Final Jeopardy: Fictional Groups (4-30-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/30/2024) in the category “Fictional Groups” was:
Maybe because he was too Baroque, Bernini was rejected as a name for a member of this group created in 1983
4x champ Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, WI, has now won $85,794. In Game 5, her challengers are: Bryan Carrasco, a mortgage loan originator from Columbia, MO; and Laura Bligh, a webmaster from Vienna, VA.
Round 1 Categories: A Gap on Their Resumes – Questionable Song Titles – Ends With “K” – State Mammals – Giving Some Direction – Cookies, My Favorite!
Bryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Mammals” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. All contestants were tied with $1,000. Bryan bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
The resolution making this breed Texas’ official large mammals stated it was “once the cornerstone of” its cattle industry show
Amy and Laura finished in a tie for the lead at $4,800. Bryan was in last place with $4,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Gap on Their Resumes – Around the World – Blank Verse – 5-Syllable Words – African Leaders – Law Slaw
Bryan found the first Daily Double in “Around the World” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,200, $3,400 more than Amy in second place. Bryan bet everything and said Constance. That was WRONG.
The historic Castle of Chillon stands on the shore of this lake that’s formed by the Rhone River show
Bryan found the last Daily Double in “Law Slaw” under the $1,200 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was in last place with $1,600, $5,600 less than Amy’s lead. Bryan bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
In 1919, around when Prohibition began, New Mexico enacted a $1,000 fine for this, applied to the passenger too show
Amy and Laura finished in a tie for lead at $7,600. Bryan was in last place with $3,200. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES?
Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello are the names of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As this video explains, Donatello was named last. Bernini was actually considered but Donatello won because the name was not only a better fit Renaissance-wise, it rhymed with Michaelangelo.
It is also pointed out that “MichAelangelo” was an unintentional spelling mistake that was eventually corrected to “Michelangelo”.
Bryan got it right. He bet $3,198 and finished with $6,398.
Laura just had some question marks. She bet nothing, standing pat on her $7,600.
Amy also got it right. She bet it all and won the game with $15,200. Amy has a 5-day total of $100,994 and a guaranteed spot in the next Tournament of Champions.
2 triple stumpers from THE GAP ON THEIR RESUMES:
($400) Resumes including Gap ads & “The Super Models” on Apple TV+ include Naomi Campbell’s, Christy Turlington’s & this Illinois native’s
($800) “You live, you learn, you love, you learn” & this singer did all those between her 2005 Gap campaign & the one for Christmas 2023
2 years ago: Only ONE of 2 players got this FJ in “AFRICAN SURNAMES”
Adetokunbo, “the crown has returned from overseas”, is fitting for the Adetokunbo family who left Nigeria for this country in 1991 show
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I wonder if Bryan is related to the actress, Sheila Carrasco. She stars on Ghosts right now.
What began as a riveting competition devolved into a second round rife with blunders. Worst of all was Bryan’s too-soon, too-risky DD wager, compounded when he missed a fairly easy European lake. That was pretty much the end of him.
Laura erred on the last DJ clue when she said Margot Kidder for the alliterative movie star. And I thought my fellow senior would have known the name of the CCR tune.
Kudos to the two who got FJ. It stumped me, as did nearly all the triples.
Again, you mirror my thoughts. As to Bryan, go big or go home. Can’t fault the wager, but… you’re absolutely right, you gotta get the DD correct.
I got a little over half the TS. The Smiths tune made my retro 80s heart hurt.
No idea on FJ. I first said “The Brat Pack”, but then said, they’re not fictional! Then, I had nuffum.
Good on Amy for the TOC bid.
Because Bryan went for “baroque” on that DD, his correct FJ response was too little, too late.