Final Jeopardy: Poets (11-1-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/1/2022) in the category “Poets” was:
Inspired by stories from his grandfather, his “Battle of Lovell’s Pond” appeared in the Portland Gazette in 1820 when he was 13
In the second quarterfinals match in the 2022 Tournament of Champions, the contestants are: Jonathan Fisher, an actor orig. from Coral Gables, FL, Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, CA; and Christine Whelchel, a graduate assistant from Spring Hill, TN.
Round 1 Categories: European Happenings – Slogans & Mottoes – Crocodile Pop – Catch-2022 – Plays & Playwrights – Vwllss Hwn
Christine found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “European Happenings” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was in last place with negative $400, $5,400 less than Andrew‘s lead. Christine bet $1,000 and took a shot at it with counties. That was WRONG.
Switzerland was formed in the 13th century after an alliance of these political divisions formed to combat the Habsburgs show
Jonathan finished in the lead with $8,200. Andrew was in second place with $7,600 and Christine was last with negative $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Art & Artists – Crossword Clues “Q” – He Directed that? – Bridge – I Bid – 5 Hearts
Andrew found the first Daily Double in “5 Hearts” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in second place with $12,000, $2,600 less than Jonathan’s lead. Andrew bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Two clues later, Andrew landed on the last Daily Double in “I Bid” under the $800 clue. In the lead with $18,600 now, he had $4,000 more than Jonathan in second place. Andrew bet $10,000 and was WRONG because he drew a blank.
In 2020, an unnamed bidder spent $4.2 million for the so-called Eid Mar coin, minted by this assassin. show
Jonathan finished in the lead with $19,800. Andrew was in second place with $13,800 and Christine was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in 1807 in Portland, then part of Massachusetts. At age 13, Longfellow’s poem “The Battle of Lowell Pond” was published in the Portland Gazette attributed to “Henry.” The poem may have partly been inspired by Longfellow’s maternal grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth, who fought under Samuel Lovell in the Revolutionary War. However, Henry’s younger brother Samuel recalled how a friend’s father accused the poem’s author of “borrowing” the poem from Thomas C. Upham’s “Lovellspond” published in 1819. Young Henry did not inform his accuser that he was the suspect.
It had to have been the first time Longfellow was accused of plagiarism, but it was not the last. In the 1830s and ’40s, Edgar Allan Poe repeatedly attacked Longfellow for plagiarism. This article, on Boston College’s website, claims that Poe was right, at least insofar as Longfellow “borrowed” liberally from other works without giving credit.
Christine thought it was Walt Whitman. She bet nothing, standing pat on $2,200.
Andrew came up with Holmes (Oliver Wendell, Sr.). That cost him $1,799 and left him with $12,001.
Jonathan went with Henry David Thoreau. He bet $7,801 and finished with $11,999. That made Andrew He the winner by a margin of $2.00 and we have our second semi-finalist.
A triple stumper from each round:
ART & ARTISTS ($1200) This artist donated the proceeds from her portrait of Breonna Taylor to fund college scholarships
BRIDGE ($2000) It’s the river flowing beneath Bangkok’s Rama VI Bridge
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “The 13 Colonies”
Pride in the document under which this future state was governed from 1639 to 1662 led to its official state nickname show
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Wise FJ wager by Andrew, who looked to be toast after that ridiculous $10K DD wager.
Jonathan had 2 wheelhouse categories, Playwrights and Directors, but not enough to effect a runaway.
Biden’s gesture was the only stumper I knew for sure. FJ stumped me, as well as the players, but in hindsight it seemed pretty obvious. The year and city in the clue should have led us there.
I called it (look at yesterday’s comments). As said, a MUCH better game. I went all-in on Walt Whitman. Eh, whatever. I got all of the Hawai’ian words, and I thank my 3 years of living there for that. As for the river, I recalled a story from undergrad. The visiting professor was the one who said that it is “the River Granta, and, when it gets to the bridge, it changes it’s name”. So, I’ve always recalled that.
The only thing I can call Andrew’s final wager is “canny”.
I can’t be as definitive for tomorrow’s match. I’m not sure. If pressed, I would blurt out Tyler.
Whitman was from New York, Jason. Remember Bowdoin College to place Longfellow, who went there at the same time as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Franklin Pierce.
The FJ did make me work, but I did come up with Longfellow.
Happy to see Andrew advancing to the semifinals despite not getting this final. Good players today and today’s game was much better.
And we got our first triple stumper of the week and today’s Final was a tough one.
And then there were 17.