Final Jeopardy: Art Firsts (12-27-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/27/2019) in the category “Art Firsts” was:

The first French museum to buy this type of painting was the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, in 1901

New champ Karen Farrell, a political consultant from Woodbridge, VA, won $17,200 yesterday. In Game 2, she is up against: Jamison Webb, an actor & writer from Santa Monica, CA; and Matt Anderson, a musician from Malden, MA.

Round 1 Categories: Mail-Order Novelties – Proverbs – I Played Poirot – Bible “D”ictionary – Buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery – Vwllss Lmnts

Karen got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Proverbs” under the $2,000 clue on the very last pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,800, $1,800 more than Jamison in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT. .

In Spanish this familiar proverb is “mas vale tarde que nunca” show

WHAT IS “BETTER LATE THAN NEVER”?

Karen finished in the lead with $5,800. Jamison was second with $2,000 and Matt was last with $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: Mail-Order Novels – International Sports – Taste the Rainbow – Surrounded! – The Russian Revolutions – Ghost-ted

Matt found the first Daily Double in “International Sports” under the $2,000 clue on the second pick. He was in second place with $2,600 now, $3,200 less than Karen’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

The British Empire Games are now known by this name, as the Brits are somewhat less imperial now. show

WHAT ARE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES?

Karen found the last Daily Double in “The Russian Revolutions” under the $2,000 clue, with 11 clues left after it. In the lead with $8,200, she had $1,400 more than Jamison in second place. She bet $1,500 and had no response so she was WRONG.

In 1905 this ship sailed into Odessa with a revolutionary attitude, a red flag & a “People’s Committee” newly in charge. show

WHAT IS THE POTEMKIN?

Karen finished in the lead with $11,900. Jamison was next with $9,200 and Matt was in third place with $8,800.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS IMPRESSIONIST?

BBC Introducing Art has an article relating the vital role Paul Durand-Ruel played in supporting the Impressionists. Finding a European market took a long time. In 1896 “Berlin’s Nationalgalerie became the first public institution to buy an Impressionist painting (The Mill on the Couleuvre near Pontoise by Cezanne). Ironically, French museums lagged way behind. It wasn’t until 1901 that a French museum, the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lyon (not Paris), finally bought an Impressionist – Woman Playing A Guitar by Renoir.”

In the last paragraph of the museum’s page on the painting, it says (in French) that it was purchased from gallery owner Durand-Ruel in 1901 and was the first impressionist painting to enter the museum’s collections.

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Matt got it right. He bet $8,795 and brought his score up to $17,595.

Jamison went with cubist. He lost his $4,800 bet, leaving him with $4,400.

Karen got it, too. She bet $6,501 and won the game with $18,401. Her 2-day total is $35,601.

A triple stumper from each round:

MAIL-ORDER NOVELTIES ($600) Classic practical joke novelties include this one that sends liquid trickling down a drinker’s chin

MAIL-ORDER NOVELS ($2000) One of Powell’s Indiespensable Book Club selections was George Saunders’ “Lincoln” in this purgatory-like state

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Broadway”

Following a show’s success in 2011, this group began advertising, “You’ve seen the play…now read the book” show

WHAT IS THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS?

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