Final Jeopardy: Tony-Winning Musicals (3-8-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/8/2012) in the category “Tony-Winning Musicals” was:
These 2 back-to-back Tony winners for Best Musical (1987 & 1988) were both set in Paris.
It’s David Gard’s fifth appearance on Jeopardy! after winning a hefty $84,700 from the last four games. Two more players showed up today to try to put a halt to his winning streak: Jessamine Price from Greenbelt, MI; and Vijay Iyer from New York, NY.
Jessamine found the Jeopardy! Daily Double in the category “South African Wild Life.” It was a video and she was in third place with $1,800, 3,200 less than Vijay, the leader. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Zebras spend a lot of time standing around on grassy plains which would make them seem like easy prey, but to lions they blend in with tall stalks of grass because lions have weak color vision due to a shortage of these retinal cells. show
Vijay finished in the lead with $5,000. David was second with $3,800 and Jessamine was right behind him with $3,600.
Vijay uncovered the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy in “Women Authors.” He was in a tie for the lead with David at $7,800. Jessamine was only $1,000 behind them in this tight competition. He risked $1,800 and he was RIGHT.
This “Age of Innocence” author aided refugees in WWI & was made chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. show
Jessamine found the last Daily Double in the category “Bells.” She and Vijay were now in a tie with $9,200 each, $1,800 less than David. She bet $4,000 but, tough break, she could not put her finger on the answer so she was WRONG.
This term for a bell tower comes from the region in Southern Italy that produced the metal used in some bells. show
That ended the round with 5 clues still on the board. David finished in the lead with $11,000. Vijay was second with $9,200 and Jessamine now had $5,200.
Only ONE of the players got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE “LES MISERABLES” AND “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”?
“Les Miz” won several awards in 1987 including Best Musical, Best Book for a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Original Score.
“Phantom” 1988 honors included Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. (“Into the Woods” won Best Book and Best Original Score.)
Jessamine got them both and bet $4,001. She finished with $9,201.
Vijay wrote down “La Boheme” and “The Producers.” He lost $3,000 and finished with $6,200.
David had “Les Miserables” and a big blank line for the other one. He bet $9,600, and wound up in third place with $2,000.
So despite that tough break on the last Daily Double, Jessamine’s knowledge of musical theater made her day and she was all smiles to find she won the game. Nice going!
