Final Jeopardy: Poetry & The Movies (5-21-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/21/2019) in the category “Poetry & The Movies” was:
Robert Lowell’s “For the Union Dead” honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars
23x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, has won $1,780,237 now. In Game 24, he takes on these two players: Kate Kelly, a finance professional from New York, NY; and Jason Mangano, a freelance writer from Fords, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: TV Cartoon Series by Characters – Potent Potables – Acronyms & Initialisms – People – Taking Up Most of the Eastern Border – Adams National Historical Park
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Acronyms” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,800, $3,000 more than Jason in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
In 2018 this dividing strip of land was the site of a historic meeting between Kim Jong Un & South Korea’s president. show
James finished in the lead with $15,000. Jason was second with $3,600 and Kate was last with $3,400.
Round 2 Categories: New in Science – 1990s Songs – Play Titles in Their Original Language – Photography – Key “Key” – Do You Love Me?
James found the first Daily Double in “New in Science” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick. He was in the lead with $25,400 at this point, $13,800 more than Jason in second place. He bet $11,381 and he was RIGHT.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently solved the mystery of lightning seen on this planet. show
James found the last Daily Double in “Do You Love Me?” under the $2,000 clue on the very next pick. He had $36,718 to work with now. He bet $11,914 and he was RIGHT.
Seen here, she wrote one of the most famous love poems ever around 1847. show
James finished in the lead with $55,895. Jason was next with $12,400 and Kate was in third place with $6,600.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to his 2011 obituary in the L.A. Times, screenwriter Kevin Jarre was inspired to write the screenplay “Glory” by a friend. Seeing a photo of Jarre on horseback, the friend thought it resembled a statue of Col. Robert Gould Shaw, leader of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first black Civil War regiments. “Glory” was nominated for 5 Oscars at the 62nd Academy Awards, winning 3 for Best Supporting Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Cinematography and Best Sound
Jarre no doubt came across Robert Lowell’s 1960 poem “For the Union Dead” in his research. It is sort of a musing on the changing landscape surrounding the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial in Boston, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and its significance being lost.
Kate bet $6,500, bringing her up to $13,100.
Jason bet $2,000 and finished in second place with $14,400.
James bet $31,010, winning this game with $86,905. His 24-day total is $1,867,142.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
PLAY TITLES IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ($1600) Ionescu at the opera: “La Cantatrice Chauve”
PHOTOGRAPHY ($2000) This company near the end of the alphabet has won 3 Academy Awards in science & engineering for its camera lenses
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Classic Rock Songs”
Jonathan Cain was a struggling musician when his father told him to keep at it & never give up, inspiring this 3-word 1981 title. show
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The teachers tournament is LAME.
I agree.
Congratulations on the triple solve by the players. And of course James needs about 150000 more to get to 2 million. Still this strategy used by James is pretty much in his favor. Another day another perfect first round with no misses. I’ve never seen glory but I knew it had something to do with the civil war. VJ have you noticed that during the teacher’s tournament, there were more triple stumpers than in James’s regular games? I was thinking there could have been 20 or so misses.
This chasing Ken Jennings thing is getting way out of control.
“Glory” came to my mind right away, even though I’ve never seen it. I didn’t think it was correct though, until I realized the only other Civil War movie I could even think of was “Cold Mountain”, which I knew was much later, and did not focus on battle.
It seems if you’ve heard of the movie and know its basic plot, it’s the only reasonable answer.
If James would have bet everything at all four chances, he would have finished at $217,600. Although the categories and dollar values for the clues were definitely bigger risks than yesterday’s, for comparison.
I thought of you today, JP, when he hit that “New in Science” DD on the $800 clue and thought that would be the time to go for it. But I guess he didn’t because of Jason’s score
Where are you clues for today?
You have a large following.
Here they are, JM —
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
@VJ On that note, I’m curious if you have access to the data, and are willing to share, how the site’s traffic had been affected by James’ run, or maybe the all-star tourney? I imagine there’s been at least a small bump.
@JP, traffic for players who go on streaks always exceeds traffic for tournaments. For a comparison, let me put it like this:
Regular games – normal traffic
All Star games – small bump – the first game and the last game were the most viewed.
Teachers Tourney – small bump – the first game and the last semi-final game were the most viewed
James’ games – small bump on the 4th game (the day he beat Roger Craig’s one-day record). After that news made the rounds, BIG BUMP