Final Jeopardy: Broadway (6-23-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/23/2014), in the category “Broadway” was:
In 2013, this musical based on a movie became the first show to gross $1 billion on Broadway.
New champ Alison Meermans won $18,400 on Friday. She returns today to try for a second win. Her opponents are: Michele Consoli, from Clifton, NJ; and James Friscia, from Venice, CA.
Round 1: Michele found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Alphabetically Last” under the $1,000 clue. She was in the lead with $6,000, $2,200 more than James in second place. She bet $1,000 and came up with Peter. That was WRONG.
of the 12 apostles. show
Michele finished in the lead with $4,400. James was second with $4,200 and Alison was last with $3,200.
Round 2: Michele found the first Daily Double in “Winged Things” under the $1,600 clue. She was in the lead with $6,400 now, $1,400 ahead of James in second place. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
The name of these winged women is from the Old Norse for “choosers of the slain”. show
James found the last Daily Double in “19th Century America” under the $1,200 clue. He was in second place with $6,200, only $1,200 behind Michele’s lead. He bet $2,200 and he was RIGHT.
In 1847 Marines stormed & secured Chapultepec Castle in this world capital. show
James finished in the lead with $15,200. Michele was next with $12,600 and Alison was in third place with $10,400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Theatre producer Ken Davenport gives 3 Reasons Why Lion King Made a Billion. No. 1 is because people have never seen anything like it. “As I preach all the time, in product development, in marketing . . . unique sells. The Julie Taymor puppetry was so unbelievably unique, and so ‘new,’ that it became a ‘talkable topic’ — fuel for word of mouth…. If you look at all the Disney musicals so far – it is by far the most unique – and, surprise, surprise, it’s still crushing it at the box office. He also says “The Lion King” is a new classic. “Parents who saw it as a kid are now showing it to their kids, who no doubt will show it to theirs, and so on. That’s the magic of a classic Disney movie.”
Alison got it right and bet $4,800. She finished with $15,200.
Michele thought it was “Spiderman.” She bet and lost it all.
James wrote down “The Producers.” He lost his $10,000 bet and finished with $5,200.
This game sure seemed to be mostly between Michele and James, but Alison did very well in the first round category “Quoth the Celebrity.” In the second round, “In TV’s Supporting Cast” helped her catch up and her knowledge in entertainment finally enabled her to remain champ! Her 2-day total is $33,600.
2 years ago:: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Presidential Campaigns”
Though shot in the chest, Teddy Roosevelt gave a 1912 speech saying, “it takes more than that to kill” one of these animals. show
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yeah, i figured. remember, i read this when the show still won’t air for another 3 hours or so.
Does anyone else think that Alison is a lock for ToC?
How long until VJ starts tracking Alison’s Stats? After all, her Coryat has to be at least 12,000 (I think).
ok, here comes my once a year psychic response. she will lose on tuesday.
That’s like betting against Zenyatta in her last race.
But it would be something if she is the only one to get FJ for 3 days in a row
I wish someone could explain to me how an otherwise bright person could come up with two such incredibly stupid — well, let’s say two such obviously wrong — answers as this Michele character did today.
I’m often told, “Well, on television, you get nervous.” Yes, which is exactly why I would never go on Jeopardy. But do you get so nervous your brain totally shuts down?
The two answers (yes, they’re technically questions) I’m referring to are:
1) In L–S, she said, “What is lakes?” Doesn’t even a moderately intelligent person, no matter how nervous, instantly realize that “lakes” has five letters, and not four?
2) In “Alphabetically Last,” for the last month alphabetically, after Alison was told October was wrong, our Michele came up with, “What is November?” What’s left of my mind boggled at that one. Aren’t we around four or five when we learn our alphabet? Using the very two letters that so seriously confused Michele, Trebek told her, “NO! That’s incorrect.” He could have said, “That’s incredibly incorrect.”
Then, of course, for the FJ she names the most notorious flop of recent Broadway history.
OK, it’s true, I get a kick out of pointing out how stupid some people can be. It’s a character flaw of mine, but at my age, I’m beyond caring.
And since I’m considered a sexist around here by some, I’ll point out that James’ FJ answer wasn’t a world beater, either, since he named a show that closed years ago and he misspelled it in the bargain.
By the way, he said “IonescU,” not “IonescO,” and they let it go. Other times, they make a big deal on mispronunciations. Maybe no one heard it? Maybe I need to get a life?
I was wondering if someone, maybe Tom, could tell me what Michele gave as an uncredited response (or why it was wrong) to the wine question (maybe 1000) under L-S. I thought that “legs” was correct.
I think she said “legs.” The correct answer is “lees,” which is the gunk that settles on the bottom of a container of wine.
Just saw this, thanks Tom. I hadn’t heard of lees before and knew that legs were residue left in a glass, but that was a stretch (too far as it turns out).
They couldn’t call him wrong. Eugène Ionesco’s birth name was Eugen Ionescu.
Maybe we could call Trebek wrong for saying Eugene (you-jean) since it is pronounced “oo-zhen” when that accent grave is over the second e. Quel horreur, M. Trebek!
VJ, your home girl was smoking for a while, then bricked the home field advantage. My would-be neighbor thought the same as I (was kind of glad that I wasn’t alone). But, let’s face it: LA is a movie city.
Alison proved again that it’s better to win ugly, than not to win again. Call her: the FJ Queen!
Here are the 12 Apostles in alphabetical order:
Andrew, Bartholomew, James (son of Alphaeus), James (son of Zebedee)
John, Judas, Matthew, Peter, Philip, Simon the Zealot, Thaddaeus, Thomas
Matthias took the 12th spot, after Judas’ betrayal and death, so Thomas was still alphabetically last.
The only one that popped into my head on that was Thomas, and I thought maybe I’m forgetting someone but that’s all I had, so I would have got lucky there!
Please explain in “Alphabetically Last” category: ans: “…of months of the year.” Ques: what is September?
Thanks
These are the months in alphabetical order:
April, August, December, February,
January, July, June, March, May
November, October, September
I was surprised at “The Producers” response. I don’t think it was on Broadway in 2013. Spiderman was a flop on Broadway in 2013. As I stated in my CotD comments, the contestants would have to think of a production that would transcend all age groups. Lion King is something families have gone to see on Broadway for years. It clearly fit the category. Never go against Disney!
Lol!! (At myself, also) The Producers went off Broadway in 2007. Obviously not my strongest category.
Michelle and James both getting FJ! right would have meant co-champions given how they bet, inoptimal as Michele’s wagering from second place was. Alison wagered to win on a Triple Stumper.
just what i said. a tie. you never know….