Final Jeopardy: Women Authors (7-15-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/15/2019) in the category “Women Authors” was:
An award for works of horror, dark fantasy & psychological suspense honors this author who came to fame with a 1948 short story
3x champ Sam Kavanaugh, a teacher from Minneapolis, MN, has won $75,601 so far. In Game 4, he takes on these two players: Christina Harcar, an audiobook seller from the Bronx, NY; and Jeff Lasky, a journalist from San Diego, CA.
Round 1 Categories: 3-Word Literary Titles – Organizations – Killed Off the TV Show – Rhyme Time – I Love Horses – They’re My Friends
Sam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Organizations” under the $600 clue, with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,400, $3,400 more than Jeff in second place. He went with a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
It was founded by 6 cardiologists in 1924. show
Sam finished in the lead with $10,600. Jeff was second with $2,800 and Christina was last with $2,600.
Round 2 Categories: Quoted in Bartlett’s – Documentaries – Give Me 5-Letter Words – Supreme Court Clerks – Enclaves – “I” on Science
Christina found the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Words” under the $400 clue on the very first pick. (Alex noted that it was a rarity to find the DD in the top box.) The scores were the same as above. She bet it all and she was RIGHT.
In medieval legend, it was the cup or plate used by Jesus at the Last Supper. show
4 clues later, Sam found the last Daily Double in “‘I’ in Science” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $13,400, he had $8,200 more than Christina in second place. He bet $11,000 and he was RIGHT.
A woman’s eggs are fertilized outside her body in this method of assisted reproductive technology. show
Sam finished in the lead with $33,200. Christina was next with $13,600 and Jeff was in third place with $5,200.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Author, Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) is well-known for her short story, “The Lottery,” which was first published in “The New Yorker” in 1948. She also wrote the 1959 bestseller “The Haunting of Hill House.” Her influence on the horror and mystery genre has impacted many writers, including Stephen King, who wrote an introduction to one edition of “Hill House” and also dedicated his novel “Firestarter” (1980) “In Memory of Shirley Jackson, who never needed to raise her voice.”
Click here for more info on the Shirley Jackson Awards and a list of all winners since 2007. The 2018 nominees are here on the Awards website.
Jeff went with “Rand” as in Ayn. He lost his $5,199 bet and had a dollar left.
Christina got it right. She stood pat on her $13,600.
Sam got it, too. He bet $5,000, winning the game with $38,200. His 4-day total is $113,801.
A triple stumper from each round:
3-WORD LITERARY TITLES: ($1000) Young Cedric charms his grandfather, The Earl of Dorincourt, in this novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
SUPREME COURT CLERKS ($2000) Not long after this man was clerk for Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in 1929, he met Whittaker Chambers– perjury came much later
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Deadly Creatures”
The National Ocean Service says one lethal type of this bone-free creature is the most venomous marine animal. show
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I read once that “The Lottery” shocked so many people that a lot of people cancelled their subscriptions. Even at 20¢ a copy, Harold Ross took the risk.
I hope he might win his fifth game tomorrow
Me too, Elan!
Shirley Jackson imo passed away far too early in life. I can only imagine what other great literary works she would have written. Gone but not forgotten.
On a more positive note Happy 95th Birthday Johnny Gilbert on Saturday July 13th.
I agree about Shirley Jackson, Jacob, and also want to add belated Happy Birthday wishes to Johnny Gilbert. What an amazing guy!
Wow, I had no idea that Johnny Gilbert is 95, he’s beyond incredible!
Are we back to the 4-game curse? If we are, I’m gonna be shocked.
Rare to see a daily double at the top of the board. And once again congrats to Sam on winning game 4. I feel game five might be in his corner since Sam had strong knowledge today. By the way though VJ, do you know if any of Shirley Jackson’s books were made into computer games that are horror themed based? Ayn Rand was not a horror Novelist not sure why Jeff chose her.
No, Lou, I don’t have any idea if any of her books were made into computer games. Maybe something inspired by her books?
Sam will certainly get a 5th win if the DDs work out in his favor. They sure worked out in his favor a big way today. Another great payday!
LINK: 11 more clues from the game.
(I found an article that Ken Jennings wrote that answers one of the triple stumpers)
February 1, 1988 was the last time I saw a daily double at the top of the board in the double jeopardy round.
For those who are curious, the last time a Double Jeopardy round Daily Double was in the $400 row was June 25, 2018, under “The American Revolution”:
“General Thomas Gage, military governor of this colony, gave the orders that started the war in 1775”
According to the stats at The Jeopardy Archive, this happens about once a year, and the same is true for the top row of the Jeopardy round.
9 more games left until the Season Finale. Congrats to Sam, a 4 day champion with $113,801.
Just like that in Double Jeopardy!. Huh? The Daily Double on a $400 clue in Double Jeopardy. It’s safe to say we don’t see very often last time we had one was the 32 season finale.