Final Jeopardy: 2020s Television (12-5-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/5/2023) in the category “2020s Television” was:
The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC’s Upper West Side
The Champions Wild Card quarter-finals continue today with these three champs: Laura Portwood-Stacer, a editor & author orig. from Livonia, MI; Andrew Chaikin, a musician & teacher from San Francisco, CA; and Matt Mierswa, an attorney from River Edge, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Purple Prose & Poetry – A Paranormal Category – To “L” with Science – Sports Stuff – Also a Superhero – Feedback: Sandwich
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “To ‘L’ with Science” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, $200 more than Matt in second in last place. Andrew bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats & oils show
Laura finished in the lead with $4,400. Andrew was in second place with $3,600. Matt was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Rome Is Where the Art Is – A Song in that Movie – Almost Assassinated – They Come in Threes – Flags – From Dawn ‘Til Dusk
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Flags” under the $1,600 clue on the 1st pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,600, $1,800 less than Laura’s lead. Matt bet it all and guessed admiral. That was WRONG.
The main flag on a warship is called this, also a rank in the Navy show
Andrew got the last Daily Double in “Rome is Where the Art is” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,000 now, $5,600 more than Laura in second place. Andrew bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In the Gallery of Borghese, Caravaggio’s portrait of this saint shows him with his head still on his shoulders show
Andrew finished in the lead with a runaway $18,200. Matt was in second place with $7,200. Laura was last with $6,400. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING”?
“Only Murders in the Building” (OMITB) is an original HULU comedy starring Steve Martin, Martin Short (two of the Three Amigos, among other collaborations), and Selena Gomez. They play 3 strangers who live in the Arconia, an Upper West Side residential building, with a common interest in true crime. Per IMDB trivia: Exteriors for the fictitious “Arconia” building are shot at the Belnord at 225 W 86th St in Manhattan.
If you have never seen the series and don’t have HULU, you can catch Season 1, premiering on ABC on 1/2/2024. Here’s a link to the Season 1 trailer, which contains mild profanity that will likely be dubbed over on ABC.
Laura bet $6,300 and finished with $12,700.
Matt bet $444 and finished with $7,644.
Andrew bet $42 and won the game with $18,242. So it’s on to the semifinals for Andrew Chaikin.
2 triple stumpers from ALMOST ASSASSINATED:
($1600) August 22, 1962 when his luxury Citroen was attacked near Paris
($2000) October 14, 1912 on his way to a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Planned Cities”
A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the Governor-General, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony show
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I agree with JP. A person need not have seen the show to know the correct fj clue response. The category title alone narrowed the choice down to the 2020s. Then kick in a location in NYC. Only one conclusion imo. I’ve never seen this show at all, but, with its numerous nominations for Emmy awards, and other awards, I got a pretty good idea about the content of the show. I’ve never seen a lot of shows, streaming or otherwise, but being bombarded with promotions, advertising, and magazine covers about them at the checkout counters in grocery stores, etc., certainly make me aware of their content.
I too never saw “Only Murders” but probably should have known it. I think it was a pretty fair question. The first and last DDs were not too tough; knew the middle one only because it was the answer to a differently-worded clue in my 1987 episode.
Boy, did they botch those near-assassinations. The years alone (1912, 1933, 1975, and the 1962 Citroen) were almost-dead giveaways.
The dead-ball sports league was gettable, and why did no one even hazard a guess at the number of flags surrounding the Washington Monument? Come on.
I breezed the ‘Almost Assassinated’ category except for John Paul II, and was only surprised to see the contestants either making wild guesses or were simply stumped in that category. Actually, after some three bad guesses, the contestants quickly shifted onto another category.. In any case, I had no idea of the correct response for FJ as I don’t spend any time at all watching the newer TV shows.
It appeared to me they just didn’t pick up any presidential year references in that assassination attempts category. When Matt blew the first one with McKinley, I thought one of the other two would buzz right in with the right guy.
Two assassination attempts were made on the president who came after Nixon (who resigned in 1974). Both attempts in Sept. 1975 and both by women whose names began with S!
Yes, I also thought that one of the contestants would have surely chimed in regarding the 1912 assassination attempt. Actually, the wound wasn’t that severe due to the fact that the former president was carrying a steel eyeglass case and a 50 page speech pamphlet inside his jacket pocket. However, it was believed that the bullet wound could have contributed to his untimely death a few years later. As far as I can recall regarding the Miami clue, the assassin’s bullet missed its target, but mortally wounded the Chicago mayor (who was riding beside him in the presidential vehicle.
Well, sort of. Squeaky’s real name is Lynette as I recall.
True, Howard, they’ve had a bunch of clues on her and apparently, they’ll accept Squeaky Fromme, Lynette Fromme or just Fromme
I don’t like the Final. I consider the Final to be discriminatory against the poor, as there are people out there who cannot afford Hulu and other obscure forms of entertainment access.
Well you needn’t have seen the show to solve the clue. And I think any way of getting direct access to movies or TV probably costs at least as much as Hulu. I don’t think all film and TV entertainment should be off limits just because you have to pay to experience them firsthand.
It looked like someone got on Ken’s case for allowing the contestants too much time to change their answers. He shot them down very quickly a couples of times today.
That is why I like Ken. He is sooooo much nicer than Trebek.