Final Jeopardy: 19th Century British Authors (12-10-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/10/2021) in the category “19th Century British Authors” was:

She called herself “the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity” in an introduction to one of her novels

Quarterfinal No. 5 of the 2021 Professors Tournament features: J.P. Allen, a professor of business and innovation at The University of San Francisco; Alisa Hove, a botany professor at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC; and Deborah Steinberger, an associate professor of French literature at The University of Delaware in Newark, DE.

Round 1 Categories: Winter Holidays – Texting Shorthand – Hey Shakespeare, Who Said That? – Yacht Rock Sails Again – U.S. Geography – Get Your Somethings in a Row

Deborah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Hey Shakespeare” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in third place with $800, $3,200 less than J.P.’s lead. She bet her whole $800 and she was RIGHT.

‘Tis not to make me jealous to say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, is free of speech, sings, plays and dances well. show

WHO IS OTHELLO?

Deborah finished in the lead with $6,200. J.P. was second with $4,200 and Alisa was last with $3,000. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Going Medieval – Famous Professors – Big Movie on Campus – Organ Recital – Where to Go on Sabbatical – “Ex”am Time

Alisa found the first Daily Double in “Organ Recital” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick. She was in second place with $9,400 now, $3,200 less than J.P.’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

The outer cortex of these paired organs contains follicles & oocytes. show

WHAT ARE OVARIES?

Deborah got the last Daily Double in “‘Ex’am Time” under the $1,200 clue, with 4 clues left after it. In third place with $10,200, she had $5,800 less than Alisa’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

It’s an unofficial name for Britain’s Treasury
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WHAT IS EXCHEQUER?

J.P. finished in the lead with $17,400. Alisa was next with $16,400 and Deborah was in third place with $14,800. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MARY SHELLEY?

Mary Shelley’s most famous novel, “Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus”, was first published anonymously in 1818. Her husband, Percy Shelley, wrote the introduction to that one. Mary wrote the introduction to the second edition published in 1831 wherein she stated: “It is not singular that, as the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity, I should very early in life have thought of writing.” Her parents’ achievements are covered in prior Jeopardy! clues:

07-05-2018 BOOKS & AUTHORS ($400) At age 33 Mary Wollstonecraft published “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”; at 21 this daughter published a classic

04-05-2016 A LITERARY MARY ($1200) This author’s father William Godwin has been called the father of philosophical anarchism

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Deborah was going for George Eliot, but couldn’t complete the last name. It was wrong either way, so she lost her $5,000 bet and finished with $9,800.

Alisa got it right. She bet $3,600. That brought her up to $20,000 even.

J.P. came up with E. Brontë, complete with umlauts. He lost $2,601, landing in second place with $14,799. So Alisa Hove won the last semi-final spot. With those nice scores, J.P. and Deborah both nailed Wild Card spots. All three played a great game! Congrats!!

As always, thanks to Richard for keeping track of the Wild Cards in the comments.

A triple stumper from each round:

HEY SHAKESPEARE, WHO SAID THAT? ($1000) “I think there be six Richmonds in the field; five have I slain today instead of him”

FAMOUS PROFESSORS ($2000) “Nine Nasty Words” is a 2021 book by this man, who teaches linguistics at Columbia and hosts the podcast “Lexicon Valley” (image)

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Europe”

A tourism website for this country noted its colorful history “filled with barbarians”, royalty “& even a movie star” show

WHAT IS MONACO?

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