Final Jeopardy: The Business of Travel (1-19-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/19/2021) in the category “The Business of Travel” was:
Adjusted for inflation, the nightly rate this company put in its name in 1962 is now $51
New champ Donesh Olyaie, a strategist from Corona, CA, won $28,400 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Brian Chang, an attorney from Chicago, IL; and Lisa Garner, a safety engineer from Carmichael, CA.
Round 1 Categories: I Can’t Decide on a Synonym – 3-Letter Responses – Country Roads – Put Something on! – Sounds like the Movie’s Sequel – Historically Shameless
Brian found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Put Something On!” under the $800 clue, with 10 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,400, $800 more than Donesh in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and came up with pastries. That was WRONG. (Who puts those on??)
Whether on tops or dresses, puff these were one of Elle’s “9 Trends Dominating 2020” show
Donesh finished in the lead with $5,200. Lisa was second with $2,200 and Brian was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Ancient Monuments & Ruins – Talk about the Weather – Libros En Espanol – Testing, Testing – Song References – Anagram the First Name
Brian found the first Daily Double in “Libros en Espanol” under the $2,000 clue on the second pick. The scores were the same as above since no one got the first clue. He bet the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
From 1937: “De ratones y hombres” show
Donesh got the last Daily Double in “Ancient Monuments & Ruins” under the $800 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In second place with $15,200, he had $600 less than Brian’s lead. He bet a big $10,000 and gave it a shot with Hadrian’s tomb but that was WRONG.
One of the 7 Ancient Wonders was this huge marble tomb at Halicarnassus, of which some fragments survive show
Brian finished in the lead with an unbeatable $17,000. Lisa was next with $6,600 and Donesh was in third place with $6,000. No clues went uncovered.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MOTEL 6?
“We’ll heave the bright on farm you.” Motel 6’s slogan on autocorrect.
🤣🤣🤣
Motel 6 opened its first location in California on June 25, 1962. Its management company, G6 Hospitality, has a milestones chart that says: “Two California contractors, William Becker and Paul Greene, saw a need for an economy motel on the California coast. They opened a 52-room motel in Santa Barbara, offering a good night’s sleep for the low, low price of just $6 per night (cash only). Fittingly, they decided to name it Motel 6. An American icon is born.”
Donesh got it right. He bet it all and finished with $12,000.
Lisa got it, too. She bet $5,500 and landed in second place with $12,100.
Brian wrote down H & R Block, which brought back bad memories to Ken Jennings, but obviously had nothing to do with the travel business or nightly rates. He lost his $3,799 bet and won the game with the remaining $13,201. Brian Chang is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Presidential Quotes”
He said, “Victory over (the) Depression will be…by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities” show
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“We’ll heave the bright on farm you.” Motel 6’s slogan on autocorrect.— That’s funny, VJ. It reminds me of Eric’s “auto correct is like herding cats.”
I wonder what Alex’s quip would have been on Brian’s “pastries” response.
lol, cece, I thought about that too and wondered if Alex would have laughed and said something like they only wear them when you take the “r” out.
I had a couple of doozies from autocorrect last week —
1. I had Julie here with me and my daughter texted “How’s Julie” from work. I typed “She’s fine” but autocorrect said “She’s gone”. omg!
2. I suggested that my daughter order some meatloaf for pickup from Luby’s. Autocorrect told her to order it from Libya! She texted me back “No thanks” with a Libyan flag. 🤣🤣🤣 (It really hurts when I laugh that hard)
VJ—pastries sans “r” quip, LOL! (I think that would have ignited Twitter big time).
Hahaha, for Pete’s sake, turn that autocorrect off! (at least until you can laugh hard w/out feeling pain).
Decent players, but strange show for a couple of reasons.
Brian was completely flustered by a pretty easy DD (puff SLEEVES) that cost him a bundle early.
Then Donesh bet a ridiculous amount, $10000, on the late DD. Even if he’d gotten it right, he would not have had a runaway. And missing it ensured his demise. All he had to do was bet around $2000, give or take a couple thousand, to either take the lead or stay within range.
For those not with long memories, Ken lost his 75th game to Nancy Dorf when he answered “FedEx” instead of “H&R Block” for Final Jeopardy. The clue was the seasonal business based in Kansas City. (And Nancy lost the next game.)
There’s a clip of Ken losing to Nancy Zerg on this post from back in 2014, after Arthur Chu lost
Never did know or realize what the 6 meant.
Donesh was doing well for a while until that daily double didn’t fare well for him. I wanted to ask who wears pastries? I mean they are desserts and not brands of clothing. Speaking of h and r block didnt ken come up with that and lost to Nancy previously, VJ? I am thinking Brian might not win another game but I cannot judge. Congrats to Brian
I don’t think anyone wears pastries, with the exception of a possible future Lady Gaga seeking attention.
lol, JP… a future Lady Gaga! That’s funny. Brian seemed be totally flummoxed by that clue. He obviously didn’t know what “Elle” is but it seemed like he didn’t try to reason it out with the category being “Put Something On!” and the clue referring to tops and dresses. Then in FJ! — he threw away a potential $7,598 gain for a joke answer.
I had no idea on the clue Daily Double either. But my fashion sense is zero. Given a couple minutes I may have teased it out.
VJ, there were 10 clues left when Brian found the first round DD. You’ll notice that Donesh had got it right on that last DD in the DJ! round, he would have won but didn’t
Thanks, Kevin. I fixed that. Donesh would have probably won all the same if he hadn’t decided to make such an enormous bet with only 5 clues to go (worth $2800) and no way to recover if he was wrong. Yeah, I know he thought it was cool because it was an $800 clue and Ken tried to console him by saying he made the right call, but like it or not, as far as I’m concerned that bet is what cost him the game.