Final Jeopardy: Sports & The Movies (5-31-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/31/2023) in the category “Sports & The Movies” was:

A Geena Davis Inst. study found shortly after a 2012’s franchise film’s release, women’s participation in this sport rose 105%

New champ Ilhana Redzovic, an investment associate from Chicago, IL, won $20,400 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Kyle Marshall, a library branch manager from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Lisa Gargiulo, a middle school English teacher from Brynn Mawr, PA.

Round 1 Categories: Countries in Short – 8-Letter Words – The Natural Order – Around the USA – Dude, Here’s Your Car – Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ilhana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Dude, Here’s Your Car” under the $2,000 clue just before the commercial break. She was the only one on the board with $2,200. Ilhana bet $2,200 and said aluminum. That was WRONG.

Lamborghini’s Sesto Elemento was named for its pioneering use of this, from which much of the car is made show

WHAT IS CARBON?

Kyle finished in the lead with $2,200. Ilhana was in second place with $1,800 and Lisa was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Presidential Doin’s – Numerical Literature – Landmarks of Great Britain – Famous Siblings – Barriers & Dividers – “V”erbs

Kyle found the first Daily Double in “Landmarks of Great Britain” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,800 now, $1,200 less than Ilhana’s lead. Nathan bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

It’s been peering down on the capital from its 32 rotating capsules for 2 decades show

WHAT IS THE LONDON EYE?

Ilhana got the last Daily Double in “‘V’erbs” under the $2,000 clue with 6 clues left. She was in second place with $7,000 now, $3,200 less than Kyle’s lead. Ilhana bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

From Latin for “love”, it means to regard with devotion or reverence show

WHAT IS VENERATE?

Ilhana finished in the lead with $10,400. Kyle was second with $10,200 and Lisa was last with $4,600. All clues were shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS ARCHERY?

First, I’d like to point out that Geena Davis was not in “The Hunger Games” (2012), which was the first film of that franchise. So if you were one of many who thought of the (much) earlier “A League of Their Own” (1992), don’t feel bad!

The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is a non-profit founded by Davis to advocate for equal representation of women in the media. The Institute has some articles under their “archery” link. One reveals that Davis is a proficient archer who almost made the 2000 U.S.Olympic Team. From the Institute’s website: “Our study is the first to examine whether archers in popular film and television programs inspire people to take up the sport,” said Geena Davis. “Both The Hunger Games and Brave were released in 2012; participation in archery rose 86% from 2013 to 2014, with women’s participation increasing 105% during that period of time! It’s not surprising to me that Hollywood’s depiction of inspiring female archers has contributed to the sport’s phenomenal growth — it’s another demonstration of the powerful impact fictional characters can have on girls’ aspirations…”

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Lisa chose softball. She lost $4,599 and finished with $1.00.

Kyle went with baseball. That cost him $9,800 and left him with $400.

Ilhana came up with tennis. She bet nothing so she not only won the game, she didn’t lose an arrowhead. Ilhana’s 2-day total is $30,800.

2 triple stumpers from NUMERICAL LITERATURE:

($800) Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’ World War I bestseller named for this mounted quartet became a hit movie with Rudolph Valentino

($2000) A story of rich kids & their reckless, listless lives in 1980s Los Angeles, “Less than Zero” is by this author

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Classic Composers”

Monsieur Crescendo & Signor Vaccarino (“Mr. Racket”) were derisive nicknames for this composer whose last opera dates from 1829 show

WHO IS ROSSINI?

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