Final Jeopardy: Nobel Laureates (11-25-13)

The Final Jeopardy question (11/25/2013), in the category “Nobel Laureates” was:

The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner from this country was under arrest at the time of the award.

4-day champ Rani Peffer returns today after the 2-week Teachers Tournament. Rani is up to $56,712 in winnings and can possibly secure a Tournament of Champions spot, if she can defeat these two players: James Kosmatka, from Cleveland Heights, OH; and Johnna Mahoney, from Lancaster, PA.

Rani found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Piggybacking.” She was in second place with $2,800, $600 less than James’ lead. She bet $1,000, and you could tell by the look on her face that Rani is not Catholic. She guessed St. Joseph but that was WRONG.

No longer on the Catholic calendar, this saint is often shown carrying the Christ child on his back. show

WHO IS ST. CHRISTOPHER?

Johnna (Alex got mixed up a couple of times and called her Johanna) finished in the lead with $4,600. Rani was second with $3,200 and James was last with $2,400.

James found the first Daily Double in “Newspapers.” He was in third place with $7,200, $4,800 less than Rani’s lead. He bet $3,000 and thought it was “The Star.” That was WRONG.

In 2013 this paper won a Pulitzer for its breaking news coverage of the Aurora theater shooting. show

WHAT IS THE DENVER POST?

Rani found the last Daily Double in “All Systems Go.” In the lead with $11,600, she had $3,000 more than Johnna in second place. She bet $3,000, and she was RIGHT.

Largely gone since the 14th century is this system in which a fief holder took an oath in a ceremony called homage. show

WHAT IS THE FEUDAL SYSTEM?

Rani finished in the lead with $14,600. Johnna was next with $8,600 and James was in third place with $5,400.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS MYANMAR?

Burmese politician and activist Aung San Suu Kyi “initiated a nonviolent movement toward achieving democracy and human rights. In 1989, the (Burmese) government placed Suu Kyi under house arrest, and she spent 15 of the next 21 years in custody. In 1991, her ongoing efforts won her the Nobel Prize for Peace, and she was finally released from house arrest in November 2010. (Biography.com)

Burma was undoubtedly an acceptable answer as well.

James wrote down South Africa. He bet all he had and finished with zero.

Johnna had the same answer. She lost $7,000 and finished with $1,600.

Rani wrote down China. She lost $2,611 and won the game with $11,989. Her 5-day total is $68,701.

We’ll be getting Rani up on the TOC list tout de suite. Her score today knocks 3-day champ Neal Pollack off our list. She can go higher but it won’t knock anyone else off.