Final Jeopardy: Authors (10-24-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/24/2022) in the category “Authors” was:

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

In the second week of the semifinals matches of the 2022 Second Chance Tournament, the contestants are: Sarah Snider, a middle school humanities teacher from Fisher, IN; Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, CA; and Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, MD. (The links go to the players’ original games.)

Round 1 Categories: I Played a Real Person – Children’s Literature – Double Double Letters – Cereal Mascots – Captain – Crunch

Jeff found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Captain” under the $400 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in third place with $600 at this point, $3,800 less than Sarah’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and tried the Concord Massacre. That was WRONG.

Capt. Preston was acquitted for his part in this March 5, 1770 event– it couldn’t be proved he’d ordered British troops to fire. show

WHAT IS THE BOSTON MASSACRE?

Sarah finished in the lead with $5,600. Sadie was next with $3,600 and Jeff was in third place with $3,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Destination Europe – Say What? – Math Class – News Makers & Writers ’22 – Plantcraft – “C” Band Lyrics

Sadie found the first Daily Double in “Plantcraft” under the $1,200 clue on the 21st pick. She was in the lead with $12,400 now, $5,800 more than Jeff in second place. She bet $1,000 and thought it might be horticulture. That was WRONG.

Practitioners of this 7-letter bushy art have been called tree masons & leafage sculptors. show

WHAT IS TOPIARY?

Sadie got the last Daily Double in “News Makers & Writers ’22” under the $1,200 clue on the very next pick. Still in the lead but with $11,400 now, she had $4,800 more than Jeff in second place. She bet $800 and she was RIGHT.

Turkish President Erdogan got enough concessions to drop his opposition to letting Sweden & Finland do this. show

WHAT IS JOIN NATO?

Sadie finished in the lead with $13,400. Jeff was next with $10,600 and Sarah was in third place with $5,200. All clues were shown.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS ERNEST HEMINGWAY?

In a 2021 Esquire article, Adrienne Westerfield relates how founding editor Arnold Gingrich secured the services of Ernest Hemingway as a contributor to the new magazine. By 1932, Hemingway had already published two successful novels, “The Sun Also Rises” (1926) and “A Farewell to Arms (1929). After running into the author at a New York bookstore, Gingrich saw great potential for the magazine with Hemingway on board, not only for his writing talent but also for his reputation as a “manly man.” He persuaded Hemingway to contribute articles that would help make Esquire “be to the American male what Vogue is to the female.” Hemingway was promised that his contributions would be published “as is”, with “no monkey business en route to the printers.” After the success of the first edition, the relationship continued to blossom and benefit both parties, resulting in Hemingway’s fiction and nonfiction appearing in 28 of Esquire’s first 33 issues.

Esquire Classic devotes a page to Ernest Hemingway and other famous contributors. Click on the “Contributors” heading at the top of the page to see more famous names.

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Sarah bet $5,198 and finished with $10,398.

Jeff bet $2,801, finishing with $13,401.

Sadie bet $7,801 and won the game with $21,201, so the next stop for Sadie Goldberger is the Finals with one last chance to get in on the 2022 Tournament of Champions.

A triple stumper from each round:

CAPTAIN ($1000) Arthur Rostron captained this ship that rescued 705 Titanic survivors, including “The Unsinkable” Molly Brown

DESTINATION EUROPE ($1600) In the reliquary of this king & saint’s basilica in Budapest, you can see what is reportedly his right hand

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Phrases from Literature”

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

WHAT IS OPEN SESAME?

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