Final Jeopardy: Seconds in History (11-23-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/23/2022) in the category “Seconds in History” was:
The Fortune, the 2nd ship to land at this harbor, disappointed those already there, carrying 35 new residents & “not so much as bisket-cake”
12x champ Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, NJ, has now won $380,881. In Game 13, he takes on these two players: Katy Rudolphy, a civil servant from Grand Prairie, TX; and John Dorsey, a loan operations specialist from Potomac, MD.
Round 1 Categories: A 20th Century Facts Production – Arrondissements of Paris – A Loud Category – A Matter of Degrees – Shared Last Names – Lose a Letter
Cris found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A 20th Century Facts Production” under the $1,000 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with $800. Cris bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
In a 1918 declaration, “a readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected” was point 9 of this many show
Cris finished in the lead with $7,400. Katy was second with $4,600 and John was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Translators – Cities & Towns of the Bible – An “F” in Opera – Notable African Americans – Disney Do-overs – Speech of the Dickens
John found the first Daily Double in “Notable African Americans” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick. He was in second place with $6,000, $4,200 less than Cris’ lead. John bet $5,000 and took a shot at it with Morton. That was WRONG.
Seen here, this legendary blues singer and guitarist from Mississippi got his byname from playing in a creek as a boy show
Four clues later, Cris landed on the last Daily Double in “Translators” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $12,200, he had $7,600 more than Katy in second place. Cris bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
Thomas Hobbes translated this work on “The man that having sack’d the sacred town of Troy, wander’d so long at sea” show
Cris finished in the lead with a runaway $28,000. Katy was in second place with $9,000 and John was last with $5,400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PLYMOUTH?
An article on imagesofoldhawaii.com contains details about the first four ships to arrive in Plymouth between 1620 and 1623 with passengers who didn’t call themselves “Pilgrims”, but all came to be known as “Old Comers.” The Fortune was the second ship, originally mistaken for a hostile French ship. The settlers were relieved when the Fortune hoisted the English flag, but were disgruntled, according to Second Boat Magazine (May 1982), when they learned the Fortune brought “‘not so much as bisket cake or any victialls,’ little bedding beyond ‘some sorry things’ in their cabins, and neither ‘pot nor pan to dresse any meate in.'”
Ironically, although the Fortune arrived without provisions, it was sent back with beaver and otter skins and other valuable items meant to repay the ship’s financiers. The Fortune was relieved of its valuable cargo by French pirates or a French warship, depending on the source.
John thought it was Jamestown. He lost his $3,601 bet and finished with $1,799.
Katy also went with Jamestown. She only lost $1,801, finishing with $7,199.
Cris got it right. He bet $7,221 and won the game with $35,221. His 13-day total is $416,102.
2 triple stumpers from Round 2:
TRANSLATORS ($800) In 2021 Jennifer Croft, translator of Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, said translators’ names belong here & she was insisting on it
AN “F” IN OPERA ($2000) A high point of the opera “Lakmé” by Léo Delibes is this “duet” heard here
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Country Name Origins”
This island country was named for a 16th century Spanish king whose name comes from the Greek for “Lover of Horses” show
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Does anybody know why Amy was allowed to show her tattoo in the TOC, but was forced to cover it up before? What changed?
I thought of Plymouth immediately and went with it, but really thought it was too obvious.
That “lose a letter” category can be tricky, but I figured one of them would know the sound a bell makes and the natural gem.
John’s missed DD was gettable for sure, but ultimately didn’t cost him the game. At first I thought it looked like BB King, but then heard Ken’s description that included the creek and nailed it.
Couldn’t choose between “Iliad” and “Odyssey” for the 3rd DD, but settled on “Iliad.” Darn.
Yeah, I think the creek part of that DD made the picture unnecessary.
I just wasn’t thinking straight in FJ, and came up with Boston Harbor (of all places).
I thought Boston Harbor too, and my reasoning was the Irish famine…..
Happy to see cris winning again. Congrats. I loved that Disney category as well.
I really liked that Dickens’ speech category today