Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Literary Characters (6-26-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/26/2019) in the category “19th Century Literary Characters” was:

“Hard and sharp as flint…He iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas”

It’s the last semi-final game of the 2019 Teen Tournament and these players are competing for the last spot in the finals: Avi Gupta, a senior from Portland, OR; Teagan O’Sullivan, a freshman from Charlotte, NC; and Jackson Jones, a junior from Louisville, KY.

Round 1 Categories: Historical Museums – The Sahara Desert – A Sngl Vwl – Let’s Go to the Movies – Insta-Graham – Appvertising

Jackson found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historical Museums” under the $1,000 clue, with 9 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,000, $600 more than Avi in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Opened in 2009, Athens’ museum of this hilltop citadel was designed to resemble the nearby Parthenon. show

WHAT IS THE ACROPOLIS?

Jackson finished in the lead with $7,400. Avi was second with $4,400 and Teagan was last with $2,800.

Round 2 Categories: The Laws of Physics – Broadway Musicals by Songs – Countries of the World – Words of Encouragement – Issues of the 2020s – Legendary!

Jackson found the first Daily Double in “Issues of the 2020s” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick. He was in the lead with $12,200 at this point, $1,400 more than Teagan in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

A 2018 Fed report said not counting mortgages, the biggest source of U.S. debt was this, incurred by young people. show

WHAT ARE STUDENT LOANS?

6 clues later, Avi found the last Daily Double in “The Laws of Physics” under the $2,000. In third place with $8,800, he had $9,600 less than Jackson’s lead. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.

Snell’s law, or the law of refraction, is a major law of this branch of physics. show

WHAT ARE OPTICS?

Avi and Jackson finished in a tie for the lead. They both had $19,600. Teagan was next with $14,000.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS EBENEZER SCROOGE?

In Stave 1 of “A Christmas Carol” (1843), Charles Dickens gave quite a vivid description of his elderly miser who famously had two words for Christmas: “Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!” That is followed by the quote in the clue (in its entirety). Also, check out Antic Dispositions for “10 Facts about ‘A Christmas Carol'”

From 2005: PITHY QUOTES ($400) Scrooge’s 2-word response to “A merry Christmas, Uncle!”

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Teagan bet $13,999 and finished with $27,999.

Jackson bet it all and finished with $39,200.

Avi doubled up, too, resulting in a tie with Jackson.

That called for a tiebreaker.

TIEBREAKER: AMERICAN HISTORY: Types of it you could find in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773 included Souchong & Bohea. show

WHAT IS TEA?

Avi buzzed in with the correct response first so he won the last finalist spot. We will be seeing him, Lucas Miner and Ryan Presler battle it out for the $100K grand prize in the next two games. (There was a very similar FJ clue in the 10-21-14 game.)

A triple stumper from each round:

APPVERTISING ($1000) This app: “Discover amazing new music and directly support the artists who make it”

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ($800) A helpful act, or a shove that lifts you from below

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Entrepreneurs”

In the 1960s M.T. Lott was one of the fictitious names he used to buy 27,000 acres in Florida. show

WHO IS WALT DISNEY?

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