Final Jeopardy: 21st Century Oscar Winners (5-12-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/12/2020) in the category “21st Century Oscar Winners” was:
These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars but none of their films has won Best Picture
Today’s game is Part 2 of the third match in the Greatest of All Time Tournament (original airdate: 1/9/2020). Ken Jennings has one match to his credit so far. James Holzhauer also won one match and Brad Rutter needs a win.
Round 1 Categories: January in History – Christopher Plummer Pudding – Gemstones! Meet the Gemstones – Cybersecurity – Just the Facts – An “OK” Category
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Gemstones” under the 600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was the only one with any points. With a wave of his hand and a “presto, change-o”, he bet all 5,000 and thought it was diamond. That was WRONG.
This birthstone is used in abrasives for polishing & grinding; the color pairs with gold as an official one for Florida State. show
Ken finished in the lead with 6,000. James was second with 4,200 and Brad was last with 600.
Round 2 Categories: Plane Science – Same First & Last Letter – It Comes Third – Music & Legend – “I” Wrote – The Dam Bill
Brad found the first Daily Double in “Dam Bill” under the 2,000 clue on the 12th pick. He was in third place with 1,000 now, 11,400 less than Ken’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
the 1935 bill authorizing this humongous concrete dam mentions the Columbia Basin Compact. show
2 clues later, Brad found the last Daily Double in “Music & Legend” under the 1,600 clue. In third place with 3,000, he had 9,400 less than Ken’s lead now. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
A pas de deux based on music by Samuel Barber premiered in 1975 with Baryshnikov as Jason and Carla Fracci as her. show
Ken finished in the lead with 17,600. Brad was next with 10,000 and James was in third place with 7,400.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE ANG LEE & ALFONSO CUARÓN
In 2019, Alfonso Cuarón won Oscars for directing and cinematography for his work on “Roma” (2018). “Green Book” won Best Picture. In 2014, he won for directing “Gravity” (2013), and also shared the film editing Oscar with Mark Sanger. “12 Years a Slave” won Best Picture.
In 2013, Ang Lee won Best Achievement in Directing for “Life of Pi” (2012). “Argo” won Best Picture. In 2006, he won for directing “Brokeback Mountain” (2005). “Crash” won Best Picture. Ang Lee was also nominated for Best Director in 2001 for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, but lost to Steven Soderbergh for “Traffic”. The film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
James wrote down “Who is the GHOST (Greatest Host of Syndicated TV) Then he had “Pat Saj” crossed out, then “Alex Trebek.” I couldn’t tell if Alex was really annoyed at the Sajak joke or just pretending to be. He said “I wish you had risked more points.” James lost 908 points, leaving him 6,492. With 27,200 from Game 1, his total was 33,692.
Brad wrote “Ken es el hombre” and “Eagles Super Bowl LII Champs” under that. Alex said “Ladies & gentlemen, I’d like to welcome you to the Jeopardy! Comedy Hour.” Didn’t crack a smile then either! Brad lost 4,133 points, leaving him 5,867 to add to the 17,600 from Game 1. He finished with 23,467.
Ken was the only one who took a shot at the FJ! clue, but first he said: “I’m gonna do a tight 5 minutes on airline food before we…” And Alex had a good laugh over that. Ken had Ang Lee right but he was wrong about Gonzalez-Inarritu. Ken only lost 1,200 points. He had 16,400 to add to the 51,200 from Game 1. He won this match with 67,600. Ken has 2 wins now and only needs one more to win the whole tournament.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
“I” WROTE (1600): Books on Ben Franklin & Leonardo da Vinci are included in this author’s ‘The Genius Biographies’ box set
MUSIC & LEGEND (2000) “Asturias” by this grade-“A” Spanish composer has the subtitle “Leyenda” meaning “legend”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.N. Languages”
Of the 6 official U.N. languages, it’s the one that is written in a cursive form only show
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I think James wrote down Pat Sajak paying a tribute while trying to recover from surgery.
Oh, c’mon, Richard. If he wanted to pay a tribute to Pat Sajak, he could have done it on Twitter or in a dozen other ways. It was a joke and not a very good one, imo.
True. But James watches Wheel of Fortune as well.
So what? James has beaucoup bucks. He could hire a blimp to float over Sajak’s house