Final Jeopardy: Films of the 1950s (4-21-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/21/2022) in the category “Films of the 1950s” was:
The title character of this film has the same name as the Roman goddess of the dawn
12x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has now won $271,282. In Game 13, her opponents are: Alex Lemberg, an attorney and activist from San Francisco, CA; and Meghan Bowman, an IT analyst from Mount Prospect, IL.
Round 1 Categories: California – Book Title Geography – Think “Big” – That’s Not Cannon – A Golf Course – Also Found in the Kitchen
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “California” under the $600 clue after the break. He was in second place with $1,200, $800 less than Mattea’s lead. Alex made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This city located northwest of San Jose has a name that means “tall tree” show
Alex finished in the lead with $6,000. Mattea was second with $5,400 and Meghan was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The 1720s – World Capitals – Anagrammed Ungulates – Biblical Devotions – Simply Stellar – Let Freedom Sing
Mattea found the first Daily Double in “1720s” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $8,200, $1,000 more than Alex in second place. Mattea bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
On Sunday, April 5, 1722 Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen landed on what is now called this island, 2,20 miles west of Chile show
Alex got the last Daily Double in “Biblical Devotions” under the $2,000 clue with 6 clues left after it. He was in second place with $14,000, $5,200 less than Mattea’s lead. Alex bet $5,000, and said Genesis. That was WRONG.
”Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it” is from the 8th chapter of this Biblical book show
Mattea finished in the lead with $20,000. Alex was second with $12,600. Meghan was last with $4,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “SLEEPING BEAUTY”?
Besides being called “Sleeping Beauty” in the title of the 1959 Walt Disney film, the princess actually has two other names: her birth name, Aurora (the one that matches the Roman goddess of the dawn); and the name she was called while growing up in hiding, Briar Rose (from the Grimm brothers’ Dornröschen or Rose of the thorns). Per IMDB Trivia: Despite being the titular character, Sleeping Beauty / Aurora / Briar Rose is only on screen for 18 minutes, and only has 18 lines of dialogue…. Furthermore, despite Aurora being marketed in a pink dress for all of her merchandise, her famous dress is blue for six minutes, about a third of her time on screen, while her dress is pink for only about 13 seconds.
Aurora in Roman mythology was the sister of sun god, Sol, and moon goddess, Luna. In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn and sister of the sun god Helios.
Meghan got it right. She bet $3,500 and finished with $7,500.
Alex thought it was 1959’s “Some Like It Hot.” He lost his $8,000 bet and finished with $4,600.
Mattea came up with “Sabrina” from 1954. She lost $5,201 but won the game with the remaining $14,799. Her 13-day total is $286,081.
2 triple stumpers from BOOK TITLE GEOGRAPHY:
($800) The sequel to “Lonesome Dove”: “Streets of ___”
($1000) John Le Carre, man of international intrigue: “The ___ House”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Shakspeare’s Plays”
An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 “History of Italy” is a presumed source for this play show
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I knew FJ from a combination of studying Latin in high school and being a Disney “true believer” (as I say, “we drank the Kool-Aid and had a second glass”)(and, the origin of that – Jonestown – it wasn’t “Kool-Aid”, but “Flav-R-Aid”, actually).
I was SO rooting for Alex. It’s a bit of a head scratcher that he was ripping it up in that category, then blanked. Ironically, I knew that one, because we have it on a ceramic plaque in our bathroom. My wife even brought it out when he got that wrong.
Mattea’s milquetoast run continues. What is the object of Jeopardy? I thought it was to win as much money as you can. She doesn’t seem to get that – which is boring (to me, at least). Big wins and big losses are exciting. That’s why James Holzhauer was so popular.
Maybe I’ve just been spoiled by actual super champions. One thing is for sure – she ain’t never going to be a chaser!
Ugh! That FJ was a bummer. Anyways, I came up with ‘A Touch Of Venus’.
All too young to have heard of the great Richie Havens.
true, Rhonda, but it’s interesting that they had that clue — I was just checking tomorrow’s Born and Died list and see that Havens died 9 years ago on 4/22/2013
Wow, VJ, talk about coincidences.
I had seen him perform in Central Park way back in the 70’s, Summer Stage concerts, I seem to recall tickets were $1.00!!
My favorite disney movie growing up. Still even though that daily double didn’t work for Alex he still played well. But i don’t really recall Sabrina. I thought mattea was referring to Sabrina the teenage witch. VJ I would appreciate it if you can help refresh my memory on Mattea’s response.
Just happy to see mattea win her 13th game. She has tied with Matt Jackson but has half of his total winnings. I will never forget how maleficent nearly tried to end auroras life in the movie.
Lou, Mattea was referring to the 1954 movie “Sabrina” starring Audrey Hepburn (who was also Eliza Doolittle, among many other famous roles). The Teenage Witch Sabrina was a TV series with Melissa Joan Hart (who was also Clarissa).
Thanks vj. Much appreciated. The legendary audrey Hepburn will always be a part of our memories forever.