Final Jeopardy: Fictional Locales (7-4-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/4/2014), in the category “Fictional Locales” was:
Featured in a 1933 novel, it may have been inspired by the 1920s Tibetan travel writer Joseph Rock.
2 day champ Christi Esterle has won $36,199 so far. In the last game of the week, her opponents are: Sally Sheinberg, from Palmdale, CA; and Kay Thanaporn, from Decatur, GA.
Round 1: Kay found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “National Animals” under the $1,000 clue. She was in the lead with $3,600, $200 more than Christi in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
There are no photographs, only illustrations of this symbol of Mauritius. show
Kay finished in the lead with $9,600. Christi was second with $3,800 and Sally was last with $800.
Round 2: Kay found the first Daily Double in “The 6 Wives of Henry VIII” under the $800 clue. She was in the lead with $16,800, $5,000 ahead of Christi in second place. She bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
She died 12 days after childbirth & is buried next to Henry. show
Christi found the last Daily Double in “Archaeology” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $13,000, she had $13,600 less than Kay’s lead. She bet $3,000 and guessed a cat. That was WRONG.
In 2013 the stone paws of one of these creatures dedicated to Egyptian King Menkaure were found in Israel. show
Kay finished in the lead with a runaway $30,200. Christi was next with $13,600 and Sally was in third place with $1,600.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“The mythical land of Shangri-La is the novelist James Hilton’s fictional account of the legendary Tibetan paradise Shambala. In Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, he changes the name of the paradise to Shangri-La. This lost Tibetan paradise is a valley cut off from the world. The wisdom of the human race is being conserved there against the threat of imminent catastrophe. Hilton’s novel was turned into a hit Hollywood movie and the name Shangri-La came to mean a lost paradise. ” (PBS: In Search of Myths and Heroes)
In 2001, Zhongdian County in China was renamed after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the 1933 James Hilton novel “Lost Horizon”, in an effort to promote tourism in the area. The original Tibetan population refers to this place by its traditional name Gyalthang, meaning “royal plains”. That name change has been the topic of Final Jeopardy! two times (12/28/1998 and 5/29/2002).
Sally wrote down “Bali Hi”. Bai Ha’i is a fictional locale and song in the 1949 musical “South Pacific” (and 1958 film). That cost her $1,000 and she finished with $600.
Christi got it right, adding $9,000. She finished with $22,600.
Kay also got it right and bet $2,999, so she won today’s match with $33,199 and she is the new champ.
Kay is a health care consultant. It came to light during the chat that she is a lover of old movies, so we figured she had FJ in the bag right then! Alex mentioned that he has been on the TCM Cruise for the last couple of years, with TCM host Robert Osborne. He recommended it to Kay but she said she’s had bad luck with boats. Alex told her to check out the annual TCM Classic Film Festival in L.A.
No doubt Kay had a wonderful 4th of July, watching herself win all that money! We hope your holiday weekend is and continues to be great, too. See you, Kay and Alex Trebek on Monday!
2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Opera Characters”
In a play subtitle, she’s called “the Chinese Sphinx”; in a later opera her suitor calls her “Principessa di Morte”. show
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VJ, just so there is no misunderstanding, I originally thought it was the mistake of the Jeopardy writers (John-Joseph). This is clear evidence that I have more faith in the one of you than the all of them.
@Eric, J had a clue on Microsoft which I was glad to see and another one on Heidelberg, Germany which really thrilled me. Very good match overall. I really think Kay is very well-rounded in her knowledge as her final score verified. Hope she joins us here like Jesse did.
Thanks, man. Kay lives in a town I used to (next to Atlanta), so I’m glad she did well. Too bad she got the middle DD right or she might’ve had $40,000. I’m sure she was happy. Looking forward to the J-archive.
I think some of the other guys want to see Jill stop in.
why would she have 40 K if getting the middle DD wrong?
she would have ended up with 20.200, christi with 13.600, so kay would probably have wagered 6.401 and won 26.601. am i missing something here?????
Yeah, I was saying the twenty to forty. You caught me, wasn’t really an analysis: really no thought whatsoever. Better this way.
Unless she went Newton-Einstien.
@Eric, you love that Newton-Einstein analogy don’t you? Every time I see it I can’t stop laughing. Those guys were centuries apart too. Which shows people (even geniuses) meet their Waterloo. I still like Dirty Harry’s line (aka Clint Eastwood) “a man has got to know his limitations.”
I was thinking yesterday that now the Dow has reached a record high, watch some people jump in who were not already in and lose big time. At some point there will be a reversal or as Newton would have put it gravity will kick in. If people weren’t already in they will be busted when a correction kicks in.
After the holiday is over I’m going to ask vj to link Newton’s chart. That shows some serious pain.
Yes, I do like the N-E. I think also, one of Newton’s lawsof motion, basically, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction (in which I actually don’t believe) may have applications to the market. Really, though, it’s more of an ebb and flow within a cyclical upward spiral, or something.
VJ, no wonder Kay performed so well. According to a news release about her online regarding her appearance on Jeopardy she has a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s degree in business and public health. She hails from Virginia where her father is a medical doctor.
She is highly educated and definitely one smart young lady. She might be more than 1 game winner. She certainly is a strong contestant as she
demonstrated today.
Someone from Wisconsin will correct me if I am wrong I’m sure.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY ALL!
THANK YOU VJ for working this day.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!
Nomi: I didn’t want you to feel left out. I hope that you have the best fifth of July of all of us (is that firework boxing day?).
Maybe it’s just me (and usually it is), but I only really enjoy fireworks if I’m the one lighting them, and most if I’m the one aiming them.
aiming them at…?????
HAPPY 4TH AGAIN EVERYBODY !!!!
p.s. and another new champ…..
You probably don’t want to know. But since you asked: 15% straight up, 15% 50 feet over the crowd, 15% half way between, then 15% again over the crowd, then the coda: the rest straight up. Short, 3D, intense: memorable. What could go wrong?
something could go RIGHT. you might hit one of our politicians and light a fire under his okole….