Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Art (10-22-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/22/2020) in the category “20th Century Art” was:

In occupied Paris, a German officer asked Picasso if he had done this masterpiece; he replied, “No, you did”

New champ, Aimee Lim, a library page from Arcadia, CA, won $25,200 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Lindsey Packer, a miniaturist originally from Los Angeles, CA; and Colin Davy, a data scientist originally from Chicago, IL.

Round 1 Categories: Literary Characters – American Superlatives – Chain Stores – Abbreviated Bands – Things to Do on a Rainy Day – when “A” Becomes the First Letter…

Lindsey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Characters” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,200, $1,200 more than Colin in second place. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

This title character says: “I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me. Why should it keep what I must lose? show

WHO IS DORIAN GRAY?

Lindsey finished in the lead with $7,000. Colin was second with $5,000 and Aimee was last with $2,800.

Round 2 Categories: Explorers – On the Cover – Capital Birthplaces – Chemical Elements – Daytime TV – Animal Quotes

Colin found the first Daily Double in “Capital Birthplaces” under the $1,600 clue on the second pick. He was in second place with $5,400 now, $2,400 less than Lindsey’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS PRAGUE?

3 clues later, Colin landed on the last Daily Double in “Chemical Elements” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $12,000, he had $5,000 more than Lindsey in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

Lightweight & strong, this element is named for the group that preceded the Olympians in mythology. show

WHAT IS TITANIUM?

Colin finished in the lead with $18,400. Lindsey was next with $13,000 and Aimee was in third place with $4,400. Both boards were completed.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “GUERNICA”?

One of Picasso’s most famous works and a well-known anti-war symbol, Guernica is a mural-sized painting portraying the horrors of the April 1937 destruction of that Basque town by Nazi bomber planes. The incident brought up in today’s clue is the kind I would expect to greatly vary in retellings, so I looked for one that sounded a little more credible than others. This is from the Guernica Remakings website: “During World War Two when the Germans occupied Paris (1940-44), Nazi officers would regularly visit Picasso in his studio. The story goes that a Gestapo officer picked up a postcard of Guernica and asked Picasso: “Did you do this?” he responded: “No, you did!” This story demonstrates the power of Guernica even in its hand held and mass-produced form.” It is also mentioned that “people could be arrested for having such a postcard of Guernica in their possession.”

Also, visit PabloPicasso.org for more information and 10 Facts on Guernica.

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Aimee bet $4,000 and finished with $8,400.

Lindsey bet $7,000, bringing her up to $20,000.

Colin added $7,700 and won the game with $26,100. Colin Davy is the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from DAYTIME TV:

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($2000) American’s favorite zookeeper— he can be seen on “Into the Wild” and “Wild Countdown”

More clues on Page 2

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WHO IS TINKERBELL?

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