Final Jeopardy: Letter Perfect (10-31-17)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/31/2017) in the category “Letter Perfect” was:
George Eastman called it “a strong, incisive sort of letter”
2x champ Anand Kandaswamy has now won $35,001. In Game 3, he takes on these guys: Byron Merrill, from Lincoln, NE; and Patrick Theobald, from Nashville, TN.
Round 1 Categories: What Happened When? – Business Pairings – Facts & Figures – Volcanoes – Forewords – After Words
Patrick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “What Happened When?” under the $600 clue, with 12 clues to go after it. He was in a second place tie with Byron. They both had $2,200, $600 less than Anand’s lead. He bet $1,800 and he was RIGHT.
Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, it got a big demotion in 2006. show
Patrick finished in the lead with $5,800. Anand and Byron were tied in second place with $3,200.
Round 2 Categories: Great Books of Science – Cuban Food & Drink – Art – Word to the Y_Ys – Films of the 1960s – Nobel Peace Prize Nominees
Anand found the first Daily Double in “Art” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick. He was in the lead with $6,800 at this point, $1,000 more than Patrick in second place. He bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.
In 2013 one of his black-&-white paintings of a Coca-Cola bottle sold at auction for over $57 million. show
Anand found the last Daily Double in “Nobel Peace Prize Nominees” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,400, he had $2,600 more than Patrick in second place. He bet $2,600 and he was RIGHT.
Many attempts to get this man the award for creating the Boy Scouts were unsuccessful. show
Anand ran away with the game again, finishing with $21,000. Patrick was next with $7,800 and Byron was in third place with $6,800.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In 1888, upon perfecting a hand-held camera that would usher in the age of amateur photography, George Eastman needed a unique name for his product. He invented a word that would one day make “Kodak moment” a household phrase. His remarks on how he came up with his trademark are often quoted: “The letter ‘K’ had been a favorite with me– it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter. Therefore, the word I wanted had to start with ‘K.’ Then it became a question of trying out a great number of combinations that made words starting and ending with ‘K.’ The word ‘Kodak’ is the result. Instead of merely making cameras and camera supplies, we made Kodaks and Kodak supplies. It became the distinctive word for our products. Hence the slogan: ‘If it isn’t an Eastman, it isn’t a Kodak'”
Byron bet $1,001. He finished with $7,801.
Patrick bet $7,000, bringing him up to $14,800.
Anand added $1,000 to win this one with $22,000. His 3-day total is $57,001.
Classic Trebek (to Anand during the chat): “Don’t call yourself an ‘American idiot.’ That’s my job.”
A triple stumper from each round:
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? ($1,000) In 1810 Napoleon, divorced from Josephine, married this Archduchess with whom he would have a son
FILMS OF THE 1960S ($1600) British pop singer Lulu had a small role in this 1967 film & also sang the title song
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Businessmen”
In 1915 he dropped bomb-shaped cardboard leaflets on Seattle to promote military aviation. show
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To Sir With Love was too long ago…..
I know that Sir Robert was considered many times, but I presume that he had already received about every honor available at the time. And if the committee gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, it would have to consider one for Juliette Gordon Low, as well; whose birthday, by the way, was Oct. 31st. I don’t know if she was ever nominated.
I suppose everyone knows by now that Clyde Tombaugh was the great-uncle of Clayton Kershaw, who might be pitching tonight in the final game of the World Series.
I can’t believe that nobody got ‘To Sir With Love’, especially Byron. He looks to be the right age?
idk, Becci, I’d say Byron was just a baby when that movie came out, if he was even born yet. That was 50 years ago.
Lulu was married to one of the Bee Gee twins for a few years — Maurice. idk where they got she had a small part in the film. Her character had a name and she sang the title song in the gym.
I was 14 when it came out and Byron looks to be the same generation as me (Baby Boomer).
I was 16 when it came out and saw it in the movie theater. Funny, the only people I could actually name from the cast are Sidney Poitier, Lulu and Judy Geeson.
Anyhow, I wouldn’t say I was an ace at guessing people’s ages, but I thought Byron was about 50 give or take a couple of years.
Did WOF get pre-empted as well?
I’m not sure, I turned the tv off about half way through the news report.
Congrats once again to anand, I think he has the potential to win some more games tomorrow hopefully. Also the letter K could mean a lot of things. So the question here VJ, what was the name of the award that Lord Powell was supposed to get for creating the boy scouts?
@Lou, Baden Powell was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
LINK: 9 more clues from the match
Good thing it was not preempted here as though it was not a one hour world news edition. Furthermore, If anand keeps the wins going, he could be like Vishay Balse during his game run, don’t you agree VJ? Although Anand would have been guaranteed a spot but it looks like he wil be bumped into the 2018 tournament of champions in season 35
No Jeopardy here tonight because of the sickening events that took place in Lower Manhattan this afternoon.
I’m watching the reports, too, Rhonda. It is sickening and horrifying.
So unbelievably sad, VJ. Such madness in the world.
“…..when people run in circles
It’s a very, very
Mad world, mad world….”
Yeah, random acts of madness. Sickening and horrifying alright.