Final Jeopardy: 19th Century People (10-30-22)
We’re about to watch the fifth quarterfinal in the 2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! Championship, featuring these celebrities: actress Troian Bellisario, playing for War Child; actor Wil Wheaton, playing for National Women’s Law Center; and comedian and actor Hasan Minhaj, playing for International Rescue Committee.
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “19th Century People” was:
In 1863 Walt Whitman wrote that this politician “has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful”
Mayim Bialik hosted tonight’s one hour show. John Michael Higgins won the fourth quarterfinal, securing a semifinal spot in the 11/13/2022 game. Tonight’s winner will do likewise. Three semifinals winners will advance to the finals to compete for $1,000,000 for charity.
Jeopardy! Categories: Star Track: The Next Generation — Answer in the Form of an Abbreviation – Patriot Act – With Author-ity – Going Green – Pretty Little Lies
Troian found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “With Author-ity” under the $300 clue on the third pick of the round. She was in second place with $200, $100 less than Hasan’s lead. Troian bet $200 and she was RIGHT.
Bootlegger Max Gerlach was one of the people F. Scott Fitzgerald may have used as the model for this title character show
Wil finished in the lead with $3,000. Troian was second with $2,500 and Hasan was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! Categories: Tuning into the ’90s – The U.S. Constitution – World Capital Attractions – Memoirs – Hi.Finance – Figures of Speech
Hasan found the first Daily Double in “Hi, Finance” under the $600 clue with 5 clues left after it. He was in second place with $7,000, $400 less than Wil’s lead. Hasan bet it all and went with Chapter 7. That was WRONG.
A chapter no one ever wants to read, this one is often called a “reorganization” bankruptcy, like J.C. Penney in 2020 show
Wil got the last Daily Double in “World Capital Attractions” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. In the lead with $8,000, he had $4,900 more than Troian in second place. Wil bet $5,000 and thought it was the Kremlin. That was WRONG.
You’ll find Lenin’s tomb in this Moscow expanse show
Wil finished in the lead with $23,600. Troian was next with $5,000 and Hasan was in third place with $3,500. All clues were shown.
Triple Jeopardy! Categories: Medieval Architecture – Classic TV – Directional Geography in America – Out of this World – Pick a “Card” – The Chase
Wil found the first Daily Double in “Out of This World” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in first place with $3,600, $200 more than Troian in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second show
Wil got the second Daily Double in “Pick a Card” under the $600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. In first place with $10,800, he had $5,300 more than Troian in second place. Wil bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
To the U.S. Government, it’s officially known as a permanent resident card show
Wil got the last Daily Double in “Directional Geography in America” under the $1,200 clue, with 2 clues left after it. In the lead with $24,000, he had $19,100 more than Troian in second place. He bet a modest $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1802 Congress passed the act establishing the U.S. Military Academy at this site on the banks of the Hudson show
Wil finished in the lead with a runaway $26,500. Troian was next with $4,900 and Hasan was in third place with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the celebrities got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
In the third paragraph of an 1863 letter to two friends, Walt Whitman shared these impressions of the recently elected Abraham Lincoln: “I think well of the President. He has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful, with its strange mouth, its deep cut, criss-cross lines, and its doughnut complexion. My notion is, too, that underneath his outside smutched mannerism, and stories from third-class county bar-rooms, (it is his humor,) Mr. Lincoln keeps a fountain of first-class practical telling wisdom.”
Hasan thought it was President Hoover. He bet and lost his whole $1,200.
Troian came up with Alexander Polk. She lost her $2,000 and finished with $2,900.
Wil got it right. He bet $1,701 and won the match with $28,201. Wil will join John Michael Higgins in the next Semifinal game. Troian and Hasan each won $30,000 for their charities.
10 triple stumpers:
Round 1: Pretty Little Lies ($500) How’s this for a flex? You just got back from the gym, & get this, you dead-lifted a ton & a half, this many pounds
ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION ($300) It was once largely a military abbrev. helping coordinate operations; now it means “when I think I’ll make it to the kegger”
Round 2: WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS ($400) This city, that’s home to the ruins of the Aztecs’ great Templo Mayor, showed off a replica of it in 2021
($800) The entrance to Pere Lachaise, the most famous one of these in Paris, is inscribed, “Their hope is full of immortality”
MEMOIRS ($200) The daughter of civil rights activists, this Vice President penned “The Truths We Hold”
HIGH FINANCE ($1000) Time to get an “A” in finance; leveraged by hedge funds, this investment strategy has many types, like retail & merger
Round 3: CLASSIC TV ($900) It originally opened with “Once upon a time there were 3 little girls who went to the Police Academy”
DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN NORTH AMERICA ($600) Enjoy Capitol Street & Capitol Market in Charleston, which, yes, is the capital of this state that was admitted in 1863
($900) Even in summer, you can visit Santa & his reindeer in the hamlet called this in Essex County, New York
THE CHASE ($1500) Chevy Chase never lived in Chevy Chase, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in this state, but Sandra Day O’Connor did while she was on the Supreme Court
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