These are today's Jeopardy!
Highlights.
We certainly have a dramatic Friday game ahead of us with two wins apiece, either
Amy or Andrew can clinch this championship in the next half hour.
Or could this be the beginning of an epic comeback for Sam?
Good luck, champions.
We've seen your thoughtful faces.
Put them to work on this game board as we begin a very important Jeopardy!
round with these categories.
Furniture, $1000.
Here's a chair designed by this pioneer of the mission furniture style.
Sam. Who is Eames?
No, I'm sorry.
What is speech?
That's correct.
What is Neapolitan? $1000 for you.
What’s epistolary? Yes, and you're out of the hole.
What is an anti-hero? Yes.
Bring it on! There we go.
I was waiting.
Neanderthals emerged about 400,000 years ago in the Pleistocene,
an epoch marked by these intermittent glacial episodes.
Sam. What are ice ages?
Yes.
You have $1600.
Amy has the lead again as we head into Double Jeopardy!.
Let's take a look at the categories.
American Women, $800.
In the 1950s, she broke the color barrier in tennis
and became the first Black American to win a Grand Slam Tournament.
Amy. Who is Gibson?
Althea Gibson.
Who’s Lange?
Dorothea Lange.
Very good.
Who's Grey? Zane Grey, yes.
20th Century, $1600.
The answer there is the first Daily Double in the round.
You can take the lead, Andrew, if so inclined.
True Daily Double.
I thought you might.
Here's your clue in 20th Century Fiction.
This book with a facial feature in its title was Toni Morrison's debut novel.
What Is “The Bluest Eye”?
That's correct.
You have the lead.
Paint, $1200.
The answer there...
is the other Daily Double, back to back.
Will you do it again? Oh, man.
We need a wager, Andrew.
Yeah.
Let's do it.
Ok. $10,000.
Up to you.
Here is your clue in Paint Samples.
Don't try to pet the cat in a tricky canvas
by Louis-Leopold Boilly, who invented this French term.
Andrew?
I’m sorry, you took too much time.
That would be Trompe-l’œil painting, fools the eye, not a real cat.
You’re back to zero.
Who is Pete Rose Garden of Earthly Delights?
That's it.
What are The Killers? That's right.
What are...
The Pixies?
You guessed the right one. You have $2000.
What's a triptych?
You got it.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Yes. May I please have the final clue?
So polite now.
Ayn Rand
is thought to have based the architect in this novel on Frank Lloyd Wright.
Amy. What is “The Fountainhead”?
That's correct.
You have the lead with $15,800.
But Sam’s not that far behind.
English Cities is the Final Jeopardy!
category in game five.
Here's your clue.
William the Conqueror’s son built a fortress on a key
northern river in 1080, giving this city its name.
We’ll begin in the middle with Andrew He.
What city did you write down?
What is Avon?
No, that's not correct.
You wagered all but $100.
Sam Buttrey
had a strong, strong tournament, although the stars have not yet aligned
to get him a win. What was your response?
What is Newcastle?
And you even got the subtitle right, Newcastle upon Tyne.
He literally built a new castle on the Tyne River.
So you're going to add to that...
Oh, in fact, you're going to double it.
You have $22,400 and the lead.
So everything depends on Amy Schneider, who looks as cool and collected as usual.
What was her response?
What is Newcastle?
You got it. What did you wager?
Just $1800
taking you to $17,600 and second place.
Sam Buttrey, you have your first Tournament of Champions finals win.
Congratulations.
The count as it stands: two wins for Amy Schneider,
two for Andrew He and now, one for Sam Buttrey.
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