Final Jeopardy: Aesthetic Movements (12-6-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/6/2021) in the category “Aesthetic Movements” was:

This turn-of-the-century movement was alternately known around the world as Nieuwe Kunst & Modernista

It’s the first Quarterfinal match of the 2021 Professors Tournament and the players are: Hester Blum, an English professor at Penn State University in University Park, PA; Gautam Hans, an associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, TN; and Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor at Roanoke College Salem, VA.

Round 1 Categories: It’s a Wonderful Life Turns 75 – Pope-Pourri – Elbow Patches – Magazines – Lesser-Known Marsupials – Post Doctoral

Gary found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Pope-pourri” under the $1,000 clue, with 5 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $5,000, $1,800 more than Gautam in second place. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

John XXIII convened the second of these meetings, which decreed Mass could be celebrated in local languages. show

WHAT IS VATICAN COUNCIL?
also known as Ecumenical Council

Gary finished in the lead with $7,900. Gautam was second with $2,200 and Hester was last with $1,400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Languages – Girl Groups – We Get Letters – African-American Authors – There’s Always Room for Canada – Finals

Hester found the first Daily Double in “Languages” under the $1,600 clue at the halfway mark. She was in second place with $5,000 now, $7,700 less than Gary’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

It’s the group of 500 or more related African languages that include Xhosa & Swahili. show

WHAT IS BANTU?

Gary got the last Daily Double in “We Get Letters” under the $1,200 clue, with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $18,700, he had $11,700 more than Hester in second place. He bet $700 and he was RIGHT.

Thandie Newton played Condoleeza Rice in this film. show

WHAT IS “W”?

Gary finished in the lead with a runaway $21,000. Hester was next with $8,600 and Gautam was in third place with $5,400. No clues went uncovered.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS ART NOUVEAU?

From Europeana: “The term Art Nouveau first appeared in the Belgian journal L’Art Moderne in 1884 …. The spirit of the new movement quickly spread around Europe and its name was soon translated in various languages as Jugendstil, Modernismo, Secession, Stile Floreale and similar terms.”

England’s Arts and Crafts Movement in the last half of the 1900s inspired the Arts Nouveau movement in an effort to preserve craftsmanship and beauty at a time when factory mass production was taking over. The goal in the Art Nouveau period was to produce items that were beautiful as well as functional. “The boundaries between fine art and the applied arts became blurred in the fields of furniture design, silverware and architecture, paintings, graphic art, jewellery, fashion and glassware.”

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Gautam thought it was Avant-Garde. He lost his $5,399 bet and finished with $1.00.

Hester’s “Art Neuveau” spelling was acceptable. She bet $3,400 and that brought her up to $12,000 even.

Gary came up with Art Deco. He lost his $1,000 bet but won the game with the remaining $20,000. Gary is the first semi-finalist of the 2021 Professors Tournament.

A triple stumper from each round:

LESSER-KNOWN MARSUPIALS: ($600) Using another term for the way it moves from tree to tree, this marsupial would be called the sugar volplaner

AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS ($2000) After killing off this private detective in “Blonde Faith”, Walter Mosley resurrected him in “Little Green”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Historic Lists”

“Why does not the Pope…build the basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?” is one of these show

WHAT IS THE 95 THESES -or- MARTIN LUTHER’S THESES?

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