Final Jeopardy: Geography & The Movies (12-21-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/21/2018) in the category “Geography & The Movies” was:
Named the first U.S. National monument in 1906, it was featured prominently in a blockbuster movie 71 years later
New champ Andrew Kung, a grad student from San Francisco, CA, won $21,000 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Ellie Jostad, a journalist from Brooklyn, NY; and Graham Fulton III, a musician research engineering asst., from Ellington, CT.
In Alex Trebek’s intro, he told us to keep our fingers crossed that Jackie Fuchs makes it to the ToC. There are currently five 4x champs on the ToC list.
Round 1 Categories: Size Matters -TV Moves – Daffynitions – Senators With Stamina – Animal Adjectives – Hitting the Sauce
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Senators with Stamina” under the $800 clue, with 5 clues worth $2,000 still to go. He was in the lead with $5,200, $200 more than Graham in second place. He bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.
Who knew that this West Virginia senator would hang around for 50 years after winning is gig. show
Andrew finished in the lead with $8,400. Graham was second with $5,600 and Ellie was last with zero.
Round 2 Categories: Free at Last – Psychology – Manly Nicknames – Sleighing Songs – Dreamy Literature – Put on Your “P.J.”S
Graham found the first Daily Double in “Psychology” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick. He was in second place with $10,000 at this point, $400 behind Andrew’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
From the Greek for “marketplace”, this disorder keeps many people home due to fear of panicking in a public place. show
Andrew found the last Daily Double in “Free at Last” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $22,000, he had $6,000 more than Graham in second place. He bet $4,000 and went with Morocco. That was WRONG.
1962, after more than a century of struggle against European colonizers: this North African country. show
Andrew finished in the lead with $18,000. Graham was next with $14,800. Ellie was out of the game at negative $2,000.
Only ONE of the two left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
According to The National Parks Service, efforts were made as early as 1892 to establish Devils Tower National Park. The Antiquities Act of June 1906 allowed “objects of historic or scientific interest” to be set aside by the president. Wyoming Rep. Frank W. Mondell lent his influence to having the area preserved as a national monument and then President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on 9/24/1906. There is a video on Rock 96.7 that tells how Devil’s Tower became center stage for 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
A 2015 clue: WHERE THE DEVIL?! ($400) Just wow, this state: Devil’s Playground, Hell’s Half Acre, Devils Tooth Quadrangle & of course, the big one– Devils Tower
Graham got it right. He bet $7,400 and finished with $22,200.
Andrew thought of the Lincoln Memorial. He lost $11,601, landing him in second place with $6,399. That made Graham Fulton III the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
SENATORS WITH STAMINA ($1000) In the Senate more than 40 years, this late Republican has an airport in Anchorage named after him
PUT ON YOUR “P.J.”S ($2000) In medieval times, it was the name of a fabled Christian king of Asia behind the lines of the infidels
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Recording History”
Guinness recognizes his 1902 version of Leoncavallo’s “Vesti La Giubba” as the 1st million-selling record. show
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Ellie Jostad is officially DISMISSED after a strong performance by Andrew Kung. Unfortunately, he got his taste of his own medicine, making Graham the new Jeopardy! champion. Let’s hope he prepares for Christmas next week.
@VJ, No. She had to avoid foods that are crunchy. I think she had two weeks of recovery while going to J.M.U. for her senior year. She’s graduating in May.
Ellie didn’t have a chance at all today and that makes her the third contestant dismissed since mary Kate last week. So we finished this week with a four time winner in Jackie Fuchs, one early elimination and a new champion. I hope Jackie does get into the toc since there are five four time winners here. That daily double didn’t pay off for andrew and here I thought he knew Algeria. Oh well his win was a fluke anyway. Congrats to Graham on his win and I hope he gets a streak up and running.
I hope J will give Jackie an extra “wild card” or at least invite her back. It would be the fair and decent thing to do. At least imo.
If a contestant does something illegal, dies or can’t make it due to illness, surgeries, or pregnancy they’ll bring Jackie back.
I think they’ll bring her back, regardless. It’s J’s call who gets on the air , when and why. I would bet my bottom dollar that we will see Jackie before the next ToC again.
@Lou, idk how you figure Andrew’s win was a fluke. He made the most of his DD’s and scored a runaway. That is how you’re supposed to play the game, even if it backfires sometimes. Make the most of your opportunities.
LINK: 12 more clues from the match
Well, I guess congratulations are in order for Graham. Pretty much what I expected. Finally all clues played, only time this week. ToC clock reset again….sort of strange bets, again only 2 left for FJ…
@JJ
I think you meant E.T. but it was “encounters…”, both Spielberg movies.
Have a terrific weekend everybody, last chance for Christmas shopping!!!
PS
I guess the “Algeria ” miss was not just a generation but a geographical thing. Algeria’s fight for independence was fierce,bloody and long and constant news back then in Europe until de Gaulle finally gave in.Several attacks every week for years……
“See” you Sunday evening 😉😉
PPS
@VJ
I hope your teeth don’t hurt anymore!!!!!
J.
@John, thanks, I didn’t sleep too well naturally, but I am not feeling too bad today.
JJ left you a message on Spoiler Talk that he was referring to this FJ! on 7-19-18
OK, yeah, with the E.T. FJ I forgot about that. Glad you’re feeling better!!!
Hope you don’t have to see the 👨⚕️ again soon….
I had a 3:00 younger sister who got her wisdom teeth out in summer of 2018.
I hope it wasn’t too bad for her, Richard. In our house, it is the anxiety more than the visit itself. When my daughter had her wisdom teeth out she was a nervous wreck for 2 weeks before it happened. Then it wasn’t half as bad as she thought it would be. As for me, I had a lot of anxiety about not being better by Christmas (because the last time I went to the dentist, I was messed up for over a week). But this time, it wasn’t that bad.
Spielberg also directed The Flintstones. He’s the producer of Monster House.