Final Jeopardy: Sculpture (1-3-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/3/2022) in the category “Sculptors” was:
Los Angeles artist George Stanley sculpted this, first handed out at a private banquet on May 16, 1929
23x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has now won $855,600. In Game 24, she takes on these two players: Harsh Daga, an analyst from Brooklyn, NY; and Kate Woomer-Deters, a legal services attorney from Raleigh, NC.
Round 1 Categories: Billboard Top 200 Albums in 2021 – World Geography – Place Your Fast Food Order – Deadly Sins, Elsewhere – American Poetry – I’ll “Punch” You
Kate found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “World Geography” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in third place with negative $400. Amy held the lead with $2,000 and Harsh had half of that. Kate bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
Named for a monarch, this landmark is found on the border between Zambia & Zimbabwe. show
Amy finished in the lead with $11,800. Kate was second with $2,400 and Harsh was last with $1,200. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: History Plays – Subtitles – Physical Science – On the Political Spectrum – 1950s Television – Be Very Quiet
Harsh found the first Daily Double in “Subtitles” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick. He was in third place with $2,000 now, $9,000 less than Amy’s lead. He bet it all and he took a wild guess with “Ripley’s Believe It to Not”. That was WRONG, and he was back to zero.
“I Want to Believe”: the 2008 film sequel based on this TV show show
Harsh got the last Daily Double in “History Plays” under the $1,200 clue on the very next pick. As just reported, he had nothing. He bet the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT, and back to $2,000.
In 1934 December was an apt month for the Broadway opening of a play about this Penn. place where George Washington was tested. show
Amy finished in the lead with a runaway $31,000. Kate was next with $8,000 and Harsh was in third place with $3,200. No clues went uncovered.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE OSCAR?
A Brief History of the Oscar Trophy on Architectural Digest has some interesting tidbits for us, besides the info in the clue that the first Oscar statuette was sculpted by George Stanley. Fifteen “Oscars” were distributed at that first Academy Awards ceremony on May 16, 1929 when the silent film “Wings” won Best Picture. (That fact has come up in a number of Jeopardy! clues over the years). You will also learn why the Academy Award of Merit is called “the Oscar” and why it is technically worth only $1.00.
Harsh added $3,000 to his score. That brought him up to $6,200.
Kate bet $1,000 bet and finished with $9,000.
Amy bet $11,000 and won the game with $42,000. Amy’s 24-day total is $897,600.
2 triple stumpers from ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM:
($400) This colorful banner, title of a song to the tune of “O Tannenbaum”, has symbolized Socialism & Communism for 150 years
($1200) Winston Churchill’s best female friend, Violet Bonham Carter was the first woman pres. of this party, the opposite of Winston’s
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “1950s People”
In a New Yorker profile, he said, “Where I like it is out west in Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho, & I like Cuba & Paris” show
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This show marked a few things. I didn’t know about the “Monday curse” that Ken mentioned. Also, I don’t know if Amy was that strong, or, the challengers weren’t. But, her runaway with no DDs was remarkable. The DDs were, how do I say it, inopportune. It doesn’t help when the player gets it wrong!
The Final was waaaaaay tooooo easy.
Good start for the players in the New year and with this triple solve Hollywood and lois Angeles were the hints that got me to the Oscars. I sometimes watch the Oscars on television previously so this wasn’t too difficult. Oh speaking of the x files have you took much interest in that show VJ? There are a couple of games based on the show. Ripley believe it or not also had a game from sanctuary woods.
No, I never much cared for Scully & Mulder, Lou.
Just a note on that $2000 clue in the 1950s Television category — Jack Palance played Mountain in the TV version. (I linked to my recap of the Anthony Quinn film)