Jeopardy All Stars: Wild Card Game 1 (2-28-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/28/2019) in the category “British Literature” was:
A chapter of “The Jungle Book” has this double-talk title, echoing the opening line of a Brit’s poem some 100 years earlier
On Day 7 of the 2019 Jeopardy All-Stars Tournament, Team Buzzy, Team Colby and Team Austin are playing the first of a 2-game Wild Card match. Whatever they make in this game will be added to tomorrow’s final scores to determine who will join Team Brad and Team Ken in the finals.
Today’s lineups:
• Team Buzzy: Jeopardy: Alex Jacob; DJ: Buzzy Cohen; FJ: Jennifer Giles
• Team Colby: Jeopardy: Pam Mueller; DJ: Colby Burnett; FJ: Alan Lin
• Team Austin: Jeopardy: Roger Craig; DJ: Austin Rogers; FJ: Leonard Cooper
Round 1 Categories: Weights & Measures – Cities – From the “Pen” of Webster’s Third – You’re an All-Star – Get Your Game On – Go Play
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Go Play” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in a second place tie with Pam. They both had $2,600, $200 less than Roger Craig. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
At circle in the square in 1975, George C. Scott earned raves as this Arthur Miller character. show
Alex finished in the lead with $8,800. Roger was second with $5,600 and Pam was last with $2,600.
Round 2 Categories: Unpharaohs – Show Biz – Taxonomy – Idioms Delight – Arts & Culture – Trios
Colby found the first Daily Double in “Trios” under the $1,600 clue on the very first pick. The scores were the same as above. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Submerged in China: Qutang, Wu & Xiling show
Colby found the last Daily Double in “UnPharoahs” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick. In second place with $9,600, he had $3,200 less than Austin’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Bible says Pharaoh Shishak raided Jerusalem & the Temple, taking the gold shields this king had made. show
Colby finished in the lead with $19,600. Buzzy was next with $17,200 and Austin was in third place with $15,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” was first published in magazines in 1893 and in a book, the following year. In it, the villainous Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger, wants to kill the man-cub Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves. Although Shere Khan appears in the first story “Mowgli’s Brothers,” Kipling evidently thought of William Blake’s 1794 “Songs of Experience” poem “The Tyger” for the title of the story that tells the final conflict between Mowgli and Shere Khan.
From 1990: POETS ($400) He often had visions of angels & dead people; perhaps he saw a “Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright!”, too
Leonard drew a blank. He lost his $10,400 bet, leaving him $5,200.
Jennifer thought of King Louie (a Disney character who is not in the book) and came up with “king king.” She bet and lost it all.
Alan Lin also drew a blank. He lost $12,000 and finished with $7,600.
A triple stumper from each round:
GAME ON ($1000) This title of Stephen Potter’s book on “Winning Games Without Actually Cheating” entered the English language
ARTS & CULTURE ($1200) In 1954’s “Square Dance”, this New York City ballet founder combined classical technique with square dance calls
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Signers of the Constitution”
The name of this first Maryland signer is also on a national monument completed in 1803. show
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Is anybody noticing that Colby is getting away with sometimes just saying the answer and not phrasing it in the form of a question?
This kind of reminds me of Day 1 of the Finals of the most recent College Championship with William Scott, Hannah Sage & Dhruv Gaur. They played a really good game, and had big scores going to Final Jeopardy!…, and then, a tough Final Jeopardy! clue just had to come in, and ruin their chances of getting ever bigger scores going into Day 2 of the Finals, and like Alan Lin, I was really upset. Thankfully, the next Final Jeopardy! clue was an easier clue, and 2 of the 3 players, Hannah & William, got it right. Dhruv wrote down ”That’s All, Folks!”, but it didn’t matter, because he not only had a runaway going into Final Jeopardy! on the 2nd day of the Finals, but he also had a runaway with all of the 2 day scores combined.
It is interesting that just ‘Loman’ was accepted as an answer because there are three Lomans: Willie, Biff, and Happy. If the question involved a Kennedy the player just couldn’t say ‘Kennedy’. The player would have to say John, Bobby, Ted, Father Joe, Joe Jr., John Jr. etc…
Maybe we can add “fictional characters” to the list of exceptions to the unwritten rule for exactly when a first name is required?
I was not surprised the judges didn’t ask for the first name, but the Kennedy analogy is very very strong in this case.
Oh, my goodness. The first game of the wildcard in the Jeopardy! All Star Games turned out to be a Triple Stumper and lost quite a lot. I, for once, have no clue as well, but I wouldn’t risk much.
In the 2016 version, he’s blind in one eye and he has scars on his nose and face due to Mowgli’s father scratched him. In the Jungle Book 2, he wanted revenge on Mowgli after he ruined his tail.
Ah, I just wish Jennifer had thought to write down “Louie Louie” instead of “king king” 😆😆
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
“Louie Louie, oh baby… me gotta go”!
@VJ- so if only one member of the band sang that song, would that make him “The Lone Kingsman”?!😁
lol JJ 😎
Jennifer is definitely the weak link on this team.
This shouldn’t have been that tough to figure out. I mean any kid who goes to Disney world or watched the jungle book should know shere khan as the villain. Don’t you agree John and VJ? That big bet from the players was risky. What made the players drew a blank today? This movie is quite popular back in the old days when we were younger.
Knowing The Jungle Book, Shere Khan, and his being a tiger is not enough to solve the clue, is it?
Well, what do you know. My first gut reaction when I saw the clue was “No way,Jose”. The #s before FJ were pretty good and then: BUMMER.
I think the whole thing will end:
1. Ken and his team, 2. Brad and his team, 3. whoever makes it as a WC. I had this notion before and said it already. Also it seems the FJs are getting tougher resp. longer. Today e.g. there was imo just not enough time to get the clue, make the connection and Blake is not exactly the most prominent poet, plus you had England again (Blake appears quite often in the J archive though….??)
Certainly a setback for Buzzy and his team today but who knows what will happen tomorrow?
I agree – I guess that’s your feeling somehow, JP,??- that Ken and Brad will slug it out Mon and Tue and whoever is the WC won’t have a chance. We shall see, but first there is tomorrow…..
Right, because all three risked quite a lot and the clue became harder. I disagree with you, whoever is the WC will win and upset the two dominant forces.
@JCA
We’ll see.
How could they? They are not much of a Disney fan.
Not only that, British literature seems not to be their forté.
Well I guess I feel a little better after seeing all the contestants miss the Final Jeopardy question as well. Like me, when they heard the correct answer, there was a big “Aha” moment.
I am curious if some of the strongest players (like Ken, Brad, Alex, Roger, Matt) would have answered it correctly. Obviously calling them the “strongest” players should not be interpreted as a put-down on the rest of the contestants because they are incredibly brilliant, but I think the listed players have earned extra distinction.
I’d definitely add Larissa to that list of strongest players – Team Brad’s spot in the finals is due almost entirely to her performance! (Brad has underwhelmed me so far, but I’m sure he’ll show up in the next round.)
You are right about Brad. Brad seemed almost ordinary his first day. Ken, on the other hand, was glorious yesterday running the “v” crossword category. What is the left page of a book? I’ve never heard of that and Ken nails it. I am impressed.
I agree….Larissa has been outstanding this tournament.