Final Jeopardy: 20th Century American Authors (11-19-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/19/2021) in the category “20th Century American Authors” was:
The old courthouse museum in Monroeville, Alabama has exhibits devoted to these 2 authors & childhood friends
2x champ Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA has won $65,400 so far this week. In Game 3, she takes on these two players: Gordon Spates, a poster librarian from Los Angeles, CA; and Chi-Nhan Vo, a Catholic seminarian from Portland, OR.
Round 1 Categories: World Leaders Leave the Scene – Essays – Speaking Truth to Power Companies – Also in Your Bathroom – The American Music Awards – Into the J*E*T Stream
Amy got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Speaking Truth to Power Companies” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $6,200, $600 more than Chi-Nahn in second place. Amy bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Florida Power & Light, given your state’s nickname it makes sense that you have 42 major plants for this type of energy. show
Amy finished in the lead with $12,200. Chi-Nhan was second with $5,200 and Gordon was last with $2,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: 19th Century Stuff – State Capitals by County – Down the Rabbit Hole – Barriers in Life – You Make Me Feel – Like a Naturalized Woman
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Barriers in Life” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick. She was in first place with $20,200 now, $16,200 more than Gordon in second place. Amy bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
The Lex Cornelia De Maiestate said no general could lead an army out of his province, so the 49 B.C. crossing of this stream…huge. show
Chi-Nhan got the last Daily Double in “19th Century Stuff” under the $2,000 clue with 10 clues left after it. In third place with $4,400, he had $20,600 less than Amy’s lead. Chi-Nhan bet it all and said the Getty. That was WRONG.
In 1899 the Queen laid the cornerstone for this London arts & design museum. show
Amy finished in the lead with $29,800 and Gordon was second with $4,800. At negative $2,000, the game was over for Chi-Nhan at this point. No clues went uncovered.
BOTH contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHO ARE HARPER LEE & TRUMAN CAPOTE?
Here is an excerpt from the intro of Barnes & Nobles article on the childhood friendship of Harper Lee and Truman Capote: “At first glance, Harper Lee’s friendship with Truman Capote looks unlikely. Lee shied away from publicity while Capote courted it. Lee sought out a quiet life with her sister at home in Alabama, while Capote lived a hard partying, jet-setting existence among celebrities….” That is followed by 14 things you might not know about their friendship. Some of those 14 things are mentioned in the above video.
An old clue from 2014: READ”ING” ($400) Dill in this novel is based on the author’s childhood friend Truman Capote
Gordon bet $4,000 and finished with $8,800.
Amy bet a big $15,000 and won the game with a hefty $44,800. Amy’s 3-day total is $110,200. That’s the second champ in a row to exceed $100,000 in just 3 games.
2 triple stumpers from LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN
($1200) Sofia Vergara moved to the U.S. from this, her native country
($2000) This South African-born woman got a one-way ticket to California from her mom, so her 2007 naturalization was kind of inevitable
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “International Disputes”
A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty show
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Another 100000 dollar win for Amy today and still she seems to have broadened her knowledge as well. Chi is dismissed today since Amy was too quick for the guys to catch up. Also The Getty museum is actually located in California and not London. But still Harper Lee’s book to kill a mockingbird based on.the movie was something worth seeing for me. I still think Amy might score another win next week.
Sorry that the clues were mean to Chi-Nhan.