Final Jeopardy: Sitcoms (10-1-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/1/2024) in the category “Sitcoms” was:

The first British sitcom to win a Best Comedy Golden Globe, it was remade in a U.S. version that had almost 15 times as many episodes

New champ Ryan Manton, a systems administrator from Columbus, OH, won $22,178 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Brooke Levine, a workforce manager from Old Bridge, NJ; and Mike McComb, a project manager, orig. from Dearborn, MI.

Round 1 Categories: 19th Century Culture Trip – Lunar Features – Toys & Games – Airports – Name the Classic Band: A Reading – Familiar Phrases

Mike found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Lunar Features” under the $600 on the 6th pick of the round. He was in last place with negative $400. Brooke had the lead with $800. Mike bet the $1,000 allowance and took a shot at it with obsidian. That was WRONG.

Nearly 30% of the moon’s near side is made of this igneous rock; its holes were formed by gas bubbles captured as lava cooled. show

WHAT IS BASALT?

Ryan finished in the lead with $$6,800. Mike was second with $3,200 and Brooke was last with $200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Sir Walter Raleigh – Avian Poetry – The Name Game – Film-pourri – America the Beautiful – “C” to Shining “C”

Mike found the first Daily Double in “Film-pourri” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick. He was in second place with $5,600 now, $2,800 less than Ryan’s lead. Mike bet $2,400 and s/he was RIGHT. That was WRONG.

A script called “Night Skies” about long-fingered aliens led to both “Poltergeist” & this other 1980s hit show

WHAT IS “E.T.”?

3) AVIAN POETRY $800 (clue #25, $6000 left on board)
Ryan 14400 +5600 (Brooke 600 Mike 8000)

Ryan got the last Daily Double in “Avian Poetry” under the $800 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In first place with $14,400, he had $6,400 more than Mike in second place. Ryan bet $5,600 and he was RIGHT.

The narrator asks this title bird to “leave my loneliness unbroken!–quit the bust above my door!” show

WHAT IS “THE RAVEN”?

Ryan finished in the lead with a runaway $21,600. Mike was next with $10,000 and Brooke was in third place with $600. All clues were shown.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “THE OFFICE”?

“The Office”/BBC America was the first UK series to be nominated for a 2003 Golden Globe in the Best Television Series/Musical or Comedy category. The 2 season 14 episode sitcom won the award beating “Arrested Development/Fox, “Monk”/USA. “Sex and the City”/HBO and “Will & Grace”/NBC.

Its American counterpart with the same title debuted in March 2005 on NBC and ran for 9 seasons until May of 2013, with over 200 episodes. According to Screen Rant’s comparison of the differences between the UK and US versions of “The Office”, some people feel that shorter U.K. version was preferable.

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Brooke got it right. She bet it all and doubled her score to $1,200.

Mike also got it right. He bet nothing, standing pat on his $10,000.

Ryan sent another love note to Lauren in lieu of a bet, so he won the game with the $21,600 he already had. Ryan’s 2-day total is $43,778.

2 triple stumpers from AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)

($1200) This Vermont town, the ski capital of the East, is also famous for its fall foliage

($2000) Named for a surveyor & flowing from the Juneau Icefield, this 13-mile-long glacier often features ice caves to explore

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “ASIAN COUNTRY NAMES”

Like the T-U-V in Tuvalu, this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence show

WHAT IS AFGHANISTAN?

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