Final Jeopardy: Movie Appearances (10-14-20)
Here are 8 more triple stumpers from the 10/14/2020 Jeopardy! game:
IT’S A FACT ($1000) The term “Cold War” was first used in print by this British author in his essay “You and the Atomic Bomb”
2-WORD TV TITLES ($1000) Nadia Vulvokov is caught in a time loop in this acclaimed Netflix series
WHICH COUNTRY’S FOREST? ($600) Fundy National Park
($800) Epping Forest, Forest of Dean
($1000) Tongass National Forest
CONTRONYMS ($800) Something you didn’t notice, or watchful supervision of a project
($1000) It can mean an assortment of different types, or one type in particular
MAKING A 4 “A” ($2000) This verb means to mix into a compound, specifically with mercury
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — ’80S & ’90S HIT PARADE
($400) This group’s first No. 1 hit was inspired by a note Andrew Ridgeley left his mum asking her to “wake him up up”
($800) A hit by this British group says “I smell like I sound, I’m lost & I’m found, & I’m hungry like the wolf”
($1200) This pop star (image) who passed away in 2020 had his first No. 1 hit in 1980 with “Lady”, written by Lionel Richie
($1600) This Bon Jovi album yielded the No. 1 hits “You Give Love a Bad Name” & “Livin’ on a Prayer”
($2000) In 1999 this Matchbox Twenty frontman joined Santana for the hit song “Smooth”
ANSWERS: show
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Kevin Walsh’s Jeopardy Statistics to date:
1 Day: $15,300
2 Day: $42,900
3 Day: $62,900
4 Day: $81,700
5 Day: $111,301
Incredible comeback by Elaine, who was a mere spectator the entire first segment. I speculated that she might go the whole show without answering a clue. She pushed Kevin to the limit and had a chance to win a bundle.
Years ago, there was a player, Richard something I think, who did absolutely nothing the first round, then won something like 5X. So you never know.
A few “easy-peasys” left on the table tonight. Earth Day (DD); Dakotas; Canada (Fundy forest); England (Epping forest); oversight. But a good performance overall. Bold move by Jack to go all in for a big lead on that Earth Day DD. That’s how you try to beat a strong champion.
Jack couldn’t get any rhythm going today. Kevin and Elaine seem to be so much faster on the button. Also, I start by saying “Darn those Daily Doubles”.
If a person has lines in a movie they are considered an actor. Disagree with this question/answer.
I don’t think someone must necessarily be considered an actor by virtue of having a couple lines in one movie. However, when you have 124 acting credits on IMDB, that’s another story.
A counterargument would be that in his Wikipedia article, among his many descriptions (“comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer”), “actor” is absent. I think that gives the Jeopardy producers enough cover to claim the wording was fair, although I think it could have been worded better to remove the ambiguity.
So happy for Kevin and his 5th win. Congratulations champ. Well deserved.
This is my 1st time saying this for Season 37. Kevin Walsh, welcome to the Tournament of Champions.
Congrats to Kevin Walsh for his fifth game, which means he is now qualified for the Tournament of Champions. Hey VJ, do you know what Alex said in the intro when Kevin Walsh was by himself in FJ! yesterday?
@Kevin Cheng, after saying that Kevin was the first player this season in a position to automatically qualify for the ToC, Alex said: “In the two games so far this week, he has been dynamite. Two games that were runaways. Yesterday he eliminated both his opponents. He was the only one in Final Jeopardy!”
Hardly true. 🤣🤣🤣 His opponents eliminated themselves.
Thanks for the information VJ
At last the dry spell of leader curses has been broken and we now have a new streaker in Kevin Walsh for season 37. The last time we had that happen was when Gilbert Collins, Rachel Lindgren and Alan Dunn also made big comebacks.
If I remember correctly grand poobah is a haughty character derived from that comic Mikado from Gilbert and Sullivan, VJ. Are you familiar with it? Jack couldn’t get anything going today and misread a part of the clue in the first daily double. Also a Fred Flintstone episode had them being grand poobahs. And I don’t think Jack ever heard of farah, daughter of the Maharaja in Prince of persia sands of time.
Congrats to Kevin on his fifth win.