Final Jeopardy: Authors (12-28-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/28/2018) in the category “Authors” was:
The first novelist on Forbes’ list of billionaires, this author fell off in 2012 after giving an estimated $160 mil. to charity
New champ Kathryn Kienholz, a retired CPA from Milltown, WI, won $22,000 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Greg Frost, a communications director from San Diego, CA; and James Rodrigues, a filmmaker from New York, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Not Quite Oscar-nominated Films – Boy Story – The Beer Hunter – Apocalypse Then – Cents of a Woman – Get “in”
Kathryn found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Cents of a Woman” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, double Greg’s second place score. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
She graces a gold $1 coin, along with her son Jean Baptiste, born February 11, 1805. show
James finished in the lead with $6,200. Greg was second with $4,000 and Kathryn was last with $3,800.
Round 2 Categories: Altered Carbon – Mythology – My Bad! – The Gulf Between Them – Top 40 Countdown – Aboriginal Words
Greg got the first Daily Double in “Mythology” under the $800 clue on the 7th pick. He was in third place with $4,400 now, $6,200 less than James in the lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Laocoon, a priest of Apollo, meant this object when he said, “I fear the Greeks, especially when they bring gifts” show
Kathryn found the last Daily Double in “Altered Carbon” under the $800 clue, with 13 clues left after it. In third place with $8,200, she had $7,600 less than James in the lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
A sheet of carbon atoms is formed by strong covalent bonds; however, the bonds connecting multiple sheets are much weaker, resulting in this soft substance used in pencils. show
James finished in the lead with $15,400. Kathryn was next with $13,600 and Greg was in third place with $6,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
According to Snopes, “In 2012, Forbes announced that Rowling had dropped off its billionaires list, citing two reasons: the estimated $160 million (16% of her fortune) she had given to charity, and Britain’s high tax rates.” Their article is in response to internet claims that she was the first Forbes’ billionaire that happened to but, they report, she is actually the second.
Before all that: FORBES’ BILLIONAIRES ($2000) There’s no potter’s field in the future for this creator of Harry Potter; she’s No. 552
Greg wrote down Gates. He lost his $1,000 bet and finished with $5,000.
Kathryn went with Tom Clancy. She lost $13,599, leaving her a dollar.
James got it right. He bet $12,000 and won the match with $27,400. James Rodrigues is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
NOT QUITE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS ($800) Though the Rock gave his all as Mitch Buchannon, this film was not up for an Oscar; a Razzie or 4? Ohhh, yes
BOY STORY ($400) Parzival is the avatar of a kid with an extremely good handle on ’80s pop culture in this novel
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Oscar-Winning Film Subjects”
The only Nobel Prize winner to be the title subject of a Best Picture Oscar winner is this man. show
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CPAs never seem to last very long on jeopardy. I think it is due to long work hours, which cuts into study time. Also, the education for CPAs is limited to Business, which means CPAs don’t have the liberal arts background needed on jeopardy. This bodes very poorly for me as I am a CPA trying to get on the show one day
Well, that was a nice big payout today for James, esp considering that he didn’t get any of the DD’s. Congrats to him.
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
@Lou, we don’t have any of that stuff. None of my kids were into Harry Potter, just my grandson and I doubt if he still has the books though I think he still has his Pokemon card collection. Yesterday, my 3-year old granddaughter couldn’t believe it when she was watching Blue’s Clues and we knew the words to the songs. “Now it’s time for so long but we’ll sing just one more song…”
Well we finished off this final week of 2018 with a week of leader curses, and well we know Tom Clancy is the author of military novels since he isn’t from great Britain. Also VJ do you still keep a collection of Harry potter movies or books somewhere since your kids watched them previously? And John you heard of rainbow six, the pc game created by Tom Clancy himself? And I congratulate james on his big win so hopefully he will be able.to get a streak going and I would love to see all the clues played.
@Lou
That makes 2 of us. Must be frustrating for the players when clues are left, especially in a close game. James- I unfortunately doubt it. A second win max. I’m afraid.
Of course first of all as usual congratulations to James, our winner. Unfortunately I haven’t seen J yet, so I don’t know what kind of films he makes. Feature, animated, documentaries?
The facts that the “author” is a woman and British to boot DID have the effect I feared on the solution rate. Probably the headslaps followed then. Heck, even I know who Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling are for crying out loud and I am CERTAINLY not at an age where books or films for children are the most tempting ones for me. Greg faltered in DJ but otherwise impressive scores by James and Kathryn.Plus the players got all DDs, so there’s another bright side.
Let’s just close out this part of the season – sorry to say that I don’t give James more than 1 repeat at most , despite his performance today- because as you go on you face more and more different categories and experience is a factor. James seems to be very young, relatively speaking, so he might run into categories he never heard of. The longer he plays the more likely the chance of being stumped. 2019 will hopefully bring some fresh air to the contestant pool and erase some of the memories of season 34, and so far season 35 has not been much better either. The way things are going we might see Jackie Fuchs compete in the ToC without even being recalled. I hope we will see her either way !
I also wish they would find a way to play all the clues all the time. Just one left today, but still. So just cut out 1 commercial or keep the video clues as short as possible or whatever it takes. Unplaid clues often change who wins the game.
Have a great weekend everybody, the last of the old year!!