Final Jeopardy: Theater History (2-9-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/9/2023) in the category “Theater History” was:
In 1904, wearing a harness, actress Nina Boucicault became the first to play this character onstage
New champ Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Forest Hills, NY, won $26,799 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Scott Perry, an associate professor of history from Saint Petersburg, FL; and Mira Hayward, a writer from Portland, OR.
Round 1 Categories: South American Geography – Music for Sharks – Life Lines – “World” – On Their Fast Food Menu – Put in Your Ordinal
Dan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “World” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in last place with $800, half of Scott’s lead. Dan bet $1,000 and said “world”. That was only one word so it was WRONG.
These 5 words complete the Robert Browning line “God’s in his Heaven–” show
Mira finished in the lead with $5,400. Dan was second with $5,200 and Scott was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Eponyms – American History – Oscar-Winning Women – Autobiographies – Chemistry – You’re on the World Money
Mira found the first Daily Double in “Eponyms” under the $2,000 clue with 7 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $13,000, $2,600 more than Dan in second place. Mira bet $2,000 and said vacuum. That was WRONG.
This type of airtight seal comes from the Greek name of the Egyptian God of learning, known for magical powers show
Dan got the last Daily Double in “Chemistry” under the $2,000 clue on the last pick of the round. In the lead with $11,600, he had $1,000 more than Mira in second place. Dan bet $500 and he was RIGHT.
Cerium & yttrium are 2 of these elements that despite their name, are abundant on our planet show
Dan finished in the lead with $12,100. Mira was second with $10,600 and Scott was last with $5,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PETER PAN?
Neverpedia’s entry on Nina Boucicault notes that she “was the first person to portray Peter Pan, playing the role in the first production of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, which premiered on December 27, 1904, at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London.” Astonishingly, she was 37 years old at the time but looks much younger in the picture they have of her in the role. Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie created Peter Pan 1902.
Per IMDB, Nina got into movies 9 years later. She only had the lead role in one: 1935’s “Oh, What a Night”. The following year, she had a role in “Juggernaut”, a film that starred Boris Karloff.
Scott thought it was Mother Courage. He lost $5,598 and finished with $2.00.
Mira got it right. She bet $4,000 and finished with $14,600.
Dan came up with Pygmalion. He lost $9,101 and finished with $2,999. That made Mira Hayward the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from AUTOBIOGRAPHIES:
($1200) “Comedy Sex God” tells the story of this funny man seen on HBO & here (image)
($2000) The autobiography of this missionary, doctor & organist notes the jungle of equatorial Africa has no native trees with edible fruits
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Cable Networks”
In March 1979 Tip O’Neill & then-Representative Al Gore were the first politicians to speak on this new cable channel show
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It’s been quite a week. Fellow Portlander Matthew wins 4 times impressively, loses to Dan from my childhood home in Queens, then he loses to Portlander Mira. I thought she’d long regret that Mayflower Charter boo-boo, but it worked out.
I immediately thought of Mary Martin in that harness, so it was a gimme.
Mira reminded me a tiny bit of Mattea, without the hand gestures. But I don’t see her lasting as long.
I thought of Mary Martin, too! And Sandy Duncan, so, I thought it was an easy one, too.
Mira can only be described by me as “cute”. I think she has a LOT more charisma than Mattea.
I think we can also describe Mira as very smart. I’m curious to see if she tries to correct or clarify her responses today. She did that at least twice in this game (on the amendment number clue and one of the autobiography clues)
Cool coincidence: Nikki put this up for the quote of the day: Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.
Then the person who said it was the correct response to the last clue in OSCAR-WINNING WOMEN:
($2000) She was home in Rome when Cary Grant called to let her know she had won Best Actress for “Two Women”
That was quite a remarkable coincidence, VJ.
It was, Rhonda. Did you ever see “Two Women”? I saw it years ago, a powerful war drama. IMDB says it’s available for free on FreeVee. I am a little amazed at how many films that have won Oscars are freely available nowadays. I just watched “Oliver!” (1968’s Best Picture) a couple of days ago on HBO Max. I tried to get Julie to watch it with me (after I watched Willy Wonka with her), but she wouldn’t do it for love or money.
I did see it many years ago, VJ, Powerful and dark.
Julie does have quite a mind of her own when it comes to some things.
A seemingly tough FJ on the surface, but one could easily say that the clue “wearing a harness” was a dead giveaway. Unfortunately, I didn’t pick up on the clue so I missed the FJ.. Oh well, I’m glad that Mira got it right.