Final Jeopardy: 1980s Movies (11-22-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/22/2018) in the category “1980s Movies” was:

Ebert: this film “works as science fiction, it’s sometimes as scary as a monster movie & at the end…not a dry eye in the house”

3x champ Mary Ann Borer, a marketing coordinator from Pomona, CA, is up to $67,800 now. In Game 4, airing Thanksgiving Day, her challengers are: Terrie Vasilopoulos, an assistant professor from Gainesville, FL; and David Trachtenberg, a science teacher from Sherman Oaks, CA.

Round 1 Categories: The Nobel Museum – On the 2018 Billboard Charts – Give a Little Whistle – Un-Business – Agatha Christie Book Titles – Vwllss Hwn

Terrie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Nobel Museum” under the $600 clue, with 9 clues to go after it. She was in second place with $5,400, $4,400 less than Mary Ann’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

This scarf was donated by human rights activist Malala Yousafzi from this country who, at age 17, in 2014 became the youngest Peace Prize winner in history. show

WHAT IS PAKISTAN?

Mary Ann finished in the lead with $8,200. Terrie was second with $4,400 and David was last with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: ’99 Problems – The Old Testament – Pioneering Television – Social Science – Dams – All Encompassing Words

Terrie found the first Daily Double in “’99 Problems” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick. She was in second place with $6,000 now, $2,600 less than Mary Ann’s lead. She bet $2,600 and thought it was Ireland. That was WRONG.

1899: A drought hit the north of this country, creating starvation & easy converts for a bloody uprising the next year. show

WHAT IS CHINA?

Mary Ann found the last Daily Double in “Pioneering Television” under the $1,200 clue. There were a dozen clues left after it. In the lead with $13,000, she had $8,000 more than Terrie in second place. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

On June 25, 1951 a CBS program called “Premiere” was the first TV broadcast featuring this innovation. show

WHAT IS COLOR?

Mary Ann scored another runaway at $18,200. Terrie was next with $8,600 and David was in third place with $2,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL?

Film critic Roger Ebert had high praise for Steven Spielberg’s 1982 blockbuster, “E.T.”: “It’s about a relationship between a little boy and a creature from outer space that becomes his best friend. That makes it sound like a cross between “The Thing” and “National Velvet.” It works as science fiction, it’s sometimes as scary as a monster movie, and at the end, when the lights go up, there’s not a dry eye in the house.” The film won 4 of the 9 Oscars it was nominated for.

A 1998 clue: STAR MOVIES $400: 5 years before “E.T.”, little Cary Guffey tried to befriend extraterrestrials in this Spielberg film

David thought it was “2001: A Space Odyssey.” He bet and lost it all.

Terrie came up with “Alien.” That only cost her $400 and she hung on to $8,200.

Mary Ann got it right. Wouldn’t you know that she only bet $500 this time? She won this one with $18,700 and now has a 4-day total of $86,500.

A triple stumper from each round:

AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOK TITLES ($1000) “The _____ in the Library”

’99 PROBLEM ($800) 1699: This notorious “Captain” arrived in the West Indies & found out he was wanted for piracy

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Food History”

In 1525 Spanish New World official Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo wrote, “The flesh of these peacocks is very good” show

WHAT IS A TURKEY?

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