Final Jeopardy: 20 Years Ago in Entertainment (7-16-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/16/2014), in the category ” 20 Years Ago in Entertainment” was:
In 1994 this comedian starred in a No. 1 sitcom, the No. 1 Christmas movie & had a No. 1 non-fiction bestseller.
New champ Ed Patterson won $28,400 yesterday. Today in his bid for a second win, his opponents are: Molly Dobbins, from Double Oak, TX; and Jerome Azbell, from Smyrna, TN.
Round 1: Jerome found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double very early in “A Chapter in the Novel” under the $600 clue. In fact, it was the fourth clue chosen. He was in the lead with $1,000, $600 ahead of Molly in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
For kids: “Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle” & “Winter in Dorfli”. show
Ed finished in the lead with $4,400. Jerome was second with $3,400 and Molly was last, in the hole for $600.
Round 2: Ed found the first Daily Double in “Smart Streets” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $7,600, $1,800 more than Jerome in second place. He bet $1,400 and thought it was Boston. That was WRONG.
The Emerson Playground’s on Thoreau St. in this city. show
Jerome found the last Daily Double in “A Chemistry Set” under the $1,200 clue. He was now in the lead with $11,000, $4,000 more than Ed in second place. He bet $3,000 but drew a blank so he was WRONG.
In zoology, it’s an insectivore; in chemistry, it’s a unit related to atomic weights. show
Jerome finished in the lead with an unbeatable $12,800. Ed was next with $5,800 and Molly was in third place with $5,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Tim Allen got his start in stand-up comedy and went on to star in the TV series “Home Improvement” from 1991-99. The show was a big hit for almost the entire decade, ranking No. 1 in the ratings during the 1993–1994 season. In 1994, Allen also starred in “The Santa Clause”, about a guy who injures Santa and has to take his place. The movie spawned two not so successful sequels. Allen hit the trifecta that year with his book, “Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man
Molly thought it was Bill Murray. She bet everything but a dollar, so she finished with a dollar.
Ed got it right. His $5,000 bet brought him up to $10,800.
Jerome also got it right. He bet $1,199 so he won the game with $13,999.
Jerome Azbell is a library reference clerk. During the chat, which was about romance, he revealed how he met his wife at the library. While he was updating her phone number in the system, she said he should call her. They were married 3 months later. Congrats on your win, Jerome! What the heck was Alex talking about after the game with all 3 of you on stage? Horseback riding?
2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “British History”
This 17th century king was the last British monarch to enter the House of Commons show
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p.s. the abbreviation is “mol” and it is used to measure relative atomic mass. the isotope of carbon has a mass of 12. that’s google, not me.
OK, the missing DD was “chemistry”
“In zoology it is an insectivore, in chemistry (it has to do ) with atom weight”.
i don’t know the exact phrasing, but jerome got it, wagered 3 K and was WRONG. that’s all i could find out so far.
(answer is now in the recap)
Exact wording was “in zoology it’s an insectivore; in chemistry it’s a unit related to atomic weights.” I thought it was very difficult for a $1200 clue.
thanks John and Marilyn, I needed someone to confirm that was it before I put it up. Jerome didn’t have a guess, then?
Completely blanked. I could think of Avogadro, whose number defines molar mass. But as the unit of measure isn’t named for the scientist (e.g., watt, amp, joule), that didn’t help much.
I think that Jerome is just getting in from his victory celebrations. Nice.
I can’t count the times in Chemistry where I would wheel back to: PV=nRT. That, however, is a lot of inference for a short period of time.
@VJ
especially when something like today happens- and i think i speak for all- we become even more aware what a heck of a job you are doing and appreciate it even more. we should not take your efforts for granted. THANKS!!
Thanks, John. Note – I made a mistake in Jerome’s winning total but it’s fixed now (and I would have noticed it right away if I had remembered to upload the image)
PS – maybe we should start keeping track of how many people who get the middle spot win. Ed had it yesterday 🙂
Teen Tounament definitely begins next week. Just left Jeopardy website and the advertisment is already posted. The tournament begins July 21st. I am rather pleased. Enjoy watching our youth compete.
Maybe my Coryat will go up. Maybe.
Jacob, would you have gotten the clue in Slang for everything’s okay without the extra LaMotta help? My father used to use that expression so I knew it when I was a little polliwog.
Edited to add — that was a dumb question. There are so many slang expressions for everything’s okay, they had to have something extra in there!!
Nope.
Within the next two days, we will be treated to watching a genius. Make no mistake, no matter what facts are brought to light in the game, or whatever his final score may be, Jeff is a genius. Sometimes it seems we judge people’s intelligence by their scores on this game. Although it is true that retaining information is a sign of intelligence, it signifies the lowest form of thinking. One need only Google “levels of thinking” to confirm this.
Every intelligent person knows something that is unknown to another, but the truly intelligent can agree on many complex theories and disagree and perhaps persuade on others. They are the difference makers. They were the people who sent men to the moon. Now, they have thoughts that are simply uncomprehendable to the average person.
Win, lose, or draw, Jeff Filippini, a member of the faculty at Caltech, is a genius.
“…Jeff Filippini, a member of the faculty at Caltech, is a genius.”
As long as he’s not one of the “Smartest Guys in the Room”, I’m good with that.
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Completely different room.
yes, there are more incomprehensible things in life than we ever figure, just because they happen all the time or have been accomplished. HOW, is a different matter altogether. what’s a matter of course for one, will remain a complete riddle for others.i believe that intelligence is the sum of many things. of course one has to have the “basic” genes, the ability to comprehend,deduct,argue, prove, disprove,process one’s life experiences, distinguishing between right and wrong influences, the ability to be -mentally- flexible etc etc etc….
and research. part of intelligence might come from knowledge, or as one of my teachers used to say:”knowledge is to know where to look for what you want to know:. easy enough today:google…:-)
“Knowledge is good”, Faber.
There were some things that bothered me about tonight’s game. Jerome clearly could not be caught. Alex did not say so as he normally does. Is he losing his math skills? There were 6 clues left on the board. 4 under “the chorus.” 1 under “headline news.” 1 under “sweet relief.” Can’t figure out why. There wasn’t any chatter during the game. The players were focused. Weird. Hope Jerome pays us a visit again and shed some light on this mystery.
my guess would be it depends on how many commercials they have to squeeze in. there should be a “game clock” like in the nfl, nhl etc, that runs down to 00:00. that way alex AND the contestants would know when to pick up the pace. out of the 30 minutes a certain,FIXED portion should be reserved for the game ONLY. no commercials, no chat.just answers and questions.just an outlandish thought. otherwise contestants are at the mercy of the guy who calls “Time!”. only you never see him/her or the reason for ending the game prematurely.
i am sure there are a number of things that could be improved and level the playing field. but then, it’s financed by a private (well, public as far as the stock market goes) company, and the old rule applies: HE WHO PAYS, HAS THE SAYING.
which of course plays again into the “conspiracy” theory. if they want to end a game early with some clues left, who knows why???? i’m only 20% serious here, but the possibility is there….
I know they were really pushing us to speed up the game during commercial breaks. I tried (didn’t look like it during watch, but hopefully the rundown at j-archive will prove I succeeded) to work a Forrest bounce, which throws Alex off his game and slows him down. That might have had something to do with it.
Also, this was one of the last days of taping for the season. Alex was talking about going on vacation the next day, where he would be horseback riding. Thus the outro.
Hmmmm. The Forrest Bounce could be used as a stall tactic. Another ripple in game theory.
@Jerome, thanks for the information. I noticed that u did use the Forrest bounce.. Very clever. Good calculations on your part since it was not pointed out to you that you had a runaway lead. Again congratulations.
@jacobska, There’s a board across from the contestants, right over the screen used to show the video clues. It shows all the scores. It can get distracting in the early rounds, but when game strategy time comes, you have to pay attention. I can’t say I was sad to hear the buzzer.
Go figure: I’m the voice of dissension. I believe that the network has the right, if not the duty, to keep the American public aware of events of not just war, but war avoidance. I don’t want to get too far into it, but I will concede that it is inconvenient when the talking heads come after with some unenlightened and regurgitated view. I will also fully agree that whatever program is being shown, should be available on the network’s website.
I do, as usual, wonder what Tom Clark thinks?
eric: “I believe that the network has the right, if not the duty, to keep the American public aware of events of not just war, but war avoidance…”
Well, good luck with that one, eric. They (“our” national “news” media) didn’t exactly perform anything approaching due diligence before the Iraq (not to mention, Afghanistan) debacles were embarked upon. Oh, and then there was that little financial implosion of Oh-Eight that was pretty much completely whiffed on by “our” “mainstream” media in both its run-up, as well as in the post-implosion analysis.
I think perhaps as good a metaphor as any for what’s unfolded since the mid-90s or so is what was hit upon in that superb documentary, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”. The entire state of California was being essentially tortured by Enron’s fraudulent business practices to the point that rolling blackouts and brownouts were occuring and California was being forced to overpay for energy to the tune of many billions…all the while Enron operatives were recorded laughing their aces off at what they had wrought. That same mentality has gripped far too much of the American corporate establishment right up to this day.
There will be a “correction” eventually, make no mistake, for this Age of Uber-Corruption in America.
Catch ya’ on the flip, fellow Fikkleheads!
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Hey, I didn’t even mention the Libor fiasco! More later, perhaps…
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Lol. I never said that they fulfilled their duty.
point being: there should be a choice to switch channels either to the regular program or the “oh so special”. arrogance by the provider. period.
the only “duty” they fulfill is charging you an arm and a leg for their services. many a time i had to switch to the regular cbs (and other channels) because “HDKGMB” (the hawaiian channel for HD CBS)or whatever i was watching ” is currently not available. please try later……” happens with a lot of channels here. TIME WARNER being the monopoly in hawaii.and the most infuriating phrase by a company is “we are sorry for the inconvenience..” if they truly were, THEY WOULD FIX THE D*** thing.
By pre-empting non-news shows they are working towards fulfilling their duty to enlighten the public as to the announcements towards peace and war.
@eric s
yeah, like putin cares about president obama’s press conference…it’s old vladimir who has the hand on the spigot to cut off at least 1/3 of west europe’s oil and gas supply. now, if they would have broadcast a press conference by PUTIN-that might have been interesting. seriously.
for the “2 years ago fj clue”: i would have loved it: charles I >> cromwell….
Jacob: “There ought to be a law against interrupting Jeopardy.”
Especially by absurd press conferences from the President where he announces yet another bizarre proclamation –i.e. I think it ought to be Russia (or better yet, the global community NOT under the trance of waning US influence) announcing sanctions against the US.
It doesn’t require a super genius to parse the fact that Silly Season has been in full bloom here in America for…oh…the last couple of decades or so.
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And jacob…
Keep track of your “winnings” here at the FikkleFame site. Perhaps there will be a frosty pint at your favorite local establishment down the road.
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I could only hope. 🙂
Congratulations JEROME! I thought you might have won, when I saw your posts from yesterday. Primer!
I have to wonder if betting 1200 ever crossed your mind (possibly to postpone Jeff)? Tie bets from the runaway position will be the new topic for a while. Also, I was wondering about the draw: is it done for you? If so, did you see it happen?
Congratulations on your wife: librarians are hot.
Lastly, I wonder if you’ve been to the Pub of Love in Nashville? I think it’s accross the street from 12th and Porter, but it’s been awhile.
Oops, misread the conversation. I didn’t mean to imply that you’re hot (all guys look the same to me). But still, congratulations!
Just saw that the Pub of Love closed. Don’t go there (ha, ha).
Thanks. I’ve been watching the posts all week. And, no, 1200 never even crossed my mind. Ed was entirely too good of a competitor to face a second time.
VJ, that makes me so angry when they interrupt Jeopardy. So I know how you feel. There ought to be a law against interrupting Jeopardy.
My prediction of two correct responses wins me the prize tonight whatever that is. 🙂
Congrats, Jerome.
Yes, it’s ridiculous when the news is coming up right after the show, and just to rub salt in the wounds, Scott Pelley comes on with we’ll be back soon with full details and of course, there’s more on our website.
They could just run an announcement across the bottom of the screen for people who can’t wait.
pre-empting is really….rude, i guess is the word i am looking for and makes me furious, since you have no choice. if it were a REALLY important thing, like wwIII or tornadoes in your area, o.k. but the ncaa -sorry- or a presidential press conference do not qualify imo.the world would still stand had president obama’s press conference had been scheduled for the top or bottom of the hour.add arrogance to the insult. the cable company should have a channel for “specials” like ncaa tournaments,press conferences etc and run an announcement on the bottom of the regular program. “if you want to see president obama’s press conference, please switch to channel…”.
it’s not that it CAN’T be done. during the olympics (nbc) and the world cup (abc, espn) all of a sudden channels came up that never were present before. very poor customer service. that’s what you get as a PAYING client when you are at the mercy of a company exercising a monopoly.
How appropriate that Heidi is infused with an interruption. Sport Team knows what I mean. Mark, also (ha, ha)
the heidi bowl. raiders-jets,1968. even i heard of that repeatedly, though i would not come to the states for another 16 years…that one is a classic. especially since the game turned all of a sudden around and the raiders pulled it out late. that’s why you still have the “heidi phones”, so the executive office can get in touch with the local studio (despite e-mails the “heidi phones” still exist, at least here in hawaii, where due to the 3 – 6 hour time difference we are relatively safe. the late games end @ about 13.30 and in the afternoon there are all kind of re-runs before the prime time broadcast). but it’s really ironic. i guess, everytime “heidi” is mentioned in some form you can expect an interruption….:-)
Lamonica was like Quasimodo.
“The Mad Bomber”.
so do I – Maximilian Schell played Herr Sesemann in that Heidi.
and ridlehuber put the final nail in the coffin for the jets, scoring off a fumble.