Final Jeopardy: Children’s Authors (2-10-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/10/2016) in the category “Children’s Authors” was:

At 24 he began a verse retelling of the Cupid & Psyche myth, including a character named Caspian.

By the end of today’s recap, we will know who will join Niki Peters and Sam Deutsch as a finalist in the 2016 Jeopardy! College Championship. The players in this last semi-final are Ziad Ali a freshman at N.C. State; Sarah Dubnik, a senior at Pittsburgh; and Kate Laubscher, a sophomore at Northwestern.

Round 1 Categories: Literal Literary Titles – Pots & Pans – Science Terms- Which Cabinet Department – On Netflix – Like a Simile

Sarah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science Terms” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,000, $400 less than Kate’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

This imaginary line used to indicate 0 degrees longitude terminates the North & South Poles.  show

WHAT IS THE PRIME MERIDIAN?

Sarah finished in the lead with $8,400. Kate was second with $4,600 and Ziad was last with $4,200.

Round 2 Categories: Interesting People – Small Countries – This is My Fight Song – “In” the Dictionary – Subcultures – Let Your Greek Flag Fly

Sarah found the first Daily Double in “Small Countries” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick of this round. In the lead with $11,200 now, she had $3,400 more than Ziad in second place. She bet $3,800 and she was RIGHT.

About 600 small islands make up this Pacific Ocean country whose names means “small islands”. show

WHAT IS MICRONESIA?

Ziad found the last Daily Double in “Subcultures” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $10,600, he now had $5,200 less than Sarah’s lead. This was the first clue picked in the category. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

Poetry read the Coexistence Bagel Shop was part of this 1950s movement. show

WHAT IS THE BEAT GENERATION (Accepted: Beat Movement)?

Sarah finished in the lead with $18,200. Ziad was next with $17,800 and Kate was in third place with $7,000.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS C.S. LEWIS?

C. S. Lewis “first read Apuleius’s story of Cupid and Psyche when he was a young man, and it cast a spell on him for more than 35 years. In the early 1920s, he tried to write his own version — as a ballad, a play, a narrative poem,, and even in poetic couplets — but it wasn’t until the 1950s that Lewis was able to turn his ideas into a novel.” C.S. Lewis for Dummies

Kate bet it all and finished with $14,000.

Ziad bet $401, finishing with $18,201.

Sarah wasn’t about to lose this match after losing the lead to Ziad and then regaining it on the 3rd from last clue. She bet $17,401 and won the last finalist spot with $35,601.

Ziad had $19,400 and Sarah had $16,200 when Ziad picked this $1,600 clue in “Let Your Greek Flag Fly” – From 1898 to 1913, this large island was autonomous & had its own flag. He incorrectly answered Cyprus and Sarah got it right. They were then tied at $17,800.

Sarah then broke the tie by giving the correct answer to this $400 clue right in “Fight Song” – “Tiger Rag” is a fight song of this South Carolina school.

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Bible Characters”

“Take care of him,” says the man called this in Luke 10 after giving money to an innkeeper. show

WHO IS THE GOOD SAMARITAN?

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