Final Jeopardy: Fashion History (4-6-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/6/2023) in the category “Fashion History” was:
These decorative items get their name from their origin in the port city of Strasbourg, on the border of France & Germany
2x champ Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from La Follette, TN, won $43,202 so far this week. In Game 3, his opponents are: Eliza Haas Marr, an educator from Portland, OR; and Cameron Creel, a software engineer from Weehawken, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Word Puzzles – Ancient Cities – At Threes & Fours – Big American Landowners – Lit-Pourri – Not Making It to the End of the Movie
Cameron found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ancient Cities” under the $1,000 on the 18th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,200, $3,000 less than Brian’s lead. Cameron made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This town named for a Greek hero was one of several destroyed by a 79 A.D. disaster show
Brian finished in the lead with $7,000. Cameron was second with $2,800. Eliza was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: State of the Art Museum – Speeches – Latin Words & Phrases – Be Arthur – Golden Girls – & Then There’s Mod
Brian found the first Daily Double in “Be Arthur” under the $2,000 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $14,000, $9,200 more than Cameron in second place. Brian bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Marilyn Monroe was the basis for the character of Maggie in his play “After the Fall” show
Brian got the last Daily Double in “Golden Girls” under the $1,200 on the 16th pick of the round. In the lead with $19,600, he had $11,200 more than Cameron in second place. Brian bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
At the Winter Olympics in 2018, Anna Gasser of Austria became the first woman to win the big air event in this newer sport show
Brian finished in the lead with a runaway $30,000. Cameron was second with $10,000 and Eliza was last with $2,200. Two clues worth $800 were not shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE RHINESTONES?
Per Etymology Online, rhinestone is “a loan-translation of French caillou du Rhin ‘Rhine pebble,’ so called because they were made near Strasburg, on the River Rhine, and invented there 1680s. Extensively worn later 18c. and popular thereafter.” In many European countries, the rhinestone is more commonly known as “strass”, in honor of Strasbourg jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass (1701-1773). “Paste Jewelry”, on EricaWeiner.com, describes how Strass elevated rhinestones to an art form, becoming extremely famous and rich in the process.
In popular culture, rhinestones have mainly been associated with country stars. Glen Campbell became well-known as the Rhinestone Cowboy after his best-selling song of the same name. Dolly Parton co-wrote “Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones”, a fashion book. Rhinestone art became popular again in the 1990s due to the Bedazzler, once described as “the reason women own shirts with glittery kitty-cats on them.”
Eliza didn’t have a response. She lost $2,000 and finished with $200.
Cameron drew a blank, too. That didn’t cost him anything as he stood pat on his $10,000.
Brian came up with spats, as good a fashion guess as any. He lost $5,000 and won the game with the remaining $25,000. Brian’s 3-day total is $68,202.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
BE ARTHUR ($800) In the 1920s, he began a successful mail order business to teach ballroom dancing; his dance centers can be found worldwide
& THEN THERE’S MOD ($1200) Mod style began in the late ’50s; in the late ’70s, its avatar was this band, led by Paul Weller
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Antidisestablishmentarianism”
A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales show
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imo, some of these recent FJ! clues (today’s included) just don’t take into account that the contestants only have 30 seconds to figure out and write down the correct response.
No one wants the final clue to be too easy or too hard. Find the balance!
Well VJ, for the most part, I personally think that the recent FJs were reasonable. I mean, there existed at least a chance that some of the contestants and/or TV viewers would arrive at the correct response.
Actually, these recent FJs would be a far cry from a few of the earlier FJs in which the chances of arriving at the correct response were virtually nil. A case of point was the Beatle’s hit ‘Eight Days A Week’ which was featured in FJ as supposedly being work related,, and simply because of a chat between Paul McCartney and a taxi driver. I’m sure you remember, or who can ever forget: Paul: How have things been going? Taxi driver: Oh it’s been like eight days a week!”
@Rick, you’re certainly entitled to your opinion.
In the 2 weeks before this one (10 FJ clues), there were 2 right answers out of 29 responses in FJ and there was only one right answer! Yesterday, everyone predicted zero right. Today, 3 out of 4 said zero right. So by my standards, some of these clues have been really hard and I am usually the one who is quick to predict everyone will get a clue when I think it can be figured out with time enough to write out the whole answer.
Maybe I was just lucky, but I thought FJ was a softball, and was shocked no one got it.
I guess this group was too young to remember the king of ballroom dancing schools.
I pay little attention, if any, to fashion, but Brian’s worn that same shiny suit every day.
I don’t say nobody at home didn’t get it in 30 seconds, Howard, so congrats to you and anyone else who figured it out. I’m sure there are some folks who already knew it but just for the hell of it, here’s a clue from an old game that had a better hint and still was a TS:
FASHION HISTORY ($1600) This artificial gem used for costume jewelry was originally made in Strasbourg on the river for which it’s named (one player said cubic zirconia)
P.S. As a mom whose kid had one of those rhinestone craft kits, I think they’re almost as bad as glitter — just sitting there waiting for someone to come along and knock the tray on the floor 🤣🤣🤣
The $400 clues that should’ve been opened and read are the State of the Art Museum and Speeches.
The FJ obviously had something to do with a type of personal ornament, but all I could come up was simply ‘earrings’. Like they say, a bad guess is better than a no guess.
And we got our third triple stumper this week.
I’m hoping that we’ll have a Good Friday with Final Jeopardy! tomorrow. Man, these last few weeks with Final Jeopardy! have been rough.
Or else we will get four triple stumpers in one week for the first time since the Season 33 finale week.
For the third time this week, we have another triple stumper. Only correct response so far this week. If we don’t get any correct responses in FJ! tomorrow, we’ll only have 1 out of 15 correct responses. But on the other hand, Brian is now a 3 day champion. He’ll return tomorrow on Good Friday. Will Good Friday be a good day and game for Brian or will one of his challengers have a Good Friday by taking him down as champion? We’ll see what happens as we wrap up the week.
I’m hoping that we’ll have a Good Friday with Final Jeopardy! tomorrow.