Final Jeopardy: Historic Art (1-12-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/12/2023) in the category “Historic Art” was:

The artwork once known in France as “La tapisserie de la reine Mathilde” is better known as this

New champ Yogesh Raut, a blogger, podcaster, and freelance writer orig. from Springfield, IL, won $41,601 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Kyle Daly, a consultant from Washington, DC; and Kristina Mosley, a writer from Conway, AR.

Round 1 Categories: There’s an Animal in that Phrase – You’re My Inspiration – Brews n’ Booze – Dictators & Tyrants – Sports Competitions – Where Did I Leave My Keys?

Kyle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Brews n’ Booze” under the $800 on the 4th pick of the round. He had $2,600 and was the only one on the board with money. Kyle made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Beer’s 4 main ingredients are malt, yeast, water & these cones of a plant that help the drink keep its foamy head show

WHAT IS HOPS?

Yogesh finished in the lead with $8,600. Kyle was second with $6,400 and Kristina was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: The Speaker in Shakespeare – Classic Albums – Everyday Latin – Save Room for Desert – Anatomical Etymology – What’s All This, Then?
Kyle found the first Daily Double in “Everyday Latin” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,000, $1,400 more than Yogesh in second place. Kyle bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

An unexplored field of study could be described as this “unknown land” show

WHAT IS TERRA INCOGNITA?

Yogesh got the last Daily Double in “Save Room for Desert” under the $2,000 on the 18th pick of the round. In the lead with $17,400, he had $3,400 more than Kyle in second place. Yogesh bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

The Makgadikgadi depression is a low point of this desert that makes up much of Botswana show

WHAT IS THE KALAHARI?

Yogesh finished in the lead with $26,600. Kyle was second with $16,800 and Kristina was last with $9,600. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY?

For centuries, scholars have debated the origin of the Bayeux Tapestry, a work of embroidery made in the late 11th century as a pictorial homage to William the Conqueror’s conquest of England. Where was it made and who commissioned it? HistoryToday.com lays out the cases for the various theories, including the possible commission by William the Conqueror’s wife, Mathilde of Flanders. The article also indicates that “Varying names were given to the Tapestry…by both English and French scholars,” which included the Tapestry of Queen Matilda. They say the Queen Matilda theory “persisted until the mid-20th century.”

On French Wikipedia: The current article “La tapisserie de Bayeux” says it is also called “broderie de Bayeux” nowadays. They assign past names to specific centuries, saying that “tapisserie de la reine Mathilde” was most popular in the 19th century.

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Kristina went with the Mona Lisa. She lost $5,000 and finished with $4,600.

Kyle went with Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. He bet his whole $16,800 and was tapped out.

Yogesh got it right. He bet $7,001 and won the game with $33,601. His 2-day total is $75,202.

There were no triple stumpers in either round today. Here are a couple of notable clues from the last round:

SAVE ROOM FOR DESERT ($1600) A passel of spaghetti Westerns were filmed in the Tabernas Desert in this alphabetically first administrative division of Spain (This was one of 2 clues that Yogesh buzzed in on first but missed. Yogesh said Almeria. Kristina got it right.)

CLASSIC ALBUMS ($2000) The title of this Beck album is a corruption of a Mexican-Spanish slang term for “cool!”, or “all right!” (Yogesh said Bolero. Kristina got it right.)

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Musicals”

4 songs from this 1968 musical made the Billboard Top 10, including one with an astrological theme that was No. 1 for 6 weeks show

WHAT IS “HAIR”?

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