Final Jeopardy: Classic Albums (6-23-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/23/2022) in the category “Classic Albums” was:
This classic album by a Southern rocker gets its title from a Civil War quote by a Union admiral
New champ Jeff Weinstock, a marketing lecturer from Miami, FL., won $11,202 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Whitney Wood, a history professor from Nanaimo, British Columbia; and Andrew Lewis, a lawyer from Oakland, CA.
Round 1 Categories: My Personal Quotation Device – Kitchen Tools – Pop Culture Is Always in Season – You’ve Been Booked – The Devil – The “D” Tails
Jeff found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Devil” under the $1,000 clue with 13 clues left after it. He was in second place with $1,400, $3,600 less than Whitney’s lead. Jeff bet all of it and he was RIGHT.
A debate provoker, this 2-word phrase dates to a 1616 work where one “pleadeth for nothing but for the Kingdome of Sathan” show
Whitney finished in the lead with $4,800. Andrew was second with $3,800. Jeff was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: It’s Anarchy – Vowel, Consonant, Vowel, Consonant – Published Posthumously – That Used to Be a Trademark – Mountains – It Came from a Graphic Novel
Jeff found the first Daily Double in “That Used to be a Trademark” under the $1,600 clue on the second pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,200, $600 less than Whitney’s lead. Jeff bet $2,400 and, just to say something, said business. That was WRONG.
Westinghouse first trademarked this word as the name of a washing machine; now it refers to an establishment show
Jeff got the last Daily Double in “Published Posthumously” under the $1,600 clue with 2 clues left after it. He was in second place with $9,000, $2,000 less than Andrew’s lead. Jeff bet it all and he was RIGHT.
This author traded China for the Korean DMZ in “The Eternal Wonder”, published 40 years after her 1973 death show
Jeff finished in the lead $20,000. Andrew was second with $11,000. Whitney was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “DAMN THE TORPEDOES”?
“Damn the Torpedoes” was a symbolic title for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ third studio album. In 1979, the group’s label, Shelter Records, was sold to MCA and Tom Petty refused to get on board. He chose to self-finance his group’s third album, opening the door to other companies’ bids. Injunctions and lawsuits followed. Petty declared bankruptcy, halting the court battles and forcing MCA to negotiate a much more favorable deal.
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” is a quote commonly attributed to Union Admiral David Farragut. No one really knows exactly what Farragut said, but if you’re interested, the U.S. Naval Institute’s website takes a deep dive into that topic.
Whitney drew a blank. She lost her $5,000 bet, finishing with $2,600.
Andrew came up with “let it burn.” That cost him $10,000 and left him with $1,000.
Jeff had “the whites of their eyes,” part of a Revolutionary War quote. He only lost $2,001 and won the game with $17,999. Jeff’s 2-day total is $29,201.
A triple stumper from each round:
YOU’VE BEEN BOOKED ($600) A classic work of literary criticism is Ian Watt’s “The Rise of” this form: “Studies in Defoe, Richardson & Fielding”
PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY ($1200) The book was unfinished at his death, so he took the end of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” to the grave
4 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Authors”
In his 1958 essay “Essentials of Spontaneous Prose”, he compared a writing technique to a jazz musician’s style. show
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VJ, do you think they would have accepted “icon” instead of “idol” for the $800 Vowel, Consonant clue?
Evidently, I do, Rhonda. idk why, but I thought Whitney said icon. I believe they would have to accept icon, esp since it is considered synonymous with idol (and the words in red are the favored synonyms on thesaurus.com)
Thanks so much for bringing that to my attention!!
Thanks for confirming it for me, VJ, I thought it was considered a synonym but wanted to run it by you to be sure.
I did not know the answer to FJ. I am a huge Tom Petty fan but just did not associate southern rocker with him. I feel better knowing others did not know the correct response too.
Granted, he was born in Florida, but how is Tom Petty considered a “Southern rocker”???
I’d have been shocked if anyone had come up with FJ answer. I’m a big Petty fan, but first I had to come up with the quote to make that association. First time I saw him was in 1979 on SNL doing “Refugee” from that album, and I was hooked. He and I were born 11 days apart. Theoretically, someone could have known the quote and never heard of TP or the album, but still have answered correctly.
Quite a ballsy wager by Jeff on that DD, but it turned out to be pretty easy. He must be confident of his literary knowledge.
Good scores today despite all of those stumpers. Only ones I could get were Edwin Drood author; “What’s in a name?” speaker; Devil’s arrow insect; and the writer-filmmaker. She was married to famed Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein and wrote “Heartburn” about their relationship.
I would have been surprised if anyone got FJ. I got it by knowing the quote, not the album name and even then, on a coin toss (first 3 words or last 3?)
I was shocked that no one knew who said “What’s in a name?” !!
There was MUCH discussion today in the Facebook contestants group about what constitutes a Southern rocker. Perhaps “Southern-born” would have been more a propos. At least one person mentioned having to decide between the first and last 3 words of the quote. A few said they got it from the quote but had no clue about the actual album, which I wrote yesterday was always a possibility. I’ve known forever he was from Gainesville and had no issue with the wordage, but I can understand the confusion.
fwiw, I also did not think of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers as southern rock so I looked them up on Wikipedia to see what genres are listed in the background information. They have: rock, heartland rock and southern rock. Of course, that would have been of no help to the contestants.
Did anyone else think of “Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché” when that $1000 FOXES clue called for the name of a male fox?
Oui, oui, VJ!! Right away!!! That’s how I got the answer!
I got FJ, and had no idea it was a Tom Petty album. But, Union Admirals from the Civil War? Not a lot from which to choose.
I got about 60% of the TS.
I guess the word I would apply to Mayim is “abrupt”.
As for Ken coming up with clues, I don’t think that’s how it goes. The shows are written, then put in a file. Standards and Practices chooses which show will be used that day. Alex would be there in the morning, and they would go over the show; that’s how Alex didn’t stumble over some rather complex names. And, yesterday, Mayim mangled “DePuytren’s Contracture”, like it was the first time she’d seen it.
Maybe I’m completely wrong, though. That’s always on the table!
A tough FJ to be sure, and I was sure stumped.
The lack of emotion, enthusiasm, energy from Bialik when Jeff wagered everything on that last DD shows how insipid and uninspiring a host she really is.
Also, I don’t know if anyone else feels the same way, but when she gives the response to a triple stumper, she merely spits out the answer instead of the question, as in “What is ____?” Just hearing that one-word response is jarring.
I think that Mayim was simply taken aback after the champion wagered so much, but at the same time, she didn’t want to excite him either.
I agree. Besides that complete lack of acknowledgement of the enormity of that wager, Mayim’s cadence is often disruptive and annoying to me, as a viewer, and I can only imagine what it must be like for contestants. One moment, she rapidly indicates whether the answer is correct or not, and at other times, she’s hesitant to rule. I think it shows a lack of preparation. It feels like she is reading the clues for the first time, sometimes. I really feel no connection to the show from her, at all
Well I can say this game belonged to Jeff today. He could be a possible streaker to close out June.
Looks like the 4 game curse has been bested by the 6 game curse.
Some unusual statistics for the months of May-June including today’s game. There have been 39 fj clues covering this time period.
11 fj triple stumpers or 28.2%
17 fj one solves or 43.6%
11 fj two solves or 28.2%
Total: 39 fj clues (100%) with ZERO fj triple solves. As VJ pointed out earlier this week, April 8th (Friday) was the last time for a fj triple solve.
I’m not sure this has anything to do with Ken Jennings not being around. My understanding is he normally helps write the clues and provide input. Not sure if Mayim is asked for any input or not.
Another unusual statistic. Friday, which used to be historically the worst day for fj, has been the best day for fj the past two months. There have been no fj triple stumpers on Fridays for months. Of course that could change tomorrow. Who knows?
That was another tough final as we got another triple stumper.