Final Jeopardy: Animal Songs (1-23-17)

The Final Jeopardy question (1/23/2017) in the category “Animal Songs” was:

The title of this hit from a 1933 Disney “Silly Symphony” inspired a Tony-winning 1962 drama & an Oscar-nominated 1966 film.

Current champ Neil Uspal won $25,400 last week, in one runaway game and one close call. In his third game, his challengers are: Vidya Srinivasan, from Chevy Chase, MD; and Sean Harrington, from Houston, TX.

Round 1 Categories: From Chumps to Champs – Health & Medicine – Quizine – Shooting Blanks – Greek Letters & Roman Numerals – American Women

Neil found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Health & Medicine” under the $1,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,200, $600 less than Sean in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT after being more specific.

Daltonism is a type of this, a problem with cone receptors. show

WHAT IS COLOR BLINDNESS?
(First try: blindness)

Sean finished in the lead with $6,800. Neil was second with $4,600 and Vidya was last with $1,200.

Round 2 Categories: Pyramids – Books by Professors – National Parks of the World – Religious Matters – Double O, 7 – Other Bond Film Characters

Sean found the first Daily Double in “National Parks of the World” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick. He was in the lead with $13,200 at this point, $4,200 more than Neil in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

Venezuela’s Canaima National Park is home to the picturesque Canaima Lagoon & this other watery icon. show

WHAT IS ANGEL FALLS?

6 clues later, Neil found the last Daily Double in “Religious Matters” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $13,400, he had $3,800 less than Sean’s lead. He bet $4,000 and thought it was John. That was WRONG.

According to legend, this gospel writer’s body & relics were transported from Alexandria, Egypt to Venice in 828. show

WHO IS MARK?

Sean finished in the lead with $17,200. Neil was next with $12,600 and Vidya was in third place with $4,000.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF”?

TV Tropes has a boatload of trivia on Disney’s 1933 Silly Symphony “The Three Little Pigs,” including a Shout-Out to Edward Albee’s 1962 play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” In a 1966 Paris Review interview, Edward Albee told William Flanagan that he first got the idea for the “Virginia Woolf” title from graffiti scrawled across the mirror in a Greenwich Village saloon in the 1950s. The playwright, who died on September 16, 2016, also shared his reactions upon seeing the 1966 film version with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

Vidya decided on Jumbo but didn’t even have enough time to write that out. She didn’t bet anything so she remained at $4,000.

Neil came up with a hastily scrawled 101 Dalmatians. He lost his $4,601 bet, leaving him with $7,999.

Sean wrote down “Bluebird.” That cost him $8,000 but he still won the match with his remaining $9,200. We wish we could have seen all the contestant’s reactions when Alex gave them the right response. Sean certainly didn’t have an a-ha moment there. The response was just too long to write out if you needed part of that 30 seconds to figure it out.

A triple stumper from each round

AMERICAN WOMEN ($1000) This “Battle Hymn of the Republic” author was also the first president of the new England Woman Suffrage Association

BOOKS BY PROFESSORS ($1200) This Cornell professor wrote “English Metres” but is best known for 1918’s “The Elements of Style”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Cities”

In 1846 it had 200 people; 14 years later, thanks to a discovery, it had over 50,000 making it No. 15 in the country. show

WHAT IS SAN FRANCISCO?

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