Final Jeopardy: In Memoriam 2022 (5-30-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/30/2022) in the category “In Memoriam 2022” was:
On the death of this trailblazing man, friend & mentor, Oprah said, “For me, the greatest of the ‘Great Trees’ has fallen”
11x champ Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, PA won $209,300 during his run so far. In Game 12, he is up against: Mandy Walker, an account tech from Mount Juliet, TN; and Steve Knapp, a middle school teacher from San Ramon, CA.
Round 1 Categories: The Midwest – Punny Mystery Titles – In the Sport’s Hall of Fame – Potpourri – On the Wall – Verb + “er” = Noun
Ryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Midwest” under the $800 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,400, $2,600 more than Steve in second place. Ryan bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT. He regretted not having more faith in himself.
Fort Wayne is home to the grave of this legendary orchard planter show
Ryan finished in the lead with $7,000. Mandy was second with $2,200. Steve was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Before Double Jeopardy! began, Steve gained $2,000 from this reversal, putting him in second place with $3,200 — POTPOURRI ($1000) Sadly, the heath hen went extinct in 1932, but we still have its relative, the prairie this, known for its courtship displays — Steve said “grouse” when they wanted “chicken”; the judges accepted “grouse” as well they should have per this MORE THAN ONE MEANING clue from February 2022: To complain, or a bird also known as the prairie chicken.
Round 2 Categories: Female Presidents – Stick to the Scripture – 18th Century Culture Club – The Animal in Its Logo – TV Theme Songs – Portmanteau Words
Ryan found the first Daily Double in “The Animal in its Logo” under the $800 clue on the third pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,200, $5,000 more than Steve in second place. Ryan tried to have more faith in himself with a $3,000 bet and a penguin was his guess. Alas, that was WRONG.
Paperback publisher pocket books show
Mandy got the last Daily Double in “18th Century Culture Club” under the $1,600 clue with 10 clues left after it. She was in second place with $9,800, $5,800 less than Ryan’s lead. Mandy bet $5,000 and guessed Strauss in the last seconds. Unfortunately, that was WRONG.
He composed some famous music for a 1717 royal boat trip down the Thames show
Ryan finished in the lead with a runaway $18,000. Steve was second with $8,400 and Mandy was last with $4,800. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS SIDNEY POITIER?
Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning screen legend, died at the age of 94 on January 6, 2022. Oprah Winfrey’s tribute to him on Instagram read “For me, the greatest of the ‘Great Trees’ has fallen: Sidney Poitier. My honor to have loved him as a mentor. Friend. Brother. Confidant. Wisdom teacher. The utmost, highest regard and praise for his most magnificent, gracious, eloquent life. I treasured him. I adored him. He had an enormous soul I will forever cherish. Blessings to Joanna and his world of beautiful daughters 🙏🏾”
“Great Trees” refers to “When Great Trees Fall”, a poem by another one of Oprah Winfrey’s mentors, Maya Angelou. It ultimately expresses the sentiment that we can all be better people because “they existed.”
Mandy thought it was John Lewis, congressman and civil rights activist, who died on 7/17/2020. She bet and lost the whole $4,800.
Steve went with Lewis, too. That cost him $2,000 and left him with $6,400.
Ryan wrote down “Donahue.” Mayim let him know that Phil Donahue is still alive. Ryan only lost $1,000 so he won this game with $17,000. His 12-day total is $226,300.
2 triple stumpers from PUNNY MYSTERY TITLES
($800) Titles in the “Ethnic Eats” mystery series include “Italian Iced”, “French Fried” & “Irish” this
($1000) A secret passage, a skeleton & a nod to Edgar Allan Poe: “The Plot and the” this
2 years ago: Only ONE of the two contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got this FJ in “U.S. Geography” right.
Touching Canada at Boundary County, the northern part of this state’s panhandle has been referred to as “the chimney” show
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I got FJ correct. I don’t know why, but I was strangely confident in my response. Bravado, maybe? Hubris?
Not surprised about today’s game. Still Sydney Poitier was a true film legend and he will not be forgotten.
We start the week off with a triple stumper as today’s FJ was a tough one.