Final Jeopardy: Oscar-Nominated Families (5-31-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/31/2019) in the category “Oscar-Nominated Families” was:

It’s the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family

31x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, is up to $2,382,583 now. In Game 32 and the last game of the week, he takes on these two attorneys: William Tran, from Monterey Park, CA; and Wyatt Feeler, from College Park, MD.

Round 1 Categories: Colonial Pennsylvania- The Comics – Gluten, Free – African-American Biography – You Are a Bad Sailor – 5 “Lash”es

James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “African-American Biography” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,800, $2,800 more than Wyatt in second place. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

“The Road to Freedom” is the subtitle of Catherine Clinton’s bio of this 19th century woman. show

WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN?

James finished in the lead with $14,400. Wyatt was second with $5,000 and William was last, in the red for $1,200.

Round 2 Categories: Religion Founders – Colorful Phrases – Potpourri – Epistolary Novels – Geographic Terms – Alter Egos

James found the first Daily Double in “Religion Founders” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $18,800 now, $12,600 more than Wyatt in second place. He bet $10,021 and he was RIGHT.

A guiding principle of Mahavira, considered a founder of Jainism, was Ahimsa, this principle also advocated by Gandhi. show

WHAT IS NONVIOLENCE?

5 clues later, James found the last Daily Double in “Epistolary Novels” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $32,821, he had $25,021 more than Wyatt in second place. He bet $9,812 and he was RIGHT.

In a Lionel Shriver novel, a mom writes notes to a dad because of a “Need to Talk About” this dangerous son. show

WHO IS KEVIN?

James finished in the lead with $52,633. Wyatt was next with $12,600 and William was in third place with $800.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS NEWMAN?

The best article I could find for an overview of the musical genius of the Newman family is “The Newmans, a movie music dynasty” on CBSnews.com. It begins: “Of all the Oscar-nominated composers who have recorded at 20th Century Fox, there’s one name spoken with such reverence it’s as if this scoring stage was a chapel: that name is Newman.”

An old clue from 1997: HOLLYWOOD FAMILIES ($400) Last name of composer cousins Randy & Thomas, who were both Oscar-nominated for scoring 1995 films

William got it right. He bet $700, bringing him up to $1,500.

Wyatt went with Hitchcock. He lost his $5,000 bet, finishing with $7,600.

James got it right, too. He bet $27,000 and won the game with $79,633. His 32-day total is $2,462,216.

One triple stumper from the last round:

GEOGRAPHIC TERMS ($1600) A rugged mountain pass is a gap, & an especially rugged gap is a notch, like this one, just east of Burlington

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Social & Sports Barriers”

Condoleezza Rice & South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore became the first female members of this in 2012. show

WHAT IS AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB?

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