Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Cinema (5-5-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/5/2022) in the category “20th Century Cinema” was:
A black & white newsreel in this film begins: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree”
22x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has now won $534,984. In Game 23, her opponents are: T.J. Lovejoy, a mortgage lender from Chandler, AZ; and Sarah Snider, a middle school humanities teacher from Fishers, IN.
Round 1 Categories: Art – The Napoleonic Wars – A Gluten-Free Category – American Grab Bag – Name that Sport – Now for the Secret Word
Sarah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “American Grab Bag” under the $600 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,200, $1,800 more than TJ in second place. Sarah bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
This icon that strikes an E flat has words on it like “Pensylvania” which was an accepted spelling at the time show
Sarah finished in the lead with $8,000. Mattea was second with $5,000. TJ was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Astronomy – Describing the Pulitzer Fiction Winner – Trust Fall – It’s TV Mother’s Day – Cross that Bridge – Come to “It”
Mattea found the first Daily Double in “Cross That Bridge” under the $1,600 clue on the 15th clue of the round. She was in second place with $8,600, $1,400 less than Sarah’s lead. Mattea bet $2,000, and guessed Miami as she ran out of time. That was WRONG anyway.
You’ll have to wait to cross the Forbes Ave. Bridge in this city; it collapsed in 2022 just before a presidential visit about infrastructure show
Sarah got the last Daily Double in “Trust Fall” under the $1,200 clue, with 4 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $17,600, $6,200 more than Mattea in second place. Sarah bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
This 4-word phrase was used back in 1984 as a Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust was rescued by the Govt. due to its size show
Sarah finished in the lead with $22,600. Mattea was second with $13,000. At negative $3,600, TJ was out of the game. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the two contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT IS “CITIZEN KANE”?
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree” are lines from English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1816 poem “Kubla Khan”. Xanadu in the 1941 film “Citizen Kane” is the name of the fabulous mansion belonging to newspaper man, Charles Foster Kane. IMDB trivia says that the 1940 film “Rebecca” was a huge influence on “Citizen Kane” and that, among other similarities, the Manderley mansion in “Rebecca” inspired Xanadu. On the other hand, there are enough parallels between Xanadu and William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon mansion to lend credence to the contention that the film was based on his castle.
Despite the fact that the film was a flop at the box office in 1941, “Citizen Kane” was ranked No. 1 on The American Film Institute’s lists of greatest American movies of all time in 1998 and in 2007.
Mattea got it right and had time to write “(if this is it, thanks for the fun!)” She bet $12,999 and finished with $25,999.
Sarah drew a blank, much to everyone’s shock. She lost $5,000 and finished with $17,600. So this wasn’t “it” for Mattea. She won the game and she has a 23-day total of $560,983
It would have been really crazy if Mattea lost today because, through some kind of input error, today’s Final Jeopardy! clue mistakenly showed up on Jeopardy.com on April 5, 2022, Mattea’s first game! It would have been totally spooky if Mattea’s run ended when “Citizen Kane” was really the FJ! topic.
A triple stumper from each round:
ART ($1000) In the “Education of Achilles” by this Flemish master, a highly cultivated man, the lyre represents music education
DESCRIBING THE PULITZER FICTION WINNER ($2000) 1980: a book about Gary Gilmore, a real-life death row inmate
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Advertising”
Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they’re still using it show
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I hate to say it but i cant wait for her to lose.
Best show on tv – BUT have trouble understanding Ken – good host, just wish he could talk slower – just sort of mumbles when correcting giving the correct answer to a contestent – I never can figure what he is saying. COME ON KEN PLEASE A LITTLE SLOWER Thank you.
The lady has given us a roller-coaster ride, without seat belts. Breaking through the thin ice, and expecting a “splash”, she proves she can walk on water. I’m glad her streak has equaled her age. Simply amazing!
I completely forgot about the opening newsreel on Citizen Kane, not having seen the movie for many decades. I don’t know how long Miss Roach is going to last (and I don’t want to know), but she has had some squeakers. And there
might be even more!? Every day it’s more adventures of the Perils of Supergirl.
So, in my mind, Mattea continues her run as THE most boring champion I’ve ever seen on Jeopardy! That’s the second time she put some smarmy message on the screen about if it is her last day. Oh, this could have all been avoided if that contestant several weeks ago just knew how to wager.
That bumper with Ken, stating how difficult it used to be to become a contestant, has him saying, “you could win millions of dollars”; perhaps it should get an asterisk with “except if you are Mattea”.
Shortly before 7, I noticed on the Yahoo home page that the #1 trending topic was Mattea Roach.
So I stayed off the internet for the next half-hour to avoid spoilers.
If you know ANYTHING about classic cinema, “Xanadu” and “Rosebud” and “Citizen Kane” are ingrained in your mind. I was sure Sarah would know that; she was SO sharp throughout the game, and pulled off that big DD too.
Also surprised that Mattea missed her DD on bridges. It likely was newsworthy shortly before the show was taped, and if you remembered the Pirates once played in Forbes Field, it was a gimme. But her knowledge of things American is remarkable. Alex occasionally used to point out the disadvantage his fellow Canadians were at on the show.
As sharp as the ladies were, they left a lot of cash on the table. Especially the Archduke’s country; Remagen’s river; the “P: communication; the Archduke’s country; and the Gary Gilmore book. (OK, that last one was tough, but I remember the news story and the Mailer book.)
I remember Tommy Lee Jones played Gary Gilmore in the movie of the same name
I don’t think I would have got the bridge clue correct if I hadn’t got to college, there with my dorm being on Forbes Ave.
Another scare survival for Mattea today and Sarah made Mattea work for that win. Citizen Kane I remember pretty well and I used to have this on a VHS tape once. A memorable movie that i will cherish forever. The girls were pretty much on a roll today and Tj just couldn’t keep up.
Lou, It seems like the stars are lined up in order for Mattea. This was the closest she came to losing. I’m a big fan of the Citizen Kane movie too. Excellent movie.
No, Jacob, in her first week, she got final wrong, and the 3rd place contestant was the only one to get it correct, but made a nonsensical wager, and Mattea slid through. Had the 3rd place person bet correctly, no more Mattea.
Mattea had a close call again. We thought that she would be done but Sarah never watched Citizen Kane and Mattea survived a scare and she will go for two dozen tomorrow.