Final Jeopardy: Corporate Mascots (10-14-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/14/2024) in the category “Corporate Mascots” was:

A 2014 tweet said that this mascot was the “embodiment of a milkshake or taste bud”

New champ Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer orig. from Manchester, VT;, won $13,700 last Friday, defeating 5x champ Mark Fitzpatrick. In Game 2, he is up against: Jack Swansey, a writer orig. from Durham, NC; and Caryn, an archivist from Kendall Park, NJ.

Round 1 Categories: Begins & Ends With “E” – October in History
Multiples of 3 – Let’s Go for a Spin – U.S. Geological Survey Says… – Family Feud

Eamonn found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Multiples of 3” under the $800 on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,600, $200 more than Caryn in second place. Eamonn bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

It’s the number of the Amendment that gave black men the right to vote show

WHAT IS THE 15TH?

Jack finished in the lead with $4,000. Eamonn was second with $3,800 and Caryn was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Asian Geography – The Characters They Birthed – Choose a Name – Signs & Signals – Wedding Songs – Alliteration

Jack found the first Daily Double in “Signs & Signals” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,800, $3,000 more than Eamonn in second place. Jack bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

This colorful animal sits at the top of the Royal Arms of Scotland & that may be why it’s one of Britain’s most popular pub names show

WHAT IS THE RED LION?

Eamonn found the last Daily Double in “Alliteration” under the $800 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in second place with $9,400, $400 less than Jack’s lead. Eamonn bet $1,400 but couldn’t come up with a guess so he was WRONG.

“The Gallopin’ Gaucho” is an early film featuring him, before his name came to mean small-time & unimportant show

WHO IS MICKEY MOUSE?

Eamonn finished in the lead with $14,800. Jack was second with $14,600 and Caryn was last with $4,600. All clues were shown.

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TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS GRIMACE?

Grimace, McDonald’s purple mascot, celebrated his 52nd birthday on June 12, 2023. After McDonald’s announced it would honor Grimace with a purple milkshake, there was a “McFlurry” of articles about Grimace, who apparently only showed up once in a while after 2003. Today.com learned from McDonald’s that “Grimace is from Grimace Island and comes from a huge family (including his Grandma Winky, aunts Millie and Tillie and his Uncle O’Grimacey!)” Grimace’s uncle served as mascot for the Shamrock Shake at one time. Like the Hamburgler, Grimace was originally a thief, only he stole milkshakes. His raison d’etre was changed to a milkshake-loving friend of Ronald McDonald to make him more child-friendly.

Here a link to the 2014 tweet where McDonald’s says Grimace is the embodiment of a milkshake or a tastebud and gets reminded about Grimace’s checkered past. 🤣🤣🤣

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Caryn got it right. She bet $3,000 and finished with $7,600.

Jack went with Sonic. That cost him $14,599 and left him with a dollar.

Eamonn also got it right. He bet $14,700 and won the game with $29,500. Eamonn’s 2-day total is $43,200.

A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)

LET’S GO FOR A SPIN ($800) In 1967 scientists at Cambridge Univ. discovered the first known one of these, a rapidly spinning neutron star

THE CHARACTERS THEY BIRTHED ($2000) Mr. Brocklehurst, Shirley Keeldar

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “FAMOUS ANIMALS”

In September 1964 the New York Times announced the passing of this pet, a gift, “used as symbol of honesty in 1952” show

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