Final Jeopardy: Contemporaries (9-17-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/17/2015) in the category “Contemporaries” was:
On an 1851 visit to Europe, Mathew Brady had hoped to meet this man who inspired him, but he died just as Brady set sail.
2-day champ Audrey Watkins-Fox has won $33,000 so far. Today she is up against: Natalie Lips, from Lincoln, NE; and Bobby O’Neill, originally from Andover, MA.
Round 1: Audrey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Around the World” under the $800 clue. She was in the hole to the tune of -$1,800. Natalie was in the lead with $6,800 and there were 5 clues left on the board after this. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
They drive on the left in this South Atlantic group of about 200 islands & 2,900 people. show
Natalie finished in the lead with $6,800. Bobby was second with $2,800 and Audrey was still in negative territory at -$800.
Round 2: Audrey found the first Daily Double in “E Readers,” (with the E in quotes) under the $1,600 clue. She was still in third place, but was out of the hole with $400, $9,600 less than Natalie’s lead. She bet the $2,000 allowance and came up with “Ender’s Game.” That was WRONG.
This novel by Sinclair Lewis caused an uproar for its satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion. show
Natalie found the last Daily Double in “Characters in Musicals” under the $1,200 clue. At $16,800, she had $14,400 more than Bobby in second place. Alex said she was playing with house money and had a lot of leeway. Natalie just bet $200, noting that her knowledge of musicals was limited. She took a wild guess with “The Glass Menagerie” but that was WRONG.
FDR, Dog Catcher. show
Natalie finished in the lead with $16,600. Bobby was next with $2,400 and Audrey was still in the game with $800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Mathew Brady (1822-96) was a famous 19th-century American photographer, particularly well-known for his portraits of politicians and his Civil War photographs. Brady studied under Samuel Morse who had met Louis Daguerre in Paris and brought the new photographic techniques to America. In 1851, Brady took his wife, Julia, on a European tour during which he “had hoped while in Europe to meet Louis Daguerre himself, but the Frenchman died as Brady and Julia were setting out across the Atlantic.” See “Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation” preview on Google Books.
Audrey got it right. She doubled up and finished with $1,600.
Bobby wrote down James Cook (d. 1779). He didn’t bet anything so he stayed at $2,400.
Natalie came up with Napoleon (d. 1821). She lost her $3,400 bet and won the game with the $13,200 she had left.
During the chat, Natalie revealed her nickname at work. She is known as the Coffee Monster because she isn’t in the best of moods if she doesn’t have her daily 4-cup dose of caffeine. Trebek did not think that 4 cups a day was excessive. He’s right, too. If Natalie switched to half-caff, she could drink 8 cups a day.
2 years ago:: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Classic Albums”
This 1960s album ends with the line “I’d love to turn you on”. show
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six unplayed clues today, better than the nine yesterday,
The champion fell apart near the end. The Glass Menagerie a musical? Napoleon dying in 1851?
By the way, VJ, far be it from me to point out an error (!), but Shirley Jones won Best Supporting Actress, not Best Actress, for “Elmer Gantry”.
you’re right, Tom. And I knew Jean Simmons was the female lead in that. OMG!
Audrey really surprised me when she didn’t get Elmer Gantry since she said she was a big fan of TCM films the other day. Burt Lancaster, man!!! Best Actor Oscar. Shirley Jones. Best Actress Oscar. Maybe she just didn’t know the novel was Sinclair Lewis?
Then she surprised me again, being the only one to get FJ and I thought she would be one of the two who didn’t. Ah well, at least my one right prediction was good.
Funny coincidence: right after the show, Inside Edition was showing a story about a woman meeting her Elvis impersonator father in Thailand for the first time and they were playing “It’s Now or Never” which borrows its melody from “O Sole Mio.”