Final Jeopardy: Actors (6-13-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/13/2023) in the category “Actors” was:
He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978
5x champ Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, GA, won $83,194 so far. In Game 6, his challengers are: Joe Seibert, a graduate student in physics from San Diego, CA; and Laura Blyler Scanland, a nonprofit fundraiser from Newport News, VA.
Round 1 Categories: Dadjectives – Flowers – The Year of the Horse – Let’s Check Your Family History – Accessories – After the Fact
Joe found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Flowers” under the $600 clue with 5 clues left after it. He was in second place with $1,600, $2,400 less than Suresh’s lead. Joe made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The trailing arbutus, which once told the Pilgrims spring was here, is also called this, a name the Pilgrims knew well show
Suresh finished in the lead with $5,000. Joe was second with $3,200 and Laura was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Deep Books – Presidential Campaign Slogans – Silent K Words – 4-Letter World Cities – Crop to It – Stand-Up Specials
Joe found the first Daily Double in “4-Letter World Cities” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,400, $1,800 less than Suresh’s lead. Joe bet $2,000 but ran out of time. Unfortunately, no response is a WRONG response.
In 2022 it was the site of 2 FIFA World Cup venues show
Laura got the last Daily Double in “Silent ‘K’ Words” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in last place with $2,600 now, $6,000 less than Suresh’s lead. Laura bet $2,000, but she drew a blank so she was WRONG.
Sir Francis Bacon wrote, “Ipsa scientia potestas est”, often translated to this phrase show
Suresh finished in the lead with $11,800. Joe was second with $7,200 and Laura was last with $600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS JOHN TRAVOLTA?
In 1978, John Travolta starred in “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease”. Per Rock Music Timeline, 1978 was a “huge year for soundtrack albums with Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack at #1 in the US from January through June, becoming the best selling soundtrack album ever and the Grease Soundtrack selling 38 million copies.”
The “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack is still one of the bestselling soundtracks of all time. It spawned four No. 1 hits in the USA: “How Deep Is Your Love”, “Stayin’ Alive” and “Night Fever” by the Bee Gees; and “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman.
“Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture” also ranks as one of the bestselling soundtracks of all time. “You’re the One That I Want” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and “Grease” by Frankie Valli were both No. 1 hits in the USA. “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “Summer Nights” were Top 5 Billboard Hot 100.
Laura got it right. She bet $599 and finished with $1,199.
Joe went with Harrison Ford. That cost him $6,000 and left him with $1,200.
Suresh also got it right. He bet $2,601 and won the game with $14,401. Suresh’s 6-day total is $96,595.
2 triple stumpers from STAND-UP SPECIALS:
($1600) “Breaking the Rules” was a 1987 special by him, “a comedy combination of Chuck Yeager & Evel Knievel”, said Robin Williams
($2000) Jerrod Carmichael revealed secrets in his 2022 stand-up special, including this first name, also the show’s title
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Food and Drink Phrases”
A 1951 Time article said, “Since the war,” this 2-word term for a period of time “has been written into union contracts” show
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I went with Harrison Ford in FJ too, but perhaps I’ll have better luck with today’s FJ.
I’m only halfway through, and I said, aloud, “Yuck!” I don’t even know how many TS there were in this first round alone. This reminds me of last week with that bad game, and also during the lockdown, when the contestant pool was local LA, and not very auspicious, at all.
Ok, this game continued to be bad. I think I got 60% of TS. That DD that Laura completely drew a blank on hurt.
Interestingly, there is another fellow of Indian descent on tomorrow’s game. Maybe that will be a challenge for Suresh?
IMO FJ was a cinch and they all should have known it.
Another underwhelming win by Suresh. Most of his competitors have not been worthy.
I was pounding my head in the first round when no one knew the Washington-connected horse; the “National Velvet” actress; (blank) be thy name; “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” Daddy, and the Japanese crown’s flower. Knew the Papa Bell nickname, but you have to be a real baseball junkie to know him.
$12,600 in Triple Stumpers and an FJ! right means a win from the fourth podium
Hopefully, William Weyser would say darn those daily doubles to the challengers after struck out in the Double Jeopardy round.
I’m just wondering if you have any original Ismael observations in your repertoire? When you come right down to it, this all-too-frequent remark isn’t even yours really.
I don’t have a clue.