Final Jeopardy: American Icons (4-18-16)
4-18-2016 stumpers:
TV WEAPONS OF CHOICE ($600) Raylan Givens on “Justified”
($800) Ash on “Ash vs. Evil Dead”,; he’s literally attached to it
($1000) Daredevil
THEATRICAL QUOTES ($800) After a flop, George S. Kaufman said this type of often caustic comedy “is what closes on Saturday night”
($1200) In “Anna Christie”, Eugene O’Neill wrote, “Gimme” one of these, “ginger ale on the side, & don’t be stingy, baby”
FRENCH FILM FEMMES ($1200) Melanie Laurent, whose dad voices Flanders in the French version of “The Simpsons”, is Shosanna in this Tarantino flick
Andrew ran the Governors category:
($200) This future governor led her high school basketball team to the 1982 Alaska State Championship
($400) More recently a senator, Evan Bayh was 33 & the nation’s youngest governor when he took office in this state in 1989.
(Not part of the clue — Also the only governor of that state named Evan so far)
($600) Governor of Texas in the 1960s, this politician welcomed President Kennedy on his last trip
(Not part of the clue — He was also wounded)
($800) This state’s Terry Branstad is the longest-serving governor in U.S. history
($1000) Serving a 14-year sentence in Colorado, not Illinois, he’s Prisoner Number 40892-424
ANSWERS: show
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VJ, saw your comment yesterday on Andrew Jackson and the $20 bill. I’m commenting here because there’s no comment/reply function on the post’s page. Thanks for the article.
2030, hmmm…
Thanks for letting me know. The comments close on articles after 3 months actually (because spammers like to target old articles). So I guess that begs the question — how did I comment? LOL. (I was putting it in on the backend because it’s easier to insert the link, forgetting that you wouldn’t be able to comment there).
Yeah, 2030…. it will surely be big news leading up to it and when it happens.
It was a very competitive and enjoyable game. I wish FJ had been a little more challenging though, given the caliber of the players. But I understand it’s for the viewers too., so we can all feel smart. 🙂
Speaking of smart, if you haven’t seen it, whenever you have a chance check this 5-year old out, a math genius named Luis Esquivel. The boy is scary. 🙂
@Cece. I did get to listen to the game and heard Trebek with that “don’t be stingy” Garbo line . LOL.
How about that Ivana Burger clue in Spoiler Talk today? That was my favorite!
I will check out the math prodigy. 5-years old…. OMG!
I had never heard that Garbo line before—funny. Yeah, I too liked Ivana Burger, but Mia Culp … lol!
The math prodigy was on Big Little Shots last night. I love kids, so I love the show. And Steve Harvey is adorably silly and cracks me up too. Luis is on YouTube and Facebook.