Final Jeopardy: Broadway Musicals (10-11-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/11/2018) in the category “Broadway Musicals” was:
The title of this 1947 Lerner & Lowe musical may come from the construction seen here
3x champ Alex Schmidt, a writer & comedian from Pasadena CA, is on a roll. He’s won $64,879 so far. In Game 4, his opponents are: Patrick Wyman, a history podcaster & writer from Los Angeles, CA; and Kristina Johnson, a freelance writer & stay-at-home mom from Flushing, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Cartoon Females – Stock Symbols – A River Runs Through It: World Capital Edition – I Need a Hobby! – Meteorological Rhyme Time – Edison Labs
Patrick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “I Need a Hobby!” under the $1,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $600 more than Alex in second place. He bet $1,600 and tried “tying.” That was WRONG.
From Turkish for “napkin”, this craft is all about the knots. show
Patrick finished in the lead with $4,800. Alex was second with $4,400 and Kristina was last with $3,600.
Round 2 Categories: Driving Alexis – Unusual Characters – The 18th Century – Isle of Dogs – “AE” – Exophones
Alex found the first Daily Double in “Exophones” under the $1,600 clue on the 12th pick. He was in the lead with $12,800 at this point, $7,200 more than Kristina in second place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.
This Dublin-born man’s pre-WWII works were mostly in English. His post-war work– primarily in French. show
3 clues later, Patrick landed on the last Daily Double in “The 18th Century” under the $1,600 clue. In third place with $4,400, he had $11,900 less than Alex’ lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In addition to a bribe, 3 French agents demanded a $10 million “loan” to France in this 1797 scandal. show
Alex finished in the lead with $19,900. Patrick was next with $14,000 and Kristina was in third place with $8,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The image shown is of the “Brig o’ Doon,” a medieval bridge in Ayrshire, Scotland. In “The Legend of Brigadoon,” GlenLaurel.com gives the story behind the connection to the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical, “Brigadoon”: “The story involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village which appears for only one day every hundred years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon. A 1954 film version starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. A 1966 television version starred Robert Goulet and Peter Falk.”
Scottish poet Robert Burns liked to refer to the River Doon in his songs and poetry, like “Tam o”Shanter” and “The Banks o’ Doon.” An old Jeopardy! clue tells us that Burns was “born on Jan, 25, 1759 in Alloway, a village on the River Doon in this country”
Kristina wrote down “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” She lost her $6,001 bet, leaving her with $1,999.
Patrick had “a Roman arch.” He lost $2,200, finishing with $11,800.
Alex got it right. He bet $8,101 so he won the game with $28,001. His 4-day total is $92,880. Hooray!
A triple stumper from each round:
STOCK SYMBOLS ($600) This company, CVX, can get gassy
EXOPHONES ($800) While in exile in England from 1726 to 1728, this philosopher born Francois-Marie Arouet wrote in English
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “The Oscars”
In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category. show
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Love Patrick’s podcasts.
I could see this happening once in a lifetime–but TWICE??
I’m a Jeopardy junkie so it’s on every evening. Once about–God knows how long ago–Alex announced that the final Jeopardy question had to do with Broadway musicals. Before the show cut to commercial I quipped, “Brigadoon”–well damn if that wasn’t the final Jeopardy answer!! And guess what? Today’s Jeopardy category was Broadway musicals, and–you guessed it–as the show cut to commercial I shouted BRIGADOON–and I was right!!
Not a runaway game, but a very CLOSE shave, breathing a sigh of relief, came out with the correct response, won almost $93,000. Has anyone watched or listened to its songs in “Brigadoon”? For once, I have NEVER heard of it.
By the way, @Howard, if the WS matchup is Dodgers vs. Red Sox, I WILL NEVER WATCH IT.
First congrats to alex on making a big win today and making a comeback in the second round. I think we could see Alex go for his fifth win tomorrow as long as he has confidence. Plus John and VJ I am not sure if you guys heard of Anne Murray because Bridge Over Troubled Water was her song. There was peace in the valley, in the Garden and so forth. Kristen was close since her response was music related. How did Patrick not notice the keyword knots in that first daily double? I thought he knew about macrame
Anne Murray covered a lot of songs written and sung by other artists, BOTW was written by Paul Simon 1970. It is pretty much S&G’s signature song together with “the sound of Silence”, featured prominently in “The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman, one of my favorite actors He could play any character, no matter how opposite they were.
@Lou, well, I think Patrick did very well catching up there on that last DD, and preventing Alex from getting a runaway.
Alex is a powerhouse. I was impressed with him getting that Alexis de Tocqueville clue. He might be getting a little tired, losing some $$ on a couple of clues toward the end of Round 2, but I hope he wins tomorrow!
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
First of all congratulations to Alex. 4 games, 4 wins, 2 of them a runaway.
@JJ I guess not everybody saw it as being that easy. But when I read it’s a Lerner/Loewe musical and saw a BRIdGe, the word BRIGADOON jumped right at me. It was basically spelled out. Katrina with “BOTW” was at least in the music area.
Patrick either just misread the clue- not seeing the word “musical” in there- or he just saw the bridge and that was it. Because “Roman Arch” never was or will be a musical.