Final Jeopardy: World Literature (10-4-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/4/2019) in the category “World Literature” was:
Some parts were translated from a 15th century Syrian manuscript when this work was introduced to Europe around 1700
3x champ Kevin Boettcher, a university administrator from Binghamton, NY, has now won $59,402. In Game 4, his opponents are: Beth Kitts, a history professor from Oak Ridge, TN; and Kara Skinner, a test accommodation center coordinator.
Round 1 Categories: Horror Movies – 5-letter Words – A Day Ending in Y – Books for Younger Readers – Gut Feeling – Salute to 8,000
Kara found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “5-Letter Words” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in a second place tie with Beth. They both had $800, $1,400 less than Kevin’s lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
These were 2 types of columns in Ancient Greece. show
Kevin finished in the lead with $6,400. Kara was second with $6,000 and Beth was last with $3,400.
Round 2 Categories: Feat of (Henry) Clay – 90s No. 1 Hits – Words About Words – Adaptations – Saints on the Map – “Cro”-pourri
Kevin found the first Daily Double in “Words About Words” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $10,400 at this point, $800 more than Kara in second place. He bet $6,000 and came up with local dialect way right on the buzzer. That was WRONG anyhow.
2-word term for a common language of speakers of different tongues; it was once an actual language quoted by Molière. show
Kara found the last Daily Double in “Saints on the Map” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $18,000, she had $10,000 more than Kevin in second place. She bet $5,000 and went with St. Louis. That was WRONG.
The Pony Express went from this Missouri city to Sacramento, California. show
Kara finished in the lead with $11,800. Kevin was next with $8,000 and Beth was in third place with $7,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
From London Review of Books: “Before they ever appeared in print, the [Arabian Nights] stories had been circulating for centuries, crossing the borders between the Christian and Islamic worlds, and commuting fluently between tongue and pen. The many narrative tributaries first came together in a single stream when the French scholar and antiquarian Antoine Galland used a 14th or 15th-century Syrian manuscript he had brought back from his travels in the Middle East as the basis for seven volumes of stories that he entitled Les Mille et Une Nuits, which appeared between 1701 and 1706.”
At the time, that was thought to be the earliest manuscript of One Thousand and One Nights; however, in 1947, A fragment of the stories was discovered in Egypt and dated to the 9th century. It was purchased by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Beth didn’t have a response. She lost her $6,998 bet and finished with $2.00.
Kevin got it right. His $6,001 bet brought him up to $14,001.
Kara got it, too. She bet $6,000 and won the game with $17,800. Kara Skinner is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
HORROR MOVIES ($200) 2017 saw the 8th film in the “Saw” franchise, & 3 additional letters were needed for this, its title
ADAPTATIONS ($1200) This 1910 E.M. Forster work about the Schlegels & Wilcoxes was filmed in 1992 by James Ivory & adapted for TV in 2017
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Countries of the World”
They begin with the same 3 letters: the most densely populated country in Europe & the least densely populated in Asia. show
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Kara got a pass on an incorrect answer on 10/4/10. Category was 8000. She incorrectly said that was the earth’s diameter near the equator. Think it should have been circumference, but no one caught it.
Yay! A new champion on the 8000th episode, AT LEAST there’s one unplayed $200 clue, better than the worst Jeopardy! game ever had with unplayed clues worth $8,000.
Well kevin had a good run and Congrats to kara on winning the game. Although I do wish kevin would have won his fourth game but let’s hope Kara can build up a chain of wins. VJ you’ve heard of Arabian nights right? I think Aladdin is where this can be found if your kids watched the series and the movies. It was also my childhood seeing Aladdin.
Yes Lou, idk about the new cartoons but a lot of the old cartoons worked in Aladdin and Ali Baba themes from Arabian Nights.
LINK: 10 more clues from the game