Final Jeopardy: Children’s Books (1-14-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/14/2021) in the category “Children’s Books” was:

This 1969 book was first printed in Japan because no U.S. company would then make a book with so many holes in the pages.

2x champ Lucy Ricketts, an illustrator, originally from Atlanta, GA, has now won $64,499. In Game 3, her challengers are: Brett Moore, a freelance sportswriter from No. Hollywood, CA; and Liz Fitting, a teacher originally from New York, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Automobiles – Historically Bad – Wee-Pourri – Communication – 2-Letter Lit – The Best of Times

Brett found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historically Bad” under the $600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, $1,000 more than Liz in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

This began in Latin America in 1928, a little before it hit the United States. show

WHAT IS THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

Brett finished in the lead with $4,800. Lucy was second with $2,400 and Liz was last with $1,800. Two clues worth $600 in “Automobiles” went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Unicorns – Bodies of Water – Don’t Skip Leg Day! – Rick’s Role – Let’s Go to the Archives – Y Is the Only Vowel

Brett found the first Daily Double in “Bodies of Water” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick. He was in the lead with $5,600 now, $2,400 more than Lucy in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Blooms of the algae trichodesmium erythraeum give this body of water its color & perhaps its name. show

WHAT IS THE RED SEA?

3 clues later, Lucy got the last Daily Double in “Let’s Go to the Archives” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $3,600, she had $4,400 less than Brett’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

The Vatican Apostolic (formerly “Secret”) Archives hold a 200′ scroll recording the 14th century trial of these knights show

WHO ARE THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR?

Lucy finished in the lead with a runaway $17,600. Liz was next with $6,600 and Brett was in third place with $6,000. 2 clues worth $2,400 went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR”?

In 2019, NPR published an homage to Eric Carle on the 50th anniversary of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” that began: “On average, every 30 seconds someone in the world buys a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Maybe it’s for a grandchild, an expectant parent or a dear friend’s new baby. Nearly 50 million copies have been sold since the classic picture book was first published in 1969, and it has been translated into over 62 languages.”

The Very Hungry Caterpillar was named No. 2 of the Top 100 Picture Books by the School Library Journal back in 2012. Their article tells you how the idea for the book was born and has fantastic pictures from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. They also included a caterpillar cake made largely out of green cupcakes and the caterpillar’s Google Doodle!

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Brett got it right. He bet his whole $6,000 and finished with $12,000.

Liz got it, too. She also bet $6,000 and finished with $12,600.

Lucy wrote down “Press the Button”. That cost her $2,600 and she won the game with the remaining $15,000. Her 3-day total is $79,499.

A triple stumper from each round:

THE BEST OF TIMES ($400) Monarchos in 2001 & this horse in 1973, still the record holder, are the only horses to run the Kentucky Derby in under 2 minutes

LET’S GO TO THE ARCHIVES ($2000) Seen here (image) is a detail from a 6-panel tapestry, a national treasure of France known by this 5-word title in English

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: BOTH players left in FJ! got this one in “American Landmarks ”

Eyewitness Jose Marti wrote, “Luckless Irishmen, Poles, Italians…run toward the wharves” to see its dedication show

WHAT IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY?

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