Final Jeopardy: Ancient Texts (10-26-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/26/2020) in the category “Ancient Texts” was:

Developed in the 18th century B.C. & named for a ruler, it aimed to “settle all disputes & heal all injuries”

New champ, Brian Adams, an educator from Big Bear Lake, CA, won $17,201 last Friday. In Game 2, he takes on these 2 players: Ariel Saland, a wine tasting room host from Sonoma, CA; and Jonathan Lee, a financial regulator from Sherman Oaks, CA.

Round 1 Categories: We Are The Champions – It’s Hyphenated – Bones – A Quiet Place – Historic Lasts – Words that Are in Comprehensible

Brian found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A Quiet Place” under the $800 clue, with 5 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $6,400, $2,000 more than Jonathan in second place. He bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.

The phrase “silent running” originated with this type of vessel going quiet to avoid detection. show

WHAT IS A SUBMARINE?

Brian finished in the lead with $9,600. Jonathan was second with $4,600 and Ariel was last with $3,000. This board was completed.

Round 2 Categories: Composers – Airplane Mode – Fill in the Animal Movie Quotes – A 5-Martini Library – Sounds like Money to Me – On Its Western Border

Ariel found the first Daily Double in “5-Martini Library” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick. She was in second place with $4,600 now, $5,400 less than Brian’s lead. She bet $2,200 and took a shot at it with Holy Water. That was WRONG.

In a Kurt Vonnegut novel, Bonnie, a cocktail waitress at the Holiday Inn, calls martinis this, the book’s title. show

WHAT IS THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS?

Jonathan got the last Daily Double in “Airplane Mode” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In second place with $8,600, he had $6,600 less than Brian’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

This WWI fighter plane from the Sopwith Co. got its nickname from the hump-shaped gun housing in front of the cockpit. show

WHAT IS CAMEL
Jonathan’s “the camel plane” was accepted?
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Brian finished in the lead with $13,200. Jonathan was next with $9,000 and Ariel was in third place with $2,800. 5 clues worth $2,800 went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE CODE OF HAMMURABI?

From BibleOdyssey.org: “Around 1755 B.C.E. … King Hammurabi issued a code of law. Written in the Babylonian language and chiseled in exquisite cuneiform script on a tall pillar of black basalt, the law code is both a bit of royal public relations and a detailed list of legal statements. It is the longest preserved inscription in Babylonian up to that moment but by no means the first law code from the region. The core of the code is a list of almost 300 laws…. Almost all the laws use the same format: if X happens, then Y will be the consequence.” Rediscovered in 1901, the pillar is now displayed at the Louvre in Paris.

The quotation in today’s Final Jeopardy! clue comes from the first paragraph of the Epilogue (see The Avalon Project). Hammurabi let it be known that “there is no wisdom like unto mine,” and laid out his detailed desires for lots of dire consequences to befall any future ruler who dissed his laws.

Ariel didn’t have a response. She didn’t bet anything so she stayed at $2,800.

Jonathan got it right. He added $600 to his score and finished with $9,600.

Brian got it, too, with “Hamarabi’s Code”. He bet $5,000 and won the game with $18,200. His 2-day total is $35,401.

A triple stumper from each round:

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ($800) In a 2020 $20 mil. “Champions for Charity” golf match, Tiger Woods & this ex-NFL QB beat Phil Mickelson & Tom Brady

A 5-MARTINI LIBRARY ($800) Near the end of this Hemingway novel, Jake & Brett each have 3 martinis at a bar in Madrid

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Old English Literature”

This “creature of evil, grim and fierce, was quickly ready, savage and cruel, and seized from their rest thirty thanes” [spoiler]WHO IS GRENDEL?