Final Jeopardy: Candy (1-22-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/22/2015), in the category “Candy” was:
An early ad for this candy bar featured a fleur-de-lis flag and a song with the lyrics “fun for all”
New champ Will Anderson won $19,600 in yesterday’s game. Today his challengers are: Todd Coleman, from River Falls, WI; and Maggie Schreiter, from Ewing, NJ. They are all hoping to win. We’re just hoping to see all the Daily Doubles.
Round 1: Todd found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “National Public Radio” under the $800 clue. He was in second place with $1,200, $200 less than Maggie’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and guessed “Marketplace.” That was WRONG.
Steve Inskeep & David Greene host this show in the A.M. in D.C.; Renee Montagne, not far from us here in Culver City. show
Maggie finished in the lead with $4,000. Todd was second with $1,400 and Will was in the hole for $1,000.
Round 2: Todd found the first Daily Double in “Novels Written Fast” under the $1,600 clue. He was in second place with $3,000, $3,400 less than Maggie’s lead. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
As William Faulkner sat writing, it took him 6 weeks to come up with this 1930 classic. show
Maggie found the last Daily Double in “Ancient Greece” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $6,800, she had $600 more than Todd in second place. She bet $1,000 but had no idea, so she was WRONG.
In the 350s B.C., Demosthenes started warning Greeks about aggression by this Macedonian dad; no one listened. show
Maggie and Todd finished in a tie for the lead with $7,400 each. Will managed to get out of the hole and had $1,800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS 3 MUSKETEERS?
“The 3 Musketeers Bar was the third brand produced and manufactured by M&M/Mars, introduced in 1932. Originally, it had three pieces in one package, flavored chocolate, strawberry and vanilla, hence the name. Rising costs and wartime restrictions on sugar saw the phasing out of the vanilla and strawberry pieces to leave only the more popular chocolate. Costing five cents when it was introduced, it was marketed as one of the largest chocolate bars available, one that could be shared by friends.” (wikipedia)
Will got it right. His $1,799 bet brought him up to $3,599.
Maggie came up with Cadbury. She bet and lost it all.
Todd thought it was Almond Joy. He bet and lost it all, too. So that made Will the winner with $3,599, a dollar less than the most he could have finished with. His 2-day total is $23,199.
Speaking of Almond Joy, this was certainly a nutty game. Will got out of the hole thanks to 2 clues in the final minute of Double Jeopardy! The “less than a minute to go” warning came right after he got out with $600 to the good on an Ancient Greek clue. Evidently, neither Maggie nor Todd considered him enough of a threat to bet to stay above his possible $3,600.
2 years ago:: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Olympic Host Cities”
When this city hosted the XIV Winter Olympics, it was located in a different nation than today. show
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This is the morning after the worst show in the history of Jeopardy and I am still in a state of disbelief. If this trend continues the show will soon be known as “This was Jeopardy” instead of “This is Jeopardy.”
What makes people think that because they are experts in one field that they can transfer that intellect into general knowledge? I’m sure Rocket Scientists, Professors, Medical Doctors and other experts are brilliant people. But Jeopardy and appearing on national television game shows is not a platform for them unless they enjoy being humiliated.
I have posted on this website many times my opinion on this matter but the ridiculous trend continues. Brilliant people can make errors that override the importance of their contributions to society through television appearances on these quiz shows. Stay off of them.
In its zest and zeal to pump up its ratings Jeopardy is doing more harm than good.
I just want to give two examples in history long before television where brilliant people made foolish errors by treading outside their field of expertise.
In the 1700s Isaac Newton who gave us the laws of motion lost a bundle of money investing in the South Sea company. He couldn’t stand seeing people making money investing and be left behind. This brilliant scientist died basically broke treading outside his area of expertise.
In 1921 Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize. He took his Nobel prize money and put it in the stock market and lost it in the 1929 stock market crash.
Why do otherwise brilliant people do such foolish things? They firmly believe that because they are smart in one specialty their brilliance permeates all facets of life. NOT TRUE! Stick to what you know and leave the rest to other people.
I also fault Jeopardy for selecting such people. The brilliance of Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and other champions is that they possess a broad breadth of knowledge and not doctorate degrees in specialized fields. Contestants like these have such great memories and recall that they are just downright fantastic to watch. I wish Jeopardy would get back to its original mission. Personally, I can’t take another day of Jeopardy like yesterday.
Have you ever qualified for Jeopardy?
Yes Walt. Thanks for asking. Working on and defending my doctoral dissertation imo was more rewarding. After talking to a couple of my colleagues who actually appeared on the show I was convinced it would not be the fun I thought it would be if I went on a tv show. Both colleagues said they should have never appeared. Based on the category “Shakira” this past Friday I would not have been able to give one correct response.
We also have some contestants who appeared on the show who comment on this website. They have shared some firsthand insights.
As a researcher I love watching the show more now that I have some time on my hands. I see it as entertainment–no more and no less.
As Clint Eastwood said as Harry in the movie Magnum Force “A man’s got to know his limitations.”
I am confused as to how this is a “yes” response. That is, to be clear, your answer ultimately conveys that you have never had a formal qualification to the show.
Will plays the game aggressively with his category hopping, and mildly Chu-like way of calling the category and amount.
He has one small problem, though: He doesn’t really know much. The “aggressive” strategy is only supposed to give an edge to an otherwise really good player. If you can’t play a game at the lowest level, forget about high level strategy!
And, as happens so sadly often, within seconds of being told “all of the answers will be made up of letters in the word ‘atmosphere,'” he comes up with, “What are Valkyries?” This category-forgetting is starting to get on my nerves, you know? If you really don’t know how to play a game well, don’t play it on national television and make an ass out of yourself, is what I always say.
Tom, are you paying Chu a compliment? Now you’re messing with him. :):)
No wonder Todd is not a “smart” scientist.
What was the answer to the question in the n.p.r category about on the tip of your tongue?
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
VJ- The issue I had with their missing the word bateau yesterday pales in comparison to the WHOLE game today. What a calamity!
LOL. It was quite the train wreck. My son is sure Alex Trebek will have a snide remark to make about it tomorrow, so perhaps we have that to look forward to.
Perhaps Will can redeem himself splendidly if they have some political categories, but what would really be funny is if they have science categories.
Your son is probably right – Alex will have something to say tomorrow and, yes, probably something inappropriate.
I hope Will does redeem himself somehow tomorrow; I don’t think he can do worse than he did today. Science categories??!! LOL.
Since both losing contestants had $7400 going into FJ and both bet it all to end up at zero, why was one given $2000 for second place and the other only $1000 for third place? Shouldn’t they have gotten the same amount?
Maggie was always in the lead in the second round. Todd just caught up with her in the end.
When both players are tied for second at the end of FJ! and both are tied at the end of DJ!, they give second to the player in the lead at the end of the first round. Maggie will get second place as she had a higher score at the end of the first round. If both of them were right, we’d have had the first tiebreaker clue under the new tie rule.
Can someone explain how they figured out who got second and who got third, since they both went into the final round with the same amount, bet the same amount and ended with the same amount?
my best guess would be because maggie was leading after the first round.
You are correct John.
What if they also had been tied at the end of the first round?
i guess a coin toss or who had more correct answers in the first round, regardless of the clue value. please don’t ask what happens if they both had the same number of right answers….i really don’t know 🙂
i guess the fleur de lis was no help after all or even the {intended?} distraction by j.
so we are 4 for 12 for the week in fj, holding at the 1/3 we had after yesterday.
a bitter ending for maggie and todd in a sweet category…:(:(
and again – like daniel 2 days ago- the 3rd placed player won.
i have not seen the show yet, so i am curious as to the rather low numbers before fj. 2 dd misses (though only 2.200 were lost) and a meager 1.200 win at a correct dd may have been a factor.
@John, trust me. You do not want to see this game. I just watched it and I am speechless.
I don’t recall such a pathetic game.
ok, i take your word for it. maybe i’ll watch WoF, there the players are expected to act ,uh, strange.
nah, i’ll read a book or play tennis if my usual opponent is free this evening. thanks for the warning!! 🙂
Can’t wait to see this game. LOL
You’ll notice that had Will missed, he hilariously would have won with $1, and even though he would have been the 4th person to do so, joining Darryl Scott, Benjamin Salisbury from The Nanny and professional soccer player Brandi Chastain, he would have been the 2nd contestant in regular games to do so, the 1st one was Darryl Scott.