Final Jeopardy: 1960s History (11-1-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/1/2021) in the category “1960s History” was:
After around 8 pm EDT on July 21, 1969 a major part of a transport known by this 1-word name was never seen again
3x champ Tyler Rhode, a healthcare data specialist from New York, NY won $58,301 last week. In Game 4, he takes on these two players: Mike Norris, a researcher and writer from Beverly, MA; and Carrie Bruner, a library media specialist from Glen Allen, VA.
Round 1 Categories: Kansas City: News Clues – Mismatched Pairs – Triple Alliteration – The Man’s Pen Name – Anatomy Class – TV Catchphrases
Carrie got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Triple Alliteration” under the $1,000 clue at the halfway mark. Carrie was in second place with $3,400, $600 less than Tyler in first place. She bet $2,000 but couldn’t come up with a response so that was WRONG.
One of this organization’s missions is “calling out & addressing substandard marketplace behavior”. show
Tyler finished in the lead with $6,200. Mike was in second with $4,600. Carrie was last with $2,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Once Upon a November – Let’s Take a Trip – Fantastical Creatures – Family Is Everything – Movies by Characters – 2 Words, 2 Syllables Each
Mike landed on the first Daily Double in “Two Words, Two Syllables Each” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick. Mike was in second place with $6,200, $9,200 less than Tyler’s lead. He bet $5,000 and came up empty-handed so he was WRONG.
Meaning you’re good at talking with others, this alliterative phrase begins with a plural word & ends with its singular form. show
4 clues later, Carrie snagged the last Daily Double in “Family is Everything” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $2,600, she had $12,800 less than Tyler’s lead. She bet $2,000 but drewa blank so she was WRONG.
Prominent Boston families like the Cabots & Winthrops have been dubbed with this collective name from a caste of India. show
Tyler finished in the lead with a runaway $16,200 and Mike was second with $4,800. At negative $200, Carrie was out of the game at this point. No clues went uncovered.
BOTH contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT IS THE EAGLE?
The above video was posted on YouTube on 7/16/2021 so the info shouldn’t be out-of-date. It has since racked up over a million and half views so it must be mighty interesting.
In 2019, the BBC put up an article sharing 4 things you may not know about Apollo 11. No. 4 says: “A total of 10 lunar modules were sent into space and six landed humans on the moon. Once used, the ascent stages of the capsules were jettisoned and either crash-landed on the moon, burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, or – in one instance – went into orbit around the Sun. But where exactly they ended up is not known in every case.” Then they have a chart, showing the name and fate of each lunar module, if known, with its corresponding mission. Only the Eagle (Apollo 11) and Orion (Apollo 16) say “crash site unknown.”
Mike bet $2,000 which brought him up to $6,800.
Tyler bet $3,800 and won the game with an even $20,000. Tyler Rhode is now a 4-day Jeopardy! champion and he’s won $78,301.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
FANTASTICAL CREATURES ($1200) George Langelaan wrote the Playboy magazine short story that inspired this film in which Seth Brundle transforms
2 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH ($2000) Home to wits like Dorothy Parker, the Algonquin Round Table had this other shapely name
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “19th Century America”
Before its official opening on May 24, 1883 Emily Roebling became the first person to cross it in a carriage show
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As for the final question, I could only come up with the lunar module capsule, but not the specific name.
I will add this JEOPARDY! Final Jeopardy clue to my UMCP in-progress doc dis 1960s HISTORY. It deals with the 1922-the present history of radio and TV space coverage and I love any pretext to add items from JEOPARDY! to my in-depth account!
It is unfortunate that no one nailed any of the DDs today and the clues weren’t nice to Carrie.
Yes, and if only the Daily Doubles were nice to Carrie, Tyler still would have won, but the game would have been different.
Darn those daily doubles to Carrie?
Another daily double skunking. So many easy clues missed. Even I know what a people person is. Tyler has secured his position in the tournament of champions. He can still get a fifth win if a runaway can occur tomorrow.