Final Jeopardy: Movie & Book Titles (11-20-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/20/2019) in the category “Movie & Book Titles” was:
This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme
New champ Sathvik Namburar, a medical student from Lebanon, NH, won $27,201 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Elise Nussbaum, a financial counselor from Jersey City, NJ; and Dave Blum, a biomedical engineer from Boston, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Disney on Broadway – There’s a National Day for That – You’re Creeping Me Out – The Great American Read’s Top 100 Books – Racket Sports – The Occupation of France
Dave found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Racket Sports” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in a second place tie with Sathvik. They both had $400, $3,200 less than Elise’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and couldn’t come up with a response so he was WRONG.
The Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup are presented by the BWF, this racket sport’s World Federation. show
Elise finished in the lead with $8,600. Sathvik was second with $3,800 and Dave was last with $2,400.
Round 2 Categories: Plunder Woman – First Name Song Titles – What is That Person Doing? – Island Nation Capital Cities – I Got Religion – Stuck in the Middle With U
Sathvik found the first Daily Double in “I Got Religion” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues left after it. He was in second place with $8,600 at this point, $13.200 less than Elise’s lead. He bet $7,700 and he was RIGHT.
This “directional” group formalized its split from northerners in August, Georgia in 1845. show
Dave found the last Daily Double in “Island Nation Capital Cities” under the $800 clue, with one clue left after it. In third place with $8,400, he had $18,200 less than Elise in the lead. He bet $6,000 and thought it was a bomb. That was WRONG.
Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979. show
Elise finished in the lead with $26,600. Sathvik was next with $16,300 and Dave was in third place with $2,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel, the epigraph reads: “One flew east, one flew west, One flew over the cuckoo’s nest — Children’s Folk Rhyme”. In Part IV, Chief Bromden elaborates on that after receiving shock treatment, recalling a game he and his grandmother played: “Ting. Tingle, tingle, tremble toes, she’s a good fisherman, catches hens, puts ’em inna pens … wire blier, limber lock, three geese inna flock … one flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest … O-U-T spells out… goose swoons down and plucks you out.”
The 1975 film version of the novel won 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Milos Forman), Best Actor (Jack Nicholson as Randle P. McMurphy) and Best Actress (Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched). In a 1963 Broadway production, Kirk Douglas played McMurphy.
Dave wrote down “Upstream”. He didn’t bet anything so he remained at $2,400.
Sathvik got it right. He bet $11,499, bringing him up to $27,799.
Elise got it, too. She bet $8,000 and won the game with $34,600. Elise Nussbaum is the new Jeopardy! champ.
I only counted 2 triple stumpers in the whole game:
PLUNDER WOMAN ($2000) Sayyida Al-Hurra, 16th century pirate queen of the Western Mediterranean, was one of these French-named pirates of the Barbary Coast
WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING? ($1600) Folding the U.S. flag in the official manner, bending it over onto itself this many times
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “The Calendar”
November 2017 is in the year 1439 AH in the calendar that dates from an action of this religious figure. show
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Dave couldn’t get much rhythm going. A bomb isn’t going destroy an entire island so did he confuse the atomic bomb in Hiroshima for the hurricane in Dominica VJ? Don’t know what he was thinking here. But still congratulations to Elise on her win.
Well, I assumed that he thought the first part of that clue was mentioned because the second part had to do with some type of attack or siege. Dumb clue.
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
I am guessing that Dave was thinking that the island was in French Polynesia and the site of a French nuclear bomb test.
That’s entirely possible, Chris