Final Jeopardy: Women on TV (7-11-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/11/2019) in the category “Women on TV” was:

This character featured in a 1992 Time Magazine cover story on “Hollywood & Politics” returned to television in 2018

New champ Sam Kavanaugh, a teacher from Minneapolis, MN, won $38,001 yesterday. In Game 2, he is up against: Kirsten Rose, a librarian from Williamstown, MA; and Steven Green, a software engineer from Millbrae, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Ladies & Gentlemen…the Beatitudes! – The Wall – “Home” Entertainment – Let’s Dance! – On Second Thought – Grab a Seat

Steven found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Wall” under the $1,000 clue, with 6 clues left after it. He was in second place with $2,600, $800 less than Sam’s lead. He bet $1,200 and could only think of Berlin. That was WRONG.

A book about Frank Calvert & Heinrich Schliemann is called “Finding the Walls of” this city. show

WHAT IS TROY?

Sam finished in the lead with $5,000. Steven was second with $3,200 and Kirsten was last, at negative $600.

Round 2 Categories: Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Russian Literature – No. 1 Hits of the ’80s – A War by Any Other Name – Physics – 5-Syllable Words

Sam found the first Daily Double in “Physics” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick. He was in the lead with $5,800 now, $200 more than Steven in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

In transverse waves, each particle moves perpendicular to the wave’s direction; in this 12-letter type, reminiscent of lines on a map, each particle moves parallel to the wave. show

WHAT IS LONGITUDINAL?

Sam found the last Daily Double in “War By Any Other Name” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In second place with $14,000, he had $400 less than Steven’s lead. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.

The Ramadan War of 1973 is also called this, after a holiday of a different religion. show

WHAT IS THE YOM KIPPUR WAR?

Sam finished in the lead with $20,800. Steven was next with $16,800 and Kirsten was in third place with $3,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MURPHY BROWN?

Candice Bergen portrayed investigative journalist and news anchor, Murphy Brown on CBS from 1988 to 1998. In 1991, the character became pregnant and chose to have her child out-of-wedlock as “just another lifestyle choice.” Then VP Dan Quayle deplored that choice as “mocking the importance of fathers,” igniting a firestorm. Time Magazine says: “Even despite the electoral gains by women in the Senate that got 1992 dubbed ‘the Year of the Woman,’ (Murphy) Brown may have been the most-talked-about female political figure of the year.”

10 years later, in 2002, it was widely reported that Bergen fundamentally agreed with Quayle: “I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did.” That quote is even on BrainyQuotes minus any mention of Quayle.

---

---

Kirsten got it right. She bet $2,800, bringing her up to $5,800.

Steven wrote down “Sarandon.” He bet and lost it all.

Sam thought it was “Rosanne Conner.” He lost his $12,801 bet and won the game with the $7,999 he had left. His 2-day total is $46,000.

A triple stumper from each round:

“HOME” ENTERTAINMENT ($600) The title of this Amazon series starring Julia Roberts refers to a facility that helps soldiers transition into a civilian life

RUSSIAN LITERATURE ($1600) Just 10 days before he became a dead soul, this author burned sequels he had written for his “Dead Souls”

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “The Academy Awards”

He holds the record for time between acting nominations for the same role, 39 years between 1976 & 2015 films. show

WHO IS SYLVESTER STALLONE?

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.