Final Jeopardy: Tony Nominations (10-24-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (10/24/2014), in the category “Tony Nominations” was:

Although she has appeared in only 2 Broadway musicals, she got Tony nominations for both, for 1962 and 1964.

New champ Matthew LaMagna racked up a $17,800 win in yesterday’s game, even though FJ was a triple stumper. Today he takes on these two players: Sam Heft-Luthy, from Seattle, WA; and Amy Thon, from Tempe, AZ.

Round 1: Matthew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “1809” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $8,600, $7,800 ahead of both Amy and Sam who were tied in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

In May, Mary Dixon Kies became the first American woman to receive one, for a way to weave straw with silk or thread. show

WHAT IS A PATENT?

Matthew finished in the lead with $11,200. Amy was second with $2,000 and Sam was last with $1,400.

Round 2: Matthew found the first Daily Double in “Libraries” under the $1,200 clue. He was in the lead with $12,000, $10,000 more than Amy in second place. He bet $3,000 and thought it was a university so he was WRONG.

The library of this type of institution in Norfolk, Massachusetts made Malcolm X the thinker & orator we know. show

WHAT IS A STATE PRISON LIBRARY?

Amy found the last Daily Double in “Geographun” under the $800 clue. She was now in third place with $2,400, $11,000 less than Matthew’s lead. She bet $1,200 and she was RIGHT.

7 mini-kingdoms make up this federated nation on the Persian gulf. show

WHAT IS THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES?

Matthew finished in the lead with $16,600. Sam was next with $8,600 and Amy was in third place with $5,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS BARBRA STREISAND?

Barbara Streisand actually has 4 theatre credits but only 2 of them were on Broadway. Her first Broadway role was as Miss Marmelstein in “I Can Get It For You Wholesale” (1962). Her second was as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” (1964-67).

She was nominated for a Tony in the category Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical in 1962. (Phyllis Newman won as Martha Vail in “Subways Are For Sleeping”).

In 1964, Streisand was nominated in Best Performance by a Leading Actress. (Carol Channing won as Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello Dolly”).

Amy thought it was Julie Andrews. That cost her $3,100 so she finished with $2,500.

Sam came up with Midler as in Bette. He lost his $8,001 bet, finishing with $599.

Matthew also thought it was Julie Andrews. He only bet $600 so he won this match with $16,000. His 2 day total is $33,800.

Haven’t been able to find Amy’s blog of handsome presidents, but Jeopardy! did have a clue mentioning Franklin Pierce and his good looks back on April 17th

2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “21st Century Games”

The villains in this game were inspired by the swine flu epidemic scare. show

WHAT IS “ANGRY BIRDS”?

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