipulation show
Katie got the last Daily Double in “For Sweater or Worse” under the $600 clue on the 22nd pick of the round. In the lead with $9,100, he had $7,000 more than Christopher in second place. Katie bet $$1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Sweaters that button in front are named for British officer James Thomas Brudenell, the 7th Earl of this show
Katie finished in the lead with $10,300. Christopher was next with $2,500 and Sherri was in third place with $1,500. All clues were shown.
Triple Jeopardy! Categories: “EZ” Geography – You’re a Homophone, Diane – Hi, I’m J.Lo – Shapes in Nature – Fashion for All – Pew! Pew! Pew!
Katie found the first Triple Jeopardy! Daily Double in “Pew! Pew! Pew!” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $11,500, $7,800 more than Christopher in second place. Katie bet $3,000 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.
Derived from the French word for “flea”, it’s a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna show
Katie found the next Daily Double in “You’re a Homophone, Diane” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $11,800 now, $6,600 more than Christopher in second place. Katie bet $1,000 and came up with chimpanzees. That was WRONG.
In her 1983 book’s acknowledgements, primatologist Dian Fossey thanks mostly humans but also these animals show
Christopher found the last Daily Double in “Alaska” under the $900 clue on the 21st pick of the round. He was in second place with $7,900, $3,500 less than Katie’s lead. Christopher bet $2,100 and he was RIGHT.
You can buy a copy of “The Call of the Wild” at the gift shop in the California state park dedicated to this “J.Lo” show
Katie finished in the lead with $14,100. Christopher was next with $8,800 and Sherri was in third place with $900.
TWO of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS REMEMBER THE ALAMO?
The short video from Smithsonian gives the basics on the Battle of the Alamo, which took place from February 23 to March 6, 1836, ending in a Mexican victory and the deaths of all the Texans inside the fort. Rallying to the battle cry “Remember the Alamo”, the Texans later beat the Mexican army in the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, achieving independence.
Sherri responded with “life or liberty” and lost her $825 bet. She finished with $75.
Christopher got it right and doubled his score to $17,600.
Katie also got it right. She bet $3,500, which resulted in a $17,600 tie with Christopher. A tiebreaker was needed and the category was “French History”:
Drink up! A famous New Orleans street is named after this dynasty that ruled France for most of the 17th & 18th centuries show
Katie buzzed in first with the correct response so she advances to the Semifinals. Christopher and Sherri each won $30,000 for their charities.
A triple stumper from each round:
Round 1: WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA ($500) Darth Vader’s cheery banter with the hero of this Disney+ series includes, “You should’ve killed me when you had the chance”
Round 2: FICTIONAL TV TOWNS ($800) Capeside, Massachusetts (a small town with a big teen angst problem)
Round 3: HI, I’M J.LO ($1500) Before Jennifer Lopez was even born, this “J.Lo” played Timmy’s mom on “Lassie” from 1958-’64
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