Final Jeopardy: Bible Books (12-11-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/11/2018) in the category “Bible Books” was:
The title of this Old Testament book is from the Greek for “song sung to a harp”
New champ Francesco Caporusso, a technical support analyst from Lititz, PA, won $24,801. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Nicole Cocklin, a travel agent from Fort Wayne, IN; and John Henning Schumann, a physician from Tulsa, OK.
Round 1 Categories: My 2018 Government Job – Word Origins – At the Salad Bar – The Big Battalions – West Virginia – There is a Santa Claus
Francesco got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Big Battalions” under the $800 clue on the very last pick of the round. He was in third place with $2,400, $2,000 less than John’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was North Korea. That was WRONG.
This country’s nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world’s largest standing force. show
John finished in the lead with $4,400. Nicole was second with $2,600 and it was back to square one for Francesco.
Round 2 Categories: Posthumous Books – Initial Initials – De-cap-itate ’em! – Born In 1818 – Hey, Big Guy – The Sun’s Getting Real Low
John found the first Daily Double in “Initial Initials” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick. He was in the lead with $7,200 at this point, $3,400 more than Nicole. He bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.
A merger brought the “-CIO”, but first there was the AFL, which stood for this. show
3 clues later, John found the last Daily Double in “Posthumous Books” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $10,500, he had $6,700 more than Nicole in second place. He bet $3,000 and took a guess with Asimov. That was WRONG.
After death, this horror author still talked about the Necronomicon in his novel “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” show
What a finish, eh? Nicole snatched the lead on the last clue they got to, finishing with $11,000. That was right after Francesco leaped ahead of John at $10,000, so John ended up in third place with $9,500.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS PSALMS?
An article on the Calvin Institute’s website says: “Tehillim, the Hebrew name for the Book of Psalms, means ‘songs of praise.’ Psalmoi, the Greek name for the same book, means ‘songs sung to a harp.’ Psalm inscriptions give clues to their original musical settings…” The video I put up is Boney M’s 1978 rendition of “Rivers of Babylon,” a combination of verses from Psalm 19 and Psalm 137, which was also covered by Sublime.
A 1997 Teen Tournament clue: SYMPHONIES ($600): For a choral symphony, Stravinsky wrote settings for the 39th, 40th & 150th of these Biblical songs
John thought it was Ecclesiastes. He lost his $1,501 bet, leaving him with $7,999.
Francesco got it right. His $9,500 bet brought him up to $19,500.
Nicole got it right, too. She bet $9,001 and won the game with $20,001. Nicole is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS ($1000) Our image of Santa is largely based on Harper’s Weekly Illustrations from the 1800s by this political cartoonist
POSTHUMOUS BOOKS ($400) “Hadji Murad”, about a Chechen separatist fighter, appeared after this writer’s 1910 death in rural Russia
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “City Names”
Cuba’s second-most populous city & a South American capital share this name that refers to St. James. show
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@Lou. I guess I’m the only one who caught your “HP Lovecraft is weird” allusion to Weird Tales. It’s been decades since I’ve read H.P. and I could never afford the Arkham House editions. I have a friend in Arkansas (a retired university English professor who has the complete run of Weird Tales (1923-1954), a remarkable achievement, I’ve seen it! He also has the Derleth’s Arkham House editions. I have the complete
Clark Ashton Smith reprinted volumes and much of Seabury Quinn (reprints), the quondam editor of “Casket & Sunnyside” and undertakers’ lawyer. All heavy contributors to “Weird”.
My favorite line from “The Polar Express” is this: HEY! YOU MISSED IT! We rode down some really sharp hills and then we were on what looked like a frozen lake. But I know it was just an optical illusion caused by moonlight and atmosphere. He said “The train was actually on the ice.” But I said “That was impossible!” because you can’t put a train track– HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, NOW?!?!?!?!?!”
Easy FJ! so to speak, but this is the third consecutive day the champion switched hands. When will it stop?
I don’t know.
A very interesting game and congratulations to Nicole winning through I hope she can string together a few more wins hopefully this week. But still how John didn’t know HP lovecraft is weird. Still though he had some trouble building rhythm today. The toc clock is reset. By the way John and VJ, what books by Asimov have you read? And is Ecclesiastes part of the New testament?
We’ll never know. It all depends on the categories and the clues.
Why would you say that? I don’t see any results on j-archive for ‘The Case of Charles Dexter War’ so I’m guessing it’s not one of his most popular works. Was there something else in the clue that gave it away?
@JP, I guess Necronomicon would give it away to Lovecraft fans. If you look that up in J-Archive, you’ll find a few clues. The last time, it came with a picture of Lovecraft though
Ahh that makes sense. Thanks.
Hi, VJ!
Grandpa Lenny misses your wonderful “link,” again today. I’m spoiled!
@Grandpa Lenny, I’m so sorry, I got distracted… I was trying to make a Play-Doh Peppa Pig for my granddaughter (really!)
LINK: 8 more clues from the match
Thank you so much. I am a professional performing pianist. Tomorrow night is one of my biggest performances of the year. I hate missing Jeopardy, though! I have two granddaughters, as well. They are more important than anything. For fun, Google my name and you can see a little about me and my family. Sincerely, Grandpa Lenny
Best wishes to you for your performance tomorrow, Lenny, from one doting grandparent to another.
Old Testament (also sometimes called “Kohelet” = Greek for “(to, about)itself” In German its called “Das Buch Prediger”= the book (of) Preachers
@Lou
Actually. “kohelet” is hebrew, them transliterated into Greek and Latinized as
“Ecclesiastes” It refers to “oneself”, i.e. the writer of the book as in this case.
Hope it helps. Historians are split whether Solomon wrote that as well as Psalms.
@Lou
See, that’s the difference in what you know. While I never even heard of Lovecraft, I knew Psalms before I even finished reading the clue.