Final Jeopardy: 1980s Movies (9-20-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/20/2021) 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.
Round 1 Categories: Books & Authors – Common Bonds – Alliterative People – Lizards – A Word in Spanish – Ventriloquism for Dummies
Tracy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Books & Authors” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick. She was in the lead with $1,000, Matt and Carlo were not yet on the board. She made it a true daily double and guessed 1784. That was WRONG.
”War & Peace” opens in this year, 7 years before a fateful invasion. show
Matt finished in the lead with $11,400. Tracy was second with $3,000 and Carlo was last at negative $800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Greats in History – Youthful Pop Stars – Starts with “B” – Oh My Gods! – American Lakes – Food Fights Back
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Greats in History” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick. He was in first place with $17,000 now, $9,600 more than Tracy in second place. He bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
A great & prolific builder, this Pharaoh dedicated one of his temples at Abu Simbel to his favorite Queen Nefertari. show
Carlo got the last Daily Double in “Oh My Gods!” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick. In third place with $400, he had $25,600 less than Matt in first place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Amulus wanted Mars’ sons Romulus & Remus drowned in this river, but turns out Rome wasn’t gonna found itself. show
Matt finished in the lead with $33,200. Tracy was next with $17,000 and Carlo was in third place with $1,600. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was released in June, 1988 and, at $329.8 million worldwide, it was the second highest grossing film of that year. (No. 1 was “Rain Man”). Among other awards, it won three Oscars: Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects. Per the title, the plot involves a crime (murder) that Roger Rabbit (a “toon”) is being framed for. Roger enlists Detective Eddie Valiant (a human) to help clear him.
There are 190 trivia entries on IMDB for the film. This one covers today’s clue: “The dip that kills the toons is made of turpentine, acetone, and benzene, paint thinners used to remove images from cels.” Another points out that “Although the film’s title is a question, no question mark appears in the title, as this is considered bad luck in the industry.”
Carlo got it right. He bet $5.00 and finished with $1,605.
Tracy went with 1984’s “Dune”. She lost her $16,600 bet and was left with $400.00.
Matt came up with 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. He only lost $2,000 and won the game with the remaining $31,200. Matt Amodio’s 24-day total is $857,001.
A triple stumper from each round:
ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE ($1000) In 2020 the job of White House Chief of Staff changed M&Ms, from this man to Mark Meadows
STARTS WITH “B” ($600) Guinea is a small species of this primate
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “European Authors”
When he didn’t win the inaugural 1901 Nobel Prize, 42 of his peers apologized to him, calling him “the most revered patriarch of today’s literature” show
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Tracy was attempting to put a lot of pressure on Matt hoping that he missed it and he did.
Tracy did an amazing job of catching up in Double Jeopardy. She got all the clues in youthful pop stars.
Anyone else notice Mayim correcting Matt’s “what’s” a few times in the first round?
Yes, I noticed Mayim repeating Matt’s answer and changing “what’s” to “who” twice in the first round. I wasn’t paying that close attention in the last round although I did notice Matt trying to buzz in on 3 clues in the Pop Stars category.
Tracy was faster than him on all of them except the $800 Ricky clue. Carlo beat Matt and Tracy to the punch on that one but got it wrong with Ricky Martin. (He wasn’t even born yet when the Ozzie and Harriet series ended in 1966.) Then Tracy beat him on the rebound and got it right.
Being ancient, I cringed when he said Ricky Martin and not Nelson.
That final stumped me big-time, but darn, Tracy had the win right there waiting to be taken.
Matt continues to average in the neighborhood of Jennings’ winning scores.
lol, Howard, I was also taken aback by that. I published an article on male singers from the 50s to 80s earlier this month and both of those Rickys are named for the decades they were most popular in. Poor Ricky Nelson, died too soon.
Well I am glad Carlo got final jeopardy today despite the fact he couldn’t get much going. but I was hoping for a triple solve. Overall I remember watching Roger rabbit many times as this wasn’t that tough of a final. Also VJ do you remember Roger rabbit and baby herman? That baby was so funny acting like scarface all of a sudden. Dune reminded me of that old command and conquer game dune 2000. Matt played great today even if he didn’t take the other two daily doubles. Not bad for the 2k loss.
I never saw that movie, Lou. I was looking at that list of the Top 10 highest grossing films of 1988. I saw 6 of them, and 2 of those twice. (Rain Man and Twins) That’s pretty good for me. I wasn’t big on movies back then. I was more wrapped up in night-time soaps like Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest.
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