Final Jeopardy: 20th Century American Women (10-15-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/15/2019) in the category “20th Century American Women” was:

In her only kids’ book, she says, “there was Rose. Rose was her name and would she have been Rose if her name had not been Rose”

New champ Erin Barry, a Ph.D student from Maplewood, MO, won $20,400 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Dmitriy Pikovskiy, a medical student from Glenview, Illinois; and Ed Condon, a retired business intelligence manager from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Explorers – Minnesota…nice – Sociologist’s Glossary – Tv Morning Shows – I’ve Got 2 Words for You – Dry Cleaning

Dmitriy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Explorers” under the $600 clue on the second pick of the round. He had $200 and everyone else had zero. He bet the $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

Around 980 he sailed west & named the land he found Greenland. show

WHO IS ERIK THE RED?

Ed finished in the lead with $9,200. Dmitriy was second with $4,400 and Erin was last with $1,400.

Round 2 Categories: That Codex Moment – Pop Culture – Automatons – Oh Oh, 3 O’s – Fall-pourri – London’s Blue Plaques

Ed found the first Daily Double in “London’s Blue Plaques” under the $1,200 clue on the second pick. He was in the lead with $11,200 now, $6,800 more than Dmitriy in second place. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

He could have said “I need the 2-wheeled carriage or ‘cab’ named for me to take me home to 27 Sumner Place”. show

WHO IS JOSEPH HANSOM?

Erin found the last Daily Double in “Oh, Oh, 3 O’s” under the $1,600 clue, with 8 clues left after it. In second place with $7,800, she had $16,800 less than Ed’s lead. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

It’s the Royal Navy rank just below rear admiral. show

WHAT IS COMMODORE?

Ed finished in the lead with $30,600. Erin was next with $15,400 and Dmitriy was in third place with $6,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS GERTRUDE STEIN?

The quote in the clue comes from Gertrude Stein’s 1938 childrens’ book “The World is Round” about a child named Rose. However, Stein first used the phrase “Rose is a rose is a rose” in her 1913 poem “Sacred Emily.” The “Yale Book of Quotations” says “The allusion is not to a flower but to English painter Francis Rose.” (see my note in the comments about that). Stein wanted Francis Rose to illustrate the children’s book but that could not be arranged and she selected Clement Hurd (the illustrator of “Goodnight Moon”) for the task. The WeTooWereChildren blog takes a very detailed look at “The World is Round” and also has a collection of Hurd’s illustrations online. On wikipedia, you can see that Gertrude Stein got a lot of mileage out of the phrase, as did others who jumped on the “rose” bandwagon.

This 9/30/2015 clue was the last time the phrase came up: PAINTED LADIES $1200: In 1906 during Picasso’s “rose is a rose is a rose” period, he finished a portrait of this author. — Matt Jackson knew it.

Dmitriy went with Pearl Buck, who wrote a lot of kids’ books. He didn’t bet anything so he stayed at $6,400.

Erin was going for Sue Grafton but only got as far as “Gr.” She lost $15,399 and that left her with $1.00.

Ed got it right. He bet $400 to win the game with an even $31,000. Ed Condon is the new Jeopardy! champ

Here’s the only triple stumper I saw:

LONDON’S BLUE PLAQUES ($2000) This composer of “The Planets” has a plaque on St. Paul’s Girls’ School, where he taught & which is still operating

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Asian Geography” in a $1.00 winner game.

It’s the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea & the Persian Gulf. show

WHAT IS IRAN?

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