Final Jeopardy: English Literature (1-29-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (1/29/2025) in the category “English Literature” was:

Part II of this 17th century work says, “I see myself now at the end of my journey; my toilsome days are ended”

5x champ Greg Jolin, a system specialist & accountant from Raymond, NH,; 3x champ Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, NM; and 3x champ Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, PA.

Round 1 Categories: Parts of Speech – American Food & Drink – 3 of a Kind – Ernest Hemingway – Movies With Subtitles – The Rest is History (Presented by Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook)

Neilesh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ernest Hemingway” under the $1,000 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,400, $2,600 more than Weckiai in second place. Neilesh bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

Ernest was an ambulance driver in World War I, just like his hero Frederick Henry in this novel show

WHAT IS “A FAREWELL TO ARMS”?

Neilish finished in the lead with $10,600. Weckiai was second with $3,000 and Greg was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Bodies of Water – How Far is It? – Religious Words & Phrases – Broadway Debuts – Chemistry – Piano Lesson

Greg found the first Daily Double in “How Far is It?” under the $2,000 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,800, $23,200 less than Neilish in the lead. Greg bet it all and guessed the Bikini Atoll. That was WRONG.

From L.A. to this atoll, about 3,500 miles; from there to Shanghai, about 3,500 more show

WHAT IS MIDWAY ISLAND?

5 clues later, Greg found the last Daily Double in “Piano Lesson” under the $800 clue. He was in last place with $2,000, $25,800 less than Neilish’s lead. Greg bet $2,000 and was half WRONG.

Of the 4 main instrument families in an orchestra, the piano actually belongs to both of these show

WHAT ARE PERCUSSION & STRINGS?
Greg said percussion & woodwind

Neilish finished in the lead with a runaway $28,200. Weckiai was second with $4,600 and Greg was last with $800. All clues were shown.

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ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS”?

John Bunyan wrote “The Pilgrim’s Progress” while serving a jail sentence. He published it in 1678. A religious allegory, the main character Christian leaves his wife and kids to journey to the Celestial City. The sequel, published in 1684, is the story of Christiana, the wife. She and the kids hit the road to join Christian. The quote in the clue is in Chapter 10. It is the first sentence of this extract, sometimes read at funerals.

I found a synopsis of the novel on YouTube. This one screen made me think of a board game, and sure enough, I found an old one online! It’s very hard to get a copy, so someone ought to make a new one.

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Greg bet $231 and finished with $1,031.

Weckiai bet $2,999 and finished with $7,599.

Neilesh bet nothing. He won the semifinal spot with the $28,200 he already had.

A triple stumper from each round:

ERNEST HEMINGWAY ($800) Hemingway looked back on his life as a young writer in 1920s Paris in this memoir

BROADWAY DEBUTS ($1600) In his first 2 Broadway roles, he played Eugene Jerome in the premieres of “Brighton Beach Memoirs” & “Biloxi Blues”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “LITERATURE”

Published in 2011, P.D. James’ final novel, “Death Comes to Pemberley”, was a sequel to this novel from 200 years earlier show

WHAT IS “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”?

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