Final Jeopardy: Entertainers (6-19-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/19/2023) in the category “Entertainers” was:
In 2022 Jeff Bezos awarded her $100 million to give to charitable causes because “she gives with her heart”
New champ Ben Goldstein, a content marketing strategist from Dexter, MI, won $6,198 last Friday. In Game 2, he is up against: Mary Kate Gliedt, a nonprofit director from Kansas City, MO; and Jonathan Belford, a television researcher orig. from Garland, TX.
Round 1 Categories: It’s a Special Day – TV – “F”ive Letter Words – The Animal Kingdom – On the State’s Longest Western Border – Getting an Eyeful
Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘F’ive Letter Words” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $800, $200 more than Mary Kate in second place. Ben bet $800 and guessed filio. That was WRONG.
It’s a genus of tree that can be grown as a houseplant such as the fiddle-leaf fig show
Ben finished in the lead with $4,000. Jonathan was second with $2,200 and Mary Kate was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: First Speeches in Shakespeare – Random Facts – What an Idiom! – General Assembly – Weights & Measures – Let’s Make a Movie Crossover!
Mary Kate found the first Daily Double in “First Speeches in Shakespeare” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in last place with negative $800, $5,600 less than Ben’s lead. Mary Kate bet $1,000 and said “Othello”. That was WRONG.
”Take but good note & you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet’s fool” show
Mary Kate got the last Daily Double in “General Assembly” under the $1,200 clue with 3 clues left after it. She was in second place with $600 now, $7,800 less than Ben’s lead. Mary Kate bet $500 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.
In absentia he was sentenced to death in 1940, weeks after a London radio speech in which he asked the French to keep fighting show
Ben finished in the lead with a runaway $10,000 and Mary Kate was second with $100. At negative $600, Jonathan was out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
NEITHER contestant got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS DOLLY PARTON?
Jeff Bezos set up The Courage and Civility Award in 2021 to recognize “leaders who aim high, pursue solutions with courage, and always do so with civility.” It bestows $100 million upon the awardee(s) which must be distributed to charitable causes within a ten-year period. In 2021, awards went to Van Jones, founding CEO of the REFORM Alliance and Dream Corps, and Chef José Andrés, whose World Central Kitchen provides food to disaster-stricken areas. The 2022 award went to world-famous country legend Dolly Parton, who is also well-known for her philanthropy.
Dolly Parton, with a net worth of $650 million, is No. 11 on Alita Experiences’s list of the world’s 25 richest musicians. It’s been said that the only reason Dolly isn’t a billionaire is due to her generous philanthropy.
Mary Kate thought it might be Oprah. She bet and lost the whole $100.
Ben went with Lady Gaga. That cost him a grand and he won the game with the remaining $9,000. His 2-day total is $15,198.
2 triple stumpers from GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
($400) After his victory at Waterloo, he said, “I hope to God that I have fought my last battle. It is a bad thing to always be fighting”
($2000) Though this brother of Claudius & father of Caligula campaigned near the Rhine, that’s not where he got his familiar name
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century America”
2-word term for the statement saying U.S. policy is “to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope…other powers will (do) the same” show
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Does anyone know why the one clue about what state is on Arkansas’ left is worded that way? “on Ark — on that of Arkansas” The answer was Oklahoma which didn’t clear anything up for me.
Oh, I think I just got it, it’s supposed to be funny because the name Arkansas is confusing to make into possessive form, I guess. Ugh. Not very funny when all it does is distract and confuse you without providing a clue to the correct answer. What is happening with Jeopardy lately? So many lame clues.
Oh, the humanity! A very difficult episode to watch. There were some tough clues, to be sure, including the DDs and FJ, but a lot of $$ was left untouched.
The last DD (Frenchman); Victor at Waterloo; US territory’s flag; partition of British-controlled land; Alex’s favorite animal; curly cloud; eye chart inventor; Shakespeare quote about the dukes; the rich as king; and the knot all were gettable.
Anyone besides me think that movie crossover category was awful? “Before and after” can be tricky but clever sometimes, but this one fell flat.
Boy howdy, do I concur. I thought the Shakespeare First Speeches category is what really stuck it to them. Jonathan seemed to just be saying what his id was thinking. Dude was in a tenable position, and let it all blow away.
I just cringed when Jonathan said “Lee” for the cannon fire. I mean, history much?
I don’t know if I logic’d it, knew it, or guessed it, but I got Final, and didn’t have another answer. So, I’ll take that.
Yeah, as I reflect, the game wasn’t the best written, either. So, when there are duds on each side of the stage, it’s, as you say, difficult to watch.
An obviously tough FJ, but there is always tomorrow.
Today’s show is super disappointing because this show has a combined coryat amount of $11,800, 19 clues with triple stumpers, and 18 wrong guesses. Ben won the game again, and he’s a 2-day champion so he can play again tomorrow!
A disappointing game with all 3 DDs blown and Jonathan of course getting dismissed before Final J!. What more can I say about this episode?
Disappointed episode as all 3 DDs were missed and a double stumper resulted a total bust. That completes a total wipeout of wagering clues.
That was a disappointing game to watch. 19 triple stumpers and 17 incorrect responses by all three players. Mary Kate got both daily doubles wrong but she kept enough money around to play Final Jonathan took one too many incorrect responses and he unfortunately couldn’t play FJ! We were this close to having only one player in FJ! but I’m glad that Mary Kate played it safe on the final daily double so that way we wouldn’t have a double dismissal and that wouldn’t be fun. The record for incorrect responses in a game was 28 and 24 for the record in triple stumpers.
As William Weyser says, darn those daily doubles.