Final Jeopardy: Rock Legends (9-27-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/27/2021) in the category “Rock Legends” was:
A new studio album in 2020 gave him a top 5 album in 6 consecutive decades, his first in 1975
28x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT won $1,004,001 so far. In Game 29, he takes on these two players: Justin Stanley, a data scientist from Vancouver, WA; and Angélica Wilcox, an AV service support team lead from Kansas City, KS.
Round 1 Categories: So You Just Bowled a Strike – Musical Instruments – Movie Taglines – They’re Sort of a Big Deal – Suffragette – “City”
Justin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Movie Taglines” under the $400 clue, with just 9 clues left after it. He was in second with $1,400, $5,600 less than Matt in first place. He made it a true daily double and he was RIGHT.
1985: “He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born”. show
Matt finished in the lead with $7,000. Justin was second with $3,200 and Angélica was last with $0. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: African-American Writing – Talk about that Weather – Electoral College Collage – It’s a Sail-ebration – Daytime TV – A 9-Letter “N”oun
Angélica found the first Daily Double in “Electoral College Collage” under the $1,600 clue on the 1st pick. She was in last place with $0 now, $7,000 less than Matt’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Electors who don’t vote for their state’s pick are called this “less”; in 2020 the Supreme Court said states may remove them. show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “It’s a Sail-ebration” under the $1,600 clue, on the 13th pick of the round. In first place with $15,400, he had $12,200 more than Justin in second place. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1944 Margaret Truman broke a bottle against the hull of this battleship during its christening. show
Matt finished with a runaway $28,000. Justin was next with $7,600 and Angélica was in third place with $2,800. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen, aka “The Boss”, scored his first Top 5 studio album in the 1970s with “Born to Run” (1975), which was his third studio album. In 1980, “The River” hit No. 1. In the 1990s, “Human Touch” (1992) was first to make the Top 5. In the 2000s, “The Rising” came in a No. 2 in 2002. In the 2010s, “Wrecking Ball” (2012) hit No. 1, and, as today’s clue says, 2020’s “Letter to You” marked the sixth decade that The Boss made the Top 5 album list. There were many more Top 5 entries in between. See Bruce Springsteen’s album discography on Wikipedia.
It’s kind of funny that The Boss didn’t show up last week. Last Thursday, September 23rd was his 72nd birthday. On this site, he has his own birthday balloon and a devoted Bunny. Also, “Born to Run”, Bruce Springsteen’s signature song, could have been in a Double Jeopardy category last Friday.
Angélica got it wrong. She wrote down Dylan and lost her $2,787 bet. She finished with $13.
Justin went with Bowie. That cost him $1,701 and left him with $5,899.
Matt wrote down Springsteen. He bet $5,000 and won the game with $33,000. 29-day total is $1,037,001.
A triple stumper from each round:
MOVIE TAGLINES ($1000) 1955: “Teenage terror torn from today’s headlines”
DAYTIME TV ($1200) This long-running soap opera centers on the daytime dramas of the Abbott & Newman clans
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Musical Theater Inspirations”
The title of this musical that opened on Broadway in 1964 was inspired by a Marc Chagall painting show
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No one seemed to notice that Justin’s had an impish look when his wager of $1,701 was revealed. 1701 is the registry number of the star ship Enterprise from Star Trek, NCC1701.
I wouldn’t have noticed that, Daytrom. Never watched much Star Trek, but thanks for letting us know over here.
Thanks for the extra special FJ recap, VJ! I love that you mentioned that it’s funny that this FJ didn’t show up last Thursday on my beloved’s birthday and that you also reposted his very special Fikkle Fame birthday balloon, so very thoughtful of you.
You’re welcome, Rhonda, nice to know that you love his birthday balloon.
@Lou, my favorite song that Springsteen wrote is “Blinded by the Light” – by Manfred Mann, natch. My favorite song that he sings is “Glory Days” (which he also wrote).
Wow, how bittersweet is that awesome video, VJ? Little did we realize what that song would come to mean all of these decades later, a lifetime ago.
The answers seemed to be tough tonight, and I missed the final question. Oh well!
I picked Elton John.
I am glad matt got final right and still, Bruce Springsteen was one of my favorite singers. Born to Run is one of my favorites and so is Thunder Road. . If this keeps up Matt might just make it to 32 wins. At least all the daily doubles were nailed today Which song from Springsteen did you like the most VJ?