Final Jeopardy: Pop Stars (1-11-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/11/2023) in the category “Pop Stars” was:
In 2022 she became the first woman to have a Billboard Top 10 album in 5 decades starting with the 1980s
2x champ Connor Sears, a copy editor from Queens, NY, has won $43,999 so far this week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Andrew Whatley, an academic administrator from Chicago, IL; and Yogesh Raut, a blogger, podcaster, and freelance writer orig. from Springfield, IL.
Round 1 Categories: That’s So Last Century – The Movie Athlete’s Sport – All About Mexico – What in the Whirled… – Horses on Wheels – Search High & Low
Yogesh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “That’s So Last Century” under the $800 on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,000 now, $3,400 more than Andrew in second place. Yogesh bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
When this city hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, it was still part of Yugoslavia show
Yogesh finished in the lead with $12,400. Connor and Andrew were tied in second place with $3,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Ex-State Capital – Historical TV – Down Your Alley – Science Words – Questionable Book Titles – Score to Settle
Andrew found the first Daily Double in “Questionable Book Titles” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in second place with $10,200, $9,800 less than Yogesh’s lead. Andrew bet $5,800 and he was RIGHT.
Retelling nursery rhymes as if they were crimes, a humorous work asks “who pushed” him show
Yogesh got the last Daily Double in “Down Your Alley” under the $1,200 on the 18th pick of the round. In the lead with $22,400, he had $5,200 more than Andrew in second place. Yogesh bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
In the early 20th century, the sound of pianos being played gave this New York City area around Broadway its name show
Yogesh finished in the lead with $30,800. Andrew was second with $20,800 and Connor was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS MADONNA?
On August 2022, it was widely announced that Madonna was adding another rare feat to her list of record-breaking achievements. The Detroit News reported that “The Queen of Pop made history this week by becoming the first woman to have a top 10 album in each decade since the 1980s,” when the Material Girl’s remix compilation “Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones” debuted at No. 8 on Billboard’s Sept. 3 chart.
The album contains “some of Madonna’s favorite remixes of her record-breaking 50 No. 1s on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart — the only artist with 50 No. 1s on any single Billboard chart.”
Madonna had 5 Top 10 albums in the 1980s; 7 in the 1990s; 6 in the 2000s; and 4 in the 2010s. The release of “Finally Enough Love” brought her total to 23 Top 10 albums to date, 9 of which went to No. 1. The Detroit News has the names of all 23 albums.
Connor bet $223 and finished with $2,023. “Happy New Year,” Ken quipped.
Andrew didn’t bet anything, standing pat on $20,800.
Yogesh bet $10,801 and won the game with $41,601. Yogesh Raut is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
ALL ABOUT MEXICO ($1000) A Spanish word for “processing fee” gives us this term for low-wage export factories that dot Mexico’s border with the United States
QUESTIONABLE BOOK TITLES ($1200) Originally self-published in 1970, this guide for job-hunters & career-changers has sold more than 10 million copies
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Blockbuster Movies”
Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that’s set during World War I show
IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE SHOW OR COMPLAINTS, PLEASE SEND YOUR FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO JEOPARDY!
We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.
how was Yogesh’s final Jeopardy answer accepted? it was beyond illegible after the “Mad”.
Did anybody else guess Dolly Parton?
She never crossed my mind but I would have rejected her if she did because I associate Dolly with the 70s — I used to watch her 70s TV show where she signed off with “I Will Always Love You.”
She was mainly country then and didn’t cross over to pop until the late 70s.
me too! since i heard she released a rock album for the first time last month.
Holy cow, those two Illinoisans came out smoking and left Connor in the dust.
I wonder how long it’s been since we’ve had 3 men or 3 women on the same non-tournament show. Doesn’t seem to happen all that often.
Most players hide their signaling devices behind the podium or their backs. Yogesh had his resting on the podium and seemed to be holding it in place with his left hand. Also, he was using his index finger to ring in, whereas most (I’d guess) use the thumb. I read years ago that the index finger allegedly is faster than the thumb to react.
Andrew’s FJ wager of $0 seemed odd, but he knew Yogesh had to wager $10801 or more and get it wrong, so it made sense.
I don’t predict or hope for streaks (I’d rather see close games, regardless of who prevails), but Yogesh could be at that first podium for awhile.
Howard, I guess it is rare nowadays — the last regular game with 3 men that I found was on 10/13/2022, Chris Pannullo’s 10th game. Strange — I don’t recall it being that rare during Trebek’s reign.
Did you hear the news, VJ? Next month there’s gonna be a High School Reunion Tournament with 27 former Teen Tournament contestants from Season 35. And yesterday, the news has announced there’s gonna be a Masters championship.
Yes, thank you, Richard. I have heard about it and I will put the events on the What to Expect post on the weekend.
I don’t know if I’m going to watch them though. They are really going overboard with these tournaments, if you ask me. If I knew they were going to do this, I would have skipped recapping Celebrity Jeopardy! (I don’t like that 3-round format)
Today for the first time in a really long time, the long credit roll is finally back. When was the last time in regular play we had a long credit roll?