Final Jeopardy: Advertising Characters (3-30-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/30/2020) in the category “Advertising Characters” was:
Jack Keil’s team created this animal character rolled out in 1980, the year of the USA’s highest recorded murder rate
New champ Khalilah Walters, an attorney from Danville, VA, won $2,399 Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Kyle Dallman, a political recruiter & trainer from Cincinnati, OH; and Monya De, a health journalist from Santa Monica, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Golf – “T” Time – Greens – Four – Birdies – The Masters (of Art)
Monya found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘T’ Time” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. She was in the lead with $400, $200 more than Kyle in second place. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
From the name of a Greek actor & dramatist, it’s a more formal name for an actor. show
Kyle finished in the lead with $5,000. Khalilah was second with $3,000 and Monya was last with $2,200.
Round 2 Categories: 20th Century Books – Vice Presidential Quotes – Up the River – Abstract Nouns – TV Before & After – Fete Offensive
Monya found the first Daily Double in “Vice Presidential Quotes” under the $1,600 clue, with 3 clues left after it. She was in second place with $9,400 now, $6,000 less than Kyle’s lead. She bet $6,000 and couldn’t get a name out so she was WRONG.
In 1959 he told Khrushchev it was better to discuss the merits of washing machines than the “strength of rockets.” show
Two clues later, Monya got the last Daily Double in “20th Century” under the $800 clue. We weren’t going to get to that category’s $200 clue after this. She was in third place with $3,400, $12,000 less than Kyle’s lead. She bet it all and she was RIGHT.
“What is fire? It’s a mystery”, says this novel; “its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences.” show
Kyle finished in the lead with $15,400. Monya was next with $6,800 and Khalilah was in third place with $4,200.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS McGRUFF (THE CRIME DOG)?
Mental Floss explains the history of McGruff in its “Paw Enforcement” article, and how Jack Keil, the executive creative director of the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample ad agency, came up with the original idea for the dog detective that asked everyone to help “take a bite out of crime.” Inspired by Smokey Bear, he thought about an elephant that would stamp out crime, and a hopping mad anti-crime rabbit. He settled on a dog with a Keystone Cop hat that looked something like Snoopy. That evolved into McGruff.
The character got its name from a New Orleans police officer who submitted it in a cereal box contest. Jack Keil voiced McGruff in the commercials.
Khalilah went with Scooby Doo. She didn’t bet anything so she stayed at $4,200.
Monya got it right with “MacGruff”. She bet it all and finished with $13,600.
Kyle wrote down “Ruff McGruffin”. He already won the game so he didn’t bet anything. Kyle Dallman is the new Jeopardy! champ.
3 triple stumpers from VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES:
($800) In 1968 Hubert Humphrey hoped the deaths of MLK & this man would “not mark…when America lost its way, but…found its conscience”
($1200) Running for Pres. in 1984, this ex-Veep said, “Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, & so will I; he won’t tell you, I just did”
($2000) When asked about his duties, this VP under Gerald Ford replied, “I go to funerals. I go to earthquakes”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Government”
The portrait here hangs in the building of this cabinet department & depicts a man who once ran it show
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Poor Monya could have won that game had she not blown $6K on the Nixon DD.
Anyone else at least mildly surprised that 3 smart people didn’t know that Bobby Kennedy was the 2nd one assassinated in 1968, or that Rockefeller was Ford’s VP? Or that Kyle rifled through the golf category, but couldn’t come up with the US and British Opens?
Khalilah was fun to watch, but never figured to be more than a one-time champ.
@Howard, mildly surprised is an understatement re: RFK and Rockefeller (esp. RFK!!!!! — my jaw was on the floor). Actually, not knowing Nixon was a surprise, too.
Real crappy final question. Meaningless cartoon figure shown on TV and urban ads. Who is watching?
VJ, I wonder why they didn’t go with a hopping mad anti-crime Lapin?
I don’t know, Rhonda. My best guess is that 1981 “Who Censored Roger Rabbit” book.
Oops, that was the year after — In that case, I bet they were glad they didn’t go with a rabbit 🤣🤣
I couldn’t remember the dog’s name, but I knew it was the “crime dog”. I wonder if they would have accepted it? It’s only a part of the name , but, They accepted Mcgruff, which is only part of the name also.
Hi Anne, I can’t answer for the show definitively, but I don’t think they would have accepted just “crime dog.” I think the dog’s name was necessary. He is often referred to as just McGruff.
I think you’re right that it’s only part of his name per the NCPC’s trademark but even when they are talking about their standards for use of the name, they say their guidelines apply to “any kind of use of McGruff.”
Thanks VJ. You’re absolutely right. I had just graduated H.S. and did not watch a lot of TV in the 80’s. I only remember bits and pieces. Hope you’re staying healthy. These are such crazy times.
Thanks so much for the well wishes, Anne. So far so good over. I hope you and yours are doing well, too.
I got a very good laugh out of ruff mcgruffin. Speaking of mcgruff the crime dog I’ve seen almost all the commercials on television about this since I was a little kid. As for Scooby doo and his friends, their specialty is solving kidnapping and robbery mysteries and not murder. VJ you know the song to Scooby doo right?
Congrats to Kyle today. Although too bad that daily double didn’t pay off for monya but glad she got this fj.
@Lou, I know a few lines of the Scooby Doo song. That cartoon wasn’t really one of my kids’ favorites back in the day.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?
We got some work to do now
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?
We need some help from you now
Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you
Pretending you got a sliver
But you’re not fooling me ’cause I can see
The way you shake and shiver
You know we got a mystery to solve
So Scooby-Doo be ready for your act, don’t hold back
And Scooby-Doo if you come through
You’re gonna have yourself a Scooby Snack, that’s a fact
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you
You’re ready and you’re willin’
If we can count on you Scooby-Doo
I know we’ll catch that villain
Thanks, Richard. I do know the tune 🤣🤣🤣