Final Jeopardy: The Oscars (2-11-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/11/2021) in the category “The Oscars” was:
The first time an individual won 4 awards at a single ceremony was in 1954, when his wins included Best 2-Reel Short Subject
3x champ John Focht, a software team leader orig. from El Paso, TX, has now won $83,800. In Game 4, the challengers are: Kate Willcox, an attorney from Miamisburg, OH; and Stan Park, a virtual events producer from Oakland, CA.
Round 1 Categories: What Happens in Chapter 1? – 1930s America – Beverages – Superstition – TV – Animals in German
Kate found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “1930s America” under the $400 clue, with just the $200 clue in the same category still on the board. She was in the lead with $4,400, $600 more than John in second place. She bet $1,600 and she was RIGHT.
Accepting the Dem. nomination in 1932, FDR said “I pledge you, I pledge myself to” this for the American people. show
Kate finished in the lead with $6,000. John was second with $3,800 and Stan was last with $3,000. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Suburbs – The Same Vowel, Front & Back – Just “Us” Mythical Folks – Maritime Disasters – The Title Instrument – Stem
Stan found the first Daily Double in “Same Vowel, Front & Back” under the $800 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
to overshadow metaphorically or celestially. show
John got the last Daily Double in “Just “US” Mythical” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick. In third place with $3,800, he had $5,000 less than Kate’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Epimetheus gave the animals gifts like speed, strength & razor-sharp claws, leaving this brother with not much to give humans. show
Stan finished in the lead with $16,400. John was next with $13,600 and Kate was in third place with $9,600. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS WALT DISNEY?
At the 1954 Academy Awards, Walt Disney won the Oscar for:
(1) Best Short Subject, Cartoons for “Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom” (1953);
(2) Best Short Subject, Two-reel for “Bear Country” (1953);
(3) Best Documentary, Short Subjects for “The Alaskan Eskimo” (1953); and
(4) Best Documentary, Features for “The Living Desert” (1953).
That year, Disney also had nominations in Best Short Subject, Cartoons for “Rugged Bear” (1953) and Best Short Subject, Two-reel for “Ben and Me” (1953). According to Insider, South Korean director and producer, Bong Joon-Ho tied Walt Disney for the 4 wins in one night at the 2020 Academy Awards, although they are attributing the win for Best International Film to him, when it actually is awarded to the country.
During his lifetime (12/5/1901 – 12/15/1966), Walt Disney won 22 Oscars out of a total of 59 nominations. He holds the records for most wins and most nominations for one person in Oscar history. Disney either won or was nominated for an Oscar at almost every Academy Award ceremony from the 5th in 1932 to the 37th in 1965. He won his first Oscar at age 30 for Best Short Subject, Cartoon for “Flowers and Trees” (1932). His last Oscar, for “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” was awarded posthumously at the 41st Academy Awards in 1969.
Kate wrote down Herzog. She lost her $9,500 bet and finished with $100.
John got it right. His $6,400 bet brought him up to an even $20,000.
Stan came up with Orson Welles. That cost him $10,801. He finished with $5,599 and that meant that John Focht is now a 4-day champion with total winnings of $103,800.
A triple stumper from each round:
WHAT HAPPENS IN CHAPTER 1? ($600) Meursault finds out his mother died today; wait, was that yesterday? Takes the bus from Algiers to Marengo for the funeral
MARITIME DISASTERS ($2000) Named for an Italian admiral, this luxury liner famously sank after a collision in 1956
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Presidents & the Movies”
3 presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles –“Nixon” & these 2 show
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Brayden Smith died.
Please someone had to see the S.T.E.M. female question deliverer on 2/11/21?
She had vampire fangs! Did anyone get her name?
Dr. Frauke Neuser
Lol … I thought the same thing! A German vampire!
By the way I breezed through the maritime disasters category but I am surprised no one knew the Costa Concordia or the Andrea doria disaster. Though both had the least amount of deaths, the captain should have stayed to help evacuate passengers.
Wow. Lots of Triple Stumpers.
There were a couple in that STEM category too, DC, but I couldn’t understand what she was saying! I’ll have to try to figure it out later
Problem solved. The video is on page 2 now. (The only clue I got in that whole category was the $2000 clue)
There’s an interesting bit of trivia – I did not know that the Academy Award for Best International Feature film is technically awarded to the country.
Did Kate meant Werner Herzog, VJ? You know the german film director? He has no affiliation with Disney movies. But I heard he made Aguirre the wrath of God. I thought the opponents should know Disney himself since Mickey mouse is very popular for kids of all ages. Congrats to John on his fourth win. He might actually win game 5 tomorrow if this keeps up.