Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Literature (10-30-17)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/30/2017) in the category “19th Century Literature” was:
This 1870 novel has a ship whose name is from the Greek for “sailor” & a captain whose name is Latin for “no one”.
New champ Anand Kandaswamy won $10,001 on Friday. In his second game, he is up against these two players: Morgan Hanson, from Tullahoma, TN; and Charles Yu, from Hyattsville, MD.
Round 1 Categories: Wolverine – “Ant”, Man – Avengers – Fantastic 4 – Cap – Marvel
Anand found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Avengers” under the $800 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was the only one with any money ($3,400). He bet $1,600 of that and he was RIGHT.
These angry goddesses of vengeance in Greek myth were particularly cruel if one killed a family member. show
Anand finished in the lead with $9,200. Morgan was second with $2,800 and Charles was last with $2,200.
Round 2 Categories: World Leaders – 10-letter Words – “Z” Grade Entertainment – A Constitutional Vocabulary – The State’s Second-Largest City – You Have Me at a Loss
Anand found the first Daily Double in “‘Z’ Grade Entertainment” under the $2,000 clue on the 16th pick. He had a runaway lead already with $18,800, $12,400 more than Morgan in second place. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
The long search for a real California serial killer inspired this David Fincher film. show
4 clues later, Morgan found the last Daily Double in “You Have Me at a Loss” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $8,800, she had $11,200 less than Anand’s lead. She bet $1,000 and guessed “Revenge.” That was WRONG.
Chapter 106 of “Moby Dick” is titled “Ahab’s” this. show
Anand finished in the lead with a runaway $21,200. Charles was next with $5,800 and Morgan was in third place with $3,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Nautilus was the name of Captain Nemo’s vessel in the 1870 classic by French sci-fi master, Jules Vernes. The Etymology Dictionary says the word is literally Greek for “sailor.” For an amusing look at the captain’s name meaning from someone actually named Nemo, click here.
Morgan wrote down “Watership Down.” She bet and lost it all.
Charles wrote down “The Ballad of Cap’n Crunch.” That got him a round of applause from the audience and it only cost him $201. He had $5.599 left.
Anand got it right. He added $3,800 to win this one with $25,000. His 2-day total is $35,001.
A triple stumper from each round:
CAP ($200) In the 1690s this captain was assigned to hunt pirates but became one, plundering instead of protecting ships
“Z” GRADE ENTERTAINMENT ($800) “I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s, and his hair was perfect,” sang this late, great pianist
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “World Geography”
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This reminds me of Penn Jillette getting Ahab right on a daily double.
What’s ahabs revenge? That answer was nonsense for the daily double chosen by Morgan. He probably never read Moby Dick, right VJ? Any literature buffs will tell us that ahab was not out for blood, he needs his leg.
Well, Ahab did want revenge on the whale. How do you think he lost his leg? Morgan just forgot that the category had to do with loss of something for a second there. She had answered every clue in that category right up til then. It wasn’t even a “costly” second — she only lost $1,000.
LINK: 11 more clues from the match
This was a very easy final jeopardy question as I have watched the movie and read the book 20000 leagues under the sea. Also.do you remember around the world in 80 days, vj? It was also written by Jules Verne. I could see anand having the potential of winning a streak of games this week. What year was watership down published, VJ?
1972. Well, “Watership Down” is only off by 102 years!