Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Disasters (1-29-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/29/2019) in the category “20th Century Disasters” was:
On the radio in 1937 this 3-word exclamation came after “the smoke and the flames now…not quite to the mooring mast”
New champ Jill Regan, an auditor from Dedham, MA, won $31,601 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Chris Whalen, an editor from Austin, TX; and Niño Yosinao, a Development Asst. Data Analyst from San Francisco, CA.
Round 1 Categories: American Quotations – TV Workplace Settings – A Thin Category – Government – Hamburgers – Fries
Jill found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Hamburgers” under the $1,000 clue, with 6 clues left after it. She was in a tie for the lead with Chris. They both had $4,400, $2,800 more than Niño. She bet $3,000 and thought it might be Beethoven. That was WRONG.
This Hamburger was a virtuoso pianist as well as one of the 19th century’s great composers. show
Chris finished in the lead with $5,200. Jill was second with $3,200 and Niño was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: Building Big – Art & Artists – Singing in Non-Musical Movies – Russian Literature – Make It Look Good – You Do Know Jackalope
Chris found the first Daily Double in “Art & Artists” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. She was in second place with $8,000 at this point, $1,200 less than Jill’s lead. She bet $3,000 and took a guess with Fricke. That was WRONG.
It was the married name of sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt, who founded a museum of American art in New York City. show
Chris found the last Daily Double in “Building Big” under the $800 clue, with 7 clues still to go after it. In second place with $11,000, she had only $600 less than Jill’s lead. She bet $1,000 and had no guess so she was WRONG.
With the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building is in the Mideast for the 1st time since this was surpassed in 1311. show
Jill finished in the lead with $14,400. Chris was next with $10,000 and Niño was in third place with $5,800.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg was attempting to dock at Lakehurst, NJ’s Naval Air Station on 5/6/1937 when it burst into flames before the horrified eyes of onlookers. One of them was WLS Radio reporter Herbert Morrison, whose on-site commentary contained the now famous words “Oh, the humanity…” Airship.net says that his “dramatic narration of the newsreel of the Hindenburg disaster is probably the public’s most enduring memory of the crash. And perhaps the most misunderstood,” noting that it is unfair for history to remember Morrison for melodramatic exaggeration: “Morrison’s full report is much longer than the short, tearful excerpt most people have heard, and while Morrison was understandably shocked by the sudden destruction of the giant airship, he regained his composure within moments and recorded about 37 minutes of commentary over the two hours following the crash.”
From 2003: GAS ($800) Having learned from the Hindenburg, modern non-rigid airships use helium in place of this explosive gas
Niño went with Tora! Tora! Tora! after crossing out Mayday! x 3. He lost his $4,201 bet and dropped to $1,599.
Chris got it right. She bet $4,401 bet, finishing with $14,401.
Jill got it, too. She bet $5,601 for a winning total of $20,001. That broke the 1-day carousel and gave Jill Regan a 2-day total of $51,602.
A triple stumper from each round:
A THIN CATEGORY ($800) This surname of British director David is also a good idea for a health-conscious meat selection
BUILDING BIG ($2000) At China’s Tianzi Hotel, you can stay inside 14-story replicas of 3 traditional gods from this dynasty that ended in 1644
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Actresses”
From 1959 to 1968, she made only 4 films but received Oscar nominations for best actress for all 4. show
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Among ‘Disasters’ is the Titanic more prestigious or is the Hindenburg more prestigious? Maybe the Titanic, since Leonardo DaVinci DiCaprio was never in ‘The Hindenburg’.
@Albert
Leonardo DA VINCI DiCaprio??? His middle name is Wilhelm…
I would not call a disaster “prestigious”. The Hindenburg one did not have as many casualties by far, but it was witnessed and the flames and explosion were probably more “spectacular” than the sinking of a ship in the middle of nowhere, even though over 1.500 passenger and crew perished. Among them John Jacob Astor IV and Benjamin Guggenheim….. Btw, DiCaprio was born the year before “The Hindenburg” movie was made.
Great Pyramid is in Egypt. Egypt is located in Africa.
Is this considered the Middle East?
Robert, I don’t think the clue is saying that that the Great Pyramid is in the Middle East, and if you look at #4 in this Mental Floss article, neither was the one that surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid in 1311. I think they meant that it was the first time the tallest structure was in the Middle East.
Egypt, but no other area of Africa, is almost always included in definitions of the “Middle East”. I am guessing this is due to the close historical ties Egypt has had to the rest of the Middle East.
@Robert
Many geographers consider Egypt, Israel, even Turkey and Cyprus (!!) part of the “Middle East”.
I listened to that whole Hindenburg recording earlier and Morrison made a reference to the passengers inside the Hindenburg and the observation deck, saying that the people on it were no doubt “looking down at the great mass of humanity assembled here in the field.” So to me, it seemed like he may have been intending to say an actual sentence there but was in such a state of shock that fragmented commentary just kept popping out.
LINK: 11 more clues from the game
@Lou
Yes, I just saw the category and the Hindenburg disaster popped right into my brain (although the Titanic also sank in the 20th century). First I thought they were asking for the disaster, then I read the entire clue…..didn’t matter anyway, both predictions were wrong.
In general: Congratulations to Jill again and I am pleasantly surprised that 2 players knew the quote. It is kind of archaic, even back then “Oh, the HUMANITY” did not make much sense . What did Morrison mean with “humanity”? The black mark on today’s game: all 3 DDs missed, the first and third were not too difficult, the second was imo (unless you are into art and museums). Brahms and the Great Pyramid…not so tough.
But we have at least a champ who could repeat, let’s see how far she can go!
At least, the Hindenburg disaster popped out of the open.
Ah yes the great Hindenburg disaster. The weakness of the ship was hydrogen. Nowadays, airships use helium but They were never used for passenger travel sad to say. 36 lives taken all because of the design flaw, John and VJ. You guys remember this pretty well don’t you? But congratulations to Jill for breaking the one day carousel. Tora Tora Tora is actually a movie though, not sure what nino was thinking putting that down.
@Lou
Probably Pearl Harbor….😉