Final Jeopardy: American Business (4-21-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/21/2021) in the category “American Business” was:
In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan
2x champ Mike Nelson, an actor orig. from Chesterton, IN, has now won $37,400 . In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Ellen Clarke, an attorney from Atlanta, GA; and Max Nupen, a tutor from Irvine, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Quick Bible Books – Save Our Landmarks! – Say Yes to the Dressmaker – They Named a School for Me – Coming Back to Win the Game – D Plus
Ellen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Quick Bible Books” under the $800 clue on the very last pick of the round. She was in second place with $4,000, $2,400 less than Mike in the lead. She bet $2,000 and she answered with “Exodus.” That was WRONG.
Tribes are counted, wander in the desert and reach the borders of the promised land show
Mike finished in the lead with $6,400. Ellen was second with $2,000 and Max was last with $1,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: American History – Newer Words & Phrases – From Page to Stage – Around the Lab – Snooze Clues – Where in the World?
Ellen found the first Daily Double in “American History” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick. She was in second place with $4,400 now, half of Mike’s lead. She bet $3,000 and guessed “Panama.” That was WRONG.
The Platt Amendment of 1901 became a treaty between the US and this new country and even became part of its constitution show
Mike got the last Daily Double in “Around the Lab” under the $800 clue, with 5 clues left after it. In the lead with $16,400, he had $13,800 more than Ellen in second place. He bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
The Illumina HiSeq X10 was one of the first devices that could produce a person’s complete one of these for under $1,000 show
Mike finished in the lead with a runaway $18,800. Ellen was next with $2,600. At negative $1,800, Max was out of the game at this point. 5 clues went uncovered.
NEITHER contestant left got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS OLDSMOBILE?
When the final Alero Oldsmobile (No. 500) rolled off the assembly line on April 29, 2004, it was the end of an era for the Oldsmobile brand founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. JKR Advertising marked the 10-year anniversary of that event in an article explaining how the brand’s demise came about. At that time in 2014, Alero No. 500 was being preserved at the General Motors Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, MI. However, per Auto Blog, General Motors sold No. 500 at a dealer-only auction for $42,000 in 2017.
Ellen thought it was the Town Car. She lost her $400 bet and finished with $2,200.
Mike went with Chrysler. He lost his $1,200 bet but won the game with the remaining $17,600. His 3-day total is $55,000.
A triple stumper from each round:
QUICK BIBLE BOOKS ($1000) Naomi has a devoted daughter-in-law; Boaz needs some gleaning done
FROM PAGE TO STAGE ($800) Ron Chernow’s biography of this man was adapted into a 2015 Broadway musical
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Literary Characters”
His first name refers to the ancient district in which you’d find the Greek capital; his surname is a bird show
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Ellen must be thinking about the Town Car being a Lincoln. I’m sure.
After just missing an FJ skunk the previous day (could think of Copenhagen Gardens, but not “Tivoli”), I got a cheap one tonight. There aren’t many recent American makes that were around in 1904, and Cadillac and Oldsmobile are the only two that come to mind. Henry Ford was just starting out in the business, but I believe he was still with Cadillac at the time. My sister-in-law bought an Olds Alero sedan, so I’m familiar with the car, and being a bit of an automobile history buff helped out as well. So “What is Oldsmobile” rolled right off my tongue. BTW, Lansing, Michigan, is also a *big* hint for anybody who knows the Detroit area.
So that’s my seventh FJ skunk for the year.
I’m wondering if the word Oldsmobile alone would have been accepted since Anderson Cooper specified that it was the Alero Oldsmobile model. That would have been really cruel since he had to look at his card to read the type of Oldsmobile. Get it together Jeopardy….please.
Based off the phrase “its last model”, I’m sure that just “Oldsmobile” world have been accepted, and that mentioning “Alero” was just to satisfy viewers’ curiosity as to what that “last model” was.
Does anybody else think Ellen looks like the actress Rachel Macadams?
I got the final question right off the bat, and I was only surprised that the two remaining contestants didn’t know it. No, it wouldn’t have been Chrysler as those cars are still being manufactured.
If I was Chrysler’s marketing people I would be frightened… The three-day Jeopardy winner*, thinks your car brand went out of business in 2004.
At least the town car went out in 2011 and is indeed no longer around.
* = The smart guy.
This is the first time since Trebek’s death that a player got dismissed from the game. In this case, it happened to Max. Oh well, it didn’t surprise me.
Not that it mattered, but the $600 clue in the “Coming back …” category was written poorly IMO. A 22-2 run (+20) would not have erased a 70-41 deficit (-29).
I was hoping Ellen to win today’s game.
Same but those daily doubles were not sweet to her and the clues were obnoxious to Max.
A lot of car models like the Ford Fusion and cadillac ct 6 are also discontinued. Though this wasn’t that difficult, but sad that Ellen couldn’t nail the two daily doubles and was unable to gain momentum. Mike didn’t have much competition today since Max was dismissed. My dad used to have a light blue oldsmobile car in Indiana and it was pretty big but sadly that car was already gone now. This was before we moved to connecticut. Also VJ, did your family have any oldsmobile vehicles back in the old days?
yeah, Lou, my grandfather had one
Tough FJ as we got a double stumper and the clues were mean to evil.
So many car models have been discontinued over the years in the 21st century alone it’s difficult to keep track. Most people have no idea where their car was manufactured. The first number of the Vehicle Identification Number provides the country of origin and that’s about all with respect to manufacturing. Most customers do not inquire about what location within a particular country. Year of discontinuance? At such a rapid of disappearance of car models who can think back and remember the year. I just thought one contestant might get lucky and luck it would have been.
On a sour note if these difficult fj clues continue the guest host charities won’t receive much by way of contributions. 🤔
Agreed, this was a very difficult clue, in my opinion. Even owning a car from Oldsmobile, their name didn’t even come to mind.
Speaking of losing money, these crazy categories like D Plus are not particularly conducive to score building, are they?
They have to explain what they want and the players still find them hard to parse.
I hate categories like that. I was frustrated and annoyed with that category.
So was I. Alex Trebek used to have input in the wording of clues. Since we now have “guest” hosts I doubt if they have any input. Hence the term “guest.”
So Anderson Cooper has made the least money of any of the guest hosts so far in 3 days:
Aaron Rodgers in 3 Days: $79,026
Dr. Oz: $72,201
Katie Couric: $73,803
Anderson Cooper: $64,000
For the first time in a long time, we had a player finishing in the negative and was out of the game and we are down to 2 contestants which turns out to be a double stumper. Hadn’t seen a picture like this in a long time also.
October 20 last year was the last time I remember only two contestants left for a FJ “triple” stumper. One lost it only because of a naming technicality. He left off the word “Overture” on the otherwise correct response “What is William Tell.” That was another cheap FJ “skunk” for me.