Final Jeopardy: Children’s Books (1-5-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/5/2024) in the category “Children’s Books” was:
A 2020 edition of this beloved 1911 novel came with a glossary of horticultural terms & a location guide
Today is the first final match of the current Second Chance tournament, and the finalists are: Matt Harvey, a healthcare administrator from Providence, RI; Michael Cavaliere, a consultant from New York, NY; and Randall Rayford, a solar project developer from Houston, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Black History Year – This & That – Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me – Lines in Classic Novels – Nyming -Nyms – Our Man on the Field
Michael found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Lines in Classic Novels” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick. He was the only one on the board with $1,600. Michael bet it all and said “War and Peace”. That was WRONG.
The very long opening line of this novel includes the phrase “it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair” show
Matt finished in the lead with $4,200. Michael was in second place with $3,600. Randall was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Country Overlaps – 20th Century Pop Culture – Famous Objects – Alliteration – The Ocean – Our Woman in the Field
Matt found the first Daily Double in “The Ocean” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $7,000, $3,000 more than Michael and Randall who were tied for second place. Matt bet $4,000 and said temperature. That was WRONG.
A halocline is a zone of ocean water in which this measurement changes rapidly with depth show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “Famous Objects” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,600 now, $3,800 more than Michael in second place. Matt bet $4,000 and, this time, he was RIGHT.
Carbon-14 dating tests in 1988 said the fabric of this had been made roughly between 1260 & 1390, not much earlier show
Matt finished in the lead with $16,200. Michael was in second place with $13,200. Randall was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “THE SECRET GARDEN”?
“The Secret Garden” (1911) is the third children’s classic penned by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It tells the story of Mary Lennox, a young orphan and spoiled brat, who is sent to live with her uncle in England. He neglects her and his own disabled son, Colin (also a spoiled brat). Mary discovers a walled up garden at her uncle’s manor that is suffering from years of neglect. She and Colin set about restoring the garden, finding purpose and joy in their own lives in the process.
In 2020, Classics Made Easy published an edition of “The Secret Garden” that included a 150-word glossary, among other features. Heron Books had already published “The Secret Garden Glossary and Notes” in 2019 with “over 400 entries for English words, slang words, Yorkshire dialect, medical terms, gardening terms and more.”
“The Secret Garden” was first made into a talkie in 1949 with Margaret O’Brien as Mary and Dean Stockwell as Colin. Burnett’s 1886 novel “Little Lord Fauntleroy” was first filmed as a talkie in 1936 starring Freddie Bartholomew. The first talkie of Burnett’s 1905 novel “The Little Princess”, starring Shirley Temple, came out in 1939.
Randall thought it was Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. He bet and lost his whole $7,600.
Michael thought of “A Child’s Garden of Verses” by RLS, but actually wrote “A Children’s Garden”. That cost him half his score and left him with $6,600.
Matt had Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows”. He lost $6,200 but came out on top in this match with $10,000. These scores will be added to the final scores in Monday’s game to determine this tournament’s winner.
A triple stumper from each round:
ALLITERATION ($800) To get down to discussing the important point; it seems to come from a 19th century folktale about a hunting trip
THIS & THAT ($1000) Romans, Arabs, Normans etc. have overrun this home of resilient Sicilians that’s been called the world’s most conquered city
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Music Legends”
Of their July 1957 first meeting at a church fair, one of this pair recalled: “I was a fat schoolboy and… he was drunk” show
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Come to think of it, I might have the 1949 film ‘The Secret Garden’ on VHS tape. In fact, I’ll look around for it today, and perhaps transfer it onto DVD. Actually, I believe that I did see the film before, but it was a very long time ago.
For Final, I first thought of “Where the Red Fern Grows”, but, about ten seconds later, I got it right, notwithstanding I’ve never read it.
I got the second two of the DDs. The first one I said “Finnegan’s Wake”, another I’ve never read.
I thought there was a TS that I got, but I don’t see it here. I just remember being, ever so slightly, full of myself.
I’m still going with Matt to win it.
Jason, maybe it was this one where Ken asked Michael to be more specific: “Harmonic analysis helps predict the rise & fall of these, but it’s tough to account for local variations in shore & seafloor”
Michael said waves. Someone needs to tell Ken that when he asks the player to be more specific, the player thinks s/he gave part of the answer (as it always used to be). That’s what Michael thought so he offered “tidal waves”, then Randall got it with tides.
This was a repeat of that plankton / phytoplankton / algae mess.
On the other hand VJ, the players in question were given a chance to clarify their responses. Ken couldn’t help it if they failed in that regard.
Yes, Rick, of course Michael failed because he thought he’d given part of the answer. It was just like the other time when Emma was asked to be more specific about plankton, Tyler rang in with phytoplankton. The answer Ken wanted was algae. Perhaps Tyler or Ed would have said that if Ken rejected plankton.
If we’re going to go down this road, it seems that Ken can ask someone who rings in with flower to be more specific if the answer is daffodil or carnation.
Ah, I can’t find it. I looked on the archive. Maybe it wasn’t even a TS. I know I got the Resolute desk, but so did Matt. I DID, though, get it before he did!
Ooh, tough Final. My sister, a recently retired elementary school reading specialist, likely knew it. These guys are really good, though. But I think Michael should have nailed that first DD. The two black history years weren’t a cinch but still very knowable. At least to seniors and baseball fans.
I couldn’t come up with the correct response for FJ, but I did well in the game otherwise.
And that is our first triple stumper of the new year as today’s final was a tough one.
Hi VJ! Repeats seem the fashion this season – Final Jeopardy was Landmarks on the 1st and 2nd. I still have my copy of A Child’s Garden of Verses which was my first exposure to poetry. Much to my parent’s dismay, limericks followed! Thanks for the info about Samoan postage stamps honoring RLS. You do great work!
Thanks, Sam. There is a lot of fascinating info about the countries RLS visited in his South Pacific travels on that stamp site.
Also, idk if you ever watched “Death Valley Days” but there’s an episode called The Great Amulet about how Stevenson met his American wife and traveled to California to marry her. He certainly got around in his too short life.
I never seen someone score 0 in the first game of the tournament finals. I feel so bad for Randall. This is the first triple stumper of the new year.
That’s 2 days in a row something about Robert Louis Stevenson showed up. A Child’s Garden of Verses was my favorite book when I was 5 years old. I still know several of the poems by heart.
Fun fact: Samoa has honored RLS with postage stamps, the first in 1935