Final Jeopardy: Books of the 1970s (8-31-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Books of the 1970s” was:

Aptly, members of a black family in this novel have biblical names: Pilate, Hagar & the title one, an ancestor of the protagonist

17x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has now won $396,182. In Game 18, her opponents are: Renée Russell, a branch office administrator from Baltimore, MD; and Manav Jain, an undergraduate student from Clemson, SC.

THIS GAME IS A RERUN FROM APRIL 28, 2022. CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL RECAP.

Renée Russell was selected to compete in the Second Chance Tournament coming up in October 2022

Here are two categories, one from each round of this game:

JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants got all the clues in RHYMES WITH THESE
($200) 2 parallel ropes attach to a horizontal bar to make up this acrobatic apparatus
($400) To breathe with difficulty & with a whistling sound
($600) To identify someone vile or unethical, “ball” or “bag” can follow this word
($800) Idiomatically, these may “fall on deaf ears”
($1000) It’s an ornate decoration just below a building’s roof

ANSWERS: show

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND: The contestants also got all the clues in DOUBLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS
($400) Of course, there’s a pumpkin spice version of this icy cold blended beverage from Starbucks
($800) Hiccup in “How to Train Your Dragon” gives his dragon this name, but soon after gets a better look inside its mouth
($1200) Slightly different from accounting, it’s the work of those that track & record money transactions
($1600) A tenant under contract is considered one of these
($2000) Ooh la la, chicken is sautéed & then stewed to make this French-named dish

ANSWERS: show