Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Art (11-7-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/7/2019) in the category “20th Century Art” was:

A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting “Houses at l’Estaque” gave this art style its name

We’re up to Quarterfinal No. 4 in the 2019 Tournament of Champions. The champs competing today are: Josh Hill 7x champ ($163,721); Eric R. Backes, 4x champ ($105,602); and Emma Boettcher 3x champ ($97,002).

Round 1 Categories: Singers – U.S. Islands – Name & Number – Spanish to English Rhyme Time – Bugle Calls – Let’s Eat

Emma found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Name & Number” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. At $600, she was the only one with any money. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

At least 11 wounds from sharp weapons were found on his skeleton after it was dug up from a Leicestershire parking lot in 2012. show

WHO IS RICHARD III?

Emma finished in the lead with $5,000. Josh was second with $4,200 and Eric was last with $3,000.

Round 2 Categories: Jeopardy! Keywords, Not! – The Human Body – 5-syllable Words – Ghostwriters – TV Taglines -“Schu” Who

Emma found the first Daily Double in “The Human Body” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick. She was in the lead with $14,200 at this point, $7,600 more than Josh in second place. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

In Scrabble, this alternate name for the tailbone will get you many more points than “tailbone” show

WHAT IS COCCYX?

Eric found the last Daily Double in “Ghostwriters” under the $800 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In third place with $7,400, he had $15,600 less than Emma’s lead. He bet $3,600 and he was RIGHT.

Speechwriter Ted Sorenson admitted that he wrote the first draft of most of this Pulitzer Prize-winning book by JFK. show

WHAT IS “PROFILES IN COURAGE”?

Emma finished in the lead with $23,800. Eric was next with $13,000 and Josh was in third place with $12,200.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CUBISM?

French art critic Louis Vauxcelles is often credited with coining the term “Cubism”; however, the Visual Arts Encyclopedia says that it “is not quite so clear-cut. Prior to his show at Kahnweiler’s gallery, [Georges] Braque submitted several examples of his early Cubist paintings (landscapes) to the selection committee of the 1908 Salon d’Automne, a member of which – Henri Matisse – is said to have remarked critically that they consisted of “petits cubes”. Moreover, according to the British art critic, Frank Rutter (1876-1937), the art dealer Leonce Rosenberg (1877-1947) had been present when Matisse made his remark and overheard the word “Cubisme” also being used. Nevertheless, Vauxcelle has become forever identified with how Cubism got its name. As it was, neither Braque nor Picasso were particularly enthusiastic about the name Cubism, and did not initially adopt it.”

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Josh went with minimalism. He lost his $1,603 bet and finished with $10,597.

Eric wrote down art deco. He lost $5,000 and was left with $8,000.

Emma got it right. She didn’t bet anything and got the semi-final spot with the $23,800 she already had.

Josh might just get a Wild Card unless both players in the last QF beat his score.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

THE HUMAN BODY ($2000) It’s the 9-letter medical name for the heel bone, the largest bone in the foot

GHOSTWRITERS ($2000) It’s fitting that this British occultist was a ghostwriter, penning some of Evangeline Adams’ astrological works

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “The Great Depression”

A street-corner occupation that saved many in the Depression was aided by a 1930 tops-in-the-U.S. crop in this state. show

WHAT IS WASHINGTON?

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