Final Jeopardy: Lead Singers (10-29-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/29/2020) in the category “Lead Singers” was:

The N.Y. Times said this late Brit’s multi-octave range & operatic quality made “even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional”

New champ, Scott Shrum, a digital marketing exec from Westlake Village, CA, won $24,100 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Lisa Gerlach, a veterinary neurologist from West Hills, CA; and Carmela Chan, a biotech researcher from San Diego, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Blockbusters – National Parks – Weapon Types – 4-Letter Synonyms – U.S. Hospitals – A Seriously Fluffy Category

Lisa found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “National Parks” under the $1,000 clue, with 4 clues left after it. She was in second place with $3,600, $1,800 less than Carmela’s lead. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

This drainage line runs northwest-southeast through Rocky Mountain National Park. show

WHAT IS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE?

Carmela finished in the lead with $5,800. Lisa was second with $5,500 and Scott was last with $3,400.

Round 2 Categories: Soviet Bloc Busters – Antiques – Translated Geographic Names – Alliterative Authors – Science TV – “Be”something”ed”

Carmela found the first Daily Double in “Alliterative Authors” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick. She was in second place with $11,800 now, $2,100 less than Lisa’s lead. She bet $7,000 and she was RIGHT.

One of his most famous characters, Harry Haller, has the same initials as the author. show

WHO IS HERMANN HESSE?

Lisa got the last Daily Double in “Translated Geographic Names” under the $1,600 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In second place with $15,900, she had $4,500 less than Carmela’s lead. She bet $3,500 and took a shot with Philadelphia. That was WRONG.

Welsh: High Hill, Pennsylvania show

WHAT IS BRYN MAWR?

Carmela finished in the lead with $19,600. Lisa was next with $12,400 and Scott was in third place with $6,600. Four $400 clues went uncovered.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS FREDDIE MERCURY?

Freddie Mercury was and continues to be a rock icon. The frontman of the British rock band Queen passed away in 1991 at the age of 45. The quote in the clue is from a 2019 NYT article about Marc Martel, who provided some of the Freddie Mercury vocals in the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018). Gavin Edwards wrote that Martel “is a vocal doppelgänger for the Queen frontman,” noting that “It was a compliment, given how Mercury was one of the great singers in rock history, possessing a pellucid tone, a three-octave range and an operatic quality that could make even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional.”

Some sources claim that Freddie Mercury had a four-octave range. Incredibly, scientists got into the act in 2015 to prove or disprove that! They could not confirm four octaves.

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Scott bet it all and brought his score up to $6,600.

Lisa bet $12,397 to finish with $24,797.

Carmela bet $5,201 and won the game with $24,801. Carmela Chan is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

4-LETTER SYNONYMS ($200) When preparing fish, its synonym is smoke; for healthcare, it’s remedy or heal

ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS ($2000) This “verdant” author’s “The Heart of the Matter” was set in Sierra Leone, where he was once stationed in World War II

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “State Birds”

The 2-word name of this black & orange or black & golden state bird derives in part from the Latin for golden” show

WHAT IS THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE?

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