Final Jeopardy: American Poems (12-23-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/23/2022) in the category “American Poems” was:

In an 1847 poem this character sees her town of Grand-Pre burned, but finally reunites with her beau for a kiss before his death

6x champ Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, has now won $166,200. In Game 7, his competitors are: Rebecca Triano, a chemistry lecturer from Lambertville, NJ; and Ardi Mendoza, an emergency medicine resident from New York, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park – Literature: Blank It & Bank It – Everyday Royalty & Nobility – Sports Equipment – That Was My Home – Prepositional Phrases

Ray found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park” under the $400 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,400, $200 more than Rebecca in second place. Ray made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

On July 4, 2022 this city’s Pops returned to the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade to bring in Independence Day with a bang show

WHAT IS BOSTON?

Ray finished in the lead with $9,800. Rebecca was second with $3,800 and Ardi was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Native American History – Around Asia – Biological Processes – All Stars – 5-Letter Words – Rian Johnson Loves a Whodunit

Ardi found the first Daily Double in “Around Asia” under the $2,000 on the 5th pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,400, $7,000 less than Ray’s lead. Ardi made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

The largest inland body of water in the world, it’s named for an ancient people of Transcaucasia show

WHAT IS THE CASPIAN SEA?

Rebecca got the last Daily Double in “Biological Processes” under the $800 clue with 9 clues left after it. In last place with $9,400, she had $10,400 less than Ray’s lead. Rebecca bet $5,000 and took a shot at it with adrenal glands. That was WRONG.

These glands that aid in digestion are found under the tongue & inside the cheeks & the lower jaw show

WHAT ARE SALIVARY GLANDS?

Ray finished in the lead with $20,200. Ardi was in second place with $13,200 and Rebecca was last with $6,400. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS EVANGELINE?

From Longfellow’s Most Famous Poems: “‘Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie’ (1847) is an epic poem…. Evangeline Bellefontaine is an Acadian girl forced to leave her homeland during the time the British kicked the Acadians out of Canada. She is separated from her true love Gabriel Lajeunesse and searches for him in vain in America. By the time she finds him, she is an old lady….. It’s tragic.”

Evangeline made this list of 12 Baby Girl Names Inspired by Poetry and, as you may expect, so did Annabel from one of Poe’s lost loves, Annabel Lee. (Lenore didn’t make it.) It’s a mystery to me why they never put Helen on these lists. Poe’s poem “To Helen” gave us the famous lines “the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.”

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Rebecca thought it was Isolde. She lost $5,000 and finished with $1,400.

Ardi came up with Bronte. That cost him $10,000 and left him with $3,200.

Ray got it right. He added $6,300 to his score and won the game with $26,500. Ray’s 7-day total is $192,700.

2 triple stumpera from the first round:

EVERYDAY ROYALTY & NOBILITY ($1000) We commission you to give the first & last names of this Chief Justice of the United States

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES ($800) Stuck with 2 bad options, you’re this, the title of a book by trapped climber Aron Ralston

More clues on Page 2

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

This company takes credit for inventing modern gift wrap, dating to its sale of fancy decorated envelope linings at Christmas in 1917 show

WHAT IS HALLMARK?

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