Final Jeopardy: World Literature (10-1-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/1/2018) in the category “World Literature” was:
In a recent poll of 125 authors, this long 1870s novel about a woman ranked as the greatest work of fiction of all time
New champ Andrew Knudsen, an environmental lawyer from Washington, D.C., won $19,601 last Friday. In his second game, he is up against: Carl Conway, a chef educator from Indianapolis, IN; and Doug Dodson, a classical singer, from Boston, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Getting Specific at General Hospital – Presidents’ Middle Names – Pop Culture Pops – Complete the Nancy Drew Book Title – On the Fast Food Menu – Newsy Puns
Doug found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “General Hospital” under the $600 clue, with 7 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $4,400, $1,400 more than Andrew in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was HALF RIGHT. The clue was messed up and he was dinged for answering “Fraternal” but that is what dizygotic twins are. Monozygotic are identical twins, the answer Trebek gave. So they had to reverse that later. Andrew got back his $2,000 but was not awarded anything extra. Gypped! Boo, hiss!
Read by Steve Burton: It’s all coming back to me now, I’m a twin, but dizygotic or monozygotic, also known as this type.
Doug finished in the lead with $6,400. Carl was second with $3,600 and Andrew was last with $3,400.
Round 2 Categories: Around the Caribbean – No Filter – Autobiographies – Country, Hip-Hop & Jazz – Stars & Constellations – “T.T.”
Doug found the first Daily Double in “Stars & Constellations” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick. He was in the lead with $10,000 now, $4,200 more than Andrew in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Appearing on the flags of New Zealand & Samoa, it’s the smallest of constellations. show
Carl found the last Daily Double in “Autobiographies” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $11,600, he had $2,800 less than Doug’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
“Shoe Dog” is by this footwear company founder & CEO. show
Doug finished in the lead with $18,000. Carl was next with $15,400 and Andrew was in third place with $4,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
There is actually a 2007 book called “The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books” that 125 famous writers contributed to that has Leo Tolstoy’s 1870s “Anna Karenina” at the tippity top. (The novel was serialized in “The Russian Messenger” periodical from 1873 to 1877 and published in book form in 1878). The Greatest Books website has a list of the Top Ten it claims are taken from that book, but there are 100 books on the list.
There have been A LOT of clues on this novel. This was is from the 7/4/2011 game when they had a whole category on JEOPARDY PLATFORMS ($800) A train platform spells final jeopardy for this Tolstoy title heroine
Andrew picked “Jane Eyre” (1847). He didn’t bet a shilling so he stayed at $4,600.
Carl came up with “Emma” (1815). He lost his $2,601 bet, finishing with $12,799.
Doug went American with “The Scarlet Letter” (1850). He only lost $2,000 so he won the game with the remaining $16,000 and he is the new Jeopardy champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
COMPLETE THE NANCY DREW BOOK TITLE ($1000) “The Secret of the Old” one of these— it was the first Nancy Drew mystery
COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ ($2,000) Just out of high school in 1944, this “Kind of Blue” trumpeter sat in with a band that had Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Christianity”
A 4th c. traveler gave one of the first descriptions of this day: “All the children… are carried… bearing branches” show
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Hey, VJ— Just a minor correction: I think you meant Doug finished in the lead (not Andrew).
merci, Cece, it’s fixed! How have you been?
I’m doing fine, despite the funereal mood (not mine) around here due to Le petit Charles’ death.
Anyway, how are things going with you? Has the rain let up yet? I imagine the “rackets’ haven’t, courtesy of J & J, lol.
@ cece
The entire world of art, music is mourning. What an entertainer,singer,composer,writer, not to mention human being Charles was…I would not be surprised if he would get a state funeral in France. Traffic will break down in Paris. Maybe he wants his body buried in Paris and his heart in Armenia. The world of art, the world, period, has lost a great man.
It looked like it was going to pour buckets for a little while today, Cece. But then it got sunny for the rest of the day. The forecast is calling for rain for the next 7 days — soggy times!
Yes, the kids will be kids. The Dizygotic Duo were out front when the Amazon guy delivered my package today and he was quite amused when Julie said “Hello there! You got a surprise for me?”
Bummer, but better than Indonesia, right? Omg, Julie is so adorable! I hope she wasn’t disappointed if the package wasn’t for her.
Oh, there was stuff for them — a Slap Jack ABC set of cards for her and a blue piggy bank for Jax and they were happy. Julie already had the pink bank with almost $1.50 in it. We gave Jax a coin to put in his and he put it in Julie’s.
The reason I was griping about the racket they were making the other day was because they follow me around everywhere I go. They’ve been doing it since they could walk. My DIL said that I am the Pied Piper of Babies. I should be grateful they don’t mess with my notebook anymore but when I’m in the kitchen, they have to sit at the little table and play their tablets and carry on. Nevermind that they could sit at the big table or on the couch and watch TV. My daughter said, you have a room, you know. And I burst out laughing because when I went to my room earlier, they were both up there in 5 minutes!
I had “Madame Bovary” as the Final.
It was a FLUKE. We had fun with the cast of “General Hospital”, but ended up in a Triple Stumper to start the week. By the way, I never heard of the film version of it, but I heard the 1996 and 2012 Philippine drama series of it.
@John Christian, I liked the GH category too except for the DD snafu.
I saw the Garbo film version of this novel, but my favorite film made from the Russian novels mentioned by John B. is “The Brothers Karamazov.”
“Wuthering Heights” is my go-to for watching adaptations of the same novel. I’ve seen a bunch of “Jane Eyre” films, too, and 3 versions of “Far from the Madding Crowd”
Sorry to hear that Charles Aznavour died Oct. 1st in France. For those who know who he was, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t, none is possible. He was voted by CNN as entertainer of the 20th century, edging out The King and Dylan.
Repose en paix, Charles.
Only one answer comes to mind, with “long novel” in the clue.
@Charles
Yes, Russian novels. And with a woman in the clue, AK was the obvious choice, eliminating TBK, W@P and C@P. Tolstoy is regarded by many the greatest author ever.
Well I guess the guys are not fans of the Russian novel Anna Karenina but still though their guesses were close. Although I do have to commend Andrew not betting anything since he couldn’t get any rhythm going today. Also VJ are you a fan of the Nancy drew mystery pc games? Those games could be based on her novels that she wrote. Furthermore that first daily double was a huge ripoff.
@Lou, Nancy Drew ain’t my thing. I read a couple of those books when I was a kid but it was only because there was nothing else around to read at the time.
I totally agree about the Daily Double — either the actor missed a few words on the card he was reading from or it was written wrong, but either way, it was not Doug’s fault. That was a chance for him to make another 2 grand and it went down the toilet.
LINK: 9 more clues from the match
@Lou
With all due respect, Lou, there were not even in the ballpark. Russian literature differs from the British (Austen, Bronte) as much as can be. After all the writers were men (Russian novels), the British all women. Plus , given the differences in culture and rulership within the entire Czarist era makes those novels compare like water and fire. As you may know I studied history and am a big fan of the Russian empire, even a Putin today demands my respect. He changed the mess the USSR left incredibly. Therefore, by chance having lived in Europe for a long time and having studied history I must disagree that the British and Russian novels are even close. No hard feelings, I hope!!??
Nope no hard feelings. And I agree with that. Still though glad to hear you are a fan of Russian culture. But still one thing is certain the writers need to do a lot better on the daily doubles instead of confusing the contestants with their mumbo jumbo. In other words the writing system could be improved better as a suggestion, don’t you agree?
@Lou
Couldn’t agree more!!! It happens rather often and after all , they do nothing else plus Alex is chiming in. So the clues should be first rate. Operative word being “should”.
@JJ
Sorry to see your streak end, you were quite on a roll there lately!!
Congratulations, VJ! And of course Doug, winning the game and resetting the ToC clock yet again. No player was apparently too comfy with the category, judging from the wagers. The downfall was that nobody made the connection from a LONG novel to RUSSIAN novels. As I said in the CotD post: that was the first thing that came to MY mind. And then the woman clue eliminated pretty much the other 3 possibilities, C&P, TBK and W&P..,,,,,
So 2 went with the usual British fare, Doug won ironically choosing an American writer.
Looks like whenever somebody is doing great, they have a complete meltdown after 1 or 2 games, like Evelyn on Friday. Ah well, I finished A.K. last night at about 4 A.M. for the second time, about 50 years apart. Interesting what different reactions I had this time from the first time I read it!!
Btw VJ, a rare occasion when you go with ZERO. Normally you give the players more credit than I do. Are my predictions subconsciously rubbing off on you??????
Ah, no, John. I make my predictions before I see any of the comments. Sometimes I don’t even look at the players but I did today and when I saw 3 guys, my gut reaction was just “no way”
Yes, three men being the players today was certainly not helping….