Final Jeopardy: Inventions (4-7-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/7/2022) in the category “Inventions” was:
Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful
2x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto Ontario, has now won $70,801. In Game 3, her opponents are: Mike Janela, a sportscaster from Astoria, NY; and Reagan White, a college student from Manahawkin, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: World War II – Literature for Younger Readers – Computers & the Internet – Palindromic Words – Ballpark – Figure
Mike found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Computers and the Internet” under the $600 clue on the 19th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,200, $600 less than Mattea’s lead. Mike made it a true Daily Double but didn’t come up with a response in time so he was WRONG.
Old monitors needed a screensaver, which moved so it wouldn’t burn in: today you can use this static image, also a home decorating item show
Mattea finished in the lead with $6,600. Reagan was second with $2,400. Mike was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: That Painting Has a Title – In the City – Quote-Pourri – The Awful Sound of Music – Documentaries – Who Wants Dessert?
Reagan found the first Daily Double in “That Painting Has a Title” under the $1,600 clue with 7 clues left after it. She was in second place with $12,000, $200 less than Mattea’s lead. Reagan bet $2,000 and said she had nothing so she was WRONG.
Turns out Thomas Gainsborough originally put a dog in this 1770 portrait of a young lad clad in shades of indigo show
Mattea got the last Daily Double in “Quote-Pourri” under the $1,600 clue with 4 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $13,400 now, $3,400 more Reagan in second place. Mattea bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Providing a later history book title, Stephen Vincent Benet wrote, “Bury my tongue at Champmedy … bury my heart at” this place show
Mattea finished in the lead with $16,400. Reagan was second with $11,600. Mike was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS VELCRO?
According to Thought.Co’s Velcro article, Swiss engineer George de Mestral got the idea for Velcro from the burrs that stuck to his pants and to his dog’s fur on their nature walks. With the aid of a microscope, De Mestral discovered that tiny hooks enabled burrs to adhere to various surfaces, such as fibers in clothing. He set about replicating burr properties in an attempt to create a strong fastener, a process that became known as biomimicry. The final result was the product De Mestral called “Velcro” (a portmanteau of the French words “velours” and “crochet”).
At a high-end NYC fashion show in 1959, Velcro was spurned as shoddy but became successful with sporting goods and apparel. In the early ’60s, NASA found Velcro useful in preventing objects from floating around.
Mike wrote down “I’m going to lose but the Mets will win it all this year.” He lost $7.00 and finished with $1,793.
Reagan went with pantyhose. She bet and lost her whole $11,600.
Mattea crossed rayon off today and went with nylon. She lost $6,801 and won the game with $9,599. Her 3-day total is $80,400.
2 triple stumpers from DOCUMENTARIES :
($1600) This HBO docuseries tells of how tons of money was swindled from a fast food chain’s Monopoly game in the 1990s
($2000) Early in his career Arnold Schwarzenegger flexed his muscles in this 1977 film about competitive bodybuilding
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Classic American Novels”
Lady Duff Twysden was the basis for a character in this 1926 novel set partly in Spain show
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My comment got lost (my error). For some reason, I thought Velcro was from the first decade of the 20th century. I then was going to make a witty joke that the Vulcans invented it (Enterprise episode “Carbon Creek”), but that was timed as 1957, and de Mestral created it in 1955 (and, in fact, that episode had a character named “Mestral” in his honor.
Nylon was 1935 or so, Wallace Hume Carothers, at DuPont.
So, I said “Kevlar”. I did forget the years of that.
I think Mattea is getting lucky with lackluster other contestants. She may have gotten 35/60 right, but, what about the other two? The Doolittle clue TS was definitely a head scratcher. After two bad guesses, there was only one viable option left!
I had Velcro, when all 3 contestants miss, and I get it right it is not a matter of timing. I really think Alex would have loved a tutor from Toronto.
Reagan was super-smart, so I was surprised she didn’t know the famous painting. “Indigo” was a huge tip-off, too.
For the Final i had Rayon.
A triple stumper in FJ, and it sure wouldn’t have been nylon as that was invented much earlier. Actually, Velcro has never been popular in the consumer market since its inception.
Lou, I have worn & do wear Nike athletic shoes that fasten using velcro. Good for comfort & taking walks, etc. As much as they cost me they had better be comfortable.
Interestingly enough I used to have Velcro jackets back in the old days thanks to my parents. Also @Jacob @rhonda and vj did you guys ever buy Velcro shoes or light jackets with Velcro zippers at tj max Macy’s or maybe at Nordstrom in the old days?
Good comeback by Mattea today. I hope she will go on winning many more games
Kids sneakers are pretty much the only thing that I think Velcro is good for
I have a velcro harness for one of my dogs.
We end the episode with a triple stumper as today’s FJ was a tough one.
Here is the post where Mike Janela presented Alex Trebek with his Guinness World Record certificate back in 2014