Final Jeopardy: Art (12-18-17)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/18/2017) in the category “Art” was:

Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting.

New champ Denise Littlejohn won $21,601 on Friday. In her second game, she is up against these two players: Kate O’Connor, from Florence, NJ; and Ben Cosman, from Rochester, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Alliteration All Around – Sport’s Stuff – Completes the Nonfiction Title – The Perks of Being a Wildflower – Miscellany – Gdansk

Denise found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Wildflowers” under the $600 clue, with 4 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $4,000, $1,400 ahead of Kate in second place. She bet $600 and thought it was evergreen. That was WRONG.

Being one of these long-lived types that survive from season to season, like some species of aster. show

WHAT IS PERENNIAL?

Denise finished in the lead with $4,200. Ben was second with $1,000 and Kate was last with $2,600.

Round 2 Categories: Vice Presidents – Cameras – State Flags – Their Concert Tour – Philip K. Dick – “Electric” Dreams

Kate found the first Daily Double in “State Flags” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick. She was in the lead with $5,400 now, $400 more than Denise in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

On its flag, an elk & a moose stand beside a shield depicting a lake & a peninsula. show

WHAT IS MICHIGAN?

Ben found the last Daily Double in “Philip K. Dick” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick. in third place with $2,200, he had $7,800 less than Kate’s lead. Alex reminded him that he was in “a distant third” and he said “mmm, I know.” (LOL, that was so cute!) He bet $800 and he was RIGHT. You could tell he wished he bet more.

Psychics called precogs can see future crimes before they happen in this PKD short story. show

WHAT IS “MINORITY REPORT”?

Ben finished in the lead with $12,200. Kate was next with $11,200 and Denise was in third place with $10,600.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “AMERICAN GOTHIC”?

The home of Charles and Catherine Dibble was first spotted by Grant Wood in 1930. When asked why he chose that particular house, “Wood said he found the window amusing and called it ‘pretentious’ for such a small house… The great windows Wood saw at the American Gothic House were believed to be for a decorative purpose. However, upon further investigation and probably not known to Wood, the window is hinged and was used to move furnishings either into or out of the upper floor, as the inner stairway with its tight corner, is not suitable for moving large pieces of furniture such as a bed or dresser.

Learn more about the history of the Dibble House, which has been owned by the State Historical Society of Iowa since 1991. They also mention the Sears and Roebuck catalog.

Déjà vu? The last time this painting was the topic of FJ was in the 2nd semi-final of the 2016 Teachers Tournament.

Denise got it right. Her $7,000 bet brought her up to $17,600.

Kate also got it. She bet $9,800 and her score rose to $21,000.

Ben came up with “Guernica” (1937). He bet zero so he stayed at $12,200, and Kate O’Connor became the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

COMPLETES THE NONFICTION TITLE ($1000) A neurosurgeon’s bestselling memoir of his battle with lung cancer: “When Breath Becomes ____”

VICE PRESIDENTS ($1600) This former New York Governor was funky enough to be Veep under 2 presidents, Jefferson & Madison

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Publishing”

In 1927 the publishers of the Modern Library widened its scope and took this name, meant as a joke about how it would select titles. show

WHAT IS RANDOM HOUSE?

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