A doubleheader today of Oz-related Jeopardy! clues tonight. First of all, from the April 9 show, in the category Prepositions in the Jeopardy! round, we got this $400 clue:
IF THIS PREPOSITION DIDN'T
EXIST, WE'D HAVE SONG TITLES
LIKE "MORE THAN THERE" &
"MORE THAN THE RAINBOW"
Jeff, at the right-hand lectern, rang in first and correctly responded, "What is over?" And thank goodness we do have that preposition, because I don't think Dorothy plaintively singing "More Than the Rainbow" would have had quite the impact it did.
Then, just the other night, Final Jeopardy! on the April 17 show sure made me perk up. In the category Broadway History, we got this clue:
ON OCTOBER 30, 2008, PLAYBILL
CHANGED ITS LOGO COLOR TO
GREEN FOR A SPECIAL EDITION
MARKING THIS SHOW'S 5TH
ANNIVERSARY ON BROADWAY
After thirty seconds of listening to one of the most famous game show tunes ever, the two remaining contestants (Colette in the middle ended Double Jeopardy! with a negative score) revealed their answers. Joe, on the right, responded with "What is Wicked?" which was right, so he added $300 to the $3200 he had already earned and ended the game with $3500. On the left, defending champion Kevin wrote "What is Rent?" and lost the $1600 he had bet. However, since he'd gone into the round with $36,600 and couldn't lose unless he wagered very foolishly, he ended up with a grand total of $35,000 and became a three-day champion.
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