Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Artists (3-4-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/4/2020) in the category “20th Century Artists” was:
This artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 had a first name that means “savior” in Spanish
New champ Mike Upchurch, a writer from Chicago, IL, won $26,600 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Paul Trifiletti, an attorney from Athens, GA; and Margaret Beaton, a health policy analyst from Shrewsbury, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Current Sports Nicknames – Negative Thoughts – America’s Richest Self-Made Women – How Does Your Garden Grow? – Heller – High Water
Mike got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Richest Self-Made Women” under the $600 clue on the very last pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,000, $1,400 more than Paul in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Pleasant Rowland started this historical brand when she couldn’t find suitable dolls for her nieces. show
Mike finished in the lead with $6,000. Paul was second with $3,600 and Margaret was last with $2,400.
Round 2 Categories: The Jeffersonian Era – From SNL to the Movies – Science – Ancient Greek & Roman Architecture – Fill in the Tony-Winning Play Title – Giving Out “ious”
Margaret found the first Daily Double in “Science” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick. She was in third place with $3,600 at this point, $4,800 behind Paul’s lead. She bet $2,400 and said “apex.” She was RIGHT even though Alex initially called her response wrong. The judges reversed it on the grounds that the clue was not as specific as it should have been.
It’s the point in the orbit of the moon when it is farthest from the earth. show
Paul landed on the last Daily Double in “Greek & Roman Architecture” under the $2,000 clue, with 5 clues remaining after it. He was in the lead with $8,000 when he found it, $400 more than Mike. This is when Margaret benefited from her DD reversal and that put her in the lead with $12,000. Now that he was in second place, Paul bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Similar to a Roman circus, this was an Ancient Greek racecourse for horses & chariots. show
Margaret finished in the lead with $12,400. Paul was next with $11,000 and Mike was in third place with $7,200.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS SALVADOR DALÍ?
Salvador Dalí was born on 5/11/1904 in in Figueres, Spain. All his biographies say he was given the name Salvador (savior in English) after his brother of the same name died at 1 year and 9 months. Dalí’s parents believed their second son was the reincarnation of the first and, apparently, told him that often enough that he also believed it. The Dalí Theatre-Museum is located in Figueres. It was designed by Dalí and opened in 1974. Dali died of heart failure on 1/23/1989 at age 84. He was buried in a crypt below the stage in the museum.
Another famous artist born in 1904 was Willem de Kooning (on 4/21). He died at the age of 93 on 3/19/1997.
Mike got it right. He bet $6,300, bringing his total up to $13,500.
Paul got it, too. He bet $10,000 and finished with $21,000.
Margaret went with Diego Rivera (1886-1957). She lost $9,601, landing in third place with $2,799, and that’s how Paul Trifiletti became the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
AMERICA’S RICHEST SELF-MADE WOMEN ($800) Billionaires Kathy Fields & Katie Rodan created this “forward”-thinking acne treatment brand often seen on late night TV
FROM SNL TO THE MOVIES ($1600) Dan Aykroyd wants a green card in this 1993 film (but he’s not really from France)
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Countries of the U.N.”
The 3 U.N. member states that begin with the letter “J”; 2 are island nations & one is nearly landlocked show
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That reversal on the daily double is ridiculous. “Not specific enough”??? The clue as worded is the EXACT DEFINITION of “apogee”. It is not the ( or even a ) definition of “apex”.
At least they didn’t end up handing her the win on that nonsense.
To be clear: There is a definition of “apex” as “the point of sharpest curvature in a path”.
But the clue asked specifically for the farthest point from the earth OF THE MOON’S ORBIT. It was her answer that wasn’t specific enough, not the clue.
(And by the way, the farthest point from the earth doesn’t necessarily mean the point of sharpest curvature).
There’s actually a word for naming someone after a person who is
deceased — necronym (Besides Salvador Dali, that wikipedia article says Beethoven and Van Gogh were also named after deceased brothers).
After I was born, my mom had a baby boy that died at birth. He was named after my father with the middle name “Diego” (just kidding, it was James). After that, they gave my father’s name to their next-born son with a different middle name.
I was hoping for a triple Solve today but good job to Paul for winning today.