Final Jeopardy: On Broadway (7-4-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/4/2019) in the category “On Broadway” was:

This play opens in Vienna in 1823, 32 years after the death of its title character

2x champ Charlie Jorgenson, a librarian from Loveland, CO, has won $56,800. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Wendy Foster, a social worker from Portland, OR; and Ryan Bilger, a student from Macungie, PA.

Round 1 Categories: Apple – Granny Smith – Gala – Jazz – Fuji – Red, Delicious

Wendy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Granny Smith” under the $1,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in third place with $1,400, $2,000 less than Charlie’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

Betty Smith who gained fame for this 1943 novel would later plant a Chinese sumac for her children & their children. show

WHAT IS “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN”?

Wendy finished in the lead with $7,200. Charlie was second with $6,000 and Ryan was last with $5,200.

Round 2 Categories: B.C. VIPs – Before & After on the Tube – Floating Holidays – British Literature – Men of Science – Verbi”age”

Ryan found the first Daily Double in “B.C. VIPs” under the $800 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He went for a true Daily Double, the whole $5,200, and he was RIGHT. Woo hoo!

In 399 B.C., he told a jury “I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation. show

WHO IS SOCRATES?

Ryan found the last Daily Double in “British Literature” under the $2,000 clue, on the 9th pick. In the lead with $16,400, he had $7,600 more than Wendy in second place. He bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.

In this long 16th century poem, Queen Elizabeth I appears as Belphoebe & is represented by the title monarch. show

WHAT IS “THE FAERIE QUEENE”?

Ryan finished in the lead with $34,600. Charlie was next with $14,800 and Wendy was in third place with $12,400.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “AMADEUS”?

From StageAgent’s synopsis of Peter Schaffer’s Tony award-winning 1979 play “Amadeus”: “We begin in the streets of Vienna in 1823 where rumors are flying that old man Salieri … has confessed to murdering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” The 1984 movie version of the same name won 8 Oscars. One went to Shaffer for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Mozart died at age 35 in Vienna on 12/5/1791 in Vienna. Salieri died at age 74 on 5/7/1825, also in Vienna

Also good to know: THEATRE ($200) Alexander Pushkin’s “Motsart I Salieri” was the forerunner of this 1979 play -and- MUSIC ($600) An 1898 opera by Rimsky-Korsakov concerned these “Amadeus” adversaries

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Wendy bet it all and doubled her score to $24,800.

Charlie bet $10,001, bringing him up to $24,801.

Ryan bet a mere $50, prompting Alex to assume that showed little confidence in the category. Not necessarily… maybe Ryan lost a $50 bet and was just covering that. In any event, Ryan became the new Jeopardy! champ with that $34,650 win.

2 Fourth of July clues:

RED-LETTER DAY ($800) On July 4, 1946 the United States granted full independence to this Asian nation, with Manuel Roxas becoming president

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI ($800) This Mississippi River port city was called “the Gibraltar of the Confederacy”; it fell to Union forces July 4, 1863

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Sports Traditions”

Since 1986, reaching the quarterfinals of this event has entitled you to free tickets & free tea for life. show

WHAT IS WIMBLEDON?

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.