Final Jeopardy: Novel Locales (11-3-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/3/2022) in the category “Novel Locales” was:
This place from a 1933 novel lies in the valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal
In the fourth quarterfinal match in the 2022 Tournament of Champions, the contestants are:Courtney Shah, a community college instructor from Portland, OR; Rowan Ward, a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, IL; and John Focht, a software team lead orig. from El Paso, TX.
Round 1 Categories: A Year Ending in 2 – Real-Deal Rhyme Time – Newspaper & Magazine – Objects of Verse – Adverbs – Film Fight Marquee
Rowan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Newspapers & Magazines” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick of the round. Rowan had $800. John was next, at zero. Rowan bet the $1,000 allowance and was RIGHT.
In 2003 this newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic church show
Rowan finished in the lead with $3,600. John was in second place with $3,000 and Courtney was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Gotta Know Your Science – Starts With J – Biblical People – Get Down to Business -Name that Balkan Nation – A Musical Journey with Questlove
John found the first Daily Double in “Name That Balkan Nation” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,000, $4,600 more than Rowan in second place. John bet $8,000 and was RIGHT.
To resolve a spat with Greece, in 2019 it added a direction to its name show
On the next pick, John got the last Daily Double in “Get Down to Business” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $21,000, John had $12,600 more than Rowan in second place. John bet $3,000 and was RIGHT again.
A New York Times article headlined “When Mac & Cheese and Ketchup Don’t Mix” concerned the 2015 merger of these 2 companies show
John finished in the lead with a runaway $32,000. Rowan was in second place with $10,800 and Courtney was last with $5,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS SHANGRI-LA?
James Hilton coined the name “Shangri-La” in 1933 but, according to PBS Myths and Heroes, he got the idea from a place that was far older: “The mythical land of Shangri-La is the novelist James Hilton’s fictional account of the legendary Tibetan paradise Shambala. In Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, he changes the name of the paradise to Shangri-La. This lost Tibetan paradise is a valley cut off from the world. The wisdom of the human race is being conserved there against the threat of imminent catastrophe. Hilton’s novel was turned into a hit Hollywood movie and the name Shangri-La came to mean a lost paradise.”
Three Dog Night had a No. 3 hit with a song named “Shambala” in 1973. See Wikipedia’s disambiguation page on Shangri-La for its many uses.
Courtney wrote down the Big Valley and lost $4.200 for a $1,000 finish.
Rowan came up with Brigadoon and only lost $399 for a $10,401 finish.
John came closest with Xanadu. Having already won the game, he bet nothing. John Focht advances to the semifinals. Rowan and Courtney won $5,000 each. Two more quarterfinals to go.
3 triple stumpers from FILM FIGHT MARQUEE:
($600) 1987: Gary Busey vs. Mel Gibson
($800) 1978: Bruce Lee vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
($1000) 1990: Sharon Stone vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Lead Singers”
The N.Y. Times said this late Brit’s multi-octave range & operatic quality made “even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional” show
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Somewhat surprised that 3 tournament-caliber players didn’t know FJ. I was 90% all-in on Shangri-La and 10% on Xanadu. (And the girl group the Shangri-las were from my part of NYC, Queens.)
Stumpers way too tough for me, except for Carlin’s funny weatherman. “The forecast for tonight is dark. Continued dark overnight, turning light by morning.”
The Shangri-las are one of the groups featured in my 60s Teenage Tragedy Song Craze article with “the trifecta of teen tragedy songs” — “Leader of the Pack”
Thanks, I’ll read that now. I’m sure I know all of those tunes.
Do you know “Leader of the Laundromat” by the Detergents? it was a silly takeoff on “Pack.”
“I Can Never Go Home Anymore” was another tear-jerker from the Shangri-Las.
Yes, Howard, “Leader of the Laundromat” was one of our silly favorites. “My folks were always putting her down (down down) because our laundry came back brown (brown brown)” 🤣🤣 Ron (“Sugar, Sugar”) Dante was one of the Detergents.
I hope you enjoy the article.
Yet again, I parallel Howard. For me, FJ was easy, even though I didn’t read the book. And, the TS mostly got me. I can’t even claim the George Carlin one.
I have to admit, John’s Balkan knowledge was formidable!
I only missed the $1200 Lake Bled clue in that Balkan category. The night before this match, my 7-year-old granddaughter and I were going over the Balkan countries. That kid loves geography and she asks me to do Worldle with her every evening!
P.S. The worldle country on this same day was Switzerland. Serendipity.
I loved the George Carlin weatherman clue. I told Nikki that one was in there for us cool seniors. 🤣
Last month, there was a Flip Wilson Show marathon on one of those channels devoted to classic TV shows. Carlin used to do that shtick on that show.
I didn’t come up with the correct response for FJ either, but there is always tomorrow.
Job well done John despite not getting the final. I think he will do great in the semi finals. Good players today
And we got our second triple stumper this week as today’s final was a tough one.
Nice work, John.
And then there were 13.