Final Jeopardy: The Movies (1-5-23)
Here are some more clues from the 1/5/2023 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
NOT CHICKEN FEED ($1000) Black-footed these little weasels eat mostly prairie dogs & add insult to injury by taking over their burrows
MODERN EGYPT ($2000) After the tumultuous Arab Spring & an election win by the Muslim Brotherhood, this former general became president in 2014 & still is
THE DOOMSDAY BOOK ($1200) The blindfold returns in–& on–“Malorie”, the sequel to this “avian” horror novel
TV: WHO PLAYED ‘EM? ($2000) Audra Barkley on “The Big Valley” & in the ’80s, Krystle Carrington
CLICHES ($1600) Lake Superior State U.’s 2022 overused “banished words” include this phrase that follows an embarrassing query really about oneself
($2000) To mean an overall picture, instead of “the view from” this high, people could say “from 5.68 miles”
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Sneak Peek clues — NATIONALITY RHYMES
($200) Ground fortification for those fighting for Calais
($400) A toad or frog in Tripoli
($600) A scream in Thessaloniki
($800) A nimble Bangkok fellow
($1000) A group of soldiers in Trieste
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: 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