Final Jeopardy: Obituaries (3-30-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/30/2016) in the category “Obituaries” was:

On his death in 2015, his New York Times obit said he “built his stardom 90 percent on skill and half on wit”.

New champ Todd Giese won $31,601 yesterday, the kind of payout we love to see. Today his challengers are: Bill Burns, from Carrollton, TX; and Megan Selva, from Woodbridge, VA. Will someone win $30K or more for the third day in a row?

Round 1 Categories: Highways & Byways – Word Origins – Tasty Ads & Jingles – Historic Documents – Dealer’s Choice – “Little” Movies

Todd found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Documents” under the $800 clue. There were 7 clues left after it. He was in a tie with Bill for $2,200. They both had $1,800 more than Megan. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

One of the oldest known legal codes is this Babylonian one from around 1760 B.C.  show

WHAT IS THE HAMMURABI CODE?

Todd finished in the lead with $4,000. Bill was second with $3,600 and Megan was last with zero.

Round 2 Categories: Sensory Lit – 2-First Names? – Invention & Innovation – Video Games – Churches & Cathedrals – After Image

Todd found the first Daily Double in “Video Games” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. In the lead with $4,800, he had $1,200 more than Bill in second place. He bet $2,000 and thought it was “Galleon”. That was WRONG.

Sharing a name with a type of ship, this game was made for Windows by Windows & was first playable in 1990. show

WHAT IS “MINE SWEEPER”?

Todd found the last Daily Double in “2 First Names?” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $9,200 now, $3,800 more than Bill in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Born 26 years apart, these 2 heavyweights of the Protestant Reformation both fit the category. show

WHO ARE MARTIN LUTHER and JOHN CALVIN?

Todd finished in the lead with $16,600. Megan was next with $10,400 and Bill was in third place with $6,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS YOGI BERRA?

The phrase in the clue was actually in the title of the New York Times obituary for Lawrence Peter Berra, who died at the age of 90 on September 22, 2015. Berra was well-known for many quotes, that were often paradoxically or redundantly humorous (unintentionally). The obituary title is a play on his famous quote: “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical,” which was mentioned by Alex Trebek before revealing the FJ answers. See more “Yogi-isms” here: 50 Greatest Yogi Berra Quotes

Bill got it right. He bet $1,500 and finished with $7,500.

Megan didn’t have a response. She bet everything but a dollar so that’s all she had left.

Todd also got it right. His $4,201 bet brought him up to today’s winning total: $20,801. Not $30K, but still respectable as is his 2-day total of $52,402.

There were only two triple stumpers in Double Jeopardy! Both were worth $2,000.

Video Games – The spirit of Tom Clancy hovers over the games about this title group & grizzled agent Sam Fisher
Sensory Lit – “Fatal Vision” and “Blind Faith” are true crime books by this McWriter

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Monarchs”

In 2005 the Kul Sharif Mosque of Tatarstan was reopened 453 years after it was destroyed by this man. show

WHO IS IVAN THE TERRIBLE?

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