Final Jeopardy: Authors (12-13-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/13/2024) in the category “Authors” was:
Following his unexpected death in 2001, he was referred to as the “Monty Python” of Science Fiction
New champ Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, TX, won $15,800 yesterday. In Game 2, she competes against: Ram Murali, a writer orig. from London, England; and Carla Winston, a political scientist from Baltimore, MD.
Round 1 Categories: People in History – Technology – Word Addition – You Don’t Know Him From Adam – It’s Small, Whirled – What Are You Wearing, Literary Character?
Ashley found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “People in History” under the $800 on the 3rd pick of the round. After 2 triple stumpers, everyone was in the red, but, as Ken joked, Ashley had the lead with negative $400. Ashley bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Before an upgrade in the title, he was the first Bishop in France to implement the reforms laid out at the Council of Trent show
Ashley finished in the lead with $7,600. Carla was second with $2,400 and Ram was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Waltzes & Sonatas – Animal, Vegetable or Mineral – Emmy-Winning Television Movies: Real Life Edition – Delta – “T-W-A” – Airlines Past & Present
Ram found the first Daily Double in “Airlines Past & Present” under the $2,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $3,400, $5,400 less than Ashley’s lead. Ram bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.
When Sabena, this European country’s national airline, got off the ground, its routes included Boma-Leopoldville-Elisabethville show
Ashley found the last Daily Double in “Emmy-Winning Television Movies: Real Life Edition” under the $2,000 clue on the 18th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $13,200, $3,800 more than Ram in second place. Ashley bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.
This 1979 winner with an alliterative title tells of Michael Mullen, killed accidentally in Vietnam by his own side show
Ashley finished in the lead with $16,500. Ram was second with $13,300 and Carla was last with $6,800. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS DOUGLAS ADAMS?
Douglas Adams died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 42 in May of 2011. He left behind an unfinished third installment to his “Dirk Gently” series. A year later, “The Salmon of Doubt” was pub
This page has some the reviews, notably one from Booklist, which reads in part: “Adams died last year. The Monty Python of science fiction, he left us with the wonderful Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979), from which its fans took the enduring expression of gratitude, «And thanks for all the fish,» and the meaning of life itself: «42.»”
Karla cross out Terry Pratchett and wrote down Adams. She added $3,301 to her score and finished with $10,101.
Ram went with Isaac Asimov. That cost him $13,250 and left him with $50.00.
Ashley thought it was Frank Herbert. She lost $3,000 but won the game with the remaining $13,500. Her 2-day total is $29,100.
A triple stumper from each round:
PEOPLE IN HISTORY ($600) This firebrand of the American Revolution also defended the French one in “The Rights of Man”
DELTA ($2000) The inland delta of the Niger River provides wetlands for this landlocked country of Western Africa
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD”
It’s home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon show
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I was 3/3 on DD, but, I only got 1/2 of FJ. I came up with Douglas, and said, “Hitchhiker’s Guide”, not just could not recall the last name.
I killed it on the TS. And, the landlocked W African nation was what I’ve said, tongue in cheek, was the default answer, which VJ corrected me as not being a one size fits all. But, it worked in this case!
ha ha, touché, Jason… I got it wrong with Chad. You win this time!
I was wondering if the contestants later thought, wow, they said “Adam” 5 times during the game because of one of the categories. ha ha. It reminded me of the time the FJ! answer was the peace sign and the champ had peace sign earrings on.
P.S. It was actually Howard who corrected you on that.
Well, all three players started out in the red, but Ashley remained the champion. The clues in the game seemed to have been much easier this time around. With that being said, I went with Ray Bradbury for FJ