Final Jeopardy: Sports & Entertainment (5-27-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/27/2022) in the category “Sports & Entertainment” was:
In 2021 this Hall of Fame athlete launched Omaha Productions
10x champ Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, PA, won $183,301 so far. In Game 11, the competitors are : Srimal Choi, a chief strategy officer from Falls Church, VA; and Aaron Gulyas, a community college history instructor from Grand Blanc, MI.
Round 1 Categories: Quick History – Books about Celebs – I’ll Have Thirds – Words from Geography – Makeup – Your Mind
Aaron found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Words from Geography” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,800, $4,400 more than Srimal in second place. He bet $1,000 and thought it was a slum. That was WRONG.
Now a rundown area of any city, it comes from a type of road along which logs were hauled. show
Aaron finished in the lead with $6,200. Ryan was second with $4,600 and Srimal was last with $800. All clues were uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Literary Shipping – Religion – They Sang Super Sexy ’70s Lyrics – Europe – Alliteration All Around – “V”ocabulary
Srimal found the first Daily Double in “Literary Shipping” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick. She was in third place with $1,600 now, $4,800 less than Aaron’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT, much to her suprised delight!
In a Paul Gallico “Adventure” novel, this liner is capsized by a tidal wave & the survivors climb up to the hull to find a way out. show
Aaron got the last Daily Double in “Europe” under the $1,200 clue on the 18th pick. In the lead with $13,200, he had $3,499 more than Ryan in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
From 1949 to 1990 this city on the Rhine River was a national capital. show
Aaron finished in the lead with $14,800. Ryan was next with $13,000 and Srimal was in third place with $7,000. All clues were uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS PEYTON MANNING?
After his retirement, NFL quarterback Peyton Manning launched Omaha Productions. From its Linked In profile: “Omaha focuses on developing content that champions hard work, encourages the pursuit of passion, and celebrates community. Omaha Productions executive produces ESPN’s “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” along with alternative telecasts for college football, golf, and the UFC.”
What’s up with Omaha? Here’s what Peyton Manning had to say about that: “Omaha was when we audibled with just a few seconds on the clock. “It was a rhythmic, three-syllable word…. It told my teammates we’re kind of going to Plan B with just a few seconds left on the clock.”
Srimal wrote down “Woods”. She lost $2,000 and finished with $5,000.
Ryan got it right. He added $12,999 to his score and finished with $25,999.
Aaron went with wrestler “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. He didn’t bet anything so he remained at $14,800. That made Ryan Long an 11-day champ and put him over the $200K mark with $209,300.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
BOOKS ABOUT CELEBS ($1000) “A Star Is Born” & “Get Happy” are titles of books about this song & dance woman
WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY ($800) Meaning to break up into smaller units, this term comes from a geographic region that was divided in the 19th & 20th centuries
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Ivy League Geography”
This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn’t have one itself show
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VJ, guess what movie was on channel 43 here last night? Yes, The Poseidon Adventure, can you believe it? It was just about over when I turned the tv on, but there was Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine, Carole Lynley, and the other remaining survivors being lifted into a helicopter!
Wow, Rhonda, that’s crazy! That was such a great movie with so many great actors. Our girl Shelley Winters was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar and the theme song “The Morning After” won an Oscar. (The song plays over this Oscar montage)
That is so nuts, VJ. Yes, I loved that movie, what a great cast and I loved the theme song, too, it was also quite a hit, as I recall. Thanks so much for the link.
The same thing happened with The Paper Chase not all that long ago, you were the one who told me that time.
Regarding the FJ, never heard of him.
I got the first 4 TS in a row, then, was (literally) hit and miss on the rest. I had to laugh at “Edmund Fitzgerald”!
Aaron seemed unsure; maybe that was just his meter of speaking. Likewise, if possible, measure the time it took for Mayim to tell Shrimal that her DD response was correct. It sounded, to me, like Mayim was surprised at her response. Again, maybe just meter.
I concur with all y’all that said you either know this FJ or you don’t. That reminds me – sometime in the past year or two, I heard Brad Paisley speak of his friends, and he said his Dad was number one, but, Peyton was #2. I found that surprising; I would have guessed it was just some ad agency gimmick.
Sightly refreshing to see Ryan not in first place. Just a little change of pace.
Those of us who are sports junkies knew the Omaha reference immediately. Otherwise, I thought that was a tough FJ that would be impossible to guess correctly.
No idea what Aaron was thinking when he bet $0. He had to know Ryan would wager at least $1801, if not everything, and therefore would have to hope Ryan missed FJ.
Not a bad group tonight, but they sure left a lot on the table. “A Star is born” subject; Russian museum; wrecked vessel; disco queen; Italian city in “That’s Amore;” and the humorous part of the eye.
Evidently, there are two humors of the eye — here’s an old clue on the other one:
YOUR EYE ($600) Don’t laugh, but behind the cornea is a chamber filled with a clear fluid called the aqueous this
That was from a Sept. 2009 match that coincidentally had four categories based on the first line of “That’s Amore” (The Moon Hits – Your Eye – Like a Big Piece of Pie? – That’s a Moray!)
Yes, aqueous humor in front, vitreous humor (of which there is MUCH more) in back. Also, in the very, very rare chance you encounter a “globe rupture” (eyeball tear), don’t push on it. All the aqueous and vitreous you have now is all you’ll ever have.
Thanks, Jason, good to know
This was one where, even if you’re not a sports fan, paying attention to commercials would have helped. There’s one where a whole office of Peyton clones are saying “Omaha”. Anyway, as a guy born and raised in Philly….Go, Ryan!
@jk, I found one on YouTube and put it in the recap. I hope that’s the one you are talking about. I have never seen that or any other Peyton Manning commercial. I was watching a lot of old westerns and they were playing Medicare enrollment commercials. As Rhonda and I mentioned this morning, there was one with Joe Montana and one with Joe Namath. Those were the only ones I ever saw with football players and they had a bunch of others to the point where I could not bear to watch that channel anymore!
One of those FJs where serious sports fans snap-answer correctly, but is going to be near-impossible for anyone else. I think one more clue (the sport he played, the year he retired, etc) might have made it more fair.
Ryan does not seem like an 11-day champ, but at some point, the numbers don’t lie.
Keep it going, Ryan. So many want to see you go for many more wins! Congratulations!
Happy to see Ryan tying with Jonathan Fisher with the number of wins. Keep the wins going Ryan!