Final Jeopardy: Cable TV Firsts (10-19-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/19/2012) in the category “Cable TV Firsts” was:
When Turner Classic Movies began broadcasting on April 14, 1994, the first movie shown was this one.
Our new champ today is Glenn Fleishman, who won $15,199 yesterday. Today he’s taking on these two players: Matt Oldani, from St. Louis, MO and Abby O’Reilly, from Clifton, NJ.
Abby got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “That’s a Keeper.” It was the very last clue. She was in second place with $5,400, $800 less than Glenn’s lead. She bet $1,000 but blanked out so she was WRONG.
The name of this large cabinet reveals its original use for keeping weapons.
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Glenn finished in the lead with $6,200. Abby was still second with $4,400 and Matt was last with $3,600.
Glenn found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “18th Century America.” He was doing pretty good and now had a big lead with $9,000, $5,400 more than Matt, in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
One of these acts passed in 1798 called for the deportation of foreigners considered dangerous.
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Glenn found the last Daily Double in “Nonfiction Pulitzer Winners.” He had the lead with $16,400 now, $7,200 more than Abby, in second place. He bet $3,000, and thought it was Michener. That was WRONG.
He won a Pulitzer for his nonfiction “The Armies of the Night” as well as for his fiction “The Executioner’s Song.”
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Glenn finished in the lead with $18,600. Abby was next with $12,000 and Matt was in third place with $5,600.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS GONE WITH THE WIND?
“Turner Classic Movies officially debuted on April 14, 1994 at 6 p.m. ET with Ted Turner ceremonially launching the channel in New York City’s Times Square district. The date was chosen for its significance as ‘the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City.’ The very first movie ever screened on TCM was the 1939 classic epic Gone with the Wind, exactly what its sister station, TNT, had aired as its debut program six years before.” (wikipedia)
Matt got it right and bet $5,599. He finished with $11,199.
Abby thought it was Casablanca. She bet everything but a buck so she finished with a buck.
Glenn wrote down “It’s a Wonderful Life.” He bet $5,401 so he remained champion by a margin of $2,000. Winnings today: $13,199. His 2-day total is $28,398.
