Final Jeopardy: Folklore (9-20-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/20/2018) in the category “Folklore” was:

In legend, he called all the animals together but only 12 came, including a rat & a dragon

6x champ Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, CO, has now won $127,203. In Game 7, his challengers are: Bucky McMahon, an adventure travel writer from Tallahassee, FL; and Amanda Levreault, a production manager from Chicopee, MA.

As anticipated yesterday, we’re back to a clean-shaven Alex Trebek today.

Round 1 Categories: Space Probes – Pro Football Hall of Famers by Team – Toys & Games – How Cheap Were They? – Reading – The T Leaves

Kyle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Toys & Games” under the $1,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,400, $400 less than Amanda’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

This classic drawing toy was once called Telecran, still its name in France. show

WHAT IS ETCH A SKETCH?

Kyle finished in the lead with $10,000. Amanda was second with $2,800 and Bucky was last at negative $600.

Round 2 Categories: Acting the Part – Islands in the Sea – 8-Letter Words – Orange You Glad – Australian History – Only at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kyle found the first Daily Double in “8-Letter Words” under the $2,000 clue on the 15th pick. He was in the lead with $14,400 at this point, $6,800 more than Amanda in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

c. 1666 a British work used this word for a literal barrier; a 1971 text on operating system principles gave it a new sense. show

WHAT IS A FIREWALL?

4 clues later, Kyle found the last Daily Double in “Australian History” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $19,200 now, he had $11,200 more than Amanda in second place. He bet $3,000 and took a guess with royalty. That was WRONG.

15-year-old Isabel Letham won fame as the 1st Aussie one of these after Duke Kahanamoku plucked her from a crowd in 1915. show

WHAT IS A SURFER?

Kyle finished in the lead with a runaway $20,200. Amanda was next with $8,800 and Bucky was in third place with $4,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS BUDDHA

Note: It didn’t come up on the show, but the Jade Emperor should have been accepted, too.

As with all folklore, there are differing versions of how the Chinese Zodiac came to be. According to this Mythology page: “Some say that the Jade Emperor called a race of animals on his birthday to create the Chinese zodiac. Others say that it was in fact, the Buddha who did. Nevertheless, both stories are essentially the same, excluding some minor details. According to myths, the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac were selected through a race.” In this version, there was a tournament where the animals had to do battle with each other.

Here’s an old clue on the topic that was a lot easier: ASTROLOGY ($600) Chinese astrology has 5 classical elements, each associated with a planet; knock this when you think Jupiter

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Bucky came up with Merlin. He bet and lost it all.

Amanda thought it was Confucius. She only lost $401 bet, finishing with $8,399.

Kyle went with Noah. He lost $2,000 and won the game with the remaining $18,200. His 7-day total $145,403.

A triple stumper from each round:

READING ($600) In “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”, Michelle McNamara detailed her quest for the Calif. murderer she dubbed this

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY ($2000) An Australian Robin Hood to some, this Down Under bandit was captured in 1880 and faced the hangman

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Opera”

The heroine of this opera sings, “If you come to give me, so cruel, your last goodbye, the dark vortex of the Nile will be my grave” show

WHAT IS “AIDA”?

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