Final Jeopardy: JFK (7-29-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/29/2020) in the category “JFK” was:

In an interview, Jackie confided that JFK regularly fell asleep listening to the soundtrack of this Broadway play

Today we’re watching a rerun of the 2001 Celebrity Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 2/6/2001 and featured: Jeff Probst, of Rock & Roll Jeopardy! and Survivor; Martha Stewart, homemaking maven of Martha Stewart Live; and Charles Barkley, former basketball pro and sports analyst

Round 1 Categories: Airplane Reading – Zoo-ology – Treasure Island – Famous Pairs – Rock & Roll Jeopardy! – “X” Caliber

Jeff found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Rock & Roll Jeopardy!” under the $500 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,200, $500 more than Martha in second place. He bet $600 and thought it was Earth, Wind & Fire. That was WRONG.

This interracial soul group got “Everyday People” to “Dance to the Music” show

WHO ARE SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE?

Martha finished in the lead with $1,500. Jeff was second with $1,100 and Charles was last with at zero. 6 clues stayed on the board in this round.

Round 2 Categories: American History – When MGM Was Grand – The Rat Pack – Science – Hey, Sport! – “Gold”en Nuggets

Martha found the first Daily Double in “American History” under the $800 clue, with 8 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $4,300 now, $800 more than Jeff in second place. Not sure if she even heard Charles whisper “wager a lot”, but she bet $2,000 and thought it was Wild Bill. That was WRONG.

William Cody’s 2-word nickname, or perhaps what he sent out to his clients at the end of each month. show

WHO WAS BUFFALO BILL?

We didn’t get to see the last Daily Double when 8 clues went uncovered.

Jeff finished in the lead with $3,500. Martha was next with $2,300 and Charles was in third place with $1,800.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CAMELOT?

Not long after President Kennedy’s assassination on 11/22/1963, his widow, Jacqueline, gave an interview to T.H. White for Life Magazine. This quote from that article is said be what led to the Kennedy years being associated with the 1960 musical “Camelot”:

“When Jack quoted something, it was usually classical. But I’m so ashamed of myself— all I keep thinking of is this line from a musical comedy. At night, before we’d go to sleep, Jack liked to play some records; and the song he loved most came at the very end of this record. The lines he loved to hear were: Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot For one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.”

Since then, there have been various articles claiming that the former First Lady made that up, such as this one by Mark Steyn: “What rot. It was so not Camelot”.

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Charles went with “Cats”. He bet and lost it all.

Martha got it right. She bet $1,000 and finished with $3,300.

Jeff wrote down “Sound of Music (was it a play?).” He lost his $1,200 bet and finished with $2,300.

A $5,000 bonus was added to Martha’s guaranteed $10,000 and her charity, College of the Atlantic, received $15,000. Jeff and Charles earned $10,000 for their respective charities: Beagles and Buddies and Cornerstone Schools of Alabama.

2 triple stumpers from THE RAT PACK:

THE RAT PACK ($400) The girl in the Rat Pack, she later played a cranky former first lady in 1994’s “Guarding Tess”

($1000) This British Rat Packer with a reputation as a playboy was one of the “Sergeants 3” in a 1962 film

More clues on Page 2

5 years ago on Celebrity Jeopardy!: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Famous Names”

In March 2012 this director tweeted “just arrived at the ocean’s deepest pt. hitting bottom never felt so good.” show

WHO IS JAMES CAMERON?

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