Final Jeopardy: Animated Characters (5-28-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/28/2019) in the category “Animated Characters” was:
This cartoon character was based on a character in the educational comic “The Intertidal Zone”
28x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, has now won $2,195,557. In Game 29, his challengers are: Jim-Bob Williams, a therapeutic humorist from Saint Albans, WV; and Sara Feeney, a stay-at-home mom from Livonia, MI.
Round 1 Categories: Heavy Science – 4-Letter Fill in the Blank
Ad Slogans – The Eastern Seaboard – Group Names of Animals – It’s Time for Dodger Baseball!
Jim-Bob found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Eastern Seaboard” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in a tie for the lead with James. They both had $1,000. Sara had yet to buzz in. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
White House hopefuls visit the Red Arrow Diner in this New Hampshire city that’s on the Merrimack River. show
James finished in the lead with $12,000. Jim-Bob was second with $5,200 and Sara was last with $1,000.
Round 2 Categories: Time Zones – Solitary Singers – 1950s People – “B” Spoke Shakespeare – In the Backyard – Let’s Make a Tree
Sara found the first Daily Double in “”B” Spoke Shakespeare” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick. She was in third place with $3,000 at this point, $9,000 less than James in the lead. She bet it all and she was RIGHT.
She complains to the shrewish Kate, “Sister, content you in my discontent”. show
James found the last Daily Double in “1950s People” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick. In the lead with $16,400, he had $8,400 more than Sara in second place. He bet $11,381, and he was RIGHT.
In 1954 he ran unopposed for president of Cuba. show
James finished in the lead with $41,381, another runaway. Sara was next with $11,600 and Jim-Bob was in third place with $8,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Stephen Hillenburg was the creative force behind SpongeBob. The “absorbent and yellow and porous” animated character “who lives in a pineapple under the sea” began life in Hillenburg’s Intertidal Zone comic as Bob the Sponge. He was not able to interest comic book publishers in his creation but while working at Nickelodeon, he used the comic as the inspiration for the SpongeBob cartoon series we all know today. For more information, see “4 Ways Stephen Hillenburg made SpongeBob Squarepants Amazing” on Dorkly.com.
This was the FJ clue in Ken Jennings’ 7th game (Ken won $9,400 on it): ENTERTAINMENT: This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg
Jim-Bob thought it was Aquaman. He lost $8,390, leaving him with a sawbuck.
Sara got it right. She bet $5,201, bumping her up to $16,801.
James got it, too. He bet $18,000, winning this game with $59,381. His 29-day total is $2,254,938.
2 triple stumpers from IN THE BACKYARD:
($1600) Get cushion for Adirondack chairs in an outdoor fabric, like this brand that began in the 1960s as an awning canvas
($2000) Lattice work structure for the backyard include the gazebo and this Italian named one seen here
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The Civil War Era”
The USA’s largest state school in 1861, by 1862 its enrollment had dropped by 90%. show
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$267,762 left. At this rate, he needs to WIN at least $89,254. I think a giant killer will come IF he passed Ken Jennings’ record, the winnings AND the length of his stay.
I think the Daily Doubles should be harder. They have been too easy.
Well, I think they have been harder than the Final Jeopardy clue on most days
(no offense about Dora. lol)
Richard Corliss, we still have ways to go.
Maybe he’ll get beaten in September.
I had Dora the Explorer as the Final.
#1 how much does jeopardy make per show – especially now with jimbob????
#2 are they that cheap – hell yes, the 2nd and 3rd place winners get 2k and 1k – can u afford it jeopardy – give them what they won and stop with the peanuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#3 jimbob may make it 100 wins and over 8 million!!! go jimbob
#4 bring Jennings out of retirement along with other champs and have a champions week!! or month – with the totals per week given a point etc etc
@Tom Payne, you mean James, not Jim Bob
Holzhauer’s number of wins is still below THom McKee (43 games) and Kit Salisbury (38 games) on Tic Tac Dough. I think those are the only two players on US game shows whose number of wins is above Holzhauer besides Ken Jennings. Alex invoked Thom McKee’s name in 2004 during Ken’s run a couple of times.
James is literally on fire today. Congratulations to him and Sara on getting final right today. I thought Jim Bob knew something about spongebob and yet he went with aquaman? That guy came out way before spongebob squarepants. Also VJ your kids enjoyed this cartoon when they were young right? Do they still watch it?
idk, Lou, I guess tidal made him think of the ocean and that made him think of Aquaman. Kinda funny, really, when back in James’ 11th game, Aquaman was the answer and “C. King” in the clue didn’t make two of the players think of “Sea King”
My kids have long outgrown SpongeBob. Two of my grandkids have, too. But of course, we all still know the theme song (which Hillenburg co-wrote).
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
This is never gonna end!
It will, eventually!
Oh no, unless he reached 100 wins.
I don’t think he’ll reach 100.