Final Jeopardy: Television History (6-29-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/29/2022) in the category “Television History” was:
In the opening scene of its July 21, 1969 pilot episode, a man carves the letter D into wet cement
New champ Pete Chattrabhuti, an attorney from Washington, DC, won $10,800 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Lauryl Tucker, an associate professor from Murfreesboro, TN; and Halley Ryherd, a real estate attorney from Waukee, IA.
Round 1 Categories: Statuary Hall: the State Represented – Stanning that Ship – Chuck D, Times 3 – Diet Hard with a Vengeance – Let’s Go Back in Time Machine Movies – Words Derived from Body Parts
Lauryl found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Words Derived from Body Parts” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,200, $1,600 less than Pete‘s lead. Lauryl made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
A list of terms with definitions, it comes from the Greek for tongue show
Pete finished in the lead with $4,200. Lauryl and Halley were tied for second place with $4,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Literary Title Characters – Science-Podge – Municipal Music – In the Dictionary – -Ola – He Was a Shogun
Lauryl found the first Daily Double in “-ola” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in second place with $4,800, $200 less than Pete’s lead. Lauryl bet $3,000 but couldn’t come up with a response, so she was WRONG.
In 1960 a House subcommittee investigated this practice of bribing DJs to play certain songs show
4 clues later, Pete uncovered the last Daily Double in “Science-Podge” under the $1,600 clue. He was in second place with $5,800, $4,300 less than Halley’s lead. Pete bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1868 remains of these hyphenated early humans were found in a shallow cave in France’s Dordogne region show
Halley finished in the lead $14,000. Lauryl was second with $11,000. Pete was last with $8,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right. Apparently, from Mayim’s explanation, the clue writers thought the players would be able to connect the clue with a show that taught children letters. 🙄
WHAT IS “SESAME STREET”?
The above video shows the opening scene of the July 21, 1969 pilot of Sesame Street. While repairing a patch of sidewalk, Gordon spots two boys hanging around and correctly surmises that they are waiting for him to leave so they can draw their initials in the wet cement. Gordon ascertains that their names are Donald and David and draws their initials in the cement himself. Then he gives the kids some chalk to make some more Ds.
No one seemed to know the name of the actor who played Gordon in the 5 test pilots for 40 years! This 8-minute video on YouTube explains how “The Case of the Missing Gordon” was solved.
Pete thought it could be “Dick Tracy”, a fine guess even if the animated series came out in 1961. He lost his $8,000 bet and finished with $600.
Lauryl only had “Ge” perhaps going for “Get Smart” and Don Adams. That would also have been a decent guess. That cost Lauryl $6,201 and left her with $4,799.
Halley had a vertical line that could have been the lower case “L” or it could have been the start of “I give up!” She lost $8,001 but won the game with the $5,999 she had left. Halley Ryherd is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from STATUARY HALL: THE STATE REPRESENTED:
($600) Father Damien
($800) For Oklahoma: Sequoyah & this humorist
4 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Characters in Children’s Lit”
This winged character from an early 20th century work is so named “because she mends the pots and kettles” show
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Good game among evenly-matched players, but OMG, all those stumpers. Figured at least one would know the famous Okie humorist, the Mayflower port, the Edith Wharton title man, Joni Mitchell’s city, and the Bob hearts -ola clue.
I was in college when Sesame Street premiered and never watched it. But probably should have known the answer tonight. Kept thinking nighttime shows, though. I think one of my college classmates got a job at SS after graduation.
Well Jiminy Cricket, another tough FJ. None of the contestants could come up with anything, but I took a really desperate stab at it with the ‘Dan August’ detective series. However, I knew that response was going to be dead on arrival. Oh well, a bad guess is better than a no guess sometimes.
The answer to Final Jeopardy today was WRONG! Sesame Street first aired on November 10, 1969. July 21 was the first moon walk.
You could be right; that July 21 didn’t seem to ring any bells with me regarding the TV shows at the time.
The clue was not wrong. This was a pilot (test) episode that aired on 7/21/1969 (look at the date on its IMDB entry)
After 4 more pilot episodes, the show premiered on 11/10/1969 and many a parent happily sang Rubber Ducky, You’re the One to their offspring ever after.
When Ken Jennings hosted there were triple solves two times the week of February 21, 2022. For the month of March there were triple solves 5x (March 1, 2, 18, 24, 29). Bialik hosted March 29. The last triple solve was April 8 with Bialik hosting also. I’m just wondering if as a result of Ken going away from the show for 2 months if there has been input from the host with the clues. I rather doubt it because Bialik is not a Consulting Producer on the show but Jennings is a Consulting Producer and has been for almost 2 years.
In quotation marks is a partial quote from the September 15, 2020 issue of the Washington Post two years ago regarding Ken:
“Ken Jennings joined the staff of Jeopardy! — which debuted its 37th season Monday — as a Consulting Producer. His new responsibilities include what he calls a “vague portfolio”: contestant outreach, consultations about clue writing, etc.
Ken’s name still show up in the credits at the end of the show as Consulting Producer. However, without him around for 2 months to have input with the clues, as Alex did when he was alive, are we seeing the negative effects? Just a thought.
I’m not certain what you’re saying here. Are you suggesting that because Mayim is hosting the clues are too difficult?
It seems that people who have decided that Mayim, the HOST of Jeopardy!, should not be, are seeking any possible reason to criticize her and to suggest she should relinquish her hosting duties to Ken Jennings.
There are no negative effects. Just a fact.
Penpusher, You’re reading what I posted incorrectly. I have NEVER criticized “Bialik”as a host. As a matter of fact I like her. I explicitly wrote she may not be asked for her input on the clues like Ken because he is a Consulting Producer on the show. Please don’t attribute things to me that are false.
I didn’t read Jacob’s remarks as being critical of Mayim. That being said, I have suggested to my kinder that sabotage may be afoot with the abrupt cuts and awkward pauses and one of them suggested that maybe it’s my internet connection 🤣🤣🤣
Nevertheless, I shall be watching Ken closely for any and all things Mayim has been criticized for.
I think I hold (or held) the title of “anti-Mayim”, as I seemed, more than anyone else, to point out anything I could. That’s why I don’t do it anymore.
Huh? If you’re suggesting that some hanky panky is going on with the game show, you would be wrong.
Rick, Huh? Hanky Panky? The reference point for my comments is based upon my research from the Jeopardy Archive website. This curiosity evolved from our discussion on this website for the past 3 days as to why there have been no fj triple solves since April 8, 2022 when prior to that date we had more. We are now at day 58 with no fj triple solve. See earlier comments below and yesterday. If you can help us straighten out this mystery and offer documented research we would all appreciate you helping us out.
For the record, “Dick Tracy” was, in fact, a live-action series produced by William Dozier. If Mr. Dozier’s name sounds vaguely familiar to you, it might be because he was responsible for another comic character having a live action television series: “Batman” which starred Adam West.
The “Dick Tracy” pilot aired, unfortunately for Pete in 1967. Here’s the opening credits for it… but two notes:
1. Look at how similar the credits are to the famed opening for Dozier’s other series, “Batman.”
2. Keep an eye on who plays young Bonnie Braids, a little girl in the series. She’d go on to have some fame in a different program a couple of years later.
@penpusher, I was thinking of the animated series, “The Dick Tracy Show”. When Pete’s answer was revealed, I started singing “Dick Tracy, he’s got a bulldog jaw” My brother watched this series in the early 60s, and then my son watched it when it came back in the 80s.
$13,400 in Triple Stumpers going into FJ!, nice
Another tough final as we got a triple stumper.
Why did everyone laugh when Mayam read the categories OLA and then Shogun? I didn’t get the joke.
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl……
yes, klm, it’s an old Barry Manilow song called “Copacabana” (that would fit in a “4-A” Jeopardy! category)
Here’s Liza Minelli performing the song with the Muppets
2 days in a row where FJ! was a triple stumper. We are now 58 games where there were no triple solve. It seems like we may not get any more triple solves for the rest of the season.
We were doing well with Triple Solves earlier this season, and then, since April 8th, what happened?
Yeah I was wondering the same thing.
That is why Bialik gets her second win.