Final Jeopardy: Television History (6-29-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 6/29/2022 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
STANNING THAT SHIP ($800) Leaving the less seaworthy Speedwell behind, the Mayflower left this English port on Sept. 16, 1620 & sailed into history
($1000) In 1807 Robert Fulton averaged about 5 mph on a 150-mile trip up the Hudson to Albany on this steamboat
LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS ($2000) This Edith Wharton character is unhappily married to the sickly Zenobia
MUNICIPAL MUSIC ($1600) Feeling “unfettered & alive”, Joni Mitchell sang of being “a free man in” this city
IN THE DICTIONARY ($800) French for “descent” gives us the name of this type of natural disaster
($2000) As an adjective, it means hasty; as a verb, it can mean to fall steeply or vertically, like rain
-OLA ($1200) On TV, “Bob Hearts” her
HE WAS A SHOGUN ($800) Tsunayoshi’s “Laws of Compassion” (enforced by death) banned animal cruelty; he was called Inu-kobo, or this animal-Shogun
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($200) Charles Dickens began writing this ghostly tale in October 1843 & published it, of course, in December
($400) Charles Darwin was just 22 when he boarded this ship to begin his 5-year round-the-world voyage
($600) In the 1980s Chuck D began fighting the power in this hip-hop group with Flavor Flav, a man who always knew what time it was
($800) Charles Darwin acknowledged Herbert Spencer as the father of this 4-word phrase later used to describe natural selection
($1000) At first “Martin Chuzzlewit” had poor sales so Dickens added a section set in this country he’d just visited
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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.