Final Jeopardy: Movie Characters (10-7-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/7/2015) in the category “Movie Characters” was:
Charlton Heston’s wardrobe in 1954’s “Secret of the Incas” inspired the clothes worn by this adventurous character 27 years later.
8x champ Matt Jackson went over the $200K winnings milestone, not just by a couple of thousand, by a very impressive $30,610. His victims challengers today are: players: Susan Thurman, from Tucker, GA; and and Alison Burke, from Brooklyn, NY.
We’re just kidding with the “victims” line, of course. Apparently, it’s becoming some kind of honor. We saw an #IlosttoMattJackson hashtag on Twitter and they are planning on getting T-shirts.
Round 1: Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “I Predict You’re Wrong” under the $1,200 clue, the very first pick of the game. No one had a dime. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
This man in 1860: “I see no good reason why the view given in this volume should shock… religious feelings.” show
Matt finished in the lead with $6,600. Alison was second with $2,200 and Susan was last with $1,600.
Round 2: Matt found the first Daily Double in “Sports Nobility” under the $2,000 clue. He was in the lead with $13,400, $8,400 more than Alison in second place. So far every clue in this category was a triple stumper except the $200 clue because that was as yet uncovered. Matt said 5 and we thought he was going with a $5 bet like Arthur Chu did in his Sports DD. Alex said $5 it is, and it sounded like Matt said “thousand.” He took a guess with King Mountain and that was WRONG.
The last name of 1970s San Francisco Giant John Montefusco helped lead to this classic lit-based nobility nickname. show
Then Alex said “And that means your lead has been reduced to $8,395.” So it was counted as a $5.00 bet whether he meant $5,000 or not. Videos are on the $5 or $5,000 post.
Alison found the last Daily Double in “Letter Perfect” under the $2,000 clue. She was in second place with $7,400, $9,595 less than Matt’s runaway lead. There were 5 clues left after this, all worth $400. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
This unit of temperature is 1/273.16 of the triple point of water. show
They only got to one of those $400 clues and you know who got it. He finished in the lead with $17,395. Alison still prevented a runaway and she was next with $9,400. Susan was in third place with $2,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS INDIANA JONES?
This video is full of information on where the producers got their ideas for the Indiana Jones series, and Charlton Heston has a cameo, so to speak, but we didn’t notice them mentioning “Secret of the Incas” in the narration.
On IMDB’s trivia page for the 1954 film, it says “Throughout Secret of the Incas, the main character, Harry Steele, can be seen wearing the “Indiana Jones” outfit – brown leather jacket, fedora, tan pants, an over-the-shoulder bag, and revolver.” We checked “Raiders of the Lost Ark” trivia to see if that statement was reversed appropriately. No. “Secrets of the Incas” is not even mentioned.
On his weblog artist Dave Fischer suggests that, sartorial inspirations notwithstanding, the real reasons to see “Secret of the Incas” are Yma Sumac and the footage of Peru.
Susan wrote down the film name “Raiders of the Lost Ark” or a reasonable facsimile thereof. She lost her $2,300 bet and finished with $100.
Alison got it right. She bet $7,996 giving her $17,396 and the lead at this point by $1.00.
Matt also got it right. He bet $1,406 so he won the match with $18,801. His 9-day total is $249,411. Must be the closest he came to defeat so far, but he will be back tomorrow with special guests Peabody and Sherman.
Kudos to Allison. Her T-shirt should say “I dang near beat Matt Jackson.”
During the chat, Matt told Alex how he came to get on Jeopardy! A friend who was in the College Tournament (and came in second) strongly encouraged him and he finally went for it.
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Literary Locales”
The creator of this title place said its name came from the letters labeling the last drawer of his file cabinet show
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If Matt had gone into final Jeopardy with $5000 less ($12,400) he probably would have still won. Matt answered the question correctly and he surely would have wagered enough to still come out ahead of Alison. It was a well played game .
Yes. Alex said:
Alex:……………… And that means your lead has been reduced to 8,395 dollars. So select again”
Considering Matt’s score was $13,400 when he wagered Alex was reducing it by $5,000 not realizing the score display had already been reduced by $5.
It wasn’t mentioned on tonight’s show so I guess it never will be. I’m letting this go and look forward to Matt becoming a former champ. Over and out///////////
@Joe, OK. You are just not processing the fact that Matt had an $8,400 lead over Alison when he picked the clue. That is in the recap– “He was in the lead with $13,400, $8,400 more than Alison in second place.”
So I guess that is a big part of all this confusion. If he had bet the $5,000 and lost, he would have been left with $8,400. But because he bet $5 and lost he was left with $13,395 and his lead was REDUCED TO $8,395.
His lead at that point is not important. He typically always had wagered either $5,000 or $6,000 in previous DDs. He had 13,400 at the time of the DD wager. Alison would ultimately capture the remaining DD, leaving no more DDs for Matt to bet on. Had the 5,000 allegedly been applied to his DD wager, that he did lose, he would have been reduced to 8,400 – but as indicated on the scoreboard – after Trebek had already announced that after losing the 5,000 wager and using Trebek’s own words: “Your lead has been reduced to $8,395”. The scoreboard at this time reflected his balance as $13,395 – meaning that he was only being debited $5.00 for the incorrect response. From there, it’s all history. Alison captured the last DD, meaning that Matt would have no more opportunities to leap frog ahead. Still, when the FJ was played, it’s very possible he still would have won, despite the earlier error by AT and the judges, given Matt’s real balance of $12,400 (had the 5,000 been debited) he could have wagered $5596 which I have no doubt he would have done, he still would have won despite the error. I guess we’ll never know because it is doubtful he has the character to admit the mistake. At the time of FJ, he had a balance of $14,400. His $1406 bet gave him a final total of $18,801 over Alison’s total of $17,396. She didn’t have enough in her bank to have out-bet him. No matter, given Matt’s $1,406 bet in FJ and considering the obvious error by Jeopardy – using those numbers, she won. Far as I’m concerned, I give her the win, and I’m not going to watch this show anymore – Unless they come forward and invite her back and acknowledge their error.
My math has some minor errors as it comes to their final scores. Still, given the possibility, Matt still would have had enough in his bank to bet enough to overcome Alison’s final total of 17,396.. Matt’s 18,801 final included only the $5.00 deduction. Had the $5,000 been properly deducted, he still would have had enough to out bet her in FJ.
Yes Matt did say “5” and based on his many many DD wagers of $5.000 or $6,000 Alex and everyone assumed he meant $5,000 and if you play back the original airing you can here Matt say right after saying “5”……..”thousand Alex” in order to clarify his bet.
If he had meant to say $5 he would have assertively said “Five dollars”. He was just being cavalier now that he’s a “regular” and feels he can now speak in shorthand where “five” of course means $5,000. But don’t lose sight of the fact that he did go on to clarify his shorthand with “thousand Alex”. He said it. It happened. It’s real…. unfortunately
What?? Alex said Matt”s score was now $5,000 less at $8,395 (he should have said $8,400 but the readout had already deducted $5 so Alex subtracted in his head from that figure). Perhaps VJ saw the edited recording but I and the original airing viewing audience saw and clearly heard differently.
It doesn’t impact my life in any way but it’s very troubling that candid honesty did not prevail on such an otherwise respected game show.
what edited recording? I saw this episode on TV between 3 – 3:30 pm yesterday and it is on my DVR.
Matt: What is King Mountain?
Alex: No. What is the Count. The Count of Montefusco or the Count of Monte Cristo. And that means your lead has been reduced to 8,395 dollars. So select again”
Matt: Europe, $1,200
I just transcribed that from the DVR without looking at captions. Pay particular attention to the words “REDUCED TO.”
Matt clearly says $5.00 (five dollars). There is no doubt. Just look at the lips, you could tell he is mouthing $5.00 and not $5,000.
Matt cheated and Jeopardy is condoning it. I have played the recording many times over and trebek called it a $5000 loss but the electronic money display was wrong. Alison Barnes should get a recording of the show and take them to court.
If you played the recording back even once, you would realize that Trebek said his lead had fallen by $5. As for Alison, she said on Twitter that she heard Matt say $5. So she is cool with it. Besides that, she had a great chance to win but didn’t bet enough on her DD.
Interestingly, since these clips have been posted, they have been heavily edited with Trebek’s remark, “OK, $5.00 then” and Matt’s mouthing “thousand” taken out.
I guess in order to keep his winnings, he was “encouraged” to play along.
We all know what we saw: And the emperor was clearly not wearing any clothes.
All things being equal, it looked like Allison was the clear winner, until she was robbed. Do the math.
I don’t feel this is a conspiracy. It’s just one of those semi-ambiguous moments that test people’s character. Matt failed the character test as he knew his wager was $5,000 and now there’s nothing he can do to redeem himself except to admit that he chose undeserved personal gain over honor.
Finally someone who agrees with me. I say it is a fix to get ratings, but he’s such a dork, for the first time in 30 years I have stopped watching. He’s annoying. haha.
This kept me awake because I was sure I had heard $5k and because this jerk always cut Alex off before he ever finished a sentence, it was hard. No smiles, no nothing . I have wished every single night that he would lose and be brought down a few pegs – he is conceited, uncaring, etc. But the final blow was he knew d–n well he meant $5,000 and I DID notice that small look on his face when he realized the judges had made a mistake and only deducted $5. That’s when Alex and everyone involved should have clarified the bet, because now, if its challenger, he’ll say ” I did mean $5″ -he has no honor, so why should he. All he wants to do is show off and win. There’s going to be a big stink over this, you can be sure, and I hope there is.
Ooh, looks like we’ve gotten a few conspiracy theorists signed up in the past few hours! *munches on popcorn*
OK, so, he’s smart! He’s lucky to squeak by last night and steal the win because of negligent and irresponsible judging and the inattentiveness of the emcee. But he needs to display some humility, honesty, and character. I personally don’t like him because of his behavior . He’s obnoxious and very egotistical. Hope he loses soon.
I am with you there. He was not the winner last night. Think they let it pass because he is bringing more attention to the show.
I certainly hope this will be addressed in tonight’s airing, however, I can understand that this has probably put the judges in an uncomfortable position because it was Matt’s moral responsibility to point out the error and because he didn’t, any counter ruling would expose his immorally opportunistic motive for saying nothing. He just stood there like the cat who ate the canary thinking he got away with it but the yellow feathers sticking out of his mouth were clearly visible.
If he wins again, after last night’s debacle, any reference to his accomplishments should include an asterisk ( **) ” 9 games won but #8 protested”
I see I’m not alone being disgusted with last night’s Jeopardy when Matt Jackson clearly intended to bet $5,000 and not $5 in Double Jeopardy. I’m not a fan of his smug demeanor anyway but for him to not correct the mistake casts a further shadow on his character. I played it back over and over with the speakers turned up and it sure sounds like he said after saying “5” he mumbled “thousand Alex”. Alex interpreted it as $5,000 too and verbally subtracted $5,000 from his visible score (which had already been reduced by $5).
I naturally assumed this would have been addressed and corrected before the Final Jeopardy wagers but it wasn’t!
Unlike Chu, Matt has NEVER made a single digit Double Jeopardy wager which is why Alex automatically assumed it was $5,000. Rest assured, if Matt had answered correctly he would have protested that his score only increased by $5!
What I mean by history books is that he’s probably going to be in the top 5. Not necessarily meaning he will beat 19, but just hopefully.
OK, Leena, gotcha. It’s interesting that Jeopardy only shows the Top 4 consecutive games won on their Notable Players page.
It is so cool that the one Kids’ Week winner, Skyler Hornback, is on their Top Single Winning list right behind Roger Craig and Ken Jennings. I love that.
I definitely heard him say “five”. Alex repeated “five”? Matt nodded. Them. He missed the answer. Alex then said, “that brings you found to”8 thousand ( & whatever hundreds). At this point, I watched the numbers changed on his scoreboard and only five hundred dollars was subtracted. I was waiting for a ruling on it & it never happened! Clearly it impacted the bids& the final numbers. He should have lost the game! I’m so disappointed at how this got by with all those”judges”who make sure every i’s are dotted, etc. I’d be angry if I were the young woman who clearly won! Shame on the jeopardy producers, director, & judges! Ditto for Matt.
I’m fed up and disgusted with the way Alex Trebek and the Producers handled last night’s show where Matt Jackson clearly wagered and lost $5,000 in response to a Daily Double answer. His typical bet on all of the last 8 weeks shows when he captured a Daily Double has been consistently in the range of $5,000 or $6,000. Last night was no different. However, as always, Jackson is too quick on the trigger and often talks over Trebek when an answer is provided to the contestants. In this case, Jackson merely snapped out and said “FIVE” Like Trebek, I understood that he meant five thousand – not $5.00 because such a wager in his case is preposterous. Either the judges, staff, or Trebek should have paused immediately and asked him, did you mean 5 thousand or five dollars? Jackson played dumb and made no effort to clarify this after he discovered he was only debited five dollars for the incorrect response. Alex surely understood Jackson to mean five thousand because after he missed the question, his winnings balance as displayed on his pedestal of $13,400 was only debited $5.00. Trebek verbally made comment that his actual earnings were debited $5,000 leaving him what should have been a balance of $8,395. Trebek verbally stated that – Yet, the show’s judges, Jackson, and the personnel in the control room failed to raise a flag to correct the error. As a result, Alison Barnes got the shaft. She should have won the game because had the Jackson winnings been accurately recorded, her earnings after correctly responding to the Final Jeopardy answer would have been greater than the true winning amount of Jackson.
It’s clear t me that this show is rigged and after years of watching it and having to bite my tongue on earlier faux pas by the show where contestants were judged wrong for mispronunciation of a foreign word, or a child’s spelling was one letter off, I’m finished with this ridiculous show. The show needs to correct this obvious error and invite Ms. Burke back for another show.
I understand that Jackson is to appear this morning on ABC 7, here in Washington for an interview. It remains to be seen if he has the credibility to acknowledge the error on the part of the show’s producers and has the integrity to admit that he should have spoken up about it at the time when the show continued with his much elevated winnings.
Shame on Jeopardy! It appears ABC and the show want Jackson to go on winning because his style and success brings more notoriety to the show. I doubt he will get to the level of Ken Jennings, a fine and honorable gentleman.
Totally agree with you!
He wagered $5k. He lost the wager. And, Alex said your down to $8950. And then they just kept adding and didn’t deduct. What a fixed game to keep the weirdo in. talk about cheating and his face changed when he realized the didn’t take away $5k. That’s even more creepy. I can’t watch this show anymore if they condone cheating.
He bet $5,000! ~ $ 1,000 less than his usual. He LOST this game. ~ The Fix is In. The girl Won this Game!
Absolutely Wrong! ~ this better be corrected.
Agreed. But as some have mentioned. They have already edited out the original words and play of the game.. Tsk tsk Jeopardy. All for rating? And the worst part is, he is a dork and I have actually stopped watching for the first time in my life. haha
I’ve rewatched it without sound and without closed captions. After Alex said “5 it is”, It appears that Matt says “thousand”….hard to hear because Alex talked over him. I don’t read lips, but it does look as if he is saying “thousand”!
@Carolyn, I also think Matt said thousand but I guess another possibility for it coming out like this is sloppy editing. I would imagine that if there was any confusion over what he intended to bet, it would have been clarified before the clue was turned over live in the studio.
Close call! I heard Matt saying “Five” and thought he meant $5,000, so I was like, why???!!! knowing sports is not his forte. Then I was relieved when I saw that it had been $5 — what a mess. Imagine if there would be a reversal…
Anyway, maybe he’s getting tired. There were quite a few triple stumpers in this game. That Albums category, did you run it, VJ?
Alison should’ve nearly Roger Craig’d that DD. I mean, if you’re gonna try to beat someone like Matt, you’ve got to be fearless. FJ—Movies— I worried for Matt and was surprised he got it.
And finally, I agree with you, VJ; I don’t think he’ll go much further. I just hope he finishes the week.
@Cece, no, I didn’t run the albums because of the White Stripes. If I was there, Alex would have to say, well, that was after your time. LOL!! Well, we’ll see. He needs to win 3 more games to beat Chu’s 11 and $48,990 more to beat his $$.
btw, I never got around to telling you what Matt said in the chat that one day I didn’t want to talk about. He said that he uses his philosophy knowledge to confuse his friends. I think it has become very clear that Matt loves to fake people out. There’s letting the other players get the two top rows, and he tried to mislead Trebek into thinking he got FJ wrong today, then he went into his slow smile routine. I don’t care for that particular use of knowledge. Mind games ain’t my thing.
I don’t know…I don’t want to jinx him, but I don’t see him beating Chu, I’m just not feeling it…
“…after your time.” LOL! I think you’re right about his mind games; he probably gets a total charge out of confusing people.
We can’t jinx him. The results of his run are already known, just not to us. :):)
Maybe. Maybe not. You’ll never know. [slow smile]
ROFL. I’m laughing harder than I did when his very first pick today was the DD and he didn’t have any money. How I laughed — The universe is trying to tell you something, Matt.
Now I have tears in my eyes from laughing—you just brought me back to that 1st clue moment—it was perversely hilarious!
Album cat was the easiest one that game 🙂
Also, five unrevealed clues, due in part to the opponents, one in particular, taking a bit to pick a clue, and a few TSs, too. 0/4 including the DD in sports gotten.
39/56
I thought Matt was going for $5,000. I heard Alex said to Matt to $8, something, 95.
Like what’s going on. I was not happy about that and Final Jeopardy!
Are you talking about that Matt bet $5000 and lost on a daily double when he was around $13, 395 and Alex said you are now down to $8395? At least that’s what I thought I heard, but it only dropped a $1000. I probably missed something.
Yes, Shep.
Shep and Dalton, I just carefully rewatched that part with the closed caption on. on my DVR and also on my computer recording. The closed caption has it in numbers with both of them saying $5,000 but Alex said 5 it is.
On the computer recording same thing, the captions say $5,000 and I could definitely see Matt mouth the word thousand.
So idk what to think about it but I edited the recap to put down exactly what Alex said and to reflect that only $5 was subtracted from Matt’s score. Someone is bound to put up a clip of this later.
I was confused too but think the 8K amount Alex mentioned referred to Marty’s lead rather than his score after missing the answer.
It only dropped $5.. FIX is on!
These were the other 3 clues in the Sports Nobility category that were all triple stumpers:
$800 – First name of Mr. Anthony who in 1975 became the first bowler to earn $100,000 in one season.
$1,200 – This controversial head coach led Indian to 3 NCAA hoops titles & the U.S. to a gold medal in 1984.
$1,600 – One of “Dem Bums” of the Brooklyn Dodgers, this outfielder hit 4 HRs in 2 different World Series, in 1952 & ’55.
Not that I would have gotten any of them, but I did get that Daily Double.
OOHHH! I was a little scared one point reading this. I just wonder if he’ll get double digits tomorrow, which could be in history books.
Will he ever EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stop winning?!?!
You do know that he still has a few games to go to beat Arthur Chu’s 11 games. Then there’s David Madden’s 19 games and Julia’s 20. He may beat Chu but I don’t see him beating Madden’s record.
No I don’t. Did you sit in the audience and watch him play how many games he won before he stopped winning?
Sorry, Richard, our comments crossed at the same time — I was actually responding to Leena.
Nope, I was not in the audience for any of his games. I just don’t think he’ll win 19 games.