Final Jeopardy: Brand Names (10-7-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/7/2024) in the category “Brand Names” was:

In 1886 this brand’s bookkeeper came up with its name & flowing script logo, saying, “The two Cs would look well in advertising”

New champ Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, CT, won $30,401 last Friday. In Game 2, he is up against: Daniel Gately, a teacher from Tucson, AZ; and Amanda Prusila, a communications advisor from Ottawa, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: Stunting at the Gym – The Middle East – NFL Team Addresses – You’re Gonna Have to Share – Opera – Plural-Only Nouns

Amanda found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Opera” under the $1,000 on the 11th pick of the round. She was in second place with $600, $4,800 less than Mark’s lead. Amanda bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

At age 37, Rossini composed his last opera, this one set in medieval Switzerland show

WHAT IS “WILLIAM TELL”?

Mark finished in the lead with $6,800. Amanda was second with $3,000 and Daniel was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: National Historical Parks – The Foreign-Born Director – Cooking Terms – Spy Novels – Law – Diminishing Returns

Mark found the first Daily Double in “Spy Novels” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,400, $8,600 more than Daniel in second place. Mark bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

Goldfinger tells James Bond he calls his chauffeur this “because that describes his functions on my staff” show

WHO IS ODD JOB?

Daniel found the last Daily Double in “Law” under the $800 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,800, $19,200 less than Mark’s lead. Daniel bet $800 and said trieda conflict of interest. That was WRONG.

If you’re a company officer, director, or 10% stockholder, you’re this type of person–no trading its stock based on secret info show

WHAT IS INSIDER?

Mark finished in the lead with a runaway $23,400. Daniel was second with $4,200 and Amanda was last with $600. One clue worth $400 was not shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS COCA-COLA?

Frank Mason Robinson was a bookkeeper and marketer who worked for John S. Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola syrup. Pemberton was a chemist and pharmacist who used coca leaves and kola nuts in making this product. Those ingredients inspired Robinson to name it Coca-Cola. In this video, it says something about the color red signifying that there was no alcohol content in the product. There were traces of cocaine, however, and Jeopardy! covered that in this 1997 clue: This ubiquitous soft drink removed its cocaine by 1905 but kept the caffeine

This 2008 Final Jeopardy! clue was a triple stumper: BUSINESS TRADEMARKS: Registered in 1893, this product’s trademark is written in the Spencerian script of bookkeeper Frank Robinson — they didn’t have any Cs to help them out so they were all over the place

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Amanda went with Chanel. That cost her nothing and she finished with $600.

Daniel had Currier. He didn’t risk a penny either so he finished with $4,200.

Mark also went with Coco Chanel. He lost $3,400 and won the game with the remaining $20,000. Mark’s 2-day total is $50,401.

A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)

YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO SHARE ($1000) The shared liver of these conjoined twins born in what’s now Thailand in 1811 is on exhibit at Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS ($1600) The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta includes MLK’s birthplace & this church where he served as pastor

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “BRAND NAMES”

A neighbor’s charcoal drawing of Ann Turner Cook at age 4 or 5 months won a 1928 contest to appear in ads for this brand show

WHAT IS GERBER?

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