Final Jeopardy: The Silver Screen (8-24-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue in the category “The Silver Screen” was:

He was the first actor to star in 3 films that won the Oscar for Best Picture: those of 1934, 1935 & 1939

4x champ Christine Whelchel, a piano teacher and church organist from Spring Hill, TN won $73,602 so far. In Game 5, the opponents are: Margaret Shelton, a homemaker from Pittsburgh, PA; and Stefan Stenroos, a technical trainer from Aliso Viejo, CA.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM March 1, 2022. CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL RECAP.

Here are two categories, one from each round of this game:

JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants got all the clues in REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM
($200) Sondheim’s first Broadway musical was as lyricist for this show; he passed away in 2021 just days before the premiere of the movie remake
($400) For “A Little Night Music”, not a circus, Sondheim wrote the song “Send in” these, “don’t bother, they’re here”
($600) Sondheim’s songs for this musical include “The Worst Pies In London” & “God, That’s Good!”
($800) Here’s Bernadette Peters rehearsing with Sondheim for her role as the witch in this fairy tale musical
($1000) Characters in this 1-word musical that originally played Off-Broadway include John Wilkes Booth & Charles Guiteau

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants also got all the clues in xxx
($400) Frederic Chopin: this ailment “of the lungs & larynx”, per his death certificate
($800) Philosopher William of Ockham, circa 1347: this disease that killed many other Europeans then too
($1200) Cartoonist Thomas Nast, working as a diplomat in Ecuador: this fever
($1600) James K. Polk (the president who died the youngest aside from those assassinated): this water-borne disease
($2000) Chester Arthur (the president who died the second-youngest aside from those assassinated): Bright disease, of this organ

ANSWERS: show