Final Jeopardy: Books of the 1960s (1-15-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/15/2025) in the category “Books of the 1960s” was:
In 1962 the New York Times said the release of this controversial book “presages a noisy fall”
Today’s Champions Wildcard contestants in QF3 are: Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, HI; Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, IL; and Aiden Orzech, a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario.
Round 1 Categories: Not on My Watch – Fictional Females – ____ & ____ – Pop Culture People – Spittin’ Science Facts – Direction to Perfection
Drew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Pop Culture People” under the $1,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. At $600, he was the only one with anything to bet. The way things were going, Drew chose to only bet that $600 rather than the $1,000 allowance. Too bad, because he was RIGHT.
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Drew finished in the lead with $5,000. Jay was second with $2,400 and Aiden was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories – : The 19th Century – Shades of Red – Tearjerkers – State Capitals – Fiddlin’ Around – Everything From B to Y
Jay found the first Daily Double in “State Capitals” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in second place with $3,200 now, $1,800 less than Drew’s lead. Jay bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
This state capital lies where the Severn River flows into Chesapeake Bay show
Jay found the last Daily Double in “Fiddlin’ Around” under the $1,600 clue with 9 clues left after it. He was in second place with $12,800, $3,800 less than Drew’s lead. Jay bet $1,800 and he was RIGHT.
You need violins to represent this human part of a 1936 Prokofiev title duo show
Drew finished in the lead with $23,400 and Jay was second with $15,400. Aiden was last with negative $2,400 and out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “SILENT SPRING”?
Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” was published in October 1962. Evidently, the $300 million pesticides industry had some advance copies which enabled NYT reporter John M. Lee to catch wind of the brewing storm. In “Bug Killers Are Irritated by Pesty Woman Author” (7/2/1962), he wrote: “Some agricultural chemicals concerns have set their scientists to analyzing Miss Carson’s work, line by line…. Statements are being drafted and counter-attacks plotted.” Lee’s last sentence “‘Silent Spring’ presages a noisy fall,” cleverly refers to the season when the book was due to be published.
The last time “Silent Spring” was an FJ! answer was on St. Patrick’s Day in 2022: NONFICTION: This 1962 classic was dedicated to Albert Schweitzer, who predicted that man “will end by destroying the earth”
Jay thought it was “Lolita”, which was controversial indeed in the ’50s. He bet nothing, standing pat on $15,400. He’s a shoo-in for a Wild Card.
Drew got it right. He also bet zero so he won his spot in the semifinals with $23,400.
2 triple stumpers from SHADES OF RED:
($1600) A shade of reddish-gold is named for this Venetian Renaissance master who used it in his paintings
($2000) Going back to the Latin word for “worm”, it’s the shade and species of the flycatcher seen here
2 years ago: TWO (out of 2) players got this FJ in “EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY”
In 1692 Increase Mather wrote, “It were better that ten suspected” these “escape, than that one innocent person… be condemned” show
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I was 2/3 on DD and got FJ. Why/how? Because of Jeopardy! Seriously, nowhere in my education had I ever heard of Rachel Carson or her book, until J!
I have to give it to Drew – dude is just ebullient!
And, now, both Second Chancers are in the semis!
Thought I’d have a puncher’s chance at FJ, but just blanked. Made perfect sense once I saw Drew’s board. And I think I have that book somewhere in the house. At least I nailed all the DDs for once.
Poor Aiden was out of it from the get-go. I wonder how he won twice.
Interesting final wagers. I think they hoped to win but also wanted to be WCs just in case.
Somehow I came up with Renaissance master and the color from worm. Utterly shocked no one could name the blank-and-blank Lear poem. The “of virtue” figure and the “petite roche” capital were not hard to deduce. Knew the DNA sequences thanks to an AARP quiz I take monthly. There’s a quick $7400 right there! But Drew and Jay were excellent.
I was shocked that they couldn’t figure out that capital just from petite.
I already knew that they stopped teaching Edward Lear’s nonsense poems at some point but I insisted on teaching them to my own kids.
I wonder if they ever had a clue about the Streisand / Segal film with the same title as the poem.
Wow, there’s an arcane reference. Never saw that film. Always liked George Segal, very versatile. You should see “Where’s Poppa?” if you haven’t. And “King Rat.”
Howard, King Rat was the first film I saw George Segal in that he became a favorite actor of mine. However, my favorite Segal film is No Way to Treat a Lady. 3 of my top favs: Steiger, Segal and Remick. Eileen Heckart was also great as Segal’s mom.
I’ll have to check out “Where’s Poppa”
It was another great game, and the champion prevailed. Yeah! As for me, I did a tad above average in the game. With that being said, I flubbed the FJ as all I could come up with was Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ which I knew was going to be dead on arrival (and I wasn’t disappointed).
Semifinalists:
Drew Goins: $23,400
Evan Dorey: $20,600
Will Yancey: $13,800
Wildcards:
Jay Fisher: $15,400
Jen Feldman: $8,200
Paul Clauson: $8,000
Stevie Ruiz: $5,199
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Davey Morrison: $0
Aiden Orzech: -$2,400
With that, the scores now for the wild cards are 15,400, 8,200, 8,000 and 5,199. Davey and Aiden are out of the wild card standings and will each go home with 5,000.