Jeopardy First Edition -- Game #12

 Hi friends!

This week, I published a new video in the Jeopardy, First Edition, series. Let's take a look at Game #12. As in previous posts, my goal is to share what I've learned about the clues in this game.

Notes are in the order they appear in the original video, which you can find here.

Wikipedia is my primary source for much of this material (so take that with a grain of salt).

Jeopardy! Round

Categories: Americana, Labor, European Landmarks, Sports, Horror Films, Women's Wear

• Americana ($300): Here's the first verse and the chorus to "Yankee Doodle": Yankee Doodle went to town / A-riding on a pony, / Stuck a feather in his cap / And called it macaroni. // Yankee Doodle keep it up / Yankee Doodle dandy, / Mind the music, and the step, / And with the girls be handy. The full version on Wikipedia has 16 verses!
• Americana ($400): Revenuer is the correct answer to this clue, referring to an agent of the Treasury Department responsible for laws against illegal distilling of alcohol.
• Sports ($300): Apparently, Margaret Smith, the top seed in Women's singles that year, had a bye in the first round and lost to Billie Jean King (Moffitt). "It was the first time in Grand Slam history that the women's top seed had lost her opening match." She would advance to the Quarterfinals, where King lost to Ann Haydon in straight sets. Don't feel too bad for Margaret Smith (now Court); she won 24 women's singles major titles in her career, including the next year's Wimbledon title.
• Women's Wear ($300): According to Wikipedia disambiguation page on Nylons, I was close. I think the clue was going for nylon stockings, but nylons can also refer to pantyhose or to tights.
• Labor ($200): Solidarity was founded in 1980, and by 1981, it had 10 million members "representing one-third of the country's working-age population". Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. By the end of the 1980s, Poland would have its first pluralistic elections in 42 years. Membership has diminished a lot since the 1990s, thanks to the return of capitalism to Poland.

Double Jeopardy! Round

Categories: U.S. Cities, Musical Instruments, Steinbeck, Clubs & Lodges, Television, Women's Names

• Television ($600): Barnaby Jones was a Quinn Martin production airing on CBS from 1973 through 1980. Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies), played Barnaby Jones. Lee Meriwether (Catwoman from the Batman series) was the daughter-in-law. Mark Shera was Jones's cousin. You might be able to see the show on MeTV.
• Television ($1000): Famous Italian Americans like Frank Sinatra did protest the show and its portrayal of Italian Americans. Protests led to ABC and Desilu Productions to issue the following edicts: (1) Fictional hoodlums would no longer use Italian names on the show, (2) more attention would be given to the protagonist's Rico Rossi character, and (3) the show would emphasize the contributions made by Italian Americans. The show would air for four seasons.
• Musical Instruments ($400): The harpsichord is a piano-like instrument where pressing a key plucks a string. The resultant sound cannot change in volume, as every string is plucked the same way to produce the same volume. The clavichord is a piano-like instrument where pressing a key strikes a string with a metal blade called a tangent (kind of like a hammer in a piano, but with a very different shape and composition). The sounds from a clavichord are usually too soft to hear in a large setting.
• Musical Instruments ($1000): Stephane Grappelli is a French jazz violinist (1908-1997). Jean-Luc Ponty is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist (1942- ).
• Clubs & Lodges ($1000): The Kiwanis International service club is still very much around today (they formed in 1915). Just under 600,000 people are members. It looks like the proper pronunciation is "ki-WAH-nis".
• Clubs & Lodges ($200): The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks still exists, too. Founded in 1868, they have more than 750,000 members. Babe Ruth, Jack Benny, Lawrence Welk and six U.S. Presidents (Eisenhower, Ford, Harding, Kennedy, F.D.R., and Truman) were all former Elks.
• Clubs & Lodges ($400): When I mentioned the fez hats, I had the wrong club. Masons don't wear those hats--it's the Shriners that wear those hats and drive around in go-karts during parades.
• Steinbeck ($1000): Salinas, California, now bills itself as "The Salad Bowl of the World".
• Clubs & Lodges ($800): The Daughters of the American Revolution still exist today, too. Founded in 1890, there are over 185,000 current members.
• U.S. Cities ($200): Where does the "Beantown" nickname come from? It comes from Boston Baked Beans (the dish, not the candy).

Final Jeopardy! Round

Category: Famous Family

• John Barrymore played Baron Felix von Gaigern in Grand Hotel (1932). Lionel Barrymore played Dr. Leonard Gillespie in the Dr. Kildare film series of the 1930s and 1940s. Drew Barrymore, of course, appeared in E.T.

What other facts and trivia did I miss? Let me know in the comments, and stay tuned for the next game!