Final Jeopardy: 1960s Singers (6-9-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/9/2021) in the category “1960’s Singers” was:
In 2002 Macon, GA., where he grew up, unveiled a statue of this man who sits overlooking the water, a nod to his posthumous No. 1 hit
New champ Tim Lopez, a storytelling coach orig. from Los Angeles, CA won $14,400 yesterday. In Game 2, the opponents are: Shannon Debushorn, an attorney orig. from Port Charlotte, FL; and Mara Davis, a conference events manager from Chicago, IL.
Round 1 Categories: National Flowers – The Wire – Lemme Pitch that for You – The U.K. in the 1980s – Silent-Letter Words – The Tony Awards
Shannon found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Wire” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,600, $2,000 more than Tim and Mara, tied in second place. She bet $1,600 and she was RIGHT.
On HBO’s “The Wire”, this state’s governor Robert Ehrlich has a cameo as a security guard show
Shannon finished in the lead with $7,000. Mara was second with $4,800 and Tim was last with $4,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Poetic Book Titles – The “A” List – Additives – TV Comedy Character Names – People from that State – Body Words
Mara found the first Daily Double in “People from that State” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick. She was in second place with $6,800 now, $1,400 less than Shannon’s lead. She bet $2,600 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.
2 of the 3 states whose final “s” becomes an “n” to describe their residents show
Shannon got the last Daily Double in “Poetic Book Titles” under the $1,600 clue, with one clue left after it. In the lead with $14,200, she had $400 more than Mara in second place. She bet $1,000 and couldn’t come up with anything so she was WRONG.
From Sonnet 30 by Shakespeare: “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought / I summon up” this Marcel Proust title show
Shannon finished in the lead with $15,200. Mara was next with $13,800 and Tim was in third place with $7,600. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS OTIS REDDING?
Otis Redding was a singer and songwriter. Born in 1941 and raised in Macon, Georgia, he was a rising star on the soul and R&B music scenes when his life was cut short at age 26 on 12/7/1967 when the plane he was traveling in crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Four members of the Bar-Kays also perished in the crash. The group, who had their own hit with “Soulfinger” in 1967, was backing Redding at the time. The accident happened only days after Redding had recorded “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”. The record was released in January 1968 and became the first posthumous song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Otis Redding Foundation has a page showing various landmarks relating to Otis Redding around Macon, Georgia, including the “Dock of the Bay” statue.
Tim came up with Little Richard, who grew up in Macon but was very much alive until May 2020. That cost Tim $2,400 and left him with $5,200.
Mara got it right. She bet $13,800 bringing her up to $27,600.
Shannon thought it was Jimi Hendrix (grew up in Seattle). She lost her $12,401 bet and finished with $2,799. That made Mara Davis the new Jeopardy! champion.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE TONY AWARDS ($400) He garnered an Emmy as the fastidious Felix
POETIC BOOK TITLES ($800) E.M. Forster admired Walt Whitman & quoted a poem in “Leaves of Grass” for the title of this 1924 subcontinental novel
2 years ago: Only ONE of the 2 left in Final Jeopardy! got it right. this FJ in “The NATO Phonetic Alphabet”
This discovery of November 8, 1895 by a German physicist represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet show
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I felt bad for Shannon after playing so well, but I’m happy for Mara!
Shannon was in a difficult position despite not knowing that daily double in the second round. But still glad Mara got final. Also, I don’t want to be the only person to comment here and I would greatly appreciate it with more inputs from VJ, Rhonda, Jacob and so forth. I also would welcome any replies to my comment as well as it is quite lonesome here. Otis Redding had a lot of great music just like aaliyah did.
Sorry about that, Lou. I have not been feeling that great lately. If I don’t comment, it’s usually because I’m sleeping!
My favorite Otis Redding songs are “My Lover’s Prayer”, “Can’t Turn You Loose” and “Respect” (the original, Aretha’s was a cover)
These players only got 2 stumpers in the first round and I was definitely thinking more than one would get final, possibly all 3. When they didn’t know who played Felix Unger on TV, I was thinking uh oh!
It’s understandable and I hope you get better soon VJ my friend. Speaking of Felix Unger, the odd couple was one of my favorite tv shows when I was younger. I don’t know how they missed that in jeopardy but that show was gold comedy.
Those of us “of a certain age” knew the actor who played Felix Unger and Otis Redding in a heartbeat. But in general, I’m usually impressed by the knowledge of older pop culture by the younger players.
I was also quite surprised that Tony / Felix was a TS. I’ve been enjoying the popular culture clues this week that those of us who are of a “certain age” know in a heartbeat.
Lou, I haven’t been posting at all lately, the heat here has been awful and I haven’t been in the mood to do very much of anything.
Lou I always respond when you ask me a question. I don’t post comments every night because I may be tied up in a research project which I’m unable to break away from. I definitely like communicating with you and others.