Final Jeopardy: 1960s Novels (1-6-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/6/2020) in the category “1960s Novels” was:

This book defines its own title as “concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers… was the process of a rational mind”

7x champ Karen Farrell, a political consultant from Woodbridge, VA, returns today to try to add some more to her winnings of $139,803. In Game 8, she is up against: Sayeed Akhtar, a student from Fairfax, VA; and Kristin Carter, an attorney from Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Round 1 Categories: “All” the Right Movies – Statue of No Limitations – Potpourri – Tales of the City – Shut Up – & Deal the Carbs

Karen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Tales of the City” under the $1,000 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, $200 more than Kristin in second place. She bet the $1,000 allowance and only got one city so that was WRONG.

“Anna Karenina”: these 2 cities about 400 miles apart. show

WHAT ARE ST. PETERSBURG & MOSCOW?
Karen only got St. Petersburg

Karen finished in the lead with $8,800. Kristin was second with $1,600 and Sayeed was last with $800.

Round 2 Categories: The Age of Exploration – Starts & Ends With the Same Vowel – Birds in the Bible – 3-Named People – Foreign Colleges & Universities – Hip-Hop Feuds

Karen found the first Daily Double in “Age of Exploration” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick. She was in the lead with $9,600 now, $3,200 more than Kristin in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Stories of cannibals & courtesans, Kublai Khan & Prester John abound in this explorer’s circa 1300 “Travels” show

WHAT IS MARCO POLO?

Karen found the last Daily Double in “3-Named People” under the $2,000 clue on the 15th pick. In the lead with $14,000, she had $6,000 more than Kristin in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

This inventor was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society & succeeded his father-in-law as its president in 1898. show

WHO IS ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL?

Karen finished in the lead with a runaway $19,800. Kristin was next with $9,600 and Sayeed was in third place with $2,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “CATCH-22”?

“Catch-22” was released as a mini-series on Hulu last June. On its heels, Laura Martin wrote a “What is Catch 22?” article, defining it as “a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape due to mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. It’s also come to stand for frustrating bureaucratic logic or rules.” The article contains quotes from Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel where “Catch-22” is mentioned, including its first mention in the book– in a conversation between John Yossarian, the novel’s protagonist, and Doc Daneeka. You’ll see that the partial quote in today’s clue comes from the paragraph right after that.

Christopher Abbott played Yossarian in the Hulu mini-series. Richard Dreyfuss played him in a 1973 TV movie and Alan Arkin played him in 1970 for the big screen.

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Sayeed had no response. He lost his $19 bet and finished with $1,981.

Kristin guessed “I’m OK You’re OK”. She lost $9,599, landing in third place with $1.00.

Karen got it right. She didn’t bet anything and won the game with the $19,800 she already had. Her 8-day total is $159,603.

A triple stumper from each round:

“ALL” THE RIGHT MOVIES ($600) Diamonds & a winning lottery ticket, not $100 bills, are the goal in this 2002 action comedy

HIP-HOP FEUDS ($2000) He has ended his feud with 50 Cent & also changed his physique, making his rap name less accurate

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Presidents”

He became an ex-President while flying over a point 13 miles southwest of Jefferson City, Missouri. show

WHO IS RICHARD NIXON?

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