Final Jeopardy: Long-Running TV Show Characters (2-17-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/17/2022) in the category “Long-Running TV Show Characters” was:
This character who has been on the air for more than 50 years is only 6 1/2 years old
New champ Charles Fogelman, a geographer from Champaign, IL won $10,500 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Matt Takimoto, an elementary school teacher from Moraga, CA; and Linda Sellars, a retired archivist from Durham, NC.
Round 1 Categories: Plus – Midas – That’s so Cliche! – Dessert – Jazz Greats – Abraham Lincoln
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Dessert“ under the $1,000 clue with a dozen clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,000, $2,400 more than Linda in second place. Matt made it a true Daily Double and guessed custard. That was WRONG.
What the French call an omelette norvégienne is what Americans call this dessert show
Linda finished in the lead with $3,200. Charles was second with $2,400 and Matt was last with $1,000. Three clues were not shown.
Round 2 Categories: British Territories & Dependencies – The Movie Title Element – Animals of Note – A Hard Category – A Measure of Author-ity – “For” What It’s worth
Linda found the first Daily Double in “British Territories & Dependencies” under the $1,600 clue on the 15th pick of the round. She was in second place with $9,600, $800 less than Charles’ lead. Linda bet $3,000 and ran out of time so she was WRONG.
Point Christian & Bounty Bay are features of this South Pacific Island territory show
Six clues later, Matt landed on the last Daily Double in “A Hard Category” under the $1,200 clue. He was in third place with $4,600 now, $8,200 less than Charles’ lead. Matt bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This brand with a biblical character in its name offers hardside luggage with a. Polycarbonate composite shell show
Charles finished in the lead with $14,400. Matt was second with $11,400 and Linda was last with $10,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS BIG BIRD?
According to Big Bird’s entry on the Muppet Wiki, 1973’s Sesame Street style guide described Big Bird as “like a three-year old”. However, in Season 10 (1978-79), Big Bird’s age was officially fixed at 6 years old.
On Nov 6, 2021, Big Bird tweeted “I got the COVID-19 vaccine today!” He was congratulated by President Biden, prompting Senator Ted Cruz to complain that the Sesame Street was being used government propaganda. It was not the first time that the oversized 6-year-old canary found himself involved in politics. In 2012, then presidential candidate Mitt Romney brought Big Bird up in a debate in relation to spending cuts. Barack Obama’s campaign responded with an ad depicting Big Bird as “a menace to our economy.” Sesame Workshop asked both campaigns to refrain from using their characters in that manner, stating: “Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns.”
Linda thought it was Charlie Brown (1950 debut in comics, not TV). She lost her $1,000 bet and finished with $9,600.
Matt got it right. He bet $10,000 and that brought him up to $21,400.
Charles went with little Daniel Tiger (2012 debut). He lost $8,403. That dropped him down to $5,997 and made Matt Takimoto the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ($600) Doris Kearns Goodwin: “Lincoln grew frustrated with many of his commanders but with none more so than this general, who did a brilliant job of readying the Union Army to fight but proved reluctant to commit it to battle”
THE MOVIE TITLE ELEMENT ($1200) Helen Mirren is trying to recover a portrait by Gustav Klimt in the fact-based movie “Woman in” this
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “International Literature”
here are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in “Martin Fierro”, the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country show
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Good, close game and nice comeback by Matt after missing that all-in DD. The last DD was much simpler. Not that many famous brands of luggage.
I’m way too old to have watched Sesame St., but sometime in the last week or so I heard or read that Big Bird was 6 (or 6.5). Might have been on the radio. The morning DJ on the oldies station I listen to does a “Today I Learned” factoid every weekday around 830.
Regarding FJ, the first thing that came to my mind was Dennis the Menace as per the 1959-1963 syndicated TV series. Perhaps Dennis the Menace was actually 6 1/2 years old?
I mean, the ‘Big Bird’ was never referred to as being 6 1/2 years old as was given in the clue, but rather 6 years old. On that basis alone, this should have automatically eliminated it from contention.
Upon further checking, Dennis the Menace in the comic strip was 5 years old so I think that I was pretty close.
Happy birthday, Daniel Tiger! Watch our favorite little tiger puppet make his April 5, 1954 TV debut on WQED’s “The Children’s Corner”
So, not 2012 . . . omg.
@Linda, Just to clear up any confusion, can you take a look at this article on misterrogers.org ? It is about Daniel Tiger’s 1954 debut — Daniel Striped Tiger, the puppet. Near the end of the page under “The Legacy Lives On”, it says:
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is an animated program based on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that debuted on PBS in 2012. The star of the series is 4-year-old Daniel Tiger, son of the original program’s beloved puppet Daniel Striped Tiger.”
A good final today for sesame street enthusiasts like me when I was a child. I am surprised that the champ didn’t know this one I mean Daniel tiger? That was most recent and not 1970. As for the peanuts Charlie Brown was only two years younger than big bird. A decent guess by Linda but there have been a lot of Charlie Brown movies based on the comic strip.
Daniel Tiger is 4 — 2 years younger than BIg Bird
Charlie Brown is 8 — 2 years older than Big Bird
Daniel Striped Tiger was a member of the Land of Make Believe on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” first appearing in “Mister Rogers” in 1963, Just as Big Bird was a member of the cast of “Sesame Street.”
Daniel graduated to his own series much more recently, after the loss of Fred Rogers.
@penpusher, according to this article on Wikipedia, the Land of Make Believe puppet Daniel Striped Tiger was the father of 2012 series Daniel Tiger.
I wouldn’t know — none of my kids nor their kids were ever big on Sesame Street or any other PBS show except maybe “Arthur”. They only watched PBS occasionally. Because my brain is like a song tape recorder, I probably remember more of the songs from Sesame Street than they do, like “Hard Working Dog” and “The Lower Case N.” 🤣🤣
Lou, I’m not a fan of Sesame Street. My kids were fans when they were little. They liked Ernie though. Big Bird never came up much in their discussions as I recall.
VJ, couldn’t help but think about you when the $600 clue under the “Dessert” category was revealed. I recalled discussing favorite quotes from that movie on FF & you stated that was one of your favorite quotes. Am I correct?
That was in this 2017 Oscar winners game, Jacob, and it was Cece’s favorite quote. Mine is “I’m smart and I want respect!” 🤣
VJ, Thanks. That was 5 years ago we had that discussion? Tempus fugit!