Final Jeopardy: 1950s Films (4-28-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/28/2020) in the category “1950s Films” was:
The last line of this epic film was “Go–proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof”
2x champ Sarah Jett Rayburn, a writer and stay-at-home mom from Hutto, TX, has now won $39,400. In Game 3, her opponents are: Alison Nelson, an elementary school teacher from Oak Park, IL; and Mina Le, an ear, nose and throat surgeon frm Montclair, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: What’s My Airline? – A Landmark Address – Snopes Says Nope – Body Part AKAs – Silent “C” – MLB Single-season Records
Mina got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “What’s My Airline” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. She was in second place with $2,600, $1,000 less than Alison’s lead. She bet $2,000 and said “Deutsche Airlines. That was WRONG.
The headquarters of this airline that was organized jointly in 1953 by the federal & state government is in Cologne, Germany. show
Sarah finished in the lead with $4,200. Alison was second with $3,000 and Mina was last with $1,200.
Round 2 Categories: Barack Obama’s Reading List – How Now, Double Vowel – Religious “ism”s – DJ, Jazzy – Jeff – The French Prince
Alison found the first Daily Double in “Religious ‘isms'” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick. She was in second place with $3,400 now, $800 less than Sarah’s lead. She bet $600 and had no response so she was WRONG.
Many adherents of this Caribbean religion believe in Haile Selassie as a messiah. show
Alison got the last Daily Double in “French Prince” under the $1,600 clue, with 10 clues to go after it. In third place with $4,400, she had $1,800 less than Sarah’s lead. She bet $600 and she was RIGHT.
The title Prince of Conti was borne by sons of this royal house that ruled France from 1589 to 1830, mostly. show
Alison finished in the lead with $11,000. Mina was next with $10,400 and Sarah was in third place with $7,800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”?
The last line in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 biblical epic is, in part, an actual Bible quote from Leviticus 25:10 about the Year of the Jubilee: “Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.” With a star-studded cast that included Charlton Heston (Moses), Yul Brynner (Ramses), and many more, “The Ten Commandments” was the highest grossing film of 1956. The film was naturally nominated for Best Picture at the 1957 Oscars; however, it lost to “Around the World in 80 Days”. None of the actors were nominated in acting categories although Yul Brynner won Best Actor for his performance in “The King and I”. One interesting bit of trivia on IMDB is that baby Moses was played by Charlton Heston’s 3-month old son, Fraser C. Heston.
Ultimate Movie Rankings has a chart of 67 Cecil B. DeMille films with additional info, including stars, number of Oscar nominations, how many it won, etc.
Sarah got it right. The pen gave her a bit of trouble writing the ‘a’, but it turned out fine. She added $7,700 to her score, bringing her up to $15,500.
Mina thought it was “Ben-Hur”, another epic starring Charlton Heston. That one was in 1959. She bet and lost it all.
Alison was going for “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940). That cost her $10,000, landing her in second place and making Sarah Jett Rayburn a 3-day winner with $54,900 to her credit.
A triple stumper from each round:
A LANDMARK ADDRESS ($600) Roses are run for at 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, this site
BARACK OBAMA’S READING LIST ($800) Perhaps more than casually interested in biographies about presidents, Obama noted Ron Chernow’s 2017 work on this ex-military man
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Fashion Brands”
Translated from Roman numerals, “55” appears in luggage & watch product names from a co. founded by this man show
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Sad to see such a fine show as JEOPARDY stooping so low as to devote an entire category to “Snopes” as though it were a reliable source. Of course we know that Nancy Pelosi’s “impeachment pens” didn’t cost $15,000.., but Snopes left out quite a bit of information, and insinuated the total cost of the pens was only about $450. Snopes just called Nancy’s Chief of Staff, who said the pens were “just under $15. each” and “the 30 pens she used totaled $450.” Well, the Rhode Island television station that interviewed the owner of the local, long-time supplier of commemorative pens, aired the interview. The owner of the company said the pens cost “about $20. each, and they filled the total order for 300 pens.” So, that makes the total for the “Impeachment Pens” about $6000., much less than the exaggerated $15,000, but way more than $450….in fact, almost 14 TIMES as much as what the C-of-S claimed. Just don’t understand why Snopes didn’t go to the source….
Several really goofy answers today. Especially the moon in 2012. As a big-time sports fan, I couldn’t help but chuckle at Dutch Leonard’s 0.96 “batting average.” What really shocked me is the FJ from 2 years ago. No one could figure out that LV (55 in Roman) means Louis Vuitton luggage?
The Teachers Tournament isn’t postponed.
We FINALLY have our 1st 3-Time Champion since Jessica Babbitt, who defeated a 5-Time Champion named Paul Trifiletti.
Congrats to Sarah on her third win and her comeback today. But still though Deutsche airlines? There is no such airline with that name. Very creative response from mina VJ but still I found that funny. If there was I guess she would be in the Dutch region for a great vacation. Speaking of the ten commandments that film is always shown at Easter time. Too bad the two daily doubles didn’t work out for our opponents today. Sarah could definitely get a streak going
Deutsche is German for “German,” so it makes sense as a shot at something relevant.
From wikipedia: “Deutsche Lufthansa AG … commonly known as Lufthansa”
Ahem
Keep it going, Sarah.