Final Jeopardy: Italian Words & Phrases (10-21-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/21/2024) in the category “Italian Words & Phrases” was:
This theme tackled in art by Bellini & Michelangelo isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but is part of the “Seven Sorrows of Mary”
New champ Kelly Gates, a librarian from Medford, MA, won $23,201 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: Marcus Ghiringhelli, a record store clerk from Portland, OR; and Tristan Brown, a re-entry employment advocate from Richmond, VA.
Round 1 Categories: Iran, So Far Away – Lose a Letter – a Pup Quiz – Fashion, Defined – Nursery Rhyme Lines – Great Movie Rom-drams
Marcus found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Lose a Letter” under the $1,000 on the 12th pick of the round. He was tied with Kelly in second place at $1,200, half of Tristan’s lead. Marcus bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
Lose a letter from a word meaning to declare allegiance & get a projection from a wall of rock show
Kelly finished in the lead with $5,200. Tristan was second with $3,800 and Marcus was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Getting Invested – Nonfiction – Rock & Pop Firsts – Assassins – in Consequential – Coasting
Marcus found the first Daily Double in “In Consequential” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in last place with $3,800, $1,400 less than Kelly’s lead. Marcus bet $2,500 and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
We rarely start a clue with “from the Anglo-Norman”, but this legal verb is from the A-N “to exonerate” show
Kelly found the last Daily Double in “Nonfiction” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in second place with $7,600, $1,800 less than Tristan’s lead. Kelly bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.
The epigraph to this classic 1962 book quotes Keats: “The sedge is wither’d from the lake, and no birds sing” show
Tristan finished in the lead with $13,800. Kelly was second with $11,300 and Marcus was last with $5,700. All clues were shown. Tristan gained $800 on a reversal (see below), so he went into the last round with $14,600.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE PIETÀ??
Pietà is an Italian word that can mean piety, pity, mercy or compassion. In Christian art, it is a theme depicting Mary mourning over the body of her dead son, Jesus Christ. Per Brittanica, it was mostly a Franco-German theme that sprang up in the 14th century. Italian sculptor Michelangelo’s 1499 marble sculpture is considered the definitive Pietà. It shows Mary holding Christ’s body across her lap after he is taken down from the cross. Bellini’s earlier depiction (c. 1465–70) is a painting showing Mary and St. John the Evangelist holding Christ’s body up.
Mary receiving Christ’s body is the 6th of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. None of the biblical accounts specifically mention Christ’s body being handed to his mother after the ‘descent from the cross’ (another art theme). In fact, Mary’s presence at the crucifixion is only mentioned in the Gospel of John 19:25-27, when Jesus spoke to her.
Marcus didn’t have a response. That cost him $2,400 and left him with $3,300.
Kelly had an incomplete response that looked like it began with ‘man’ or ‘mar’ to me. She lost $500 and finished with $10,800.
Tristan got it right. He bet $8,100 and won the game with $22,700. Tristan Brown is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Reversal: GETTING INVESTED ($400) Bonds with a credit rating of BB+ or below are known as “high-yield” or, less flatteringly, this – Kelly got it with ‘junk’ after Tristan’s ‘high-risk’ was rejected. The judges reversed before FJ!
2 triple stumpers from COASTING: (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
($1600) Californians are used to hearing of road closures due to erosion in this coastal community between San Simeon & Carmel
($2000) The name of these cliffs on the coast of County Clare comes from a Gaelic word meaning “ruined fort”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “AUTHORS”
When Esquire began as a men’s lifestyle magazine in the 1930s, he was asked for manly content & wrote in 28 of the first 33 issues show
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Marcus was more animated than that to which I am accustomed. Hopefully it won’t be a distraction.
That was a tough final. And, I don’t say “tough” because 2 players missed it. It was several layers in, which took some deduction.
I’ve said it before, but, the $500 wagers stylitistically bug me. At least they balanced out in this game!
*Tristan was animated. So was Marcus, but Marcus ain’t the champ!
Tough Final. The best player won tonight. Props to my fellow Portlander Marcus for rebounding after sinking to $100. We stood in long lines to see the Pieta and the Mona Lisa when they came to NYC (separately) in the 60s, then again when I went to Europe in 1971.
I would not have deemed “high risk” acceptable. That’s a real stretch for a “less flattering” term for “high-yield.” There’s a specific term for that.
Very surprised no one knew the California coastal area. I got dropped off there while hitchhiking to LA in 1972, and was very fortunate to get picked up as darkness fell. Slightly surprised no one got Marat’s killer. Totally surprised no one knew the smaller form of embassy. I was rescued by the one in Barcelona after rushing out of a hotel in Madrid and leaving behind my passport. Somehow I knew the Nova Scotian cape, not sure how. Old King Cole’s musicians were not difficult.
I was surprised that none of the contestants could come up with the junior spinoffs of embassies. In addition, the correct response for the bonds with credit ratings of BB+ or below would be ‘junk bonds’. Personally, I wouldn’t have accepted “high-risk bonds” as the equivalent, but that would be my call. The FJ might have been a cinch for art aficionados or Italian speakers, but it did not resonate with me. In fact, I had to go check the pronunciation for ‘pieta’ as Italian is not my second language. With that being said, I do recall coming across ‘pieta’ several times in the past.