Final Jeopardy: Women Who Write (1-31-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/31/2022) in the category “Women Who Write” was:
Mimicking her style, a 1912 rejection note read: “Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one”
New champ Jay Foster, an engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA won $13,600 last week. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Matthew McElroy, a high school history teacher from Wildwood, NJ; and Riley Timmreck, a student from Houston, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Big Names on Campus – From Book to TV – State Capital History – Stupid Answers – Ballet – Ends in a Silent T
Riley found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “From Book to TV” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. Riley was in second place with $200, $1,600 less than Matthew’s lead. Riley bet $200 and couldn’t come up with a response so she was WRONG.
”Bastogne” was an episode of this war-set miniseries based on Stephen Ambrose’s book show
Matthew finished in the lead with $4,600. Jay was second with $4,400 and Riley was last at $1,800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Outlaws – Psychology Literature – Alliteration – Surnames – Music Biopic Subjects – On the “M”ap
Jay found the first Daily Double in “On the “‘M’ap” under the $2,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,600 now, $1,800 more than Matthew in second place. Jay made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Known for coffee before 1917, this Venezuelan port city struck oil & became a big deal show
Matthew got the last Daily Double in “Surnames” under the $1,200 clue with 3 clues left after it. He was in second place with $12,600, $3,800 less than Jay in first place. Matthew bet $3,000, and said gazelle. That was WRONG.
The name Chevrolet goes back to a word for this animal, or perhaps one who kept them show
Jay finished in the lead with $16,400. Matthew was second with $10,400 and Riley was last with $200. 2 clues worth $1,200 were not shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS GERTRUDE STEIN?
In 1912, “The Making of Americans, Being a History of a Family’s Progress” was rejected for publication by London publisher Alfred C. Fifield who found the work repetitious and, perhaps, amusing. He chose to convey that message by imitating Gertrude Stein’s writing style in his rejection letter. On the other hand, perhaps he meant to show Stein that anyone could write in that style. See the entire rejection letter on Letters of Note, a website that showcases letters written to or by many famous people.
The book was eventually published in 1925. It purports to be a history of all Americans, using the fictional Hersland and Dehning families as models. It is available to read online. Let’s just say it is not to everyone’s taste.
Riley thought it was Sylvia Plath, who was born in 1932. Riley bet and lost it all.
Matthew didn’t have a complete response. He only had “Aust.” He lost his $9,999 bet and finished with $401.
Jay came up with Virginia Woolf, not a bad guess as she was a contemporary of Stein. Jay lost $4,401 but won the game with the $11,999 he had left. His 2-day total is $25,599.
2 triple stumpers from PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE:
($1600) To help us be more productive, Charles Duhigg explores why we do what we do in “The Power of” this
($2000) This man’s book “Walden Two” is a fictional account of a society based on his theories of behaviorism
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Poets”
A Dartmouth dropout, he received 2 honorary degrees from Dartmouth– in 1933 & 1955 show
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Are players required to get the Covid vaccine to be on the show? Just curious.
Wow, still another tough finale. Actually, I never heard of Gertrude Stein. In any case, I was glad to see Mayim Bialik back as the host.
She was an author and expatriate who moved to Paris, where she often hosted literary luminaries like Hemingway. She wrote “The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas” (her companion in real life) and was famous for the expressions “A rose is a rose is a rose” and “There’s no there there” (a supposed reference to her one-time home town of Oakland.
Many, many toughies tonight, including the final. Only one I knew was Clinton’s birth name.
And, as to Alice B. Toklas, her claim to fame? She created the hashish brownie!
We’re a week away from the National College Championship.
Who is considered more important in the literary world, Gertrude Stein or Dorothy Parker? Any opinions out there?
Stein and Parker wrote in two completely different styles so I don’t see any way to compare them. I personally never liked either of them.
I think Jay might be able to get a streak running just as long as he doesn’t have too many incorrect responses.
We begin the week with a triple stumper as today’s final was a tough one.