Final Jeopardy: Action Movies (12-15-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/15/2022) in the category “Action Movies” was:

Its last line is “If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year’s”

3x champ Sean McShane, a non-profit membership associate orig. from West Islip, NY, has won $80,401 so far. In Game 4, his opponents are: Allie Kallmann Wegner, a researcher from Broomfield, CO; and Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: Droning on across America – Brief Lives – Dutch Treat – New Musical Supergroups – Giving You Some T-L-C – Tables, Ladders & Chairs

Ray found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Brief Lives” under the $600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,600, $400 less than Allie’s lead. Ray made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Stole into existence in 1910; she was the first half of a noted couple; got lead poisoning via police in 1934 show

WHO IS BONNIE PARKER?

Sean finished in the lead with $7,800. Ray was second with $6,600 and Allie was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Here’s the Play of the Day! – A Short Category – History in Art – Another Name for that Condition – Asian Americans – The Name as a Past Tense Verb

Ray found the first Daily Double in “Here’s the Play of the Day” under the $1,600 on the 11th pick of the round. He was in second place with $11,400, $800 less than Sean’s lead. Ray bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

In 2010 Abigail Breslin & Alison Pill played B’way roles originated by Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft in 1959 in this play show

WHAT IS “THE MIRACLE WORKER”?

Allie got the last Daily Double in “Another Name” under the $1,600 clue with 8 clues left after it. In last place with $8,200, she had $9,800 less than Ray’s lead. Allie bet $7,000 and said the Geneva Convention. That was WRONG.

A form of pneumonia that can be spread by air conditioning got this name from a 1976 convention where it was first identified show

WHAT IS LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE?

Ray finished in the lead with $22,600. Sean was in second place with $16,600 and Allie was last with $4,800. All clues were shown.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “DIE HARD”?

“Die Hard” (1988), starring Bruce Willis as the inimitable John “Yippee-ki-yay” McClain is without a doubt one of many action movies. However, the setting for “Die Hard” is an office Christmas party where a group of German bank robbers show up and hold everyone hostage, including McClain’s wife. You’ve probably seen yearly lists including “Die Hard” as a Christmas movie so pairing the category “Action Movie” with a last line about Christmas should be the big tipoff, whether you have seen the film or not.

In a December 2021 article, StephenFollows.com used four distinct perspectives to determine whether “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie or not. They mention that the film’s star told the Hollywood Reporter: “Die Hard is not a Christmas movie! It’s a (expletive) Bruce Willis movie!”

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Allie didn’t bet a dime, standing pat on $4,800.

Sean bet $10,000 and finished with $26,600.

Ray also bet $10,000 and won the game with $32,600. Ray LaLonde is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

TABLES, LADDERS & CHAIRS ($600) IKEA’s Bekväm is this type of ladder: self-supporting, with a top cap connecting the front & rear rails

HERE’S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! ($1200) Allison Janney, Ouisa in this play, was in “The Hours” with Meryl Streep, who was in “The River Wild” with Kevin Bacon

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “European Geography”

Once a residence of rulers of Austria, this city on the Danube less than 20 miles from Vienna became a national capital in 1993 show

WHAT IS BRATISLAVA?

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