Final Jeopardy: American Authors (12-14-16)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/14/2016) in the category “American Authors” was:
Nominated 8 previous times, he finally won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, 6 years before his death.
New champ Cindy Stowell won $22,801 in yesterday’s match. In her 2nd game, she takes on these two players: Edward Montiel, from Greenwich, CT; and Susanna Barron, from San Jose, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Much Bigger Than a Breadbox – Literary Lines – The Broadway Musical’s Characters – Representin’ – Trees – A Time for “Us”
Cindy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Lines” under the $800 clue, with 11 clues remaining after it. She was in the lead with $4,400, $2,600 more than Susanna in second place. She bet $1,300 and took a guess with “Apocalypse Now.” That was WRONG.
“In the interior you will no doubt meet Mr. Kurtz.” show
Cindy finished in the lead with $3,900. Susanna was second with $3,600 and Edward was last with $1,000.
Round 2 Categories: Don’t Hate the Playa – Stick With Me – What a TV Drama King – Historic Agreement Words – Below Zero – Franco File
Cindy found the first Daily Double in “Stick With Me” under the $1,200 clue with just 7 clues remaining after it. She was in the lead with $9,900 at this point, $700 more than Susanna in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky but popular L.A. tourist attraction. show
Edward found the last Daily Double in “Below Zero” under the $1,600 clue. Only 2 clues were left after it. In third place with $7,400, he had $6,100 less than Cindy’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
From sea level, it’s 400 meters down to the shore of this landlocked Middle Eastern body of water. show
That ended the round and Cindy finished in the lead with $13,500. Edward was next with $9,400 and Susanna was in third place with $9,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The Nobel Prize website says it keeps information about nominations and selections secret until 50 years after the fact. In 2013, they revealed these details concerning John Steinbeck’s 1962 award: “Of the 66 individuals suggested for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature 15 were new candidates. The Nobel Committee for Literature had American writer John Steinbeck, the English poet Robert Graves and French dramatist Jean Anouilh on their ‘short list’.” Steinbeck… “had been nominated in 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961 as well.” See who nominated him here.
The only American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in the 1960s, Steinbeck also won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for “The Grapes of Wrath.” He was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Steinbeck died on 12/20/1968.
Susanna thought it was Ernest Hemingway, the 1954 winner (died 7/2/1961). She lost her $8,000 bet, leaving her with $1,200.
Edward went with William Faulkner, the 1949 winner (died 7/6/1962). He lost $3,600 and finished with $5,800.
Cindy picked Hemingway, too. She lost $5,301, bringing her down to $8,199 but that meant she won the match. Cindy rules again! Her 2-day total is $31,000.
A triple stumper from each round:
LITERARY LINES ($600) A Pulitzer Prize-winning book: “You better not never tell nobody but God”
STICK WITH ME ($2000) The silicone type of this window sealing material makes an excellent adhesive
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “The AFI’s 100 Greatest Films”
One of the Top 20, this 1946 film was based on a short story published as “The Man Who Was Never Born”. show
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Edward and Susanna lost on the TS due to inoptimal wagering in a 2/3 game from second and third, which gives Cindy a second win. 30/56
That $1600 clue in “Stick with Me” is my new favorite: Cyanoacrylates are a family of fast-acting adhesives commonly know by this “demented” name.
The next time I have to use that stuff, I’ll go all Dos Equis with it: “I don’t always use Krazy Glue but when I do, I call it Demented.”
LINK 11 more clues from this match
That’s funny, VJ. Btw, The link to the calculator on the “below zero” TS made me laugh.
Anyway, because of Cindy and FJ being an author and all, I was reminded of Fitzgerald quote, “Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.”
I didn’t watch her games. I just can’t handle it. I got a heavy heart just seeing her introduction yesterday and changed the channel. 🙁
I know how you feel, Cece. When Robert Vaughn died the day after we heard about Leonard Cohen’s death, that’s when I said to myself, man, I can’t deal with this.
Cindy is a hero. She found a way to use her talent to leave a meaningful contribution to cancer research in the midst of her own tragedy. Seeing her play Jeopardy! isn’t depressing to me, though. It’s some of these jump-on-the-bandwagon for page views headlines that are making me want to throw up because it is painfully clear that is not something she wanted at all.
It makes me terribly sad to watch Cindy, so very brave and completely non-effacing. A hero indeed.
Leon Russell died the same week as Cohen and Vaughn
Yes, however, it was when Vaughn died that I decided to write one Rest in Peace post for each month at the end of the month, instead of individual posts. (And it’s not like I didn’t know enough about Vaughn — I saw him in many many shows and films and thought he was a terrific actor).
So from now on, it’s just a monthly list but it has a link to Legacy.com where they have obits and guest books that people can leave messages for famous people they greatly admired.
It hurts when someone dies but it seems really hard around holidays because you’re supposed to be cheerful but you can’t because of the sadness. I agree with CeCe in that it’s so painful to watch.
As for the stupid headlines, anything for a buck. Greed is god.
Yeah, right? Remember that awful article we saw when Abe Vigoda died? That guy using the occasion to promote his business. smh
That article was so wrong and sad in its conception that it made me laugh.
Three ladies tomorrow.