Final Jeopardy: The Grammys (5-7-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/7/2025) in the category “The Grammys” was:
Best New Artist at the 7th Annual Grammys, this band would be nominated the next 6 years but not again until the 39th & 67th events
New champ Sarah Gillis, a mortgage loan processor from Asbury Park, NJ, won $7,300 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Michelle Tsai, a tutor orig. from Honolulu, HI; and Dan Moren, a writer & podcaster from Somerville, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Doctored Television – Events of 2005 – The Instrument of My Fame – Words That Should Rhyme – They Almost Tore It Down – IYKYK
Michelle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “They Almost Tore it Down” under the $800 on the 18th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,600, $400 more than Ben in second place. Michelle made it a true Daily Double and said the Duomo. That was WRONG.
In 1944 a G.T. almost ordered artillery to destroy this Tuscan landmark suspected of being an observation post show
Dan finished in the lead with $3,800. Michelle was second with $3,200 and Sarah was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Cities Around the World – Stage Names – How About a Little Science? – Coup La La – 21st Century Fiction – All the Way From L to M
Sarah found the first Daily Double in “Cities Around the World” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in second place with $6,400, $1,600 less than Michelle’s lead. Sarah bet $2,400 and didn’t know. That was WRONG.
Malaysia’s oldest city, it shares its name with a nearby strait show
Just 2 clues later, Dan found the last Daily Double in “All the Way from L to M” under the $800 clue. He was in second place with $6,200, $1,800 less than Michelle’s lead. Dan bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1894, one of these impasses on the Mississippi River stretched for nearly 7 miles & took 150 lumberjacks to break up show
Dan finished in the lead with $17,200. Michelle was second with $13,600 and Sarah was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO ARE THE BEATLES?
At the 7th Annual Grammy Awards in 1965, the Beatles won Best New Artist and also Best Performance by a Vocal Group for “A Hard Day’s Night”. The latter song was also nominated for Record of the Year, and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was nominated for Song of the Year.
The nominations for the next 6 years were: 1966: “Help!”; 1967: “Revolver”; 1968: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, “A Day in the Life”; 1969: “Magical Mystery Tour”; “Hey Jude”; 1970: “Abbey Road”; and 1971: “Let It Be”. Later nominations were 1997: “Free As A Bird”; and 2025 “Now And Then”. See the categories and winners on IMDB.
Sarah had The Marine Marching Band. She bet and lost her whole $1,200.
Michelle went with Bruce Springsteen, who won his first Grammy in the ’80s. She lost $5,000 and finished with $8,600.
Dan had the Rolling Stones. The bad boys of rock didn’t get their first nomination until 1978. Dan took quite a risk with a zero bet but it paid off. He won the game with $17,200 and Dan Moren is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
THEY ALMOST TORE IT DOWN ($1000) If the 1960s plan to replace this Seattle market with high-rises had succeeded, there might be no Starbucks today
21st CENTURY FICTION ($400) Salman Rushdie’s 2023 novel “Victory City” is set long ago in what’s now this country where the author was born
2 years ago: NEITHER players left in FJ! got this clue in “INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC”
In 1901 6 colonies joined together to form this nation, today the sixth largest in area show
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Wow – Michelle was so charismatic! Had she gotten FJ, she would have won. Both wagers were quizzical.
I was 3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. I said the Oak Ridge Boys.
I was about 50% on TS.
I concur on Michelle over Keegan for 2nd Chance.
I’m OK with her FJ wager. She trailed Dan by $3600 going in. $3601 would have been a wise bet, but $5K was OK. Dan was more or less compelled to bet $10K, but he crossed her up. Either way, she wins the game with a correct answer. Her guess of Springsteen was lame. No way could he have had nominations 60 years apart. Rolling Stones was a great guess by Dan.
Ah, the occasional perks of old age! I knew the first Grammys were in 1959. Simple arithmetic took me to 1965 and of course I knew who the best new artist of 1964 was (same year I saw them live). Their subsequent nominations were for posthumous recordings that commenced when all were still alive. “Free As a Bird” is OK but I preferred the flip side, “Real Love.” And “Michelle” won for Song of the Year in 1967 even though it was strictly an album cut.
Michelle made a valiant comeback after tanking that embarrassingly easy DD. Third one also a cinch in the L-M category. Very surprised three smart folks never heard of Pablo Casals or the exact name of the Seattle market. Have known Caryn Johnson’s stage name for decades.
Hmmm……..It was another fantastic game, and Dan became the new champion. With a sizeable lead that Dan held, and considering the category, I wouldn’t have wagered anything either in FJ. Anyways, I also went with the Rolling Stones in FJ.
Coincidentally, I posted the Record of the Year for 1965 on X last Friday in the song challenge I play everyday. It was “The Girl from Ipanema” by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz.
I’d give Michelle a Second Chance before Keegan from yesterday. She played her butt off against a strong player who is a trivia host to boot. Keegan did himself in yesterday.
And we got our second triple stumper this week as today’s final was tough. The contestants don’t even know about music.