Final Jeopardy: Classical Music (5-24-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/24/2023) in the category “Classical Music” was:
When the opera “Lohengrin” premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor
New champ Lynn Di Vito, a retired museum educator from Colorado Springs, CO, won $11,800 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Ed Petersen, a planning technician from Orlando, FL; and Joyce Sun, a retired lawyer from Bloomfield, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Thanks a Million – Africa – Con Must Go – Teaching: Some Anagrams – State of the Union – That’s a Wrap, Everybody!
Lynn found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Africa” under the $800 clue with 8 clues left after it. She was in second place with $1,800, half of Joyce’s lead. Lynn bet $1,200 but just didn’t have a guess so she was WRONG.
When the British held Ghana as a colony, it was known as this due to the vast riches the region held show
Joyce finished in the lead with $5,600. Lynn was second with $3,200. Ed was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: These Bros Are Lit – Science – Train-ing Day – Overlaps – To the Fort! – I am “D.B.”
Lynn found the first Daily Double in “To the Fort!” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in second place with $5,200 now, $2,400 less than Joyce’s lead. Lynn bet $2,000 and guessed Houston. That was WRONG.
Now a city, it was founded in 1849 as a military outpost & named for a commander of the U.S. Army in Texas show
Ed got the last Daily Double in “Science” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,400 now, $3,200 less than Joyce’s lead. Ed bet $1,600 and said scale. That was WRONG.
It’s the measure of the size of the seismic waves generated by an earthquake; Charles Richter invented one way to measure it show
Joyce finished in the lead with $10,800. Ed was second with $10,400. Lynn was last with $6,400. The last 2 “Overlaps” clues, worth $3,600, were not shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS FRANZ LISZT?
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, teacher and conductor, sometimes called one of the first classical music superstars of the 19th century. (Nicolò Paganini is the other one.) Richard Wagner, one of Liszt’s pupils, was the composer of Lohengrin. Liszt’s daughter, Cosima, was first married to Hans von Bülow, another of her papa’s pupils, but she took up with Wagner. Bülow steadfastly refused to give Cosima a divorce until she and Wagner had their third child in 1867. Wagner and Cosima married in 1870 when her divorce became final and Franz Liszt became Wagner’s father-in-law.
Liszt outlived his son-in-law by 3 years. He died in Bayreuth, Germany, aged 74, in 1886 from pneumonia that he may have caught at the Bayreuth music festival hosted by his daughter Cosima.
Lynn thought it was Toscanini. She lost $5,000 and finished with $1,400.
Ed came up with Haydn. That cost him $2,401 and left him with $7,999.
Joyce picked Rachmaninoff. She lost $10,500, dropping her down to $300. That made Ed Petersen the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
STATE OF THE UNION ($1000) In 1864 it became the northernmost state to see land action when about 25 Confederate soldiers raided the town of St. Albans
THESE BROS ARE LIT ($2000) This American novelist created the Compson brothers Benjy, Quentin & Jason
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “American Authors”
The year before his 1809 birth, his parents acted in “King Lear”, leading scholars to believe he was named for a “Lear” character show
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Three responses to the 1850 premiere of an opera. A 20th century composer/pianist, a 20th century conductor and an 18th century composer. Three smart people who don’t have a clue about classical music. But I’ll bet they know the Kardashian’s.
Strong comeback by Ed after entering DJ with $0.
Lynn’s two missed DDs were not impossible. I got the first one (Ghana’s former name) just in time. Probably because I collected stamps in the 60s. On the 2nd, she overlooked the category name, To the Fort.
FJ was a braincrusher, and the only listed stumper I knew was the soccer star, who invested in bringing an MLS team to Miami.
A tough FJ as none of us came up with the correct response either.
Tina Turner was laid to rest today at 83 years old after being ill for a long time. (1939-2023)
Today’s Jeopardy was a big DD and FJ failure for the second time this season.
Hopefully, tomorrow’s episode will be much better.
Disappointed show as all 3 DDs were missed resulted our second skunking of the season and another tough final as we got a triple stumper.
I knew that was coming.