Final Jeopardy: Old English Literature (10-23-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/23/2018) in the category “Old English Literature” was:
This “creature of evil, grim and fierce, was quickly ready, savage and cruel, and seized from their rest thirty thanes”
2x champ Erik Agard, a puzzlemaker from Gaithersburg, MD, has now won $40,001. In Game 3, he takes on these two players: Traci Clark, a pharmacist from Pembroke Pines, FL; and Patrick Healy, a social studies teacher from Bronxville, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Literary Openings – I Go to Famous Person High School – En Francais – Stupid Answers Across America – Weights & Measures – The “Heart” of Country
Traci found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Openings” under the $1,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,400, $3,000 more than Erik and Patrick, tied in second place. She bet $3,000 and said “The Chronicles of Narnia” right after the buzzer. That was WRONG anyway.
The first in a series: “Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy”. show
Erik finished in the lead with $4,800. Patrick was second with $2,600 and Traci was last with $1,400.
Round 2 Categories: Zebulon Pike’s Piques – I’m Beside Myself! – Prison – Math Vocab – Contronyms – The Heart of the Country
Erik found the first Daily Double in “Contronyms” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick. He was in the lead with $8,400 at this point, twice as much as Patrick in second place. He bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
From the Latin for “blood”, this word can either mean “cheerful” or “bloodthirsty” show
Traci found the last Daily Double in “Prison” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $6,600, she had $13,000 less than Erik’s lead. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1784 the Marquis de Sade was transferred to ths prison that gained fame of its own 5 years later. show
Erik finished in the lead with $19,600. Traci was next with $13,400 and Patrick was in third place with $5,000.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In the English epic poem “Beowulf,” the titular hero sets out to slay the villainous monstrosity known as Grendel, who has been devouring the king of the Dane’s men. After Beowulf knocks off Grendel, he has to contend with the creature’s vengeful and gruesome momma. eNotes has a short summary of “Beowulf.”
An omen of Erik’s future from 1998: LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES “G” ($800) Beowulf Behemoth (7)
Patrick bet $3,500 and finished with $8,500.
Traci bet it all and doubled her score to $26,800.
Erik bet $7,201, winning the game by a buck with $26,801. His 3-day total is $66,802.
A triple stumper from each round:
I GO TO FAMOUS PERSON HIGH SCHOOL ($600) Kensington, MD. kids! No pressure living up to this scientist who had an Annus mirabilis (“Year of Marvels”) in 1905
I’M BESIDE MYSELF! ($1200) In “The Last Action Hero” this actor tells himself “You’ve brought me nothing but pain”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Words in the News 2016”
The Centre for European Reform is one of the sources credited with coining this new 6-letter portmanteau word. show
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Wow, a very risky DD for both Erik and Traci put them in contention, and he won again by a margin of $1. With that, Scott McFadden, Dave Mattingly, and Ali Hassan could be in trouble because Marty Cunningham is OUT.
@John Christian
They are. I don’t think J will let any 3 game winner play in the ToC. I believe they’ll keep on playing till no”3 gamer” is left. Hence my strong hunch that Erik will win game 4 tomorrow, though moneywise he would be already on the ToC as #15 overall.
Congrats to Erik on his third win and to the triple solve by all the players. He locked this game, preventing Traci from winning. Although she didn’t know about the lion ,witch, and the wardrobe, I certainly hope she is an avid book reader. Also VJ and John when did you guys read Beowulf?
@Lou
When I was in 6th grade of Gymnasium = HS in America, at an age of about 16 1/2 in English. That was waaaaay back in Austria but I had a really excellent English teacher. I still remember his name since a “Meistersinger” had the same one. Dr. HANS SACHS.
There was a real Hans Sachs, a “Meistersinger” who then was incorporated into Wagner’s opera “Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg”. Funny how you remember some things from 50 years ago….
@Lou, I don’t remember how old I was. I mainly remember that ye olde English made my head hurt back then.
LINK: 8 more clues from the game
Congrats to Erik. He’ll win 1 or 2 more games and then only 3 three game winners will be left. Right now Erik has won only 3 games himself, so a #4 is necessary to “weed out” the 3 game winners.Marty is already out, the next one will be Ali as soon as another 4 game winner emerges (besides Erik, he already replaced Marty and Ali is still alive, regardless of how many games Erik wins.
Had Traci bet more than 3.200 at the first DD and had gotten it right she would have won the game . Looks like she would have made the right FJ wager.
Marty Cunningham is out.