Final Jeopardy: 1960s Movies (11-7-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/7/2025) in the category “1960s Movies” was:
Producer Arthur Jacobs told Rod Serling he’d win an Oscar for his script for this; Serling asked instead for a crate of bananas
2x champ Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, NJ, has won $65,001 so far. In Game 3, she takes on: Mason Hendrix, a judicial law clerk orig. from Phoenix, AZ; and Larisa Mount, a doctoral student from Morgantown, WV.
Round 1 Categories: Around New York City – That’s a Fact – Crossword Clues “O” – We Are Family – I Wanna Put on My Bougie Shoes – Disco Inferno
Allegra found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Around New York City” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was the only one on the board with $1,200. Allegra bet it all and she was RIGHT.
When the smell of orchids gives way to lion sweat, you’re going from the New York Botanical Gardens to this neighbor facility show
Allegra finished in the lead with $4,200. Larisa was second with $1600 and Mason was last with negative $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historic African Figures – The Television Setting – Facts About Classical Composers – It’s Fiction Science – Laying Down the Latin Law Lingo – Triple Rhyme Time
Mason found the first Daily Double in “Historic African Figures” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick. He was in last place with negative $1,200 now. Allegra was leading with $7,800. Mason bet $2,000 and guessed Leo. That was WRONG.
Hippo, an ancient port on the coast of North Africa, was home to this saint in the 5th century. show
Allegra got the last Daily Double in “It’s Fiction Science” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,200, she had $8,200 more than Larisa in second place. Allegra bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.
The narrator of this story puts a “drop of oil on the quartz rod” of his title device, hops in the saddle & hours just zoom by show
Allegra finished in the lead with a runaway $15,500. Larisa was next with $4,000. At negative $400, Mason was out of the game. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “PLANET OF THE APES”?
“Planet of the Apes” (1968) was a longer time in the making than you might think. French author Pierre Boule, (who also wrote 1952’s “Bridge on the River Kwai”), published “La planète des singes” (“Planet of the Apes” in the USA) in 1963. Film producer Arthur Jacobs bought the rights the same year. He hired “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling to write the film script, and while Jacobs was thrilled with Serling’s script, movie studios were not. MGM, United Artists, Paramount, and Warner Bros all turned him down. Among other concerns, it would have cost too much to proceed with Serling’s script so Michael G. Wilson was brought it to make it less expensive. Eventually, the film went forward with the backing of 20th Century-Fox. A top-grossing films in 1968, it gave birth to a franchise of “Ape” movies. As for Serling’s original script, it was reborn in 2018 as a comic called “Planet of the Apes: Visionaries”.
“Planet of the Apes” had more than a few great quotes. Here’s a favorite: You know the saying, “Human see, human do.”
Larisa had no response. She bet and lost her whole $4,000.
Allegra got it right. She added $4,500 to win the game with an even $20,000. Allegra’s 3-day total is $85,001.
2 triple stumpers from THE TELEVISION SETTING:
($1600) Also the title of a spin-off, it’s the town where “General Hospital” is set; what body of water it’s on is unclear, maybe Lake Erie?
($2000) Much of this Taylor Sheridan show about organized crime was shot in the Oklahoma city where it’s set
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
The 1456 posthumous annulment of this woman’s sentence by the Church was witnessed by her mother Isabelle show
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What a nonsense when the player who finished in red is thanked and awarded $1,000!
What would you like them to do? That’s how the show works.
It’s the prize for third place, not for finishing in the red. VJ’s idea to let them play the last round isn’t a bad idea but it would probably turn out bad because of the shoutouts. No incentive to take a guess
Oh, yes, that! I forgot about the shoutouts. You’re right. It wouldn’t work out.
I was 1/3 on DD and got FJ. For 1960s movies, it could have been from Psycho in 1960 to Midnight Cowboy in 1969, The Longest Day to Bullitt. So, I thought for a moment, and got it. I remembered that I forgot that Serling wrote it!
Yeah, not the best contestants. Oh well!
Not terribly impressed with this crew, although Allegra played solidly enough to win. I got only the first DD and sorry to say Final stumped me. I saw the original film ages ago and am not sure I ever knew that it was Serling’s screenplay. But the bananas part of the clue made it guessable.
I cleaned their clocks on a lot of the stumpers. 4th Ave in NYC; the 055 issuance; largest tree’s name; the giving family (I remember when the namesake went missing); the Spaniard designer; female king before Tut; and the M composer. $7400 total, not half bad.
Allegra was sharp tonight, and ended the game with a runaway to boot. As for me, I didn’t do well at all in the game, and flubbed the FJ. Well, I didn’t see ‘The Planet Of The Apes’ film when it premiered, but the TV series that followed it was rather lackluster. In fact, I’m not sure that it lasted more than a season.
Mason fell 2 clues short of making it to FJ! but Allegra got the last 2 clues.
Now there’s a rule they really ought to change. If they’re in the hole for $400, let them play FJ for $400. If someone has a zero bet, let them play FJ with a zero bet.
Well VJ, l I’m afraid that this was the rule ever since the Jeopardy game premiered in 1964. Sadly, we all know what happened after the game was altered during the late 1970s. Predictably, the ratings began to plummet, and which had subsequently led to the game cancellation.
There have been a lot of changes to the show since 2020, and it’s in no danger of being canceled . So I truly doubt that the show would get canceled if they let players in the red save a little face.
There were a lot of changes that were made to the Jeopardy game show during the late 1970s. If I recall, only two of the three contestants were allowed to square off after the DJ, and these two were the ones who had accumulated the most winnings. After one of those two were eliminated in short order, the winner then proceeded to respond correctly to all of the clues in a category that he/she selected. There was no FJ at that time. This occurred while the Jeopardy game show was competing against several ‘high rollers’ game shows like the $20,000 Pyramid. Well, it was no small wonder that these Jeopardy modifications had alienated many Jeopardy viewers. Think of the Jeopardy game show as the Monopoly board game. When you’re out of money, you’re out of the game.