Final Jeopardy: 19th Century European Literature (12-3-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/3/2024) in the category “19th Century European Literature” was:
An early version of this novel was first published as a serial under the title “The Year 1805”
New champ Evan Jones, a software designer from Seattle, WA, won $17,199 yesterday. In Game 2, Evan’s challengers are: Luca Gerace, a chef from Toronto, Ontario; and Stevie Ruiz, an asst. front office manager from Montauk, NY.
Round 1 Categories: A Walt Whitman Sampler – Social Media – Britspeak – Occupational TV – Sects – “N”, the City
Evan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sects” under the $1,000 clue on the 20th pick of the round. In the second place with $2,200, Evan had $800 less than Luca’s lead. Evan made it a true Daily Double and was RIGHT.
In the 19th century the Namdhari sect of this religion began wearing turbans straight across the forehead–no more jaunty angles show
Evan finished in the lead with $5,200. Luca was second with $2,800 and Stevie was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Admissible Edifice – A Mix of Science – Artist by Albums – Cameras & Photography – Italian Explorers – 6 Letters, Ends in “Y”
Evan found the first Daily Double in “Italian Explorers” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick. In second place with $6,000, Evan had $6,400 less than Stevie’s lead. Evan bet $5,900 and was RIGHT.
Last name of Niccolò & Maffeo, who in 1271 were given papal letters to present to Kublai Khan show
4 clues later, Evan landed on the last Daily Double in “Cameras & Photography” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $14,300 now, Evan had $1,900 more than Stevie in second place. Evan bet $4,000 and guessed Eastman. That was WRONG.
His first roll of pictures from a Brownie camera was developed at Pillsbury’s Pictures in Old Yosemite Village show
Stevie finished in the lead with $18,400. Evan was next with $15,100 and Luca was in third place with $2,000. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “WAR & PEACE”?
According to Russian Life, Tolstoy published “The Year 1805” in the newspaper Russkiy Vestnik (Russian Messenger) in 1865. It was the first installment of his sweeping epic “War and Peace” about the Napoleonic Wars, and it ran in serial form until 1867. They have some fun facts from the Russian viewpoint.
If you have the time, Metal Floss has a quite a collection of 22 facts about “War and Peace”, including how much Tolstoy got paid. I thought it was particularly interesting that, at one point, “Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky was being published in The Russian Messenger at the same time as “The Year 1805” (Fact #11).
Luca tried Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms”. Luca only bet $20.00 and finished with $1,980.
Evan went with “A Tale of Two Cities” by Dickens. Evan lost $3,301 and finished with $11,799.
Stevie came up with “Great Expectations”, another Dickens tale. Stevie only lost $$413, winning the game with the remaining $17,987. Stevie Ruiz is the new Jeopardy!
A triple stumper from each round:
A WALT WHITMAN SAMPLER ($400) Of this “noiseless, patient” creature Whitman wrote, “It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself”
ADMISSIBLE EDIFICE ($1600) A Cleveland Clinic center for brain health isn’t in Ohio, but in this glitzy city whose call Frank Gehry long resisted
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “PLAYS”
A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play show
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I missed Double Jeopardy yesterday as I had to tend to a guest who arrived during the game intermission. From the clues which were given, it was obvious that the correct response in Fj was related to war. Anyways, I came up with ‘The Franco-American War’ which at least had some semblance to the novel.
Good game among the 3 guys, one falling by the wayside. Stevie was superb, considering he had no shots at a DD. (And that 3rd DD that Evan tanked on was the easiest of his three, and conceivable cost him a win.) Evan wagered perfectly on FJ, but Stevie shocked me with that tiny wager. One of very few times I’ve seen the leader not guard against the 2nd-place player doubling their score.
I thought of Dickens for Final but wasn’t able to name a novel. Just as well.
A little embarrassing no one knew the glitzy city, and they surprised me by not knowing the Alan/Charlie show, which ran a mere 12 seasons. The “blimey” clue was pretty much a soundalike.
Question for the sharp-eyed: during the long break before FJ, they come back briefly, and I can see the players writing on their screens. I believe they are asked or told to write the first word of what they think their response will be, to ensure it’s in the form of a question. Which I think is why we sometimes see a disjointed response, along the lines of “What New York?”
(Conceivably, not conceivable)
Tie for dumbest answers: Magellan for entering NY bay; A Farewell to Arms for European literature.
Piecing it together, the players make their wagers, and write the “What” or “What is” (or are advised to; whether they do it or not is up to them). Ken gets the clue from the judges, and then taping resumes.
I think that hubris might take its place, as, someone might get an FJ clue when a response of “What is A Yankee In King Arthur’s Court” or “What is The Importance of Being Earnest”, and not have time enough to scribe it out,c because they didn’t put down the “What is” first.
As for FJ, I had no clue. I thought of “Robinson Crusoe”, even though the time was too late.
Irrespective of the person who said “It was hard because they all got it wrong”, this one, even if I had time to research, I would likely have difficulty even finding this out.
We got another triple stumper this week. We could get a four episode losing streak in the final tomorrow.
It’s 15,100 for Evan. Normally it would be advantage to him, he made a small bet but in a massive surprise, Stevie made a small wager that allowed him to clinch his first victory. So that’s back to back games where no one got Final correct.
Thanks, Kevin. I went to the eye doctor earlier. She dilated my eyes and I did this whole recap with blurry vision, so that was likely a typo.