Final Jeopardy: Translated Movie Titles
The Final Jeopardy question (4/2/2012) in the category “Translated Movie Titles” was:
This Robert De Niro film is known in Italian as “il Cacciatore.”
New champ Sarah Curtis was back today to try to add to her $14,000 winnings. Two new players were on hand to try to beat her: Randy Cauthen originally from Charleston, SC and Elisabeth Carrel, from Elgin, IL.
Elisabeth found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Critiquing Shakespeare” before the first commercial break. She only answered one clue before this and was in second place with $600, $400 less than Randy. She could have bet $1,000 but decided to go with what she had. She was RIGHT.
When he described “Hamlet” as “a vulgar and barbarous drama”, this French author was quite candid. show
Randy had the lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round with $4,000. Elisabeth was a very close second with $3,800, and Sarah was a very close third with $3,600.
Randy found the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy! in “Internal Rhymes” right after he could barely stop himself from laughing his head off over a Twilight Zone clue. He now had $11,200, $1,600 more than Sarah in second place. He bet $3,200 and he as RIGHT.
Originally this term referred to ammunition fired at game to get food; today it means a critical remark. show
Randy also found the second Daily Double in “American Composers.” He now had $15,200, $4,200 more than Elisabeth, who was in second place now. Randy chose to bet $1,400. He thought it was George Gershwin so he was WRONG.
His song ‘I Love Paris’ was no doubt inspired by his years of living there. show
Randy finished in the lead with $16,200. Elisabeth was next with $13,000 and Sarah was still very much alive and well with $11,200.
Only ONE of the players got Final Jeopardy! right.
“You would have found this to be a very easy Final if you knew that cacciatore in Italian can be ‘hunter’s stew’ or just ‘hunter,’ Alex Trebek told the contestants before revealing their answer. What more can we add to that? According to IMDB, Alex speaks English and French fluently and some German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian. According to Parade Magazine, it’s English. Spanish, Italian, Russian and Swahili.
But did you notice that Alex said catch-ee-a-tor-ray? We always say catch-a-tor-ray ourselves and evidently, so does Glen, a male from Italy, on Forvo.
Sarah wrote down “Raging Bull,” which Italians call “Toro Scatenato.” She lost $11,150 and ended up with $50.
Elisabeth got it right and bet $11,000. She jumped into the lead with $24,000.
Randy wrote down “Taxi Driver,” which Italians call “Taxi Driver.” He bet $10,047 and finished in second place with $6,153.
And so, Elisabeth won the game with a grand total of $24,000, and we’ll see her tomorrow.
