Final Jeopardy: Famous Names (2-23-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/23/2023) in the category “Famous Names” was:
For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe–a can of Campbell’s tomato soup & 2 cans of milk
In the fourth game of the High School Reunion Tournament the contestants are: Justin Bolsen, a first-year student at Brown University from Canton, GA; Shriya Yarlagadda, a sophomore at Harvard University from Grand Blanc, MI; and Teagan O’Sullivan, a first-year student at American University from Watertown, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Greek Life – Fashion – State Capitals – Eight Is Enough – College Football – Post-Graduation
Teagan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Greek Life” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,400, $2,000 less than Shriya’s lead. Teagan bet $2,000 and said Thermopylae. That was WRONG.
In the long run, you’ll know General Miltiades lost only around 200 men & the Persians, 6,400, in the 5th century B.C. battle of this show
Shriya finished in the lead with $5,600. Justin was second with $2,600 and Teagan was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Astronomy & Space – You Seem Upset – Authors’ Alma Maters – Old History – Annual Events – Fight Songs
Teagan found the first Daily Double in “Old History” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in last place with $3,000, $4,200 less than Shriya’s lead. Teagan bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
These easterners were poised to invade western Europe in 1241 when the death of their supreme leader called them back show
Justin got the last Daily Double in “Astronomy & Space” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick of the round. In second place with $8,600, he had $200 less than Shriya’s lead. Justin made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
With Perihelion on July 28, it will be seen again from Earth in 2061, when all of you are looking back on your youthful hopes show
Justin finished in the lead with $22,400. Shriya was second with $11,600 and Teagan was last with $8,600. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ANDY WARHOL?
On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol held his first solo pop art exhibition featuring 32 cans of Campbell’s Soups at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. According to Mark Rozzo in Vanity Fair, “It was a big-bang moment for Pop and for everything that came after. It was also the big-bang moment for the artist himself: the night Warhol became Warhol.” Warhol’s name has practically been synonymous with Campbell’s soup ever since.
In 1977, various artists contributed recipes to “The Museum of Modern Art’s Artist’s Cookbook”. Warhol contributed the tomato soup + 2 cans of milk recipe, which is quite different than Campbell’s directions on its product. Campbell’s tells you to “Mix soup + 1 can water (or for creamier soup, 1 can milk or milk substitute).” Before he became famous, Warhol and his friend Suzie Frankfurt published their own cookbook called “Wild Raspberries”.
Teagan bet $3,002 and finished with $11,602.
Shriya bet $10,001 and finished with $21,601.
Justin bet $823 and won the game with $23,223. He advances to the semi-finals.
2 triple stumpers from AUTHORS’ ALMA MATERS:
($1600) He modeled Gravesend Academy in “A Prayer for Owen Meany” after his alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire
($2000) This Pulitzer winner for “The Underground Railroad” has a degree from Harvard & received the 2018 Harvard Arts medal
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Presidential Campaigns”
The first campaign of this man, who at 36 was the youngest major party nominee ever, was supported by the silver mining industry show
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I was impressed with how all 3 kids knew the Final. Warhol’s peak popularity occurred when I was in high school and college.
“Long run” was a dead giveaway for that missed DD.
The jazz festival towers clue was a toughie. I would not have known it had I not lived in LA once.
I thought one of them for sure would know the “disturbed state” $2K clue. But sometimes it just doesn’t come to you. I was watching the teens on Wheel the other night. Every letter in FRESH TROPICAL FRUIT had been exposed except the S in Fresh. But the girl spinning the wheel got a deer-in-the-headlights look and called for a G. The next player solved it, won a little $ and a trip to Antigua.
I said “Pleiades” for the TS about the astronomical sisters. I know that from “Israfel”, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. I know they would have to accept it even though Mayim just gave the other acceptable response.
Here is an old Daily Double from 1995 in the category CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: Like the Pleiades, the Hyades were sisters who were transformed into these – (the contestant said nymphs instead of stars).
Last time Justin Bolsen was on, which was his Semi-Final game on 6/24/19, he missed that Exponent True Daily Double, and was unable to play Final Jeopardy! as a result. This time, it worked out for him, and Justin got his revenge. Take that, Exponent!
At least Justin got redemption after that Daily Double loss on 6/24/19. This is his second appearance in Final Jeopardy!.