# Was final jeopardy wrong (or: \[spoilers for April 22 show\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448 "2013-04-23T00:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/1 "2013-04-23T00:10:12Z")
The clue said that this person was nominated for best actress in 1987 for a science fiction film, and the answer they wanted was . . . . . . . . . . Sigourney Weaver I thought about Sigourney Weaver in Aliens but Aliens came out in 1986 (yeah the ceremony was in 1987 but that’s not the way to you refer to academy awards) my mom said Sigourney Weaver (because she isn’t as well-versed in movie release years as I am) and I said that was wrong because that was the wrong year. Boy was I embarrassed when the contestants said Sigourney Weaver and I was right. But I still maintain the clue was misleading and should have said 1986. and after the clue was read Alex said the film was Alien (yeah you don’t know everything do you Mr. Trebek) even her wikipedia page [Sigourney Weaver - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver) refers to her 1986 nomination ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/2 "2013-04-23T00:14:39Z")
Nominations are announced in the year of the presentation, the year after the movie is made. She was nominated in 1987. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/3 "2013-04-23T00:18:47Z")
This was the answer: > [@](#): > > Her nomination in 1987 was the first Best Actress nomination for a science fiction film. If her nomination was in 1987, then it was phrased correctly. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/4 "2013-04-23T00:22:37Z")
Yup, Mr. Connery. 🙂 The ceremony was held on Monday, March 30, 1987. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/5 "2013-04-23T00:23:31Z")
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/6 "2013-04-23T00:24:43Z")
I remember overthinking myself out of a Final Jeopardy answer (well, question) with the following: > [@](#): > > The “Polizei Pistole Kurz” model was often used very effectively by this literary character introduced in 1953 Right off the bat I thought “James Bond”, but I knew that when the character first appeared in print, his sidearm was not the PPK, but a Beretta .25 with a skeleton grip. He changed weapons only after the Beretta failed him (not a design flaw as such - the pistol’s attached silencer got stuck when he tried to draw on Rosa Klebb at the climax of _From Russia With Love_ and he nearly got killed as a result). The next novel, _Dr. No_, started with a scene of M lecturing Bond and ordering the armorer to issue him a PPK, which Bond accepted reluctantly. This scene was adapted for the film version of _Dr. No_, though the background events were changed somewhat… Anyway, while my mind was tumbling over this minutia, Final Jeopardy ended. I thought about writing a complaining letter until I reread the question - it says the _character_ was introduced in 1953, not that he started using that pistol in 1953. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/7 "2013-04-23T00:24:54Z")
You are literally correct. Well the clue was poorly-written then. It’s counter-intuitive to the way normal people think about Oscars years ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/8 "2013-04-23T00:33:07Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > It’s counter-intuitive to the way normal people think about Oscars years No, you’re wrong. It’s correct both in letter and spirit. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/9 "2013-04-23T00:46:17Z")
Also: > [@PSXer](#): > > (yeah the ceremony was in 1987 but that’s not the way to you refer to academy awards) See this: [http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/59th-winners.html](http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/59th-winners.html) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/10 "2013-04-24T05:32:41Z")
on a side note, Alex Trebek, after the previous day’s winner’s answer had been revealed, that her nomination “spawned” a great series of movies. So if Sigourney Weaver’s nomination was for _Aliens_, this statement is wrong, since this was the sequel rather than the origin of the series. Such ends the nitpick. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/11 "2013-04-24T09:09:39Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > on a side note, Alex Trebek, after the previous day’s winner’s answer had been revealed, that her nomination “spawned” a great series of movies. > > So if Sigourney Weaver’s nomination was for _Aliens_, this statement is wrong, since this was the sequel rather than the origin of the series. > > Such ends the nitpick. I would just like to pretend that Alien is the only movie and no series whatsoever was “spawned” afterwards 😃 ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/12 "2013-04-24T09:30:59Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > on a side note, Alex Trebek, after the previous day’s winner’s answer had been revealed, that her nomination “spawned” a great series of movies. > > So if Sigourney Weaver’s nomination was for _Aliens_, this statement is wrong, since this was the sequel rather than the origin of the series. > > Such ends the nitpick. Furthering the nitpick, after the first contestant’s question was revealed, Alex said, “And you wound up with ‘Who is Sigourney Weaver’, you were thinking of the film _Alien_. You’re absolutely right.” ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-final-jeopardy-wrong-or-spoilers-for-april-22-show/656448/13 "2013-04-24T11:49:30Z")
behold, the birth of circular nitpicking