Final Jeopardy: Broadway Roles (3-18-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/18/2021) in the category “Broadway Roles” was:
Of the more than 15 actors to play the lead in this musical, Howard McGillin holds the record with over 2,500 performances
New champ Morgan Briles, a librarian from Nacogdoches, TX, won $20,800 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Matt Walks, a digital journalist, orig. from Billings, MT; and Garron Telep, a stay-at-home dad from San Diego, CA.
Round 1 Categories: People in History – Complete the Ad Slogan – Units of Measure – Medical Idioms – CIA World Factbook No. 1s – Sting
Morgan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “People in History” under the $400 clue on the second pick of the round. She was the only one with any money: $200 for answering the first clue correctly. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
The town of Falaise in Normandy is home to a statue of this man who was born there around 1028. show
Morgan finished in the lead with $5,000. Matt was second with $2,600 and Garron was last with $1,400. Two clues worth $1,800 went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Authors Who Served in the Military- Acts of Congress – “Ad” to Your Latin – Green – Mountain – Boys
Garron found the first Daily Double in “Acts of Congress” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick. He was in second place with $4,200 now, $4,000 less than Morgan’s lead. He bet $2,200 and he was RIGHT.
An 1872 act established a park in the territories of Montana & Wyoming “near the headwaters of” this river. show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “‘Ad’ to your Latin” under the $1,600 clue, with 10 clues left after it. In third place with $6,600, he had $7,200 less than Morgan’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This type of attack goes after the speaker rather than the idea. show
Matt finished in the lead with $16,200. Morgan was next with $15,400 and Garron was in third place with $10,800. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In 2013, on the 25th anniversary of the Broadway opening of “Phantom of the Opera”, Broadway Buzz published 25 Phabulous Phacts about the play. No. 14 lists Howard McGillin “the world’s longest-running Phantom.” No. 13 says that there have been 12 Phantoms; however, when the 33rd anniversary was coming up this past January, Playbill noted that 16 actors had been cast in the role since its debut. These statistics are only applicable to Broadway musicals, as there are hundreds playing the role of Phantom around the world.
More facts and figures on “The Phantom of the Opera”
Garron thought it was “Oklahoma”. He lost his $10,750 bet and finished with $50.00.
Morgan got it right. She bet $1,000 and finished with $16,400.
Matt went with “The Music Man.” That spelled Trouble with a capital “T” for him and cost him $14,601. He finished with $1,599 so Morgan won the game. Her 2-day total is $37,200.
A triple stumper from each round:
CIA WORLD FACTBOOK NO. 1s ($800) Oman spends nearly 9% of its GDP on its military, the SAF, or this man’s Armed Forces
MOUNTAIN ($2000) The area around this peak, the highest summit outside of Asia, was the site of Incan ritual sacrifices 500 years ago
10 years ago: There was only ONE players left to get this FJ in “Vocabulary”, and he got it.
Pronounced one way, this 7-letter word can mean unjustified; pronounced another, it’s someone sickly show
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Smith Barney the ‘old fashioned’ way. I would have beaten all 3 of those kids today. I am old enough to remember John Houseman and his commercial.
What was the one about Sugarloaf Mtn in Maine? Can’t remember! Tx.
MOUNTAIN ($1200) This “sweet” mountain in Maine’s Carrabassett Valley is one of New England’s premier ski resorts
Thank you! It was making me crazy!
Just for the record, the Final Jeopardy category was “Broadway Roles.”
Thanks for a great recap site!
Thanks for the compliment and also for the heads up on the category. It’s fixed now.
‘ That spelled Trouble with a capital “T” ’
Bravo VJ!
Thanks, DC — I couldn’t resist. “The Music Man” is one of my faves. Here’s a link to an article on Matt, where he says his dad won on Jeopardy! years ago. Also, he and his dad were on the first episode of Beat Shazam! and they won a bundle.
I recapped that show.
Morgan seems to have that buzzer mojo down today and it helped her greatly. Speaking of phantom of the opera I remember reading about it but I have not seen the show on Broadway for such a long time. I thought the opponents would have known this one. Good scores today. Let’s hope Morgan can keep her wins going. She seems to be expanding her knowledge here.