Final Jeopardy: American Business (4-21-21)
Here are some more clues from the 4/21/2021 Jeopardy! game:
QUICK BIBLE BOOKS ($600) The word is with God; a light shines in the darkness; Jesus resurrects Lazarus
D PLUS ($400) What you’re doing to time when waiting patiently; what you’re doing on an auction item when you’re tired of waiting
($1000) A word found before “pool” & a use for a big armful of cotton
AMERICAN HISTORY ($2000) A 1621 treaty says English settlers & these native people led by Massasoit will “leave their bows & arrows” when visiting the other
AROUND THE LAB ($400) Some labs have a stab testing machine to help improve this, also something worn by knights of yore
SNOOZE CLUES ($1600) In a poem by Robert Frost, the 6 words that follow “But I have promises to keep and…”
WHERE IN THE WORLD? ($2000) Mandalay, the Shwezigon Pagoda, the Irrawaddy River
Sneak Peek clues — COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME
($200) Facing match point in 2009’s Wimbledon semis vs. Elena Dementieva, her return clipped the tape, but landed in the title followed
($400) Down 35-7 at the half to the Saints in 1980, this Hall of Fame QB led the 49ers back to win 38-35
($600) In 2008 the Mavericks used a 22-2 run to erase a 70-41 deficit, making this Minnesota team howl
($800) Down 5 to the Oilers in 1982, this “royal” NHL team tied it with 5 seconds left & won the “Miracle on Manchester” in O.T.
($1000) In the 2004-05 Champions League final, this English club, the Reds, overcame a colossal 3-goal deficit
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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.