Final Jeopardy: 1980s Movies (8-1-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue in the category “1980s Movies” was:

The dip used to kill characters in this 1988 film consisted of acetone, benzene & turpentine, ingredients of paint thinner

23x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT won $825,801 so far. In Game 24, he takes on these two players: Carlo Angiuli, a postdoctoral researcher from Pittsburg, PA; and Tracy Pitzel, an accountant from Ellensburg, WA.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM SEPTEMBER 20, 2021. CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL RECAP.

It was Mayim Bialik’s first time hosting Jeopardy! Contestant Tracy Pitzel will be back to participate in the first Second Chance Tournament in October 2022.

Here are a dozen clues from this game that weren’t triple stumpers or Daily Doubles. (Those clues are on the original recap). I either knew these clues or I didn’t know them.

JEOPARDY ROUND:

BOOKS & AUTHORS ($400) Anthony Bourdain wrote a 2001 book about this New York woman who was very infectious in the kitchen in the early 1900s
COMMON BONDS ($800) Birds, angels, the stage in a theater
ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE ($600) One of the greatest songs he’s written is “Send In The Clowns” from “A Little Night Music”
LIZARDS ($600) The name of this lizard known for its ability to climb vertical surfaces is from a Malay word imitating the sound it makes
A WORD IN SPANISH ($1000) In Spanish it’s not someone taking the law into his own hands, it’s just a watchman, like a night watchman
VENTRILOQUISM FOR DUMMIES ($1000) Edgar Bergen’s most famous dummy, this character was based on a newsboy but classed up with a monocle & top hat

ANSWERS show

VJ’s score: $3000 – *$800

DOUBLE JEOPARDY ROUND:

GREATS IN HISTORY ($1600) During the period in the Catholic church called the “Great” this, there were 2 & even 3 rival popes at the same time
YOUTHFUL POP STARS ($2000) In 1987, a month after her 16th birthday, this single-named singer topped the charts with “I Think We’re Alone Now”
STARTS WITH “B” ($2000) A blessing from the Sermon on the Mount
OH MY GODS! ($2000) Quetzalcoatl was worshiped at Tula, also called Tollan, by this people from whom the Aztecs claimed descent
AMERICAN LAKES ($800) In honor of a First Lady with a famous nickname, Town Lake in Austin, Texas got this new 2-word name in 2007
FOOD FIGHTS BACK ($2000) Leafy greens are rich in this vitamin needed to synthesize clotting factors; blood thinners may counteract its activity

ANSWERS show

VJ’s Score: $6,400 – *$4,000