Final Jeopardy: Literary Terms (10-1-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/1/2020) in the category “Literary Terms” was:

In medieval times it was a long tale of a hero like Gisli or Njall; today it means any story of epic length

2x champ, Mason Maggio, a songwriter from Los Angeles, CA, has now won $42,600. In Game 3, he faces these challengers: Preston Wilson, a sommelier originally from New Orleans, LA; and Phillip Howard, a naval officer from Santa Clarita, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Every Day’s a Holiday – Bestsellers – That’s My Jam! – New to the OED – During His Presidency – Yankee Stadium

Mason found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Yankee Stadium” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,800, $3,600 more than Preston in second place. He bet $1,000 and took a shot at it with Lou Gehrig. That was WRONG.

A museum at the stadium has statues of World Series hero Don Larsen & 60′ 6″ away, this great Yankee. show

WHO IS YOGI BERRA?

Mason finished in the lead with $4,800. Preston was second with $2,200 and Phillip was last with $2000. They completed the board in this round.

Round 2 Categories: The Young & the Reckless – Inventors & Inventions – Movie Thrillers – Gnat Geo – Historic Women – E 1-2-3-4-5

Phillip found the first Daily Double in “Inventors & Inventions” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick. He was in third place with $4,000 now, $5,200 less than Mason’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Donald Hings created a portable 2-way radio around 1940; today it has this rhyming name. show

WHAT IS A WALKIE-TALKIE?

Mason got the last Daily Double in “Historic Women” under the $1,200 clue, the last one they got to. In second place with $11,600, he had $1,400 less than Phillip’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Her services refused due to prejudice, Jamaican-born Mary Seacole helped care for British soldiers on her own during this 1850s war. show

WHAT IS THE CRIMEAN WAR?

Mason finished in the lead with $14,600. Phillip was hot on his heels with $13,000 and Preston was in third place with $5,000. The other 4 clues in “Historic Women” stayed on the board.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A SAGA?

The two sagas referred to in the clue come down to us (in written form) from 13th century Iceland. Since we had an OED category today, I looked up their definition of the word and they have 2: (1) A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic”, with this example sentence: “a figure straight out of a Viking saga”; (2) A long, involved story, account, or series of incidents” with this example: “launching into the saga of her engagement”.

One modern saga that shows up on Jeopardy! often enough is “The Twilight Saga”. Here is the most recent clue I could find (from 12-6-19) where they use the word in its original sense: OLD BOOKS ($1600) Snorri Sturluson’s “Heimskringla” from around 1220 A.D. is a collection of these epic narratives about the kings of Norway

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Preston didn’t have a response. He lost his $4,993 bet and finished with $7.00.

Phillip got it right. He bet $10,000, bringing him up to $23,000.

Mason wrote down “opus”. He lost $12,000 for a $2,600 finish. That made Phillip Howard the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

DURING HIS PRESIDENCY ($400) The Reagan era saw Desmond Tutu win the Nobel Peace Prize & Barney Clark survive 112 days after surgery implanting this

INVENTORS & INVENTIONS ($2000) This guitar legend is the only person in both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & The Inventors Hall of Fame

More clues on Page 2

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

In 1883 a Catholic diocese sold this to the State of Texas for $20,000 show

WHAT IS THE ALAMO?

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