Final Jeopardy: Broadway Musicals (3-8-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/8/2022) in the category “Broadway Musicals” was:
Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work
New champ Maureen O’Neil, an executive assistant from Rye Beach, NH, won $2,200 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Miranda Wilson, an occupational therapist from Fayetteville, WV; and Gundeep Singh, an analyst from Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Anthropologist’s Dictionary – The at Least 5 Labors of Hercules – Reality Show Spin-Offs – More than One Meaning – Oceans – 11
Gundeep found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Oceans” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in second place with $600, $400 less than Maureen‘s lead. Gundeep made it a true Daily Double and took a shot with the Keys. That was WRONG.
These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep— don’t know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for “shallow sea” show
Maureen finished in the lead with $4,200. Miranda was second with $3,800 and Gundeep was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Ancient Warfare – Poetry Fill in the Blank – 14-Letter Words – First & Last Alphabetically – People in Science – The Osca”R”s
Gundeep found the first Daily Double in “First and Last” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. He was in third place with $6,200, $2,000 less than Maureen’s lead. Gundeep bet $2,000 and came up with elements. That was WRONG.
argon, xenon show
Miranda got the last Daily Double in “Poetry” under the $1,600 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in third place with $6,600, $2,800 less than Maureen’s lead. Miranda bet $2,400, and said “man, one day”. That was WRONG.
Kipling: “Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, and— which is more— you’ll be a ___, ___ ___!” show
Maureen finished in the lead with $9,400. Gundeep was second with $8,600 and Miranda was last with $6,200. 2 clues were not shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “RENT”?
There have been quite a few Jeopardy! clues on Jonathan Larsen’s rock musical “Rent”, including a bunch referencing the opera it was based on: Puccini’s “La Boheme” (see page 2). The very popular musical first opened off-Broadway in January 1995 and moved to Broadway in April 1996. It grossed $280 million dollars after a 12-year run that ended in September 2008.
“Rent” creator Jonathan Larson passed away suddenly in January 1995 at age 35 and did not get to see the tremendous success of “Rent”. He was honored posthumously with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1996), as well as 3 Tony Awards (Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Orginal Score).
Miranda got it right. She bet $6,000 and finished with $12,200.
Gundeep’s response was “Bye Bye Birdie”. That cost him $7,599 and left him with $1.00.
Maureen got it right, too. She bet it all and doubled her score to $18,800. With that, Maureen remained the Jeopardy! champ. Her 2-day total is $21,000.
A triple stumper from each round:
ANTHROPOLOGIST’S DICTIONARY ($1000) Victor Turner’s “The Forest of” these basic anthro items says they can stand for many concepts, as the milk tree does for the Ndembu
PEOPLE IN SCIENCE ($2000) Sir Isaac Newton had a famous dispute with this German philosopher & mathematician over who invented calculus first
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Artists”
This artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 had a first name that means “savior” in Spanish show
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VJ: the Byron clue was for $2000, not $1000, and not a stumper. Miranda nailed it. I was surprised to see one that easy be worth that much. Much easier than the one above it, the Kipling DD.
Poor Gundeep took the bait on that DD and blurted out elements. I’ve never taken a day of chemistry, but I know what argon and xenon are. Doesn’t hurt to do crosswords and learn them that way.
I’ve never seen “Rent,” and don’t feel a need to, but at least I knew it was based on “La Boheme” and figured to be the final J answer.
The question about 11 in craps was a toughie, but as someone who’s dealt that game professionally for decades, I certainly knew it. The other stumpers also were tough, but I’m slightly surprised no one knew the quote about April being the (blank blank). Fairly well known.
Thanks, Howard, I fixed that. I ran that Poetry category. It’s one of my best categories. Nikki said she would be disappointed if I didn’t run it 🤣 but they generally go with the most well-known stuff by the most well-known poets on J!
Here’s a fun fact combining poetry with 60’s Music (another best category for me): Gene Pitney’s 1963 hit song “Mecca” contains this line from Kipling’s “The Ballad of East and West” —
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet
The “East is East and West is West” part is also in the 1947 song “Buttons and Bows”
I’m a child of the 60s, and “Mecca” is one of his best.
Gene also wrote songs for others, including “He’s a Rebel” and “Hello Mary Lou.”
I was never deeply into poetry, although I did Ace that class in college English.
Howard, I passed my love of Gene Pitney’s songs on to my kids. Their favorites are “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance” and “It Hurts to be in Love”
Gene also borrowed from Shakespeare for “True Love Never Runs Smooth”
Maureen betting it all in the final was a bad idea.
Glad to see Maureen picking up another win today. As an avid book and poetry reader in grade school I found interest in Kipling.
Were you upset that no one nailed any of the daily doubles today?
No not really, but still I am disappointed by the lack of their knowledge of science and literature. I mean this is stuff I learned back in grade school.
The daily doubles on the second board were easy, imo.
All 3 DDs were missed resulted our seventh skunking of the season. I am sure William will say darn those daily doubles to Gundeep.
Yes, but not to all 3 Daily Doubles.