Final Jeopardy: Sports Legends (10-13-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/13/2021) in the category “Sports Legends” was:
When Johnny Bench broke his record, this man wrote, “I always thought the record would stand until it was broken”
2x champ Jonathan Fisher, an actor orig. from Coral Gables, FL, brought his winnings up to $51,700 yesterday. In Game 3, he is up against: Bilal Ali, a product manager from Seattle, WA; and Mary Garvey, a pastor from Huntingdon, PA.
Round 1 Categories: The Sabbath – Names in Fashion – Hodgepodge – Pro Wrestling Terminology – Lincoln, Blinken – “Nod”
Mary got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Sabbath” under the $600 clue, with a dozen clues left after it. She was in the lead with $2,800 now, $1,400 more than Jonathan in second place. She bet $2,000 and came up with sabbatical. That was WRONG.
At a church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sacrament meeting, a young man may talk about 2 years away as one of these. show
Mary finished in the lead with $2,800. Bilal was second with $2,200 and Jonathan was last with $1,200. 2 clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Shakespeare’s Insults – Food Forward – ’80s TV – Double-Letter Geography – Stars & Stones – Triple Rhyme Time
Jonathan landed on the first Daily Double in “Shakespeare Insults” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick. In the lead with $6,000, he had $3,200 more than Mary in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In “The Comedy of Errors”, Dromio describes Nell: “Hip to hip; she is spherical, like” this name of Shakespeare’s venue. show
Mary found the last Daily Double in “Double-Letter Geography” under the $800 clue with a baker’s dozen clues left after it. She was in second place with $7,600 now, $4,200 less than Jonathan’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Moraine Lake is in this national park established in 1885 as Canada’s very first. show
Jonathan finished in the lead with $15,800. Mary was second with $12,600 and Bilal was last with $5,400. No clues went uncovered.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Yogi Berra spent most of his career as a catcher for the New York Yankees. He continues to be as famous for his malapropisms and sayings (aka Yogi-isms) as he is for his legendary career. On July 15, 1980, Cincinnati Reds’ catcher Johnny Bench broke Yogi’s record for most home runs by a catcher. On September 23, 2015, the day after Yogi Berra passed away, Johnny Bench sent out a tweet accompanied by a copy of the telegram he received from Yogi that contains the quote referenced in today’s Final Jeopardy!
On mlb.com: A list of catchers with the most home runs in a season and in a career, in American and National League history.
Bilal bet $5,395 and finished with $10,795.
Mary bet $3,300. That brought her up to $15,900.
Jonathan bet $2,500 and won the game with $18,300. His 3-day total is $70,000 even.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE SABBATH ($800) NFLer Davion Taylor held onto his football dreams though this Christian faith kept him from playing high school football
FOOD FORWARD ($400) Gail Becker, mom of 2 boys who couldn’t have gluten, started the Caulipower line by making this out of cauliflower
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Last Words”
In 1876 in the Dakotas this American said, “The old duffer broke me on the last hand” show
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I didn’t appreciate the first clue in Triple Rhyme Time, VJ!
hahaha, Rhonda, maybe you will if you take it to mean the reason they needed spare hare snares was because the hare always got away 🤣
Ahhh, mais oui, VJ, I like it much better now that I have your take on it, thanks!!
The famous Yogi berra has helped everyone here today. A triple solve is just what we needed. This will definitely give Jon an advantage for that fourth win hopefully tomorrow. Although that first daily double wasn’t nailed, we got strong opponents for Jon today. Never forget Yogi Berra! Maybe the sports trivia will have a question or two about Yogi later on for me. Good game by all the players. Jon seems to be following Matt’s playing style don’t you think vj?
No, Lou, I don’t think Jonathan is following Matt’s playing style. I don’t see him going across the 2 bottom rows first, do you?
No I don’t seen him doing it though in the double jeopardy round he tried a few bottom clues and missed a few but not sure which ones. Do you have the links to those missed clues VJ?
On Page 2 of the recap, there are 3 last row clues that nobody got — the $1000 clue in HODGEPODGE and the $2000 clues in ’80s TV and TRIPLE RHYME TIME.
Mayim said “great game” and that is so true. the games are again exciting and worth watching.
I was about to criticize Mary for her wager but then I reconsidered. I think she bet strategically, but Jonathan’s bet was not smart in case Mary had doubled up.
They both bet badly. Both should have bet for the win in Final. Maybe the topic of Sports intimidated them. The clue could easily have been titled Americana. If the clue was Americana maybe one or both would have gone for the win.
[Insert Yogi Berra quote that could relate to today’s game here]
How about “It ain’t’ over till its over”? I think that covers the competitive aspect of this game klm commented on. It looked like Mary was taking over. She played a strong game despite missing her DD. Shakespeare’s Insults turned the tide for Jonathan, but Mary still managed to snag one clue in that category. 😁
There was another Yogi FJ! back on 3-20-16 that had a link to a list of 50 Yogi-isms. No. 2 was the Quote of the Day on Monday. The quote in today’s FJ! is No. 10.
Yogi would have said, *If I knew the answer I would have bet everything.”