Final Jeopardy: Classic TV Sitcoms (5-20-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/20/2020) in the category “Classic TV Sitcoms” was:

“I Love Lucy” used the French word “enceinte” in a 1952 episode title because CBS didn’t want this word used

2x champ Ben Scripps, a TV director from Cadillac, MI, brought his winnings up to $38,158 yesterday. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Nathan Berger, a restaurateur & sommelier from Portland, ME; and Rachel Keen, a compliance specialist from Washington, D.C..

Round 1 Categories: It Was All Yellow – German Animal Names – Hats All, Folks – The “End” is Just the Beginning – Port Land – Out of Their League

Nathan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “German Animal Names” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $800, $1,200 less than Ben’s lead. He could have bet a grand, but he always wanted to say “let’s make it a true Daily Double.” He did and thought it was a wasp That was WRONG.

This bug’s German name, stechmucke, translates to “stabbing gnat” show

WHAT IS A MOSQUITO?

Ben finished in the lead with $7,400. Nathan was second with $2,600 and Rachel was last with $1,400.

Round 2 Categories: Characters From American Folklore – Consecutive Oscar Nominations – Peace Talk – Literary Landmarks – Alexander the Great – High-scoring 4-letter Scrabble Words

Ben found the first Daily Double in “Alexander the Great” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick. He was in second place with $7,400 now, $1,200 less than Nathan’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Alexander tried to look to the future by consulting the this “of Zeus-Ammon” in the Sahara but never revealed what he had learned show

WHAT IS ORACLE?

Ben got the last Daily Double in “Characters from American Folklore” under the $1,600 clue, with one clue to go after it. In second place with $9,800, he had $4,000 less than Nathan’s lead. He bet $4,600 and said Sam Houston, although he knew that was WRONG.

This Texas cowboy hero tamed a mountain lion & rode it like a horse, using a rattlesnake as a lasso. show

WHO IS PECOS BILL?

Nathan finished in the lead with a runaway $11,800. Rachel was next with $5,800 and Ben was in third place with $5,200.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS PREGNANT?

Here is an entry for the 12/8/1952 episode of “I Love Lucy” from IMDB trivia: “CBS broadcast standards refused to allow the word ‘pregnant’ to be uttered by any of the characters, so they said that Lucy was ‘expecting’ instead. While this episode title uses ‘enceinte’, the French word for ‘pregnant’, the following episode (#2.11) uses the forbidden word in its title.” Indeed, IMDB lists the 12/15/1952 title as “Pregnant Women are Unpredictable.”

The Word Histories website compares the English “pregnant” to the French “enceinte” and says that in French, “the standard word for a woman’s pregnancy is une grossesse.”

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Ben got it right. He bet $601 and finished with $5,801.

Rachel drew a blank. She lost her $1,000 and was left with $4,800.

Nathan also got it right. He bet $199 and won the game with $11,999. Nathan Berger is the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from LITERARY LANDMARKS:

($1200) Visit the art deco building in NYC where Erich Maria Remarque, author of this antiwar novel about WWI, lived until his death

($2000) Nineteen of this man’s monologues, including “Morning, Noon, and Night”, were written at his home in Sag Harbor, New York

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Greek Mythology”

This pair who accompanied their father into battle were called Timor & Formido, “fear” & “terror”, by the Romans show

WHO ARE PHOBOS & DEIMOS?

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