Final Jeopardy: Cities in Literature (5-14-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/14/2018) in the category “Cities in Literature” was:

In “Gone with the Wind”, Rhett Butler says this city named for a monarch “is the South, only intensified”

The first group of semi-finalists in the 2018 Teachers Tournament are: Steve Mond, from Utah, (9th & 10th Grade Math); Scott Montanaro, from Oregon, (H.S. History & Psychology); and Erika Eason, from Maryland, (K-12 Technology).

Round 1 Categories: School of Rock – Stand & Deliver – Dead Poets’ Society – Lean on Me – Goodbye Mr. Chip – Blackboard Jumble

Steve found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Stand & Deliver” under the $600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was $400 in the red. Erika was leading with $1,800. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

1930s Southern governor who said, “We have organized a society… with the motto ‘every man a king'” show

WHO IS HUEY LONG?

Erika finished in the lead with $7,000. Steve was second with $6,800 and Scott was last with $1,800.

Round 2 Categories: Small Countries – Life Science Milestones – Characters in Broadway Musicals – 10-letter Words – Super Conductors – “Ed”ucation

Scott found the first Daily Double in “10-Letter Words” under the $800 clue, with 8 clues left after it. He was in third place with $4,200 at this point, $8,400 less than Erika’s lead. He bet $3,000 and drew a blank so he was WRONG.

Portmanteau term for the rules that apply to how one communicates online. show

WHAT IS NETIQUETTE?

3 clues later, Steve landed on the last Daily Double in “Super Conductors” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $14,400, he had $1,800 more than Erika in second place. He bet $1,500 and guessed Mozart. That was WRONG.

At a May 7, 1824 premiere, Michael Umlauf wielded the baton but took his temp cues from this man. show

WHO IS BEETHOVEN?

Steve finished in the lead with $14,900. Erika was next with $12,600 and Scott was in third place with $1,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CHARLESTON?

Charleston, S.C. was Rhett Butler’s hometown in “Gone with the Wind.” When he came to Atlanta, where Scarlett O’Hara and Melanie Wilkes were staying with Aunt Pittypat, his reputation as a wartime profiteer was already well known. In Chapter 13, Dr. Meade published a letter denouncing such “scavengers” in the paper. Rhett became a social outcast everywhere except at Aunt Pittypat’s because kindly Melanie refused to condemn him. Scarlett just wished Rhett would keep his “heresies” on Southern society to himself. “Charleston is the South, only intensified,” Rhett said, explaining how he became the Butler family’s black sheep because he could not conform to Charleston’s rules.

Charleston was named for King Charles II of England, the son of the Queen the State of Maryland was named for. Remember that FJ from April 13th?

Scott picked Charlottesville. He bet and lost it all.

Erika crossed off Atlanta for Savannah. She lost her $10,000 bet, finishing with $2,600.

Steve crossed off Atlanta, too, and went with Charlotte. He lost 10,301, but (as Alex said) won the first finalist spot with the magnificent total of $4,599.

A triple stumper from each round:

SCHOOL OF ROCK ($1000) The title of this Juicy J song about a woman working her way through college is a form of financial aid

CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS ($2000) Jack Kelly, Katherine, Joseph Pulitzer

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Political Terms”

Officials called tribunes sat at Rome’s Senate door & if they didn’t like what was going on, shouted this Latin word. show

WHAT IS VETO?

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