Final Jeopardy: Broadway Revivals (12-11-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/11/2020) in the category “Broadway Revivals” was:

Ads for the 2020 revival of this musical said, “something’s coming. Something good”; a new movie version is also coming

2x champ, Kendra Blanchette, a registered dietician from Elk Grove, CA, has now won $40,601. In Game 3, her challengers are: Nizar Abdalla, a finance manager from San Mateo, CA; and Kate Freeman, a financial analyst originally from Lake Orion, MI.

Round 1 Categories: Quotable Women – Fictional Places – The Not-So-Wild West – Wishful Thinking – In the Sport’s Hall of Fame – British English

Kendra found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Quotable Women” under the $800 clue, with 7 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $4,400, $1,200 more than Kate in second place. She bet $1,000 and thought it was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That was WRONG.

In 1981 she told the Senate Judiciary Committee, “I do well understand…the difference between legislating & judging” show

WHO IS SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR?

Kendra finished in the lead with $4,800. Kate was second with $3,600 and Nizar was last with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: The Movie’s Title Question – Colorful Verbs – Plants & Flowers – “A” “P” History – South Park – You Know, I Learned Something Today

Nizar found the first Daily Double in “‘A”P’ History” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in second place with $3,800 now, $1,400 less than Kendra’s lead. He bet $2,000 and guessed San Juan. That was WRONG.

One of Puerto Rico’s largest cities is named in honor of a descendant of this Spanish explorer. show

WHO IS PONCE DE LEON?

Nizar got the last Daily Double in “Plants & Flowers” under the $2,000 clue, with 2 clues in the same category, worth $1200, left after it. In third place with $3,800, he had $8,200 less than Kate’s lead. He bet $2,000 and said “hyduradondas,” with a smile that seemed to say “I just made that up.” In any event, it was WRONG.

The acidity of the soil can change the color of these flowers whose name is from the Greek for “water” show

WHAT ARE HYDRANGEAS?

Kate finished in the lead with $12,000. Kendra was next with $9,200 and Nizar was in third place with $1,800. No clues went uncovered.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “WEST SIDE STORY”?

This video features Richard Beymer as Tony in “West Side Story” (1961). Tony’s songs, including “Something’s Coming”, were voiced by Jim Bryant.

There have been a number of Broadway revivals of “West Side Story” since its original 2-year run in 1957. According to Steven Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics to the music composed by Leonard Bernstein, the original play was really not that popular. In this 60 Minutes Overtime interview, he says that the 1961 movie was such a huge hit, it is responsible for the play’s endurance. Sondheim is fine with the current “West Side Story” remake. He believes that reinterpretation of a play by succeeding generations is what keeps theater alive.

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Nizar thought it was “Wicked”. He lost his $1,785 bet and finished with $15.

Kendra went with “Sweet Charity”. She lost $5,500 and had $3,700 left.

Kate also thought it was “Wicked”. She lost $6,401 but won the game with the remaining $5,599. Kate Freeman is the new Jeopardy! champ.

Two triple stumpers from THE MOVIE’S TITLE QUESTION:

($800) Ice Cube & the kids do arrive in Vancouver by the end of this 2005 movie

($1600) Ms. Fox heads to Antarctica without telling her family, in answer to the title of this film based on a novel by Maria Semple

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Opera”

In Act I of this opera, a messenger says, “barbarous Ethiopians” have invaded & “are already marching on Thebes” show

WHO IS “AIDA”?

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