Final Jeopardy: Movie Soundtracks (10-17-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/17/2019) in the category “Movie Soundtracks” was:
The soundtrack of this 2018 film has “Material Girl” & “Money (That’s What I Want)” in Chinese & English
2x champ Ed Condon, a retired business intelligence manager from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, has now won $73,600 yesterday. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Laura Blazyk, a librarian from Seattle, WA; and Daryn Firicano, a clinical representative from Las Vegas, NV.
Round 1 Categories: Legal Briefs – ’60s Pop Culture – The Nonfiction Book’s Subtitle – 4-Word Exchange – Historic Names – Enfants Terribles
Laura found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Nonfiction Book’s Subtitle” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $800, $1,400 less than Daryn’s lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and had no response so she was WRONG.
Made into a Jennifer Aniston movie: “The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys” show
Laura finished in the lead with $3,400. Daryn was second with $3,200 and Ed was last with $2,400.
Round 2 Categories: Magic & Illusion – TV-pourri – Self-Portrait of the Artist – “Ob”scure Words – Put the Astronauts on the Mission – Language Isolates
Ed found the first Daily Double in “Language Isolates” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in third place with $2,800 now, $600 less than Laura’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and came up with Assyrian. That was WRONG.
Written in cuneiform in Ur, this oldest written language was an isolate. show
Ed found the last Daily Double in “Self-Portrait of the Artist” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick. He was in second place with $4,400 when he found it but promptly got docked $4,000 on a reversal (see below). That put him in third place with $400, $4,800 less than Daryn’s lead. He bet the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
Here’s this Flemish artist with his trademark beard. show
Daryn finished in the lead with a runaway $17,200, thanks to the last clue chosen. Ed was next with $8,000 and Laura was in third place with $5,000.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right for the first time this season and the first time since the 7/23/2019 game.
WHAT IS “CRAZY RICH ASIANS”?
Cheryl’s K bilingual cover of Barrett Strong’s 1960 hit “Money (That’s What I Want”) wasn’t the only Motown song played in the romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians”. They also had the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell 1968 duet “You’re All I Need to Get By”. Another ’60s song was Kina Grannis’ cover of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The film also featured Sally Yeh’s 1985 Cantopop cover of Madonna’s “Material Girl” IMDB has a list of all the songs in the film.
From 4/19/2019: BESTSELLERS ($400) “China Rich Girlfriend” & “Rich People Problems” are follow-ups to this bestseller by Kevin Kwan (Film sequels are in the works for both follow-ups)
Laura bet $3,001 bringing her up to $8,001.
Ed bet $2,100 to finish with $10,100.
Daryn added $1,000 to his runaway, and won the game with $18,200. Daryn Firicano is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Reversal: LANGUAGE ISOLATES ($2000) Japanese has supplanted the isolate spoken by this 4-letter indigenous people of Hokkaido — Ed pronounced “Ainu” too much like “Aino” for the judges’ tastes.
A triple stumper from each round:
LEGAL BRIEFS ($800) President’s ex-lawyer; he lied to Congress; sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2018
LANGUAGE ISOLATES ($1200) Kutenai is an isolate spoken in the Kootenay region of this Canadian province, near its eastern border with Alberta
2 years ago: Only TWO of the players got this FJ in “Oscar Winners”
He’s the only actor to win 3 Best Actor Oscars, the most recent for his portrayal of a U.S. President. show
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Why was ed docked $4000 instead of $2000 for ainu
@Gin, first they took away the $2,000 they gave him for “aino”, then they took away another $2,000 for a wrong answer.
What happened on the question LANGUAGE ISOLATES ($1200) Kutenai is an isolate spoken in the Kootenay region of this Canadian province, near its eastern border with Alberta the answer was Saskatchewan. Ed answered Saskatchewan and Alex said no, Daryn said Manitoba which was wrong and Laura wasn’t able to come up with an answer. I though Ed said Saskatchewan so I looked backed on my DVR and Ed did say Saskatchewan and he did say “what is” first. So why was it wrong?
Never mind I misread the question
Okay — I was posting an answer at the same time you were posting that 😁
Tony, the right answer was not Saskatchewan — it was British Columbia. Alex made it sound like it was Saskatchewan by saying that province last when he was trying to show the players a mental map and said “British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan.” (See this map of the provinces — BC has an eastern border with Alberta)
I think the show was being waaaaayyyy too pedantic about Ed’s pronunciation. I never even heard of the correct answer Ed gave, and the show had the nerve to rule him wrong. After all, there are many dialects and pronunciations in our vast country and Canada. I’m from Delaware and people in Delaware say “wooder” instead of using the Queen’s English for “water”.
I don’t think that was a pronunciation issue, Albert. It wouldn’t fly in FJ if a player wrote down “Aino” when the correct answer is “Ainu.” I noticed it when he gave his response and figured it would be reversed. idk how they say it in Japan, but in English, I guess it would be like saying “snafo” instead of “snafu”
I thought the Sumerian language clue was very difficult for the second row.
I bet Alex was disappointed no one could name the province west of Alberta
Well, at least, the Triple Solve Curse is FINALLY broken, but I still can’t catch a break.
What can’t you catch a break on?
The 4, 5, or more time champions. I want the field for the 2020 or 2021 JEOPARDY! Tournament Of Champions to go quicker, instead of slower.
Look, William, I know that you’re upset about it, but there’s nothing you can do about it. It depends on their knowledge.
Right.
It not only depends on knowledge, but also, the categories, and if they’re faster on the buzzer than their opponents. Just saying.
Oh, and also, if they’re lucky enough in Final Jeopardy!.
Well ed played valiantly but still that movie he’s just not that into you and crazy rich Asians are my favorites. In fact I saw it last year with my family and it was so funny. Still aino sounds like I know. I think some people would find that a bit difficult to pronounce. Let’s see if daryn has the ability to build up a streak before the toc starts. Do you remember some of your favorite moments from this movie, VJ?
yeah, that was a real bad break for Ed. Aino is actually the first name of one of the members of that Swedish group Icona Pop that sang that “I don’t care! I love it” song from 2012. (Wow! didn’t realize it was that long ago!?!)
I don’t really have a favorite part of that movie. I was “just not that into” it. 🤣
LINK: 10 more clues from the game