Final Jeopardy: British Memoirs (1-2-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/2/2019) in the category “British Memoirs” was:
Before his death in 1996, this famous son wrote the memoirs “The Enchanted Places” & “The Hollow on the Hill”
New champ Jonathan Dinerstein, a composer from Los Angeles, CA, won $16,500 in the first game of the New Year. In the second, he is up against: Danielle Phillip, an attorney from Ann Arbor, MI; and Jordan Skidmore, a chef from Dublin, CA.
Round 1 Categories: One-Word Movie Titles – In Their Wills – Building an Idiom – Character Mashups – Count – Your Blessings
Danielle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Count” under the $1,000 clue, with 9 clues left after it. She was in second place with $3,200, $2,800 less than Jonathan’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Ridge count is an important number in identifying these in the AFIS system in forensics. show
Jonathan finished in the lead with $7,400. Daniel was second with $6,600 and Jordan was last with $2,400.
Round 2 Categories: The Plantagenets – Art – The “Co”-Category – USA – TV Bands – Hallmark Anniversary Gifts
Danielle found the first Daily Double in “USA” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick. She was in second place with $7,400 now, $1,200 less than Jonathan’s lead. She bet $1,400 and she was RIGHT.
Surprisingly, of the more than 164 million items in its collection, fewer than a quarter are catalogued books. show
Jordan found the last Daily Double in “The Plantagenets” under the $1,600 clue with just one $2,000 clue still to go. In third place with $2,400, he had $17,000 less than Jonathan’s lead. He bet $2,000 but had no guess so he was WRONG.
Edward I took a famous rock from this village to Westminster. show
Jonathan finished in the lead with $19,400. Danielle was next with $12,000 and Jordan was in third place with $400.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Christopher Robin Milne is well-known as the namesake of the young friend of Winnie-the-Pooh and other characters created by his father, A.A. Milne, in popular children’s books. According to Christopher’s 1996 NYT obituary, “Mr. Milne remained silent about the effect of the series’ immense popularity on his life until 1974, when he published ‘The Enchanted Places.’ It was followed by ‘The Path Through the Trees’ in 1979 and ‘The Hollow on the Hill’ in 1982.” There have been two recent films, “Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017) and “Christopher Robin (2018) about the real Christopher Robin, although neither were adapted from Christopher’s books.
A $100 BEFORE & AFTER from 1997: A.A. Milne boy who stole from the rich to give to the poor
Jordan wrote down Churchill. He didn’t bet anything and stayed at $400.
Danielle had “Christopher Tolkien.” That cost her $11,000 and left her with $1,000.
Jonathan got it right with just “Milne.” He bet $4,601 and won the game with $24,001. His 2-day total is $40,501.
A triple stumper from each round:
USA ($2000) “Home on the Range” is this Midwest state’s official song
THE PLANTAGENETS ($800) The first Plantagenet king, Henry II is remembered for his quarrel with this unfortunate clergyman
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Classic Film Roles”
A letter to the director that said, “Dear Sir, I am fat & wear spectacles” got a young actor a role in this 1963 film. show
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I also meant to mention that this was the second time recently that the son of a famous author was in the FJ clue– the other time, the son’s name was in the clue and just the last name was accepted too.
I couldn’t finish the extra clues till I found some chocolate but here they are now:
LINK: 9 more clues from the match
Jonathan has officialy BROKE the 1-day jinx, but not a runaway game.
Winnie the pooh and Christopher robin are great friends. It was my favorite childhood cartoon and my brothers had enjoyed it in their younger years. Also VJ you have kids that watched Winnie the pooh on Disney channel pretty much all the time right? There was also tigger and eeyore. Congrats to Jonathan breaking the leader curse and now He has a chance to make a streak hopefully. Danielle wasn’t that far off since her response reminded me of the Lord of the rings. By the way John and VJ were you guys into that book or the movie?
@Lou
At the minimum he broke the 1 day jinx and at the first possibility in 2019. So he deserves congratulations and recognition for that alone I think.It might be like the first crack in a dam, it might get wider and then the floodgates open. We might be in for several “streakers” from now on and about time I’d say!😉
I know that J does not give a hoot about my opinion, but accepting just MILNE was a belated Christmas gift. We were all wondering if they would ask for one or both first names. After all, his father was known as A.A. (Alan Alexander Milne) and the clue asked specifically for “this famous son”.That A.A. Milne’s son would be named Milne is kind of “DUH!” In a regular category, if the answer would be “Bush”, Alex would ask “be more specific”, since father and son were almost back to back POTUS. Fortunately, it did not matter. Jonathan would have won anyway.
I think accepting just ‘Milne’ makes sense, because the ‘son’ was specified in the clue.
By analogy, if a clue is asking for a president, answering ‘Kennedy’ should be accepted because, although there are many famous Kennedys, only one Kennedy was president.
So the clue asking for a famous son, answering ‘Milne’ should be accepted because, although there may be multiple famous ‘Milne’s, only one was a famous son.
In other words, the contestant’s response must be specific enough that their answer, combined with any specific information in the clue, would be enough to narrow down to the expected response.
At least I guess that is how the Jeopardy! producers would explain it.
@JP, Kennedy, yes. Only one Kennedy was POTUS. But what about Bush? TWO were President, same with Roosevelt. And Bronte?? That would certainly also need clarification, wouldn’t you say? Just 3 examples offhand.
I think you missed my point. Kennedy should only be accepted if the clue mentioned the answer was as president.
Similarly, for a clue that just asked for an author, Bronte would not be enough, because there is not additional information in the clue to narrow down to which Bronte, so the contestant is required to add the specificity.
I’ll repeat what I said earlier, which I think, if accepted, explains previous decisions on Bush/Brontes, as well as today’s ruling.
“In other words, the contestant’s response must be specific enough that their answer, combined with any specific information in the clue, would be enough to narrow down to the expected response.”
So if today’s clue had not included the fact the response was a “famous son”, then “Milne” would not be accepted, but including that specificity (“famous son”) in the clue removes the contestant’s responsibility to include that specificity in their response.
My guess was Christopher Tolkien as well. What specifically from “The Enchanted Places” and “The Hollow on the Hill” points to Winnie The Pooh?
@JP, Nothing, but they were written by A.A.’s son C.R.Milne. And that’s what they asked for. I’m blaming the judges for being inconsistent on this one. Alex often asks “be more specific” for far lesser reasons.
@JP, references within the stories, like the last chapter of “The House at Pooh Corner” is about the enchanted place. The last line says: “So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.”
Thanks for that info – that makes sense. It seems like almost all literature clues in the first two rounds, as well as most literature clues in the FJ round, could be teased out by knowing, say, the Wikipedia’s first paragraph about the subject. Whereas this clue actually requires a little more in depth knowledge.
I think this is great to do this every once in a while, as it can separate those who just attempted to memorize facts in preparation for the show, versus those who actually have intimate knowledge of the subjects.
You’re welcome, JP. As for just the last name thing, I think that accepting it was predetermined, although I think (from Alex saying “we’ll accept that”) they would also have accepted just Christopher Robin, C. Milne and Christopher Milne.
If they wanted to go with only the Christopher Robin response, they could have worded it a bit differently, to point to the character that was named after him