Final Jeopardy: Classic British Novels (11-29-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/29/2019) in the category “Classic British Novels” was:
The title character of this novel says of his home, “the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements”
New champ Alex Damisch, a data scientist from Chicago, IL, won $12,801 yesterday. In Game 2, she is up against: Emma Wall, a graduate student from La Jolla, CA; and Gabrielle Merken, a student assessment specialist from Washington, DC.
Round 1 Categories: The Old West – This Category is Full of Vinegar – Before & After – Entreprenheirs – Who Wrote It? – The WWE Slammy Awards
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Old West” under the $2,800 clue on the 18th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,800, $600 more than Gabrielle in second place. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.
This Arizona site that entered Old West legend in 1881 had “Livery and Feed Stables” in its full name. show
Alex finished in the lead with $5,300. Gabrielle was second with $5,000 and Emma was last with $2,800.
Round 2 Categories: The Old West – When TV Was Free – Women of Science – Random Facts – Keeping Up With the Kennedys – Ends in “SS”
Alex found the first Daily Double in “Women of Science” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick. She was in the lead with $8,100 now, $3,100 more than Gabrielle in second place. She confidently bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
Vera Rubin confirmed the existence of this component of the universe originally dubbed “missing mass” show
Gabrielle found the last Daily Double in “The Kennedys” under the $1,600 clue with one clue left after it. In third place with $6,600, she had $7,700 less than Alex in the lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Timothy & Bobby Shriver both serve on the board that sponsors this intl. sports competition founded by their mom, Eunice. show
Alex finished in the lead with $14,300. Gabrielle was next with $7,600 and Emma was in third place with $6,800.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The quote comes from Chapter 2 of Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel “Dracula” when Jonathan Harker meets Count Dracula at his castle in Transylvania. This chapter has been the basis of a lot of Jeopardy! clues, including these two quotes: “Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” and “”Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own free will!”
Read more about Dracula’s castle on Bran-Castle.com.
Emma thought it was “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Not a bad guess but it still cost her $6,700 bet and left her with $100.
Gabrielle had no response so she lost her $6,001 bet. She finished with $1,599.
Alex came up with “Tristram Shandy.” She lost her $901 bet but won the game with the remaining $13,399. Her 2-day total is $26,200
2 triple stumpers from WHO WROTE IT?:
($800) “An Essay on Criticism”, 1711
($1000) The 1986 memoir “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Historic World Buildings”
Rome’s Colosseum may have gotten its name because of a colossal circa 65 A.D. statue of this Emperor erected nearby. show
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This was just a really hard week to celebrate Thanksgiving. Let’s hope that every day next week, something good happens on both JEOPARDY! & Wheel Of Fortune. (Fingers Crossed)
Anyone else notice it said British authors and bram stoker was Irish 😂
Take a look at Bram Stoker’s wikipedia page, underneath his picture — It says
Nationality: Irish
Citizenship: British
Also, the first edition of the novel was published in London.
I thought the category was misleading for a different reason, making me think it was a drafty “British” castle, when the castle wasn’t in Britain. If the category was Gothic Novels, it would have been a lot easier.
$14,400 in triple stumpers, would have had a $100 lead going into FJ!. How nice.
This is the third fj triple stumper that no one got. Bram stoker’s dracula has some pc games that focuses primarily on him. Although I am glad to see Alex not getting much. She could be our next James Holzhauer but we shall see how far she goes. I think Alex has a lot of confidence in today’s game unlike the previous players with short runs.
Everyone knows these quotes —
“To err is human, to forgive, divine”
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”
“A little learning is a dang’rous thing”
All of them are from “An Essay on Criticism”
LINK: More clues from this match