Final Jeopardy: Hollywood History (4-8-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/8/2019) in the category “Hollywood History” was:

On June 6, 2018 the Chinese Theatre dimmed its lights to honor Jerry Maren, who lived to the greatest age of any of this 1939 group

2x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, won $82,606 last week. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Maryanne Mowen, an accounting professor from Santa Fe, NM; and Matthew Amster-Burton, a podcast host from Seattle, WA.

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Round 1 Categories: Who’s on TV? – True Crime Book Shelf – Tricks of the Mind – “Touch”-y “Feel”-y – Get Your Kicks – Root ’66

Matthew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Get Your Kicks” under the $600 clue, with a dozen clues left after it. He was in second place with $4,800, $600 less than James in the lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

The history of these New York City high kickers began with a troupe founded in St. Louis show

WHO ARE THE ROCKETTES?

Matthew finished in the lead with $10,000. James was second with $7,600 and Maryanne was last with $2,400.

Round 2 Categories: Hotels – Theatre – Empires & Dynasties – Carol Kaye Played Bass On That – Just Your Average Category – The Bridge on the River, Why?

James found the first Daily Double in “Empires & Dynasties” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick. He was in a tie for the lead with Matthew. They both had $10,000, $8,000 more than Maryanne in second place. He went all in and he was RIGHT. (“Remember, folks, he’s a gambler,” Alex Trebek said.)

Rulers of this empire included Darius I and his son Xerxes I show

WHAT IS PERSIA?

James found the last Daily Double in “Theatre” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick. In the lead with $26,800, he had $16,800 more than Matthew in second place. After Alex asked him if he was going to do another “full push,” he bet $8,615 and he was RIGHT.

Act I of this autobiographical Eugene O’Neill drama begins at 8:30 a.m.; Act 4 begins at midnight. show

WHAT IS “LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT”?

James finished in the lead with a runaway $43,815. Matthew was next with $17,600 and Maryanne was in third place with $6,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO ARE THE MUNCHKINS?

When he passed away on May 24, 2018, Jerry Maren was the last surviving Munchkin from “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), as well the last surviving cast member with a speaking or singing role. He was the middle member of the singing Lollipop Guild that welcomed Dorothy to the Land of Oz. Dressed in green, Maren handed the lollipop he was holding to Dorothy after the song. At 19, he was also the only Lollipop Guild member not old enough to drink legally. Harry Earles was 36 and Jackie Gerlich was 21.

From 1989: WIZARDS ($400) The munchkins looked up to him, but then they looked up to everybody.

Maryanne got it right. She added $4,000 to her score, bringing her up to $10,000.

Matthew wrote down “Who are the… Nope.” Very funny as Alex often says that when a player is wrong. Matthew lost $5,600, leaving him $12,000.

James got it, too. He bet $7,030 and won this game with $50,845. His 3-day total is $133,451.

A triple stumper from the first round:

GET YOUR KICKS ($400) In 2015 the NFL moved the spot for this kind of kick back to the 15-yard line

ROOT ’66 ($600) Modern auto safety took a big step in ’66 as LBJ signed bills mandating seatbelts & rupture-resistant these

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “American Authors”

Leviathan is a journal put out 3 times a year by an organization dedicated to this author & his works. show

WHO IS HERMAN MELVILLE?

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