Final Jeopardy: Plays (2-18-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/18/2022) in the category “Plays” was:
First published in 1602, its title characters are Margaret & Alice
New champ Matt Takimoto, an elementary school teacher from Moraga, CA won $21,400 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Bridget Kranz, a communications specialist from Saint Paul, MN; and Carter Lockwood, an attorney from Columbia, SC.
Round 1 Categories: North American Literature – From S to S – State Quarters – Gymnastics – Stick – The Landing
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Landing” under the $1,000 clue with one clue left after it. Matt was in the lead with $6,600, $2,400 more than Carter in second place. Matt bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 2019 China’s Chang’e 4 probe made the first landing here, a place not even glimpsed by humanity until 1959 show
Matt finished in the lead with $8,600. Carter was second with $4,200 and Bridget was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historic Men – Bring Your “A” Game – Books by Funny People – In the Chemistry Lab – Bodies of Water – End Your Response with a Preposition
Carter found the first Daily Double in “Bodies of Water” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,200, $2,400 less than Matt’s lead. Carter bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Formations like the Great Barrier Reef gave this body of water its name show
Carter got the last Daily Double in “In the Chemistry Lab” under the $1,600 clue with one clue left after it. He was in second place with $15,600 now, $1,800 less than Matt’s lead. Carter bet $3,200 but had no response so he was WRONG.
Used to crush & grind, this pair of tools is featured in a permanent display at Philly’s University of the Sciences show
Matt finished in the lead with $17,400. Carter was second with $13,600 and Bridget was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR”?
Alice is the first name of Mistress Ford and Margaret is the first name of Mistress Page, the two merry wives in Shakespeare’s comedy “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” These two ladies are being courted by Sir John Falstaff in an effort to improve his financial status. This is the third Shakespeare play that Falstaff appeared in. The others were Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, first performed in 1600. Falstaff does not appear in “Henry V”, but he is eulogized in Act II, Scene III by Mistress Quickly who herself appears in all four of the aforementioned plays.
An old clue from 2009: FUNNY LADIES IN SHAKESPEARE ($1200) Those joyful schemers mistress Alice Ford & mistress Margaret Page
Bridget got it right. She didn’t bet anything so she finished with the $3,600 she started out with.
Carter got it right, too. He bet $3,801, just enough to top Matt’s score by a dollar.
Matt responded with the “Two Gentlemen of Verona”. That cost him $10,000 and left him with $7,400. So Carter Lockwood won the game and he will be the returning champ on President’s Day.
2 triple stumpers from NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE:
($600) This 1991 novel by Canadian Douglas Coupland gave a name to a whole cohort born around the same time
($1000) The title of this Laura Esquivel bestseller refers to a sweet recipe but also a state of passion or anger
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous First Lines”
These 7 words precede, “The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals” show
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Trying to figure out why Carter reminds me of a young John Cusack.
I looked it up to check. Mistress Page’s first name was Anne not Margaret.
@Anne McClusky, Anne Page is the daughter of Margaret Page.
For the LANDINGS category clue “In 2019 China’s Chang’e 4 probe made the first landing here, a place not even glimpsed by humanity until 1959″ the question accepted, What is the dark side of the Moon?” is INCORRECT. There is no such place. The correct question is: What is the far side of Earth’s Moon? There is no permanent dark or light side of Earth’s Moon.
I completely agree with you on the incorrectness if the response. However, if you stood on the sun there would appear to be a dark side of the moon. 😜
Wrong – if you stood on the Sun (not recommended) you would only ever see the “light” side.
Matt and Carter were quick on the buzzer today and Bridget couldn’t catch up to them. Let’s see if Carter can get a streak going next week. I always enjoyed reading Shakespeare back in grade school because Romeo and Juliet along with Richard the third were my favorite plays.
thank you………the show was pre-empted with 10 minutes to go 🙁