Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, February 9, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: THE OSCARS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Since “The Godfather Part II”, this film has been the only sequel to win Best Picture
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Kate Reed Hauenstein, a high school history teacher from Cedar Park, Texas |
Megan Hersman, an arts marketer from Chicago, Illinois |
Kirstin Cutts, a graduate student from Austin, Texas (1-day total: $11,001) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?[/spoiler]
The OED defines “sequel” as “a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one”. Thus, in spite of it being the third film in the Lord of the Rings Series, it is still a sequel, and thus it is the second sequel to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
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Scores going into Final:
Kirstin $17,100
Kate $14,600
Megan -$1,000
Final results:
Kate $14,600 – $14,600 = $0 (What is Lord of the Rings Return)
Kirstin $17,100 – $2,499 = $14,601 (What is Sorry) (2-day total: $25,602)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kate $5,600
Kirstin $3,800
Megan -$200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MAN VS. BEAST $800 (29th pick)
Kirstin 3800 -1000 (Kate 5600 Megan 800)
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2) LOVE $1200 (15th pick)
Kate 9200 +3000 (Kirstin 6600 Megan -200)
3) THE OED: FROM POISE TO QUELT $1200 (28th pick, $3,600 left on bord)
Kirstin 11000 +2500 (Kate 14600 Megan -1000)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $0
Game Stats:
Kirstin $16,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Kate $12,800 Coryat, 23 correct, 4 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer
Megan -$1,000 Coryat, 4 correct, 4 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $17,000
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $8,400
Kirstin Cutts, stats to date:
31 correct
5 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
24.11% in first on buzzer (27/112)
Average Coryat: $13,700
Kirstin Cutts, to win:
3 games: 45.39%
4: 20.60%
5: 9.35%
6: 4.24%
7: 1.93%
Avg. streak: 2.831 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $46,904
Miscellany:
Here are the five clues from the SLAMILTON category from today’s show.
Kate had the right answer but she could not finish writing….yet she lost
Kirsten didn’t know the answer..and she won…kinda weird rule…
You finish with the most money, you win the game. Been that way since 1964.
I Loved Megan Hersman’s Dress, it was so adorable! I need one!
#GalaxyGirl619 #AlienGirl
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By the very definition provided: “The OED defines “sequel” as “a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one”
The correct answer to final jeopardy would be “The Silence of the Lambs” which was the narrative continuation to the movie “Manhunter” which was based upon the book “The Red Dragon”. Though the principal actors are not the same, the story is by definition a sequel.
You say “correct answer” as there is only one, and that somehow the answer provided by the show this evening is incorrect.
I assure you that it is not, and that “The Return of the King”, in a cinematic sense, is a sequel — in spite of Lord of the Rings being a work of literature in three parts.
However, “Manhunter” and “Silence of the Lambs” had different screenwriters, production companies, actors, directors, and producers.
In a literature sense, “The Silence of the Lambs” is a sequel to “The Red Dragon.”
But in a cinematic sense? It is my opinion, and one that certainly matches the position taken by the show with regards to the writing of this clue, that the movie “The Silence of the Lambs” is decidedly NOT a cinematic sequel to “Manhunter” — because they absolutely do not share any sort of cinematic theme.
To further my point:
If there were to be a film adaptation of “Go Set A Watchman”, I would be very hard-pressed to consider that film adaptation a sequel to the 1960s Gregory Peck “To Kill A Mockingbird”.
In “Manhunter” Jack Crawford employs a fringe agent to convince Hannibal Lector to assist in tracking down a serial killer. In “Silence of the Lambs” Jack Crawford employs a fringe agent to convince Hannibal Lector to assist in tracking down a serial killer. How do the two not share a cinematic theme?
This link here, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, does not consider “Silence of the Lambs” to be a sequel.
If the Academy does not, why should we?
Lisa, last week, and Kate, this week, missed the Final clue that proved costly for both of them because they were unable to finish writing down their responses but they may be both technically correct.
Possibly, yes, but most certainly not within the confines of the rules of the program, upon which all contestants are briefed.
why could the answer not be The Silence of the Lambs, winner in 1992, which was preceded by Manhunter? the Manhunter story was later made into Red Dragon.
The difference lies in the fact that there’s a difference between a literature sequel and a cinematic one. Again, as an example, if a movie were to be made of “Go Set A Watchman”, I would not call it a sequel to the famous Gregory Peck “To Kill A Mockingbird”.
I think Kate got a raw deal. Her answer: Lord of the Rings-Return . . . was substantially complete. Not at all the same as beginning to write a one-word answer and not completing it. I would bring her back for another shot at the gold ring.
You may personally feel this, but within the confines of the rules of the program, upon which all contestants are briefed in advance, Kate’s answer was incomplete and thus correctly ruled not acceptable by the judges.