Final Jeopardy: Classic Albums (11-21-17)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/21/2017) in the category “Classic Albums” was:
Hailed as the “Greatest Album of All Time”, in 2017 it returned to the top of the charts 50 years after its first release.
New champ Eric Maher won $31,500 yesterday. In his 2nd game, he is up against these two players: Wilbur Farley, from Patchogue, NY; and Kiana Nakamura, from Corona, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Bible Study – Words From the Greek – State Capital Haiku – Parts of the “Hole” – A 1- through 5-star Rating – 20/20 at 40
Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Capital Haiku” under the $1,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,800, $2,200 more than Kiana in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Mark Twain called it home / Founded 1635 / Knows Courant events show
Eric finished in the lead with $7,200. Wilbur was second with $2,200 and Kiana was last with $2,000.
Round 2 Categories: Millennials – Unplugged – Truuue – “Insta”! – Thirsty – Netflix & Spell
Kiana found the first Daily Double in “Insta”!” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick. She was in second place with $3,000 now, $5,000 less than Eric’s lead. She bet $1,000 but didn’t give the expected response so that was declared WRONG. Later, it was reversed and she was RIGHT.
It’s the ceremonial process of placing someone in a job. show
Wilbur found the last Daily Double in “Truuue” under the $1,600 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In the lead with $11,600, he had $2,400 more than Eric and Kiana tied in second place (after Kiana’s DD was reversed). He bet $1,400 and took a shot with the Rough Riders. That was WRONG.
Chapter 5 of David McCullough’s 2015 biography of them is titled “December 17, 1903” show
The round ended there. Wilbur finished in the lead with $10,200. Eric and Kiana were in that $9,200 tie.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
From The Beatles.com: “It was 50 years ago this June 1st when The Beatles’ John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr astonished and delighted the world, ushering in the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a groundbreaking masterwork that became popular music’s most universally acclaimed album…. ‘It’s crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art,’ says Paul McCartney in his newly-penned introduction for the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Anniversary Edition.”
On Vulture.com: All 213 Beatles Songs Ranked from Best to Worst
Kiana got it right. She bet $1,300, bringing her up to $10,500.
Eric went with the White Album, but crossed it out in favor of The Wall. That cost him $7,000 and left him with $2,200.
Wilbur couldn’t complete his response. He only got as far as “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart,” and that wasn’t accepted. He lost his $8,201 bet, dropping him to third place with $1,999.
UPDATE: See “Judges’ Table: Sgt. Pepper’s … What?” on J!Buzz” for an explanation of the judges’ decision.
A triple stumper from each round:
($600) In Genesis, he is sold to Pharaoh’s officer Potiphar and Mrs. P. tries to seduce him
TRUUUE ($1600) Also a type of medical emergency, it’s equal parts lager & cider
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “The Oscars”
For films of 2005 through 2012, he received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing & Acting. show
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Wilbur should have won!
J!Buzz already posted an article on the judges decision on Wilbur’s response. I put a link to it right above the image of the scores
VJ, thanks for the link, but it took me to a cable company’s page (I don’t know if it’s just on my end). So, I read the article out of J! website. They say he wrote “Heart” (singular). Oh, man, oh god.
Thanks for the heads up, Cece. it wasn’t on your end — I thought I copied the link right, in fact, I could swear I saw it when I pasted it in, but I guess not!
I was thinking along the lines that if they accepted that ‘Goodbye Ruby Tuesday’ thing (and the song is not commonly known as that, nor is the restaurant), they could have reasoned that he got in the 2 words that SPLHCB is commonly known by and let him have it.
But, as I was saying on Spoiler Talk today, I concluded that they really don’t have to abide by a past decision if they decide it wasn’t a good call later.
Yeah, I see your point. But out of curiosity, did he write “heart” or “hearts?”
He wrote “heart.” I’ll fix it in the recap. Yesterday when I was watching it, I thought it said “hearts,” but we’ll have to chalk that up to my bad eyesight. (sometimes I have to look at stuff with a magnifying glass even with my glasses on!)
Thanks, VJ. Btw, I don’t know what songs comprise that album, but I detest the song SPLHCB. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving.
LOL, Cece, I hear ya. I’m not very fond of that song either. Here’s a link to the track listings on the original album.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, too.
I’m getting a mental image of Wilbur hearing Sgt. Pepper while he’s out somewhere and turning into the Hulk
LOL, mimsy, that’s so funny! Wilbur was a good sport about it but I sure wouldn’t want to hear or see anything to do with Pepper after that :0
The judges made the wrong call. That is so unfair, so wrong.
I would like to know who ‘hailed it’ as the best album of all time?
The only drink I knew/know of called a ‘snakebite’ is made with Yukon Jack & lime juice.
@Becky — It was Rolling Stone magazine. Here’s a link to their No. 1 choice of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
P.S. I got my pack of Authors card and I see Harriet Beecher Stowe is the only woman in it so I figure if I take out one of her cards, I can play Old Maid with the deck 🙂
I really should look through some of my stuff to find my deck. I think the last time I saw it was the last time I moved (2007). I just seem to hold on to the strangest things.
@VJ, thanks but I think Wilbur should be brought back. I know who could clear up the issue…Paul McCartney (Sir James Paul McCartney) just in case the judges want to zap me for not giving his full name. 🙂
But if he contacted the Jeopardy clue writers, given their hubris, they might ask him what does he know even though he co-wrote the album with John Lennon. 🙁 🙁
I hope Wilbur comes back to Jeopardy!
Ah! I found an FJ example — I knew it had something to do with the Rolling Stones. They gave “Goodbye Ruby Tuesday” to the player who thought he had it wrong himself for adding “Goodbye.” It was on the 10/27/2014 game and there were complaints that they gave it to him.
Alec cheated black guy. Splhcb —>> Sargent peppers. Trebek racist
Alex didn’t make the ruling, the judges did, and it had nothing to do with race.
Wilbur should have been given it.
Wilbur was totally robbed, shame on you Jeopardy?
Jennings wrote Jones
I heard of this song because I am a huge fan of the Beatles but that response from Wilbur should have been accepted, VJ. Also are you a fan of the Beatles, VJ?
I like some of the Beatles songs, Lou, like “Eleanor Rigby”, “We Can Work It Out”, “No Reply” and of course, “Rocky Raccoon”
I wasn’t a fan of their covers because I already liked those songs by the original singers, and I never did like “Hey Jude.” Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. LOL!!
@Rhonda, lol. Just to think I thought this would be a generation gap fj clue & the youngest contestant got it correct.
I know, Jacob, I was thinking the same thing.
@Jacob, I was thinking that, too. Congrats on the only one part though. It’s still a good prediction, unless they bring Wilbur back 😉
@Rhonda, Kiana reminded me a lot of Meg Tilly.
LINK: 12 more clues from the match
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts could have been accepted.
@Dalton, I agree. In previous years on Jeopardy “Sgt. Pepper” was accepted. There must be new judges.
Do you agree, VJ?
I think it’s something Wilbur could challenge if he wants to. As Jacob says, they have accepted just Sgt. Pepper’s in the past. Here an example in $200 Classic Albums in a 2006 ToC QF. As for him putting in more than that, I can’t put my finger on an example right now, but I know I’ve seen a player give more than necessary and be told they got in the important part.
I agree, it definitely should have been accepted.