Final Jeopardy: Women Authors (10-9-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/9/2023) in the category “Women Authors” was:
In “A Room of One’s Own”, the “four famous names” are Austen, 2 Brontes & this author who died closest to Virginia Woolf’s own time
The Champions Wild Card quarter-finals continue today with these three champs: Phil Hoffman, a analyst orig. from Mountain Lakes, NJ, Camron Conners, a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, and Lucy Ricketts, a book designer & freelance illustrator from Atlanta, GA.
Round 1 Categories: A Brief History of Thyme – Thomas Aquinas, Advice Columnist – 3rd Graders Know This Stuff – Travel Texas – Body Shots – The Heavyweight Champion of the World
Lucy found the first Daily Double in “Travel Texas” under the $1,000 clue just before the commercial break. She was the only one on the board with $3,800. Lucy bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Named for its location on the Rio Grande, this national park is popular with birders as it is home to over 400 species show
Lucy finished in the lead with $10,600. Camron was in second with $2,400. Phil was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A Brief History of Time – I’m Still Standin’ – Candle in the Wind – Circle of Life – I’d like to Solve the Puzzle – Elton John Songs
Phil found the first Daily Double in “A Brief History of Time” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,000, $9,800 less than Lucy’s lead. Phil bet $1,990 and he was RIGHT.
An 1884 conference chose the Meridian of this facility’s transit instrument as the “prime” starting point for time zones show
Phil got the last Daily Double in “Candle in the Wind” under the $1,600 clue with 10 clues left after it. He was in last place with $7,190, $5,410 less than Lucy’s lead. Phil bet $5,000 and came up with Albinus. That was WRONG.
From Latin for “barely connected”, this solid white substance is water-insoluble & can precede “oil” show
Lucy finished in the lead with a runaway $16,200. Camron was second with $6,800 and Phil was last with $990. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS)?
In “A Room of One’s Own”, Virginia Woolf explores how women managed to break through the male-dominated literary landscape in centuries past. The classic novels of the 19th century women Woolf called’ “the famous four” have provided material for films for every generation since the birth of the movie industry. Here are the ages of the “famous four” in the year each passed away: Jane Austen (age 41, 1817); Emily Bronte (age 30, 1848), Charlotte Bronte (age 38, 1855) and George Eliot (age 61, 1880). Woolf was born in 1882.
In order to even get published, it was not unusual for women to use male pen names. Mary Ann Evans used the pen name George Eliot. Charlotte Bronte’s male pseudonyms were Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley and Currer Bell. Emily Bronte went by Ellis Bell. Jane Austen did not use a male pen name but she published “Sense and Sensibility” anonymously, listing the author as “A Lady”. Her subsequent works just said “by the author of” and listed prior work(s).
Phil didn’t have a response. He lost $801 and finished with $$189.
Camron wrote a thanks “I had a blast” message that then said “Godspeed”. He bet and lost his whole $6,800.
Lucy got it right. She added $500 and won the game with $16,700. Lucy Ricketts advances to the semi-finals.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD ($600) In 1990, this man here knocked out Buster Douglas to become the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champ
I’D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE ($1200) On this game show 2 contestants revealed a rebus picture puzzle by matching pairs of prizes and then had to solve the puzzle
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Renaissance Men”
10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them show
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Not my night. A lot of difficult clues, especially the DDs. I totally forgot the FJ category and said “Who is Eliot?” thinking of TS Eliot. That’s a winner, though!
Only ones among the stumpers I could muster were Webber’s partner, Crickets Ave rocker, and of course the rebus puzzle show. I tried out for it in the early 70s, solved all the puzzles, but never heard from them again. I remember when Hugh Downs hosted it way back when.
I did pretty well in today’s Jeopardy game, but the FJ was a tough one. No, I didn’t know who the 1990 heavyweight boxing champion was.
I looked right at him, and knew his face, but couldn’t come up with his name. Maybe if they showed his ear!
As for FJ, I said Agatha Christie. Forgot all about Eliot. Then again, that’s not my area, really.
In any case, Lucy looked the champion part. I told my wife, there’s a reason that a lot of the Second Chance Tournament players are there. But, as a prior champ, she looks like she still has “it”.