Final Jeopardy: Writers (2-14-17)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/14/2017) in the category “Writers” was:
A New Orleans literary festival in his honor includes various panels, a walking tour & a Stanley & Stella shouting contest.
Here are the players in QF No. 2 of the 2017 College Championship: Jennifer Katz, a sophomore at Macalester College; Viraj Mehta, a junior at Stanford; and Hannah Whisnant, a junior at the U.S.Military Academy, West Point.
Alex Trebek started out by wishing his wife, Jean, a Happy Valentine’s Day, mentioning that they have been married for 27 years.
Round 1 Categories: Studying Abroad – Sci-fi Books – The Classic Marquee Ingredient – “Fr” – Gotta Cram – Time to Pull an All-Nighter
Viraj found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sci-Fi Books” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000 and the only one with any money. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Dubbed “wildly inaccurate”, it “supplanted the Great Encyclopedia Galatica as the … repository of all knowledge.” show
Viraj finished in the lead with $8,200. Hannah was second with $4,400 and Jennifer was last with $3,800.
Round 2 Categories: All Kinds of TV – Classical Music – 10-Letter Words – Six Feet Under – A History Lesson – Get a Job!
Jennifer found the first Daily Double in “10-Letter Words” under the $1,200 clue on the 15th pick. She was in third place with $7,000 at this point, $7,200 behind Viraj’s lead. She bet $2,500 and blurted out “anagram.” That was WRONG. (She quickly corrected her mistake but it was too late.)
“Madam, I’m Adam” is a famous one. show
Hannah found the last Daily Double in “A History Lesson” under the $2,000 clue, with only 3 clues left after it. In second place with $12,000, she had $10,200 less than Viraj’s lead. She bet $3,000 and thought it was Germany. That was WRONG. She didn’t answer in question form either.
In 1910 Louis Botha became this country’s first prime minister, a post he held until 1919. show
Viraj ran away with this match, finishing with $23,000. Hannah was next with $7,000 and Jennifer was in third place with $6,100.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS?
“The annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival is named after the world-famous playwright who made New Orleans his home during one of the most creative periods” Get more information on the 31st annual festival that will be held From March 22-March 26, 2017 from New Orleans Online.
Jennifer got it right. Her $6,000 bet brought her up to $12,100.
Hannah wrote down “Miller.” She lost her $6,999 bet and was left with $1.00.
Viraj came up with “Toole.” He didn’t bet anything because, well, he didn’t have to. He was already the second semi-finalist.
A triple stumper from each round:
SCI-FI BOOKS ($1000) Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s “All You Need is Kill” was “reborn” in 2014 as this Tom Cruise flick
ALL KINDS OF TV ($2000) MeTV has a pairing of Matlock & this other TV attorney, first name Perry
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “California Cities”
A park, elementary school and medical pavilion named for Herbert Hoover are found in this 2-word California city. show
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Jboard.tv and J-archive.com have been down for more than 24 hours at this point.
just checked and both are back online
Same thing happened to me earlier, VJ!
I guess Hannah isn’t really much of a fan of Tennessee Williams but still though VJ do you still remember what the title of the tv series having Perry mason as the character
Yes, Lou, it was “Perry Mason.” (LOL!) I used to like to watch that show. First of all, I always liked Raymond Burr in whatever he was in, but on that show, I especially liked when he put the pressure on the culprit on the stand in the courtroom and if the person couldn’t take it any more, s/he would jump out of the chair and holler “All right, I did it!” idk why, but to me that was very funny. I’m quite sure I’ve seen more “Perry Mason” episodes than Andy Griffith in “Matlock.”
LINK: 10 clues from this match.
I’m so surprised that only 1 person got Tennessee Williams.
And they never heard of Perry Mason!
After that GWTW thing last week, I can’t say I’m that surprised. 🙂
I really don’t find it surprising that young people don’t watch shows that are in black and white. But anyhow, “Perry Mason” is currently No. 8 on Ranker’s list of Best Legal Dramas of All Time. Perry got more votes than “Better Call Saul”
Rhonda, in hindsight I don’t think Viraj or Hannah may have been interested in taking courses in school that focused on literature. Furthermore, it might be a generation gap. The contestants, especially Viraj, seemed comfortable with the “Sci-Fi” category. I wasn’t familiar with one thing in that category.
Jennifer was lucky in fj because that was her college major. Tonight’s game has shown that I need to factor in some different variables when making College Week predictions.
Jacob, I just assumed that they were familiar with Tennessee Williams from high school. I remember having to read The Glass Menagerie, of course that was in the early 70’s. I am sure required reading is quite different these days, but still, you’d think Tennessee Williams would at least be discussed at some point.. And I also assumed that they were familiar with Marlon Brando’s classic role as Stanley. I didn’t know one thing in the Sci Fi category either, I’d never heard of any of those books.
Viraj, at any rate, connected New Orleans with John Kennedy Toole.
Remember that last DoaS FJ? Loren answered Tennessee Williams when it was Arthur Miller, the reverse of this match.