Final Jeopardy: Art Museums (3-2-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/2/2022) in the category “Art Museums” was:

Before its 1959 opening, 21 artists protested its design, saying it would make paintings look tilted & askew

New champ Margaret Shelton, a homemaker from Pittsburgh, PA, won $16,600 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Christie Baugher, a writer and legal assistant orig. from Louisville, KY; and Ujal Thakor, a director of strategy from Calgary, Alberta.

Round 1 Categories: One-Syllable Cities – Fits & Starts – You Can Set Your Calendar by It – The Man in the Director’s Chair – Complete the Opera Title – “Wise” Words

Ujal found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “You Can Set the Calendar By It” under the $400 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with $400. Ujal bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT ARE CICADAS?

Margaret finished in the lead with $6,600. Ujal was second with $5,200 and Christie was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Famous Peres – Road Trip – Her Emmy-Winning Role – Acronyms – Books within Books – “M”edicine

Margaret found the first Daily Double in “‘M’edicine” under the $800 clue with 8 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $15,800, $5,000 more than Ujal in second place after a reversal* (see below) that benefited Ujal. Margaret bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS MIGRAINE?

Margaret got the last Daily Double in “Road Trip” under the $1,200 clue with 3 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $20,800, $6,000 more than Ujal in second place. Margaret bet $3,000 and hesitantly came up with the Silk Road, and not in question form! Either way, that was WRONG.

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WHAT IS BURMA ROAD?

Margaret finished in the lead with $19,400. Ujal was second with $14,400. Christie was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE GUGGENHEIM?

The Smithsonian has a jpg image of the 1956 protest letter signed by 21 artists and there is also a transcribed version on the Lapham’s Quarterly website. Willem de Kooning may be the best known signer. They succinctly state their main objection as follows: “The basic concept of curvilinear slope for presentation of painting and sculpture indicates a callous disregard for the fundamental rectilinear frame of reference necessary for the adequate visual contemplation of works of art.”

Despite their concerns and inability to share Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision, construction went forward and the new Guggenheim Museum opened to huge crowds on October 21, 1959, 6 months after Frank Lloyd Wright’s death. Over 60 years later, it remains a popular tourist attraction as well as an introduction to the arts for generations of New York youngsters.

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Christie bet it all and doubled her score to $15,200.

Ujal bet $6,800. He finished with $21,200.

Margaret bet $5,000 and won the game with $24,400. Her 2-day total is $41,000.

*Reversal: ACRONYMS ($1600) The mnemonic Roy G. BIV: just Roy’s last name — Ujal’s response of “Battle In Vain” was initially rejected and Christie rebounded with an acceptable “Blue, Indigo, Violet”. Later, the judges accepted Ujal’s response as an alternative mnemonic for the colors of the rainbow and Ujal got $3,200.

A triple stumper from each round:

ACRONYMS ($2000) Mexican president AMLO: just Andres Manuel’s last 2 names

BOOKS WITHIN BOOKS ($2000) Called “Al Azif” in Arabic, this book in H.P. Lovecraft’s stories can cause insanity in readers

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Science Words”

In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for “attendant” to describe the discoveries of Galileo show

WHAT IS SATELLITE?

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