Final Jeopardy: The Movies (1-5-23)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/5/2023) in the category “The Movies” was:
Laurence Olivier & Ernest Borgnine were considered for the lead role & Sergio Leone to direct for this film that turned 50 in 2022
2x champ Lloyd Sy, a graduate student in literature orig. from Rockford, IL, has won $53,578 so far. In Game 3, his opponents are: Patrick Curran, a consultant from Washington, DC; and Lois Casaleggi, an associate dean from Chicago, IL.
Round 1 Categories: So That Happened – Bring It! – Colleges Named After People – Not Chicken Feed – Nationality Rhymes – Choose Your Fighter
Patrick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Colleges Named After People” under the $800 on the 18th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,200, $4,000 more than Lloyd in second place. Patrick bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This D.C. University is named for the educator who opened a school for deaf students in 1817 show
Patrick finished in the lead with $11,600. Lloyd was second with $5,400 and Lois was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Modern Egypt – The Life of Riley – The Doomsday Book – Many Rivers to Cross – TV: Who Played ‘Em? – Cliches
Lloyd found the first Daily Double in “Many Rivers to Cross” under the $2,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in second place with $7,800, $6,200 less than Patrick’s lead. Lloyd bet $3,000 and thought it was the Tiber. That was WRONG.
The former Fiumicino River is officially identified as this fateful ancient crossing site, but some argue for the Pisciatello or Uso show
Patrick got the last Daily Double in “The Life of Riley” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. In the lead with $16,800, he had $12,000 more than Lloyd in second place. Patrick bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Congressman Riley Wilson wanted to be governor of Louisiana in 1928 but lost out to this larger-than-life man show
Patrick finished in the lead with a runaway $24,800 and Lloyd was in second place with $8,800. At negative $800, the game was over for Lois. All clues were shown.
BOTH contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT IS “THE GODFATHER”?
It’s practically impossible to envision anyone other than Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” (1972). IMDB trivia says Brando’s screen time as Don Vito was not quite an hour in the almost 3-hour film. It was, however, an Oscar-winning performance although Brando refused the honor.
Screenrant.com has a great article about other actors who were considered for roles in “The Godfather” and its sequels. For the role of Don Vito, it names Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quinn, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Scofield, George C. Scott, and Danny Thomas. Imo, Anthony Quinn is the only one who could have pulled it off. As for the director, the article says Francis Ford Coppola was not the studio’s first choice. They wanted Sergio Leone but he passed “because he didn’t like the Mario Puzo novel.”
“The Godfather” is certainly Jeopardy’s “go to” movie for the year 1972, but they do have clues on other 1972 movies
Lloyd bet $5,000 and finished with $13,800.
Patrick bet $5,200 and won the game with $30,000. Patrick Curran is the new Jeopardy! champion.
2 triple stumpers from CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER:
($400) Animated “Mysteries” starring this ex-champ include “House Haunters” & “A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
($1000) Trainer Yancey Durham took this man from a Police Athletic League gym to the heavyweight title & gave him his “Smokin”‘ nickname
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The Presidential Cabinet”
7 women have been the Secretary of this, the most for any department in the President’s cabinet show
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The 1972 part of the clue made it so much easier. I read the book the previous December and then saw the movie. I liked the movie but preferred the sequel.
We old-time boxing fans felt a punch to the gut when no one knew the “Smokin'” boxer. Some college friends drove down to NYC to see the famous fight with Ali in 1971. I could have gone but passed.
Didn’t hurt Patrick’s chances when he drew the much easier DD in DJ than Lloyd.
Seriously!
I don’t know where in the world they came up with Olivier and Danny Thomas as possible candidates for Don Vito, but at least Ernest Borgnine was Italian.
As I mentioned in the recap, I think Anthony Quinn could have played done it. He was excellent as Neil Dellacroce in the 1996 film “Gotti” (with Armand Assante in the title role).
Anthony Quinn and Marlon Brando were brothers in the film “Viva Zapata” (1952). Quinn won the Oscar that time.
VJ, I don’t understand your post above stating “but at least Ernest Borgnine was Italian.” Marlon Brando was not Italian and he was superb as Vito Corleone. Imo a good actor is a good actor regardless of what ethnicity is being portrayed in a movie. As I stated this morning I was not familiar with the back story of other actors being considered for the role. I just remember Brando and other cast members putting forth their best performance in an unforgettable movie.
You’re right, Jacob. That was my initial reaction, picturing the also rans with the rest of the cast the same, so I could see a big burly Italian guy like Borgnine as the father of the Corleone kids. For that matter, James Caan wasn’t Italian either.
Also, I did realize I was contradicting myself with my endorsement of Mexican-Irish Anthony Quinn but I guess I always took it for granted that Quinn and Brando had no problem playing most any ethnicity.
Tough break for Lois as Lloyd and Patrick were dominant in this game. But happy to see the guys getting final right today
This is the first regular play game since July 13 where a player did not make it to Final Jeopardy. This ends a streak of 69 straight regular play games of 3 player finals. This is not the longest streak of the post-Trebek era, the post-Trebek era began with 72 consecutive regular play of 3 player finals and the longest streak since 2004 was 88 consecutive regular play games between10/3/17 and 2/19/18. That was true because it’s the first dismissal of 2023 as Lois struggled throughout the game and at one point she was low at -4,800 and nearly got out of the hole but was unable to and came up short.
So this means Lois gets the automatic third-place prize. Am I right?
Yes, Ryan, that’s right
And, a MUCH less consequential thing: this was the first time that I can recall that the bumper between the end of DJ and FJ, which has something related to Jeopardy!, wasn’t the two remaining contestants in a split screen. In fact, I was expecting it, and was actually surprised when that didn’t occur.
Otherwise, I had expressed my disdain for Lloyd’s weird tics and whatnot, and I thought he became a little more aggressive/clipped as Patrick pulled away, but, at the end, Lloyd was a good sport, and, he and Patrick actually “broke the rules” with an actual handshake, vs a fist bump.
Also, I got both the TS on the first page, but none on the second! I almost got the Big Valley one, zoning on Dynasty, but said “Barbara Stanwyck”!
I got Krystle Carrington, Jason. “Dynasty” is the one nighttime soap I couldn’t stand to watch because of that character’s stilted dialogue! Whenever she was telling someone off, she would say “Realize this!” Who talks like that? “Big Valley” still comes on over here in the morning. Nick Barkley is my favorite character on that one.
P.S. I also got the boxers, the Egyptian prez and the cliche