Final Jeopardy: Phrases from Literature (10-19-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/19/2020) in the category “Phrases from Literature” was:

This 2-word phrase in “The Arabian Nights” may have come from an herb bearing seed pods that burst when ripe

2x champ, Kristin Hucek, an attorney from San Francisco, CA, has now won $8,000. In Game 3, she takes on these 2 players: Nancy Bosecker, a software engineer originally from Peoria, IL; and Joe Aquino, an analyst from Chula Vista, CA

Round 1 Categories: Zoom – Military Rank Language – The American Flag – Novel – Poe “M” – Play

Joe found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Military Rank Language” under the $1,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,600, $200 more than Kristin in second place. He bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

Of the human body. show

WHAT IS CORPORAL?

Kristin and Joe finished in a tie for the lead at $3,600. Nancy was next with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: First Ladies – Movies Perfect for a Matinee – Inside “Man” – Primates – Triangular – Europe

Kristin found the first Daily Double in “First Ladies” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick. She was in the lead with $4,400 now, $800 more than Joe in second place. She bet $1,200 and she was RIGHT.

As played by Sally Field, she laments that all people will remember is “I was crazy and ruined your happiness” show

WHO IS MARY TODD LINCOLN?

Joe got the last Daily Double in “Primates” under the $2,000 clue on the 14th pick. In second place with $3,200, he had $5,200 less than Kristin’s lead. He said “I waited all my life. Let’s make it a true Daily Double.” He was stumped but tried homo sapiens even though he knew it was WRONG.

About 30,000 years old, an early homo sapiens skull called this “1” was discovered in 1868 at the French site of the same name. show

WHAT IS CRO-MAGNON?

Kristin finished in the lead with $8,800. Nancy was next with $8,000 and Joe was in third place with $3,200. Two clues in “Triangular” stayed on the board.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right. I think it would have blown Alex Trebek’s mind if that didn’t happen.

WHAT IS OPEN SESAME?

In “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, “Open Sesame” are the magic words that open the cave where the forty thieves store stolen treasure. The story is not one of the original “Arabian Nights”. It was added by French orientalist and archaeologist, Antoine Galland, in the early 1700s. Wikipedia’s article states that “the phrase derives from the plant sesame” in the opening paragraph; however, later on, two alternative theories are presented: (1) “Sesame is a reduplication of the Hebrew šem” and (2) it is “connected to Babylonian magic practices which used sesame oil.”

There are other theories if you look around online. Galland’s “Sesame, ouvre-toi” is said to be his translation of the Arabic “iftaḥ yā simsim”. A BlogSpot article connects it to the Serbs.

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Joe bet it all and finished with $6,400.

Nancy doubled her score, too, and finished with $16,000.

Kristin bet $8,008 and won the game with $16,808. Her 3-day total is $24,808.

A triple stumper from each round:

POE “M” ($1000) A powerful storm is at the center of Poe’s story “A Descent Into” this

FIRST LADIES ($2000) When she became First Lady, both her grandmothers on the Folsom & Harmon sides, got to hear the happy news!

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “America in the 1930s”

In March 1933 CBS Radio’s Robert Trout said, “The President wants to come into your home… for a little” this show

WHAT IS FIRESIDE CHAT?

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