Final Jeopardy: Current Television (4-4-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/4/2022) in the category “Current Television” was:
Fittingly, the last name of the family at the center of this drama is from French for “king”
New champ Nell Klugman, a museum educator from Brooklyn, NY won $24,401 last week. In Game 2, she is up against: Sarah Cahalan, a news assistant from Logansport, IN; and Camron Conners, a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Changes on the U.S. Map – All’s “Vel” that Ends “Vel” – Book Parts, Reimagined – Everything Is Golden – The Hit of the Decade – Benjamin Franklin
Camron found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Changes on the U.S. Map” under the $600 clue with 9 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,800, $600 less than Sarah’s lead. Camron bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The coastal town of Manchester, Massachusetts had these 3 words added to its name in 1989 show
Camron finished in the lead with $8,200. Sarah was second with $5,400 and Nell was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Asian Monarchs – Birth of a Writer – Physical Geography – Brands – City Folk – Words that Should Rhyme
Nell found the first Daily Double in “Birth of a Writer” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick of the round. She was in third place with $3,400, $4,800 less than Camron’s lead. Nell made it a true Daily Double and tried Hansberry, who was born in Chicago so that was WRONG.
Georgia was the birthplace of this 1980s Pulitzer Prize winner, the 8th child of African-American sharecroppers show
Camron got the last Daily Double in “Asian Monarchs” under the $1,600 clue with 14 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $14,600 when he got it. After a Physical Geography reversal (*see below), his score rose to $17,800, $10,400 more than Sarah in second place. Camron bet $5,200 and he was RIGHT.
For his reputation as a lawgiver, this king of Ancient Babylon has his portrait in the chamber of the U.S. House of Reps. show
Camron finished in the lead with a runaway $24,600. Sarah was second with $9,000 and Nell was last with $1,200. 3 clues worth $2,000 were not shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “SUCCESSION”?
“Succession” is an HBO dramedy that premiered on June 3, 2018. It is about the owners of a global media and entertainment company, the very wealthy and very dysfunctional Roy family. “Roy” as both a first and last name is often connected to “roi” the French word for king. That particular tidbit appears on “Successions” IMDB trivia page
Other interesting bits over there include: Logan Roy, the family patriarch portrayed by Brian Cox, was originally going to be Québécois. In Season 1, his nationality was changed to Scottish and he comes from Dundee, Brian Cox’s own hometown; the show is heavily influenced by Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Lear”; and series creator Jesse Armstrong has categorically stated that the show is not about Rupert Murdoch and his family.
Nell got it right. She bet $200 and finished with $1,400.
Sarah got it, too. Her $4,000 bet brought her up to $13,000.
Camron didn’t have a response. He lost a mere $400 and won the game with $24,200. Camron Conners is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Reversal PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ($1600) The Xi, Bei, Dong & Pearl Rivers form China’s incredible fertile Pearl River this low-lying area – Camron’s response of “Valley” was rejected because they wanted “Delta”. The judges later okayed it and Camron got back the $1600 they took away plus $1600 for a correct response.
2 triple stumpers from the BRANDS category:
($800) This brand’s natural oatmeal bath treatment was developed in conjunction with the Mayo Clinic
($2000) “You never actually own” this Swiss luxury watch, says its slogan, “you merely look after it for the next generation”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Advertising Characters”
Jack Keil’s team created this animal character rolled out in 1980, the year of the USA’s highest recorded murder rate show
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Missed most of the show watching hoops, and was shocked to see Nell so far down.
I don’t have premium channels, but I knew the Final from my frequent forays down the Wikipedia rabbit hole.
Yeah, I found that to be dishearteningly surprising that Nell did so poorly. However, what a rookie mistake with “phrasing”! As I recall Alex saying so many years ago, the host can correct in the first round, but, in Double, not.
And, I gotta be honest. Cape Canaveral? Really?
Regarding the Final 2 years ago, why was the murder rate so high?
@Albert, I suppose I could make the obvious joke — it was a killer year — but I’m sure you can find out if you look up “murder rate 1980”
I was sure Nell would have a strong performance today, but still this week went off on the right foot with not that many triple stumpers. I am happy that the reversal helped Cam today. Maybe Cam can pick up a few more wins.
It’s been a while since I last saw Succession but maybe I should go on eBay and find the complete series and rewatch it again. Also VJ, did you used to have HBO on television before? I also picked up Inspector Lewis from the library a few weeks ago as well
Lou, I saw somewhere today that you can watch all three seasons of “Succession” on demand on HBO or HBO Max. Also, they are going to be coming out with a fourth season. Evidently, I watched a couple of episodes of this show back in 2018 and I totally forgot that I even watched it.
It sure looked like we were going to have only 2 players left competing in FJ! but Nell got the last two correct answers and she got out of the hole just in time before the buzzer hit so she could play FJ! That was a close call at the end.