Final Jeopardy: The Oscars (11-24-15)

The Final Jeopardy question (11/24/2015) in the category “The Oscars” was:

For films of 2005 through 2012, he received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing & Acting.

2x champ Laura Ashby has won $36,802 so far, in equal installments. Today she takes on these two players: Molly Hewitt, from Hollywood, CA; and Julie Adair, from Panama City, FL.

Round 1: Molly found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Newspapers & Magazines” under the $800 clue before the first break. She was in the lead with $2,400, $800 more than Laura in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

This newspaper’s 1889 first issue promised “to get the news, to publish it instantly, whether bull or bear.” show

WHAT IS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL?

Molly finished in the lead with $6,600. Laura was second with $3,200 and Julie was last, in the hole for $800.

Round 2: Laura found the first Daily Double in “Wearables” under the $1,200 clue. With $5,600, she was still in second place, but only $600 behind Molly’s lead. She bet $4,000 and thought it was a suit. That was WRONG.

In blackjack it holds multiple decks of cards. show

WHAT IS A SHOE?

Laura found the last Daily Double in “Ancient Names” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $4,000 now, she had $2,200 less than Molly’s lead. She bet $2,000 this time, and this time, she was RIGHT.

Around 60 A.D. this emperor began giving public performances playing the lyre & later appeared on stage as an actor. show

WHO IS NERO?

Laura finished in the lead with $12,400 and Molly was next with $10,600. Julie was in third place with $10,000 after an impressive surge.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS GEORGE CLOONEY?

“When George Clooney received his eighth Oscar nomination as a producer of Argo… he marched into the Academy Award record books in a very unique way. It was the sixth different category in which he was nominated, an unprecedented feat for the 24 categories currently handed out each year. It’s also a nearly-unprecedented feat in all 85 years of the Oscars…” (Deadline: Is George Clooney Now King Of The Academy Awards?)

Julie got it right. She bet it all and finished with $20,000.

Molly thought it was Woody Allen. That cost her $1,801 and she finished with $8,799.

Laura thought it was Ben Affleck. She lost her $8,801 bet and wound up with $3,599. So we’ve got us a new champ for tomorrow and it’s Julie Adair.

During the chat, Julie told Alex Trebek about her job as a virtual assistant. She basically performs secretarial tasks but she gets to do them at home in her pajamas.

2 years ago:: Only ONE out of two left in FJ got this one in “Authors”

An international airport in Jamaica is named for this author who set many of his stories of the 1950s and 1960s there. show

WHO IS IAN FLEMING?

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