Final Jeopardy: Charles Dickens (10-12-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/12/2018) in the category “Charles Dickens” was:

Both “Barnaby Rudge” & this other famous Dickens novel begin in 1775 & deal with mob violence

4x champ Alex Schmidt, a writer & comedian from Pasadena, CA, has now won $92,880. Can he go over $100K in that all-important Game 5? Or will one of these players send him home: Ryan Vesledahl, a catastrophe modeler from Minneapolis, MN; and Alan Dunn, a software development manager from Johns Creek, GA.

Round 1 Categories: C & C Alliteration Factory – Mountains – Sack Time
Education – Libros en Espanol – Friends Off the Court

Ryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “C & C” under the $1,000 clue, with 6 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $5,400, $800 more than Alex in second place. He bet $2,500 and said “bravos.” That was WRONG.

After a “La Fille du Regiment” performance, Pavarotti received 17 of them. show

WHAT ARE CURTAIN CALLS?

Alex finished in the lead with $6,200. Ryan was second with $3,100 and Alan was last with $2,600.

Round 2 Categories: I’m Outta Here – Sculpture – 3-Syllable Words – Legal Latin – “Time” for a Tune – Modern Health

Alan found the first Daily Double in “Legal Latin” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in second place with $3,800 now, $3,600 less than Alex’ lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Vanished Nazi Martin Bormann was tried this way. show

WHAT IS IN ABSENTIA?

Ryan found the last Daily Double in “Sculpture” under the $1,200 clue, with 4 clues left after it. In third place with $10,300, he had $500 less than Alan’s lead. He bet $2,000 and thought it was an arm. That was WRONG.

In Victorian England, a plaster one of these was added to a copy of Michelangelo’s David. show

WHAT IS A FIG LEAF?
“to go you know where,” Alex Trebek said.

Alan finished in the lead with $11,200. Alex was next with $10,600 and Ryan was in third place with $10,300.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “A TALE OF TWO CITIES”?

“Barnaby Rudge” dealt with the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 and “A Tale of Two Cities” was about Paris before and during the French Revolution, with comparisons to conditions in London at the same time. Surely, it would have been a more challenging FJ if they switched it around and the correct response was “Barnaby Rudge”.

Here’s a similar clue from 2010: HISTORICAL NOVELS ($1200) Charles Dickens wrote 2 historical novels: “Barnaby Rudge” & this 1859 classic

Ryan bet $10,099. He finished with $20,399.

Alex bet $10,001, bringing him up to $20,601.

Alan also bet $10,001 and won the game with $21,201. He is the new Jeopardy! champ and joins the “A” Team, the third champ in a row whose name starts with “A”.

A triple stumper from each round:

SACK TIME ($800) With his large belly and his never-empty bag, Hotei is one of the mythical gods of this. Aptly, there are 7 of them.

3-SYLLABLE WORDS ($2000) In a classic Kurt Weill song, “the days grow short when you reach this month on the calendar”

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Literature”

This character says, “let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee” show

WHO IS CAPTAIN AHAB?

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