The Final Jeopardy question (7/3/2012) in the category “1950s Movies” was:

“The Man on Lincoln’s Nose” was a working title for this 1959 film.

2-day champ Matt Samberg returned today with total winnings so far of $44,601. It was a tight match for Matt yesterday and he looked mighty relieved when it was over. Will his luck continue today? Not if one of these two players kick his butt: Leslie Page, from Woonsocket, RI and Leo Velazquez, from Orange, CA.

Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Words With Friends.” He was in the lead with $4,400, $2,000 more than Leslie in second place. He bet $1,900 and he was RIGHT.

He said of his dad’s influence when he ran for governor in 1994, “I’ve inherited 100% of his enemies & only 50% of his friends.”
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WHO IS GEORGE W. BUSH?

Matt finished in the lead with $7,300. Leslie was second with $2,600 and Leo was in the hole to the tune of $400.

Leslie found the first Double Jeopardy! Daily Double in “They Died With Their Booze On.” She was in second place with $3,000, $4,300 less than Matt in the lead. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

He died in Babylon in 323 B.C., a few days after a long drinking bout & a few months after declaring himself a god.
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WHO IS ALEXANDER THE GREAT?

Leo found the last Daily Double in “See ‘Inside’ for Details.” He was in third place with $3,400, $7,900 less than Matt’s lead. He bet $2,000, and he was RIGHT.

Referring to Interstate 495, this 3-word term described isolated politicans.
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WHAT IS “INSIDE THE BELTWAY”?

The entire direction of this round was changed when Leslie forgot to phrase her answer in the form of a question in the category “Poetic Verbs.” It surely looked like she was going to sweep that category. Matt got the points by giving the same answer in question form, and he promptly dumped that category. They never got back to it because time ran out.

Matt finished in the lead with $12,100. Leo was next with $8,400 and Leslie was in third place with $8,100.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “NORTH BY NORTHWEST”?

In Classic American Films: Conversations with the Screenwriters, screenwriter Ernest Lehman relates that the “Lincoln’s nose” title was scrapped after the great songwriter Sammy Kahn came in and performed a song for that title. “It was just like Broadway in the thirties. It was a love song but it sounded like something from a Kaufman and Hart farce.”

Leslie bet $8,000, bringing her total up to $16,100.

Leo bet $7,401, not enough to top Leslie. He finished with $15,801.

Matt bet $4,701 so he won the game with $16,801 and he now has a 3-day total of $61,402.