Final Jeopardy: Musicians (11-22-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/22/2023) in the category “Musicians” was:
An Esquire profile said, “the most distinguishing thing” about the face of this singer “are his eyes, clear blue & alert”
The Champions Wild Card semi-finals begin today with these three champs: Nick Cascone, a orthopedic physician assistant orig. from Queens, NY; Deanna Bolio, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, CA; and Kit Sekelsky, a freelance graphic designer from Kent, OH.
Round 1 Categories: “B”ooks – Sportstalk – The Instrument of Death – Pasta Shapes – Building Terms – Onomatopoeia
Nick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “”B”ooks” under the $800 on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000, $400 more than Kit in second place. Nick made it a true Daily Double and exclaimed “opera!” when he saw the clue. He took a shot at it with “belting it out” but that was WRONG.
The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing show
Nick finished in the lead with $5,000. Deanna was second with $3,800 and Kit was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Belgium – Sorry About That – Title Role Actor – 18th Century Technology – Company Name Origins – “Tag”, You’re It
Kit found the first Daily Double in “Company Name Origins” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. She was in second place with $4,000 now, $1,800 less than Nick’s lead. Kit bet it all and guessed Firestone. That was WRONG.
James Church chose this name for his product because the symbols of the god Vulcan represented power show
Nick got the last Daily Double in Belgium under the $1,600 clue, with just the $2,000 clue in the same category left after it. In the lead with $20,200, he had A LOT more than Deanna’s second place $3,000. Nick bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
This large cultural & linguistic group lives in southern Belgium & speaks predominantly French show
Nick finished in the lead with a runaway $23,200. Deanna was next with $3,000 and Kit was in third place with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS FRANK SINATRA?
The 1966 article “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” by Gay Talese contains the description about his eyes. The article itself was a huge sensation. Sinatra must not have liked it though because he refused to be interviewed for it by Talese. Sinatra was also rather vain and the image on the magazine cover was ugly as hell! Ol’ Blue Eyes, however, was one of Sinatra’s nicknames that he obviously liked because it was used for the title of a TV special he filmed in 1973 when he came out of retirement.
Sinatra had many hit songs during his storied career, such as his signature song “My Way” and “Strangers in the Night”. Our favorite is the 1959 song “High Hopes”, first heard in the 1959 film “A Hole in the Head”. It was performed by Frank Sinatra and child actor Eddie Hodges and won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1960. Sinatra also had a hit with his recording of the song with a children’s chorus. In 1960, Sinatra lent his vocals to lyrics rewritten as a campaign song for John F. Kennedy. Today marks 60 years since Kennedy was assassinated.
Kit got it right. She bet $21 so she could finish with the palindromic $1,221.
Deanna thought it was David Bowie. She bet and lost her whole $3,000.
Nick had David Bowie, too. He bet nothing, becoming the first finalist by virtue of the $23,200 he won before Final Jeopardy!
A triple stumper from each round:
“B”OOKS ($200) This classic kids’ book by Felix Salten is subtitled “A Life in the Woods”
TITLE ROLE ACTORS ($1600) “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Final Resting Places”
A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton & 2 of the first 4 treasury secretaries show
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I got FJ. Paul Newman didn’t even enter my mind.
That last clue, where Nick stumbled on the pronunciation, that’s a bit of a challenge to say. The best way I can describe it is, say “Eep”, and breathe out at the end. It’s such that there was even a play made called “The Wipers Times”, based on a true story from WWI. The British wouldn’t/couldn’t say it, so they phoneticized it.
I thought it was really something for Nick to bounce back after the DD miss, and then run away with it.
They just should not have clues with hard to pronounce place names for the answers. That was ridiculous. After Nick struggled mightily, Ken goes first we’re gonna show you how to really say it. Then we’re gonna do you a big favor and accept the closest.
Anyway, let’s hope they don’t come up with a clue for Reims. It’s a lot harder than Ypres.
Back then, they used to make a big deal out of actor Paul Newman’s blue eyes too. Sinatra and Newman had the most famous eyes of blue
Hmmmm………I didn’t think of Ol’ Blue Eyes for FJ, but went for Elvis Presley instead.
Missed a lot of the show, but apparently Nick took no prisoners. Hooray for my fellow Queens guy. He’s quick on the draw, to be sure.
I thought all 3 would nail Ol’ Blue Eyes, and that one might know the legendary Eddy Merckx’ sport. The inventor of the steam engine is pretty common knowledge. Those DDs were not nice to me.
I also wanted to add this tidbit from IMDB Trivia: Sinatra inspired the Johnny Fontaine character in The Godfather (1972).