Final Jeopardy: Famous Names (4-10-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/10/2023) in the category “Famous Names” was:
In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida
New champ Rachel Clark, a director of client strategy from Washington, DC, won $6,500 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Robbi Ramirez, a writer from Orlando, FL; and P.J. Brennan, a physics teacher from Bayonne, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Recent Events – Moose-ellaneous – A La the French Cooking Style – The Nation in Question – Music’s Missing Links – “Self-E”s
Rachel found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Recent Events” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,400, $400 less than P.J.’s lead. Rachel made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Jeff Bezos’ 400-foot yacht had big problems getting out of this Dutch city with a shopping & shipbuilding tradition show
Rachel finished in the lead with $6,200. Robbi was second with $4,400. P.J. was last with $4,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: That’s Ancient History – The Main City in the Movie – Air Travel – Novels by Quote – A River Runs Through It – Quantum Science
Robbi found the first Daily Double in “Novels by Quote” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $14,000 now, $6,200 more than P.J. in second place. Robbi bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
”What you see there are not giants, but windmills” show
P.J. got the last Daily Double in “A River Runs Through It” under the $1,600 clue with 2 clues left after it. In third place with $9,400, he had $13,000 less than Robbi’s lead. P.J. bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Domesticated fowl, collectively show
Robbi finished in the lead with $22,400. P.J. was second with $11,400 and Rachel was last with $10,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS WALT DISNEY?
The above video is set to start at the point where Walt Disney announced his EPCOT plans. EPCOT was to be an experimental prototype community of tomorrow that, in Disney’s own words, “will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise.” The film was made on October 27, 1966. In the next two months, Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer (November 30th) and he passed away on December 15th. Plans for EPCOT were abandoned, as Walt’s brother Roy took over the company and continued work on other projects. Walt Disney World in Florida opened in 1971. The EPCOT vision was reimagined as a theme park which eventually opened in 1982 as a part of Disney World.
Rachel bet $1,201 and finished with $11,401.
P.J. bet $10,600 and finished with $22,000.
Robbi bet $1,400 and won the game with $23,800. Robbi Ramirez is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
RECENT EVENTS ($400) For the first time since 1984, Kilauea & this even bigger big island volcano erupted side by side
NOVELS BY QUOTE ($1600) “Mr. Trask is from New England. He plans to settle here. He’s been West before though”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Daytime TV Personalities”
Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, “just take… 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are” show
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Good group, but Robbi was too tough in the long run. I didn’t see Rachel as a multiple winner, but you just never know. I haven’t totally forgiven this crew for not knowing Maine’s tree, the Hawaiian volcano, the prehistoric humans, or the tiny lobsters.
FJ answer came to me halfway through, but really didn’t know. Robbi being from Orlando was serendipitous and was potentially embarrassing if he’d missed it and lost.
PJ’s puny late DD wager was barely enough to prevent an eventual runaway, although there were still a few clues left that could have resulted in one. His FJ seemed odd at first, but his $10600 wager was designed to win by $1 or more if he got FJ right and Robbi bet at least the anticipated $401.
That Final was waaaaaaaay too easy. I think at least 90% of Jeopardy players would have correctly answered that Final.
Is this a runaway game? Looks like I think it will.
All 3 Daily Doubles & Final Jeopardy responses are all correct. That means it’s a winning show.