Final Jeopardy: Sci-Fi TV (12-12-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/12/2018) in the category “Sci-Fi TV” was:

One of the twin planets this alien race called home was Remus

New champ Nicole Cocklin, a travel agent from Fort Wayne, IN, won $20,001 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Andy Greeley, an elections administrator from Seattle, WA; and Elana Schor, a journalist from Washington, D.C.

Round 1 Categories: Famous Women – 21st Century Films – Tools Are Confusing – 3 Words for 3 Letters – Read It – A.M.A.

Andy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Read It” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,000, $600 less than Elana’s lead. He went with a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

This first mystery novel with Philip Marlowe–too convoluted & kind of a snooze (pun intended) show

WHAT IS “THE BIG SLEEP”?

Andy finished in the lead with $8,200. Elana was second with $6,200 and Nicole was last with $2,400.

Round 2 Categories: Seven Deadly Synonyms – World Capitals – the Arts – Things Are Getting Better – a Pop “Up” Category – Hodgepodge

Andy found the first Daily Double in “World Capitals” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick. He was in the lead with $9,400 now, $2,800 more than Elana in second place. He bet $4,600 and he was RIGHT.

It’s continental Europe’s westernmost national capital. show

WHAT IS LISBON?

Elana found the last Daily Double in “The Arts” under the $800 clue, with three $400 clues left after it. In second place with $8,200, she had $15,400 less than Andy’s lead. Recognizing a golden opportunity, she bet $7,000 and she was RIGHT.

Here is Eugène Delacroix’s depiction of the death of this Shakespeare character.

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WHO IS OPHELIA?

Andy finished in the lead with $23,600. Elana was next with $15,600 and Nicole was in third place with $7,600.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO ARE THE ROMULANS?

From the Memory Alpha wiki on Fandom: “The Romulans were a humanoid race from the planet Romulus. The Romulans were biological cousins of Vulcans, descended from those who rejected Surak’s reforms during the Time of Awakening. The Romulan Star Empire was the Romulan polity and one of the major powers in the galaxy by the 24th century.” Later in the article, it says: “At some point, they settled on twin planets that became known as Romulus and Remus….”

Another Romulan clue from 2015: OTHER STAR TREK CHARACTERS ($400) Mark Lenard played the first fully seen Romulan, the first Klingon with the forehead ridges & logically, the dad of this guy

Nicole got it right. She didn’t bet anything though, so she stayed at $7,600.

Elana got it, too. She bet $8,001 for a $23,601 finish.

Andy went with Vulcan (“Obvious, but I overthought it”). He lost his $7,601 bet so he landed in second place with $15,999. That made Elana Schor the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

FAMOUS WOMEN ($200) The records this sprinter set in the 100 & 200 meters in 1988 still stand today

THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER ($2000) In the 1933 Utopian work “Life in” this kind of -ocracy run by scientists, every citizen gets a yearly eneregy allotment in ergs

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “American Authors”

Nominated 8 previous times, he finally won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, 6 years before his death. show

WHO IS JOHN STEINBECK?

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