Final Jeopardy: American Composers (10-27-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/27/2022) in the category “American Composers” was:
He turned to opera with the 1903 work “Guest of Honor”, likely inspired by Booker T. Washington’s dinner at the White House
In the first final match of the 2022 Second Chance Tournament (Week 2), the contestants are: Rowan Ward, a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, IL; Jack Weller, a law student orig. from San Diego, CA; and Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, MD. (The links go to each player’s semi-final.)
Round 1 Categories: Another Shot at the Title – The Animal Kingdom – Bring Me a Souvenir! – Words & Phrases: Immediately! – Which Cabinet Department? – Radcliffe College
Rowan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Animal Kingdom” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. Rowan was in the lead with $3,800, $2,800 more than Jack in second place. Rowan bet $4,000 and was RIGHT.
Males of these mammals engage in bouts called necking to establish a social hierarchy show
Rowan finished in the lead with $11,800. Jack was in second place with $2,400. Sadie was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Octoberfest – The Second Chapter – Lakes & Rivers – 3 Consonants in a Row – Learned Leagues – Daniel Radcliffe Collage
Rowan found the first Daily Double in “Second Chapters” under the $800 clue on the third pick of the round. Rowan was in the lead with $13,000 now, $10,600 more than Jack in second place. Rowan bet $8,000 and guessed “James and the Giant Peach”. That was WRONG.
Ralph says “We’ve been on the mountain top and seen water all around” show
On the next selection, Rowan landed on the last Daily Double in “Lakes & Rivers” under the $2,000 clue. Still in the lead with $5,000, Rowan had $2,600 more than Jack in second place. Rowan bet it all and was RIGHT this time.
This river that flows 2,300 miles before emptying into the Caspian Sea is Europe’s longest show
Rowan finished in the lead with a runaway $30,000. Jack was in second place with $6,400 and Sadie was last with $4,400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS SCOTT JOPLIN?
In October 1901, about a month after becoming President as a result of the McKinley assassination, Teddy Roosevelt became the first president to invite a person of color to dinner at the White House and noted educator Booker T. Washington became the first person of color to accept. That barrier-breaking event is believed to have inspired American composer Scott Joplin (1868-1917) to compose “A Guest of Honor”, billed as “the only genuine Rag Time Opera ever produced.” Check out gailmasinda.com’s blog to find out how Joplin’s production fell apart due to theft and how the opera’s score disappeared, never to resurface.
Joplin primarily composed ragtime music and was known as the “King of Ragtime.” His fame dwindled after he died but he was back in the public eye in a big way in the 1970s when another opera “Treemonisha” premiered in Atlanta in 1972. In 1973, Joplin’s “The Entertainer” sparked a ragtime revival when it was featured in “The Sting” (1973), starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival is held annually in Sedalia, Missouri, where Joplin taught piano and worked for many years.
Sadie got it right. Ken kidded that she only wrote the last name this time. She bet $400 and finished with $6,400.
Jack thought it was Gershwin, which likely requires a first name when it’s right. Since Joplin was the right response, it cost Jack $3,000. He landed in third place with $3,400.
Rowan also got it right, standing pat with the $30,000. Tomorrow, the tournament will wrap up. Today’s scores will be added to the players’ final scores tomorrow to determine the winner, who will move on to the 2022 Tournament of Champions. Right now, no one can deny that Rowan has a huge advantage but Ken reminded us that big comebacks can happen. Yes, they can and they have. We’ll never forget Buzzy going into his second final game with zero and winning the entire Tournament of Champions in 2017.
A triple stumper from each round:
BRING ME A SOUVENIR! ($800) From Greece, a string of komboloi, or these, used not for religious reasons but to relax & counteract stress
THE SECOND CHAPTER ($1600) An emperor’s soldiers provide “An Exact Inventory of What We Found About the Body of the Man-Mountain”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Art”
In occupied Paris, a German officer asked Picasso if he had done this masterpiece; he replied, “No, you did” show
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Sadie is not going to win. Her very conservative wager on her relatively meager total (vs Rowan’s total) shows either very poor betting strategy, or, just an innate nature that she is risk-averse. And, if there was EVER a time to NOT be risk averse, this is it! And I want her to win!
Wow, Rowan sure is a force to be reckoned with. Could give the superstars a tussle in the ToC.
Joplin was the only black composer I could think of from the stated era.
I think someone should have known the lake at Banff.
Surely one of the other 2 would have known LeBron’s city if given the chance. Rowan usually gives complete responses, so I was surprised they didn’t in this case. Unlike Matt Amodio, who cuts corners and gives the shortest possible response beginning with “What’s.”
Hi VJ! “The Entertainer” is MUCH easier to deal with than “Green Acres”. I loved it as the theme for the movie The Sting. Ahh – oldies but goodies….
“The Sting” won a slew of Oscars, including Best Picture, but not one for that song. The awards were handed out in 1974, the year that the streaker ran across the stage. I’ve got a collection of J! clues on that film and others from 1973 over here
Now I’ve got that tune “The Entertainer” stuck in my head. I suppose that’s better than the Green Acres theme song. lol. I had that stuck in my head the past two days because I wanted to know if Eddie Albert was singing the male parts on that. “Farm livin’ is the life for me”.