My mother has always
been an expert at the television game show, Jeopardy. Three contestants compete
to provide the questions that go along with answers given in a variety of
categories. Many, many years ago (circa 1976) my mother was a contestant on the
show. Despite her broad knowledge of many areas, and her amazing skill on the
couch in our den, I think she froze a bit in front of the cameras and she
didn’t do very well. But our whole family still recalls the final Jeopardy, for
which none of the contestants had the correct response. The category was
Presidents, and the answer was “He was President of the United States when
California was admitted to the union.” I will provide the question at the end
of this posting for those of you who want to mull it over for a bit.
I am reminded of
Jeopardy because over the past year, Barry and I have become fairly avid
watchers. I was never all that good at it before my illness, but in the early
months, every time I was able to correctly state a question felt like nothing
less than a miracle. Before you knew it, we were hooked, and now we TiVo it
every night in both Sharon and New York so we never miss an episode.
Last night, during
the second half, one of the Daily Doubles was in the category of Anniversary
Gifts, on the $2000 slot. The answer was
40th:
A Pigeon’s Blood is one of these
And, having just
celebrated two 40th anniversaries in our family, my brother Joe and
his wife Judy, and Barry and me, we knew the question immediately:
What
is a ruby?
In an effort to pull
far out ahead, the contestant wagered $10,000 and she got it! I think she was
as surprised as her opponents and the host, Alex Trebek. Unfortunately, she
went on to lose the game at Final Jeopardy.
We are up in Sharon
now for the weekend, looking forward to being together with the whole family.
Dinner tonight is at Dina and Aaron’s and lunch tomorrow is at Simmie and Ronen’s
house. It just doesn’t get better than that.
Have a
great weekend!
Love,
Rebecca
And the final
Jeopardy question was: Who was Millard Fillmore?
(president from July
9, 1850 – March 4, 1853)
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