Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/23/2023) in the category “Music Man” was:
Before creating this record label in 1959, its founder worked on a Lincoln-Mercury assembly line
The Champions Wild Card quarter-finals continue today with these three champs: Isaac Applebaum, a corporate development analyst from Mountain View, CA, Pasquale Palumbo, a financial advisor from Hawthorne, NY; and Leah Wiegand, a stay-at-home mom from Austin, TX.
Round 1 Categories: The Really Old College Try – Just Kidding – A Woman of the World – The Name of the Game – Always Say Never – Stupid Proverbs
Isaac found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A Woman of the World” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was tied for the lead with Leah at $1,600, $400 more than Pasquale in second place. Isaac made it a true Daily Double and thought it was Indonesia. That was WRONG.
In 1993, True Path Party leader, Tansu Ciller, became the first female Prime Minister of this large Muslim country show
Isaac finished in the lead with $3,800. Pasquale was in second with $2,200. Leah was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A River Runs to It – “Baby” Movies – The History Channel – People with Muppet Names – No, I Don’t Need a Doctor – Smart Answers
Pasquale found the first Daily Double in “People with Muppet Names” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,600, $1,000 more than Leah in second place. Pasquale bet $2,500 and came up with Kermit. That was WRONG.
This patron saint of Mediterranean sailors lent his name to a phenomenon seen during storms show
Isaac got the last Daily Double in “A River Runs to It” under the $2,000 clue with one clue left after it. He was in second place with $7,000, $600 less than Leah’s lead. Isaac bet $1,500 but couldn’t come up with a guess so he was WRONG.
The Vistula: this sea show
Leah finished in the lead with $7,600. Isaac was second with $6,700 and Pasquale was last with $4,900. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MOTOWN?
Berry Gordy, as you may recall, was the FJ! answer on 9/15/2020, which resulted in much controversy over his first name. Today, thankfully, it’s about the record company Gordy founded when he was about 30 years old. Up until then, Gordy had tried several occupations, from boxing to working at the Lincoln-Mercury car factory while, at the same time, writing songs and nurturing his recording company vision. “I wanted to have a kid off the street walk in one door unknown and come out another door a star, like an assembly line,” he has said, “that was my dream.”
To that end, Gordy put the car assembly line principles to good use when in 1959, he set up his record company, initially Tamla Records. The following year, the company was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation. Gordy took raw talent from the streets of Detroit (the Motor City) and groomed their talents and stage presence, launching them on to international stardom– and the hits just kept on coming. Motown had over 75 Top 10 records on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1960s from the likes of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops and many more.
Pasquale came up with 8 Mile, actually an Eminem film. (His record company is Shady Records). Pasquale bet nothing, standing pat on $4,900.
Isaac got it right. He bet $3,101, bringing him up to $9,801.
Leah also got it right. She bet $5,000 and won the game with $12,600. Leah Wiegand is a semi-finalist. Pasquale and Isaac won $5,000 each.
2 triple stumpers from “BABY” MOVIES:
($1200) Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn grapple with a pet leopard
($2000) Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl
More clues on Page 2
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Names on the Map”
From 1824 to 1825 this hero toured all 24 states & an Indiana city was named for him show
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