Final Jeopardy: Entertainment Award Winners (11-30-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (11/30/2016) in the category “Entertainment Award Winners” was:

She won a Comedy Grammy in the 1980s, a Supporting Actress Oscar in the 1990s & a Daytime Emmy in the 2000s.

3x champ Justin Bender is now up to $40,800. He really needs to win today to jump in front of all the 3x winners on the current ToC list. Vicki Kelly, from Newark, DE; and Michael Malyszko, from Boston, MA. would rather be at the first podium tomorrow. Let’s find out who will return.

Round 1 Categories: Current Pop Culture – 16 Tons – & What Do You “Get” – Another Day Older – Deeper in Debt – The Company Store

Vicki found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “& What Do You ‘Get'” under the $1,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,400, $200 less than Justin’s lead. She bet $1,000 but had no response so she was WRONG.

A plain in Northwest Tanzania. show

WHAT IS THE SERENGETI?

Justin finished in the lead with $7,400. Vicki was second with $3,000 and Michael was last with $2,600.

Round 2 Categories: Also Found on a Car – State Flags – Bear With Us – Short Stories – Sports Equipment – The Erie Canal

Justin found the first Daily Double in “State Flags” under the $1,200 clue on the 2nd pick. He had $8,600 now (yeah, the first clue was worth $1,200). That was $5,600 more than Vicki in second place. He bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.

This state’s flag is the only one of the 50 to bear the word “Republic” show

WHAT IS CALIFORNIA?

Michael found the last Daily Double in “Erie Canal” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues to go after it. In second place with $7,400, he had $9,600 less than Justin’s runaway lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

With the success of the canal, in a few shorts years, NYC had replaced this city as the Nation’s No. 1 port. show

WHAT IS PHILADELPHIA?

Justin finished in the lead with $17,800. Michael was next with $10,800 and Vicki was in third place with $5,800.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS WHOOPI GOLDBERG?

Whoopi’s Best Comedy Album Grammy is under 1986 on TotalMusicAwards.com’s list (that goes up to 2012). Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar was for her portrayal of Oda Mae Brown in the 1990 film, “Ghost” that starred Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. That is listed on Whoopi’s IMDB Awards page, as is her 2009 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host, that she shared with “The View” co-hosts, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd.

Vicki got it right. She added $2,200 to finish with $8,000.

Michael came up with Bette Midler. He lost his $3,201 bet and had $7,599 left.

Justin also got it right. His $3,801 wager made today’s winning total $21,601. His 4-day winnings are $62,401.

A triple stumper from each round:

ANOTHER DAY OLDER ($800) On June 5, 1695 he could have celebrated (but probably didn’t) his 18,650th day as France’s king

SHORT STORIES ($1200) “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” introduced his characters the Glass Family

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Geography”

This city of 650,000 people is the most populous U.S. city not found in a U.S. state. show

WHAT IS WASHINGTON, D.C.?

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