Final Jeopardy: Magazines (9-26-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/26/2022) in the category “Magazines” was:
A now annual issue of this magazine was inspired by the high-society parties of Caroline Astor, whose ballroom fit about 400 people
2x champ Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, MO, won $48,402 last week. In Game 3, he takes on: Sue Adams, a software developer from North Weymouth, MA; and David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, WA.
Round 1 Categories: The “Gist” of the Job – Small Mammals – Hyphenated Words – Friends – Romans – Country Men & Women
David found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Small Mammals” under the $600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,800, $1,600 more than Michael in second place. David made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This spiny creature is native to England, where people love tight rows of bushes in their gardens show
David finished in the lead with $9,400. Michael was in second place with $6,000. Sue was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historic Nicknames – Writing Implements – Mountain World – Pop Music – Shakespeare’s Kings & Queens – “S” Words
Michael found the first Daily Double in “Writing Implements” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $7,600, $2,200 less than David’s lead. Michael bet $2,000, and got half of it, but half was WRONG.
A line of fountain pens from this French brand was inspired by the glacier on its namesake mountain show
Two clues later, David landed on the last Daily Double in “Historical Nicknames” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $11,800, he had $6,200 more than Michael in second place. David bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
“The Big Four” were Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando & this American show
David finished in the lead with a runaway $21,800. Michael was in second place with $8,400 and Sue was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS FORBES?
According to a 2019 article, Malcolm Forbes started the Forbes 400 list in 1981. He chose 400 “in a nod to Caroline Astor’s fabled ballroom, and perhaps also to alliteration.” The 400 number as it relates to Mrs. Astor represented the number of invitations she sent out to her shindigs in the ballroom of her brownstone at 350 Fifth Avenue, (the present site of the Empire State Building). The invitations were only extended to the elite of New York society, which did not include the “nouveau riche” in Mrs. Astor’s view.
Here’s a link to the 2022 Forbes 400 list. You’re bound to notice that there are many duplicate numbers. (The first is two No. 16s.) However, I don’t really have enough interest in this list to count how many there really are. If you do, have at it.
Sue thought it was Harper’s Bazaar. She lost her $1,399 bet and finished with $1.00.
Michael came up with Salon. He only lost $1.00 and finished with $8,399.
David went with Vanity Fair. He didn’t bet anything as he had already won the game. David Sibley is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
ROMANS ($600) From Latin for “of a noble father”, it was the exclusive ruling class until the third century B.C.
MOUNTAIN WORLD ($1600) This “colorful” mountain range in eastern Jamaica famous for growing coffee receives an annual average of 200 inches of rain
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Pioneering Educators”
Before going into education, she graduated from the University of Rome in 1896 & was named assistant doctor at its psych clinic show
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They had to be pulling our leg, and yet none of the contestants got the FJ right. How could they have possibly missed this? Actually, it could have been none other than Forbes magazine. I mean, this was as slam dunk as they come.
idk, Rick — if you are not aware of the significance of the 400 in the clue, then I guess you are gonna go for a magazine that showcases fancy homes or society events. That’s what I did (House Beautiful). And it’s not like I’ve never seen that list referred to as the Forbes 400, I just never think of it that way.
There were plenty of clues (Caroline Astor, ballroom, 400 people) in the FJ answer so all I could say at the time was “Thank you!” I mean, this obviously was an elite magazine catering to the rich and famous so the Forbes magazine immediately came to mind. You know, my mother got it right too.
That’s terrific, Rick, that you and your mom got it right. Congrats to both of you
Ugh, we got a repeat of Friday’s show.
Huh? This was no repeat.
In my market we got Friday’s show again.
We start the week with a triple stumper.