Final Jeopardy: Annual Events (10-16-22)

In the first semifinal match of the 2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship, the celebrity contestants are: actor and comedian Ike Barinholtz, playing for Pacific Clinics; actor Simu Liu, playing for Stop AAPI Hate; and actress and comedian Iliza Shlesinger, playing for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The links in the contestants’ names go to their quarterfinals.

The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Annual Events” was:

In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let’s do this, no one knows exactly why; it involved into an annual festival in the desert

Mayim Bialik hosted tonight’s one hour show, the first semifinal match. The winner of this match will advance to the finals to compete for $1,000,000 for charity.

Jeopardy! Categories: Game On – Current Events – Pop Music – 7-Letter Words – Let’s Take a Walk – Autumn

Ike found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “7-Letter Words” under the $400 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $1,900 more than Simu in second place. He bet $1,300 and he was RIGHT.

As the song says, life is a this, a restaurant with booze & live entertainment show
WHAT IS CABARET?

Ike finished in the lead with $6,000. Iliza was second with $1,700 and Simu was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.

Double Jeopardy! Categories: The In Memoriam Segment 1922 – Famous Names on the Map – Drama Queens – It All Starts with “U” – Shakespeare – The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Iliza found the first Daily Double in “Famous Names on the Map” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick. She was in second place with $2,100, $2,900 less than Ike’s lead. She bet $1,000 but couldn’t come up with a response so that was counted WRONG.

This alliterative Colorado “Peak” is named for a man who tried & failed to climb it in 1806; guess that was an “or bust” show
WHAT IS PIKE’S PEAK?

Simu got the last Daily Double in “The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World” under the $600 clue just before the commercial break. In second place with $3,400, he had $4,600 less than Ike’s lead. He bet $1,000, and said torch. That was WRONG.

The Pharos of Alexandria was one of these that stood on an island in the city harbor with a fire lit at the top every night show
WHAT IS LIGHTHOUSE?

Ike finished in the lead with $12,200. Simu was next with $4,000 and Iliza was in third place with $3,900. All clues were shown.

Triple Jeopardy! Categories: Brain Surgeon’s Terminology – Johnny Gilbert Speaks the Movie Line – Colorful Responses – Mascots – Historic History of Yesterday – A Look Back – But We Repeat Ourselves

Iliza found the first Daily Double in “Brain Surgeon’s Terminology” under the $1,200 clue on the very first pick of the round. She was in second place with $5,900, $6,300 less than Ike’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

This adjective is the “M” in an MRI diagnostic test, so do take your keys & your lucky coin out of your pockets show
WHAT IS MAGNETIC?

Simu got the second Daily Double in “Historic History of Yesterday: A Look Back” under the $900 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $10,600, he had $7,000 less than Ike’s lead. He bet $2,000 and came up with twice-married Napoleon so that was WRONG.

Catherine Parr became wife no. 6 to this man on July 12, 1543, & beating the odds, outlived him (but only by a year) show
WHO IS HENRY THE VIII?

Simu got the last Daily Double in “Colorful Responses” under the $1,200 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In second place with $10,400, he had $8,400 less than Ike’s lead. He bet $400 and didn’t drew a blank so he was WRONG.

This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue show
WHAT IS RED HERRING?

Ike finished in the lead with $20,300. Iliza was next with $11,300 and Simu was in third place with $10,000. All clues were shown.

TWO of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS BURNING MAN?

There’s an interactive timeline on Burning Man’s website that starts with this entry: “In 1986 the first Man burns on a San Francisco Beach. Larry Harvey and his friend Jerry James knock together an improvised wooden figure and drag it down to Baker beach on the Summer Solstice. They light it up, and a curious crowd gathers to watch it burn. In 1986 the first Man burns on a San Francisco Beach. And so it began….” Burning Man grew over the years to become an annual festival of self-expression that has been held in Black Rock City, Nevada since 1991. Burning Man, like many other events, was closed due to COVID-19 for 3 years. In 2022, the festival reopened from 8/28 to 9/5/2022. An estimated 80,000 people attended.

Simu got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $20,000.

Iliza went with Coachella. She also bet all she had ($11,300) but she lost it.

Ike got it right. He bet $2,301 and won the match with $22,601. Ike advances to the Finals. Simu and Iliza each won $50,000 for their charities.

Celebrity Jeopardy (10/16/2022) Ike Barinholtz, Simu Liu, Iliza Shesinger