Final Jeopardy: Actresses (2-22-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/22/2018) in the category “Actresses” was:

Already an Emmy winner, in 2017 she won an Oscar for the same role that had won her a Tony.

Current champ, Rob Worman has now won 6 games and has 133,900 reasons to be proud of that. In Game 7, these two players will try to send Rob home: Alan Harrison, from Seattle, WA; and Catherine Biba, from Geneva, NE.

Round 1 Categories: 21st Century Boy Scout Merit Badges – 3-Syllable Words – Mom Genes – Places to “C” – Laugh-in at 50 – Sock It to Me

Alan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Mom Genes” under the $400 clue, with just five $200 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,800, $1,800 more than Rob in second place. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.

Her daughter Jane teaches I.P Law at Columbia, her alma mater; she cited Jane’s work in an opinion for the Supreme Court. show

WHO IS RUTH BADER GINSBURG?

Alan finished in the lead with $7,000. Rob was second with $4,200 and Catherine was last with $3,200.

Round 2 Categories: Theatre of the Absurd – Random Words – Recent R&B & Hip-Hop Hits – Collusion – Getting Religion – Africa Since 1750

Alan found the first Daily Double in “Collusion” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick. He had a runaway lead with $14,600 at this point, $10,200 more than Catherine in second place. He bet $1,400, got one and struggled with the other, coming up with “Fred’s Lube.” That got a chuckle from Alex but, obviously, it was WRONG.

In 2000 these 2 art auction houses agreed to pay $500 million in restitution for engaging in price-fixing show

WHAT IS SOTHEBY’S & CHRISTIE’S?
Alan got Sotheby’s

6 clues later, Alan found the last Daily Double in “Africa Since 1750” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $14,000, he had $8,800 more than Catherine in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT (and wished he bet more).

A series of anti-apartheid protests in this South African township in 1976 led to a larger uprising. show

WHAT IS SOWETO?

Alan finished in the lead with $16,200. Catherine was next with $7,600 and Rob was in third place with $4,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS VIOLA DAVIS?

Viola Davis won her second Tony Award for the role of Rose Maxson in “Fences” in the 2010 Broadway revival of the 1985 August Wilson play. She also play Rose in the 2016 film adaptation and won the 2017 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Her 2015 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy was for her performance as Annalise Keating in “How to Get Away with Murder.” The Oscar win last year made Ms. Davis the 23rd person to achieve the “Triple Crown of Acting.”

Rob wrote down “Boy, this was fun.” He lost his $4,199, leaving him a dollar.

Catherine had no response. She lost $1,000 to finish with $6,600.

Alan had “Who is my Mom?” He lost $999 but won the game with the remaining $15,201. Alan Harrison is the new Jeopardy! champ. We loved Alan’s “Sock it to me?” Nixon impression— spot on!

Reversal: SOCK IT TO ME ($1000) “Support” or this word comes before the socks designed to increase circulation, sold in gradients like 20-30 mmHG. – They wanted “compression,” but gave Rob back his $1K and another $1K for his “pressure” response

A triple stumper from each round:

THEATRE OF THE ABSURD ($800) This Czech author’s satirical plays like “Protest” used absurdist themes to denounce Communist rule

GETTING RELIGION ($2000) In Malachi: “Behold, I will send you” this prophet before the coming of “the great and dreadful day of the Lord”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Mediterranean Islands”

This 1,400-square-mile tourist destination’s name comes from a Latin word for “greater” show

WHAT IS MALLORCA (MAJORCA)?

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