Final Jeopardy: Brand Names (12-19-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/19/2022) in the category “Brand Names” was:

Unable to make these candies perfectly round, the confectioner embraced this flawed name for the product

2x champ Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, won $60,600 last week. In Game 3, he is up against: Andrew Schmidt, an automotive marketing consultant from Roswell, GA; and Miranda Onnen, an assistant attorney general from Astoria, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Christmas Traditions Elsewhere – Life Snapshots – Birds Are Real – Repeating Numbers – Television Then & Now – Anagrammed Occupations

Miranda found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Television Then & Now” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,800, $1,600 more than Ray in second place. Miranda made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

The main characters of “Back to the Future” helped inspire this animated series that debuted in 2013 show

WHAT IS “RICK AND MORTY”?

Ray finished in the lead with $7,000. Miranda was second with $5,800 and Andrew was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Historic Women – 2, 3 or 4-Letter Geography – Americana – Movie Characters – “In The” – Line of Fire

Ray found the first Daily Double in “Americana” under the $1,200 on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $19,000 now, $9,600 more than Miranda in second place. Ray bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Sometimes confused, these 2 groups of descendants in Louisiana with French ties give their names to 2 types of cuisine show

WHAT ARE CAJUN AND CREOLE?

Ray got the last Daily Double in “Line of Fire” under the $1,200 clue on the very next pick. In the lead with $22,000, he had $13,600 more than Miranda in second place. Ray bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

An ode Emerson wrote for this town where he lived includes, “Oh tenderly the haughty day, fills his clue urn with fire” show

WHAT IS CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS?

Ray finished in the lead with a runaway $31,600. Miranda was in second place with $9,800 and Andrew was last with $4,000. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE MILK DUDS?

The origin of Milk Duds’ name is No. 1 on “How 9 Famous Candy Brands Got Their Names”, a Mental Floss list: “In 1926, F. Hoffman & Company of Chicago set out to make perfectly round chocolate-covered caramels. The manufacturing equipment didn’t quite cooperate, however, and what came out were oval-shaped candies. A worker pronounced them “duds,” but everyone agreed they still tasted good, so the company kept producing them under the playful name. Two years later, the Holloway Company bought out Hoffman and brought Milk Duds to the masses.”

Hershey Foods acquired Milk Duds in 1996. In 2008, Hershey replaced expensive cocoa butter with cheaper oil substitutes to avoid raising prices. In order to comply with food labeling laws, Hershey changed Milk Dud labels from “candy-coated in milk chocolate” to “candy made with chocolate and caramel”.

Sporcle Quiz: More things covered in chocolate

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Andrew thought it was Hershey Kisses. He lost his $2,727 bet and finished with $1,273.

Miranda got it right. She bet $200 and finished with an even $10,000.

Ray thought it was gummy bears. That cost him $7,400 but he had $24,200 left to win this game with. His 3-day total is $84,800.

A triple stumper from each round:

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELSEWHERE ($1000) North of Quezon City, San Fernando is the “Christmas Capital of” this nation, holding a giant Lantern Festival in December

HISTORIC WOMEN ($800) In 1893, activist Fannie Barrier Williams successfully fought for black inclusion at this city’s Columbian Exposition

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous Places”

Opened in 1973, it includes the Joan Sutherland Theatre, named for the singer, & the Utzon Room, named for the architect show

WHAT IS THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE?

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