Final Jeopardy: 1970s Bestsellers (7-12-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/12/2018) in the category “1970s Bestsellers” was:
The author of this novel thought of calling it “Silence in the Water”
3x champ Wes Hazard, is up to $51,196 and he’s going for that important 4th win today. These ladies are picturing themselves at the first podium tomorrow: Michelle Cabral, an elem. school music teacher from Canada; and Johanna Schaufeld, a piano technician & woodworker from New York.
Round 1 Categories: The Month of July – Ad Council Classics – You’re Showing Your Age – 10-letter “M” Words – Check in to the Pop Culture Hotel – Slayer
Michelle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ad Council Classics” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,400, $200 more than Wes in second place. She bet $200 and thought it was “do drugs.” That was WRONG.
A 1983 campaign introduced the phrase “Friends don’t let friends” do this. show
Wes finished in the lead with $4,800. Michelle was second with $4,000 and Johanna was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: Flip That House! – Math & Science – Auld British Slang – Colorful Places – Alexander Graham Bell – “TEN”Tertainment
Johanna found the first Daily Double in “Math & Science” under the $2,000 clue on the 4th pick. She was in third place with $3,800 now, $1,000 behind Wes in the lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
The name of this long-vanished supercontinent is from Greek for “all” & “earth” show
Michelle found the last Daily Double in “Colorful Places” under the $2,000 clue. There were only 4 clues left in “British Slang” after it. In second place with $10,400, she had $3,200 less than Michelle’s lead. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
An HBO film & a Broadway musical bear the name of this Long Island estate owned by Jackie Kennedy’s aunt. show
Michelle finished in the lead with $15,200. Johanna was next with $14,400 and Wes was in third place with $6,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Peter Benchley considered a slew of titles for his bestselling 1974 novel “Jaws.” HuffPost has an extensive list of rejected titles provided to them by Ballantine Books, as well as a slideshow of Benchley’s handwritten notes. On the author’s website, in an interview with Brett Gilliam, the author confirms that he and Doubleday editor Tom Congdon went through some 125 titles before deciding upon “Jaws”. Congdon said: “Jaws? What does it mean?” to which Benchley responded: “Who knows? At least it’s short.” The author also mentions his father’s joke title, “What’s That Noshin’ On My Laig?” (brought up during FJ by Alex Trebek).
The 1975 Steven Spielberg-directed film based on the novel was also a massive success, picking up 3 Oscars for Best Sound, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score. It was nominated for Best Picture but lost out to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
Wes got it right. He bet $6,399, bringing him up to $12,799.
Johanna was going for 1984’s “The Hunt for Red October,” but only got as far as “Octob.” She lost $14,000 and was left with $400.
Michelle also got it. She bet $3,200 and won the match with $18,400. Michelle Cabral is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
SLAYER ($400) of the movies’ Marion Crane
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ($2000) In 1903 Bell sailed for Europe & brought back to Washington the body of this man for burial in his institution
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Civil War History”
Of the 4 prewar states that permitted slavery but did not secede, it was the largest in area & latest to join the union. show
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Does anybody know if Jeopardy is having in-person auditions in Philadelphia yet?
VJ, I have a question about the sneak peek — how do you pick the category? I mean today it was the Flip Your House category and I just thought any of the others would have been better. (just a wish, not a criticism. I love the sneak peek)
Hey there, mimsy. Basically I try to go with a category that doesn’t have a Daily Double, doesn’t have a triple stumper and doesn’t have an image (although sometimes I have had to use one and link to a similar image). All the categories today had stumpers or DDs except Flip Your House. (I really wanted to go with the Slayer category today– a lot less typing!!– but you can see on the recap, they missed one clue)
How dare they mentioned Toys “R” Us.
We have another Canadian Jeopardy! champion. I wonder if someday it could take more than 3 wins. I don’t know, but I guess we’ll find out soon.
Six long weeks after Rob worman won six games in February, we had dhruv winning big in April then two weeks later, Larry won 100000 and Josh was our fourth streaker in May. And now another agonizing six weeks of waiting, we need Michelle to win four or five games in July. It’s two long months VJ. Also have you seen any sequels of the Jaws movies previously John and VJ? Michelle s response of don’t do drugs should have been accepted.
@Lou, the original movie was the only one I ever saw — kinda like Psycho and The Exorcist. The first one was quite enough for me! LOL
I wouldn’t count on Michelle winning her second game, let alone 4 or 5. 🙁
LINK: 10 more clues from this match:
@ Don M
Congratulations! First swing and a home run!
Congratulations to Michelle, though her bet -and Johanna’s- were a little unusual. But we have a new champ, Wes stays at #15 on the ToC for the moment but I think not for long. He might be off it even before the summer break.
In retrospect THFRO was the only other valid guess (I could not think of anything else in the CotD). Michelle got lucky though that Johanna was wrong….. Though they would have dinged her for the missing “er”, had she been right.
As for Wes, Idk if it was nerves, or if his first three games were all taped in the morning
and then he lost his momentum after lunch, who knows?
The counting starts again and we will see how Michelle will fare tomorrow. As William Weyser said it will be Friday The 13th. Depends whether you are superstituous or not, the show airing tomorrow may actually have been taped on April 13th (also a Friday…!!) Judging from the scores Michelle and Johanna did pretty well while Wes was not really a factor today. Michelle’s betting strategy in FJ might become a problem though. I tried to figure out what made her bet just 3.200 but can’t figure it out. The FJ category was certainly not intimidating or outlandish, at least imo. At least we are now 4 /12 for the week, or one third.
Johanna should have been negged for not phrasing her correct response properly on the first picked clue of the game in Math and Science $800. The next two clues were Triple Stumpers, and then she got the DD. Luckily given how the rest of the game turned out it didn’t affect the outcome of the game.
We’re never gonna get the 1st 4-time champion since Josh Hill, ARE WE?! Well, tomorrow’s Friday The 13th, and there’s always hope for some good luck.
@William
Yup, it was May 25 when the episode aired where Josh lost to Virginia.Will be 7 weeks tomorrow.
It all depends on the contestants’ speed and knowledge.
The Teen Tournament is gonna be on Season 35.
You’re right, on speed and knowledge, but if no one reaches past three days before the season ends, that would be it.