Final Jeopardy: Movies & Psychology (11-22-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/22/2024) in the category “Movies & Psychology” was:
In this film Paula Alquist tells Gregory Anton, “Have you gone mad, my husband? Or is it I who am mad?”
2x champ Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, WA, had a great game yesterday. He’s won $46,062 so far. In Game 3, he competes against: Courtney Schooley, preschool teacher from Tulsa, OK; and Adam Hersh, attorney from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Barbie Through the Years – Zoology Glossary – Oops! – French-Named Food & Drink – Speech – Gift of “Gab”
Adam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “French-Named Food & Drink” under the $1,000 on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $1,000 more than Mehal in second place. Adam bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The French version of broth & a celebrated seafood stew, they both start with the same 6 letters show
Mehal finished in the lead with $7,200. Adam was second with $5,800 and Courtney was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: I Tinker – British Geography – TV Title Twosomes by Actors – Authors Initially – Music & War – It Ends With “Us”
Adam found the first Daily Double in “Authors Initially” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in second place with $9,000, $200 less than Mehal’s lead. Adam bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 2017 this author said, “I grew up in a greaser neighborhood” but got put in high school classes with socs show
Mehal found the last Daily Double in “I Tinker” under the $2,000 clue with 5 clues left after it. He was in second place with $11,600, $1,800 less than Adam’s lead. Mehal bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
By 1838 Alfred Vail & this man wired up a new communication system, but when it came to branding ol’ Al got tapped out show
Adam finished in the lead with $16,600. Mehal was second with $14,400 and Courtney was last with $8,400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “GASLIGHT”?
“Gaslight” is a 1944 movie starring Charles Boyer as a husband trying to drive his wife (Ingrid Bergman) insane. Per IMDB trivia: “Named for this movie, ‘gaslighting’ has become a recognized form of controlling and manipulative behavior…. By the 2020s, this behavior would be classified as a form of psychological abuse.” Etymology Online says the term has evolved since 2016 to mean to “dismiss or discredit someone’s viewpoint.”
The term “gaslight” has become ubiquitous in recent years. However, it wasn’t always so. I still remember the 7/25/2012 Jeopardy! match when this clue was a triple stumper: “To manipulate events, as Charles Boyer does to Ingrid Bergman to make her think she’s crazy.” Alex Trebek himself said he had never heard the expression. I was so taken aback, I mentioned it at the end of my recap of that game.
Courtney got it right. She bet $8,201 and finished with $16,601.
Mehal went with Folie à Deux. He bet and lost his whole $14,400.
Adam also got it right. He bet $12,400 and won the game with $29,000 even. Adam Hersh will be the returning champ next Monday.
2 triple stumpers from AUTHORS INITIALLY. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
($400) He was present at Utah Beach on D-Day; a year & a bit later, his first work featuring Holden Caulfield was published
($2000) This “Broken Earth” trilogy novelist called herself an “obsessed space child” growing up
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “STATES & THE CENSUS”
The 2020 Census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11% show
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Mehal actually got the last daily right, but then Adam stormed back to take the lead by the end of the DJ! round.
Several years before this movie, Frenchman Charles Boyer played Pepe Le Moko in the movie “Algiers”. That character was the inspiration for the Looney Tunes skunk, Pepe Le Pew.