Final Jeopardy: Book Characters (12-26-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/26/2023) in the category “Book Characters” was:
Early on in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him
The Second Chance Tournament continues today with these three contestants: Christopher Pennant, a sports journalist & announcer from Chicago, IL; Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, NY; and Myles Karp, a journalist & consultant from Weston, FL.
Round 1 Categories: Times: New Roman – Children’s Literature – Best Actress Oscar Winners – Homophonic Pairs – Forks, Knives, Spoons – Just “E”at It
Emily found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Best Actress Oscar Winner” under the $600 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,800, $2,800 more than Myles in second place. Emily made it a true Daily Double and said Cate Blanchett. That was WRONG.
In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel show
Christopher and Myles finished in a tie for the lead with $3,600. Emily was in second place with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Music Terms – TV Comedies by Workplace – Yellow Stone – Colleges & Universities – Literal National Names – Addend”um”
Emily found the first Daily Double in “Music Terms” under the $1,600 clue on the 1st pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,200, $1,200 less than Christopher and Myles’ tied lead. Emily made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
You can use the black notes on a keyboard to play this common 5-note scale show
On the very next pick, Emily landed on the last Daily Double in “Literal National Names” under the $1,200 clue. She was in the lead now with $4,400, $800 more than Christopher and Myles who were tied in second place. Emily made it a true Daily Double and took a shot at it with Cuba. That was WRONG.
Throughout its history, its been the “Island of Copper” show
Christopher finished in the lead with $10,800. Myles was in second place with $10,000 and Emily was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ALGERNON?
In the 1966 novel “Flowers for Algernon”, Algernon is a laboratory mouse researchers have operated on with a surgical procedure to increase his intelligence. They plan to perform the surgery on a mentally disabled man named Charlie Gordon (the protagonist), which changes Charlie’s whole world. The novel explores many themes involving Charlie’s relationships with parents, his co-workers, women and his love/hate relationship with the mouse.
Originally a short story, the expanded 1966 novel has been translated into 27 languages, published in 30 countries and sold over 5 million copies. It has been adapted to stage, screen and radio, mostly notable, the 1968 film, “Charly” starring Cliff Robertson.
Emily got it right. She bet $3,300 and finished with $10,900.
Myles was going for Stewart Little. He lost his $5,201 bet and finished with $4.799.
Christopher got it right, too. He bet $10,000 and won the game with $20,800. Christopher advances to the finals.
2 triple stumpers from TV COMEDIES BY WORKPLACE:
($1200) CONTROL, a D.C.-based counter-intelligence agency
($1600) Cleveland’s Winfred-Louder Department Store
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “3-Named Women”
Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the 1st female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections show
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I got FJ, although I’ve never read the book. I know of the idea.
I was rooting for Emily – she really adhered to “Go big or go home”!
Emily made me dizzy, yoyo-ing up and down with her score. She surely would have won had she had the lead. It turned out to be a darn good game.
FJ stumped me (I said Stuart little), as did the last two DDs. I thought Emily could/should have known the first one. There were some key clues: 1997, husband Joel, 3 Oscars. But it was a toughie to try to guess. I did see the movie “Charly” long ago, and knew it was based on “Flowers for Algernon,” but that was no help. Cliff Robertson won the Oscar for it.
These “youngsters” must never had the privilege of seeing infomercials for that famous knife that could cut through anything.
Kid lit is a huge weakness, but strangely, the $1000 clue was the only one I knew. Probably should have been put in a lower-$$ box. My sis is a retired elementary school reading specialist, and knows all that stuff. My excuse is that I was too busy as a kid reading the NY Times and the encyclopedia to have read those kid books, LOL.
We saw the daily doubles found in the first two clues of Double Jeopardy! That’s unusual and something we have never seen before.