Final Jeopardy: Space Exploration (7-30-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/30/2020) in the category “Space Exploration” was:

In October 1998 this man went into space as the oldest U.S. astronaut ever

Today we’re watching a rerun of the 2001 Celebrity Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 2/7/2001 and featured: actor and comedian, Wayne Brady; actress Dana Delaney; and actor and comedian Eric Idle.

Round 1 Categories: Mammals – The Chairman of the Board – Museums of Las Vegas?! – The Bod Squad – Hodgepodge – Abbreviated S

Wayne found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Mammals” under the $300 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $700, $400 more than Dana in second place. He bet $300 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS A BOAR?

Wayne finished in the lead with $3,900. Dana was second with $1,300 and Eric was last with $900. Only 3 clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Historic Tabloid Headlines – Al or George – We Learned It From Shakespeare – Vaudeville – Travel – Lucky “Seven”

Eric found the first Daily Double in “Historic Tabloid Headlines” under the $400 clue on the 8th pick. He was in a second place tie with Dana. They both had $2,300 now, $2,400 less than Wayne’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

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WHO IS ANNE BOLEYN?

Eric got the last Daily Double in “Travel” under the $600 clue on the 11th pick. In the lead with $4,800, he had $100 more than Wayne in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS A YELLOW SUBMARINE?

Wayne finished in the lead with $9,700. Eric was next with $7,000 and Dana was in third place with $6,100. 4 clues went uncovered this time.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS JOHN GLENN?

At the age of 40, John Glenn was the first man to orbit the Earth. He did that 3 times over the course of almost 5 hours aboard the Mercury’s Friendship 7 capsule on 2/20/1962, at a speed in excess of 17,000 mph. While still a United States Senator (representing Ohio), on 10/29/1998, 77-year-old Glenn orbited the Earth 134 times on the Discovery space shuttle’s 9-day trip. Read more about it on Space.com: John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space

A clue from 1999: I LOVE NEW YORK ($500) NYC’s biggest ticker-tape parade occurred March 1, 1962 when over 3,000 tons were dumped on this astronaut. (There was a second one on 11/16/1998 as well)

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Dana bet $6,000. That brought her up to $12,100.

Eric bet $7,000, doubling his score to $14,000.

Wayne bet $2,000. He finished with $11,700 and that meant Eric won the match!

Eric played for Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic; Dana played for the for Scleroderma Research Foundation; Wayne played for Avon Breast Cancer Crusade.

A triple stumper from each round:

ABBREVIATED S ($400) As part of a price in ’60s London

HISTORIC TABLOID HEADLINES ($600) She’s the subject of the 17th century headline seen here: “Powhatan Princess Weds Widower, Peace Prevails!”

More clues on Page 2

5 years ago on Celebrity Jeopardy!: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous Names”

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WHO IS OPRAH WINFREY?

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