Final Jeopardy: Actors (3-12-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/12/2020) in the category “Actors” was:

Speaking of his role in a 1964 film, he apologized for “the most atrocious Cockney accent in the history of cinema”

New champ Jessica Babbitt, a personal stylist from Austin, TX, won $23,398 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Dewi Harjanto, a computational biologist from Boston, MA; and Waseem Daher, a startup founder from San Francisco, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Report Cards of Historical Figures – TV Talk – Food & Drink in the Bible – Current British Royals – This & That – Anagrams of Least

Dewi found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Food & Drink in the Bible” under the $800 clue, with just one $1,000 clue left after it. She was in second place with $4,000, $1,600 less than Jessica’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

In the King James version, these 2 words complete Luke 11:3, “Give us day by day our…” show

WHAT IS DAILY BREAD?

Dewi finished in the lead with $7,000. Jessica was second with $5,600 and Waseem was last with $3,600.

Round 2 Categories: Defending Themselves in Court – Science – Before & After – Male Writers – Diving – A Case of the Bends

Waseem found the first Daily Double in “Diving” under the $800 clue, with 6 clues to go after it. He was in third place with $8,200 at this point, $3,600 less than Dewi’s lead. He bet $4,000 and took a shot at it with angler. That was WRONG.

Most dives fall into 3 basic body positions: the tuck, straight & this one, also a type of fish. show

WHAT IS THE PIKE?

2 clues later, Waseem landed on the last Daily Double in “The Bends” under the $1,600 clue. In third place with $4,200, he had $7,600 less than Dewi’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and tried “Dog Desert” just to say something even though he knew that was WRONG.

Yo Quiero Texas’ Big Bend National Park, which skirts the Rio Grande in the northern part of this “canine” desert. show

WHAT IS THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT?

Dewi finished in the lead with $11,800 and Jessica was next with $10,400. At $0, Waseem was out of the game.

Only ONE of the two contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.

WHO IS DICK VAN DYKE?

In “Mary Poppins” (1964), Dick Van Dyke played Bert, the chimney sweep. 53 years later at the BAFTA Awards, he apologized for his “atrocious” attempt at a Cockney accent in the role. Van Dyke has said that the British love to tease him about it and he’ll “never live it down.” In his own defense, he has also said: “I was working with an entire English cast and nobody said a word, not Julie [Andrews], not anybody said I needed to work on it, so I thought I was alright.” At age 93, the accomplished actor took on the role of Mr. Dawes, Jr. in the film sequel “Mary Poppins Returns” (2018).

Dick Van Dyke made the top of the list in The Telegraph’s “The 16 worst movie accents of all time”

Jessica got it right. She bet it all and doubled her score to $23,200.

Dewi went with Sean Connery. She lost her $11,401 bet and finished second with $399. Jessica Babbitt (Alex jokingly called her “Jessica Rabbit”) remains the Jeopardy! champ with a 2-day total of $46,598.

A triple stumper from each round:

FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE ($400) Part of John the Baptist’s unusual diet were these, which some think are insects & others believe to be beans

MALE WRITERS ($1600) Me, Alex. Him, this serial novelist who oldest WWII correspondent in South Pacific theatre at age 66

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “European Rivers”

Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn’t end in “Y” or “A” show

WHAT IS UKRAINE?

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