Final Jeopardy: Pen Names (2-18-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/18/2016) in the category “Pen Names” was:

This children’s author considered using the anagrams Edgar Cuthwellis & Edgar W.C. Westhill for his pen name.

New champ Tim Kutz won a whopping $46,599 yesterday, only $6,400 less than his predecessor won in 3 games. Today he takes on these two players: Shana Macks, from Arlington, MA; and Brian Worthington, from Lewisville, TX.

Round 1 Categories: Archie: 75 Years – An “IQ” Test – The Story of the 21st Century – Shakespearean Geography – Key – Peel

Shana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Shakespearean Geography” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $800, $400 more than Brian in second place. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

The final 3 scenes of Richard III take place on this battle site. show

WHAT IS BOSWORTH FIELD (just Bosworth accepted)?

Shana finished in the lead with $6,000. Tim was second with $5,800 and Brian was last with $3,800.

Round 2 Categories: Who Played ’em – Morocco – Presidential Campaign Songs – Museums – American Inventors – Thinking Verbs

Tim found the first Daily Double in “Museums” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. In second place with $9,000, he had $1,400 less than Shana’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

In 1856, the painting seen here became the first one in the collection of this London gallery.

show

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY?

Tim found the last Daily Double in “Morocco” under the $1,200 clue with 3 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $17,000 now, $6,600 more than Shana in second place. He bet $3,500 and he was RIGHT.

Morocco’s coat of arms features a green star & the sun rising over this mountain range. show

WHAT ARE THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS?

Tim finished in the lead with $20,900. Shana was next with $12,400 and Brian was in third place with $9,400.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS LEWIS CARROLL?

In 1898, Lewis Carroll’s nephew, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, published “The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)”. In it, he says: “”It was when writing for The Train that [Charles Lutwidge Dodson] first felt the need of a pseudonym. He suggested ‘Dares’ (the first syllable of his birthplace) to Edmund Yates but, as this did not meet with his editor’s approval, he wrote again giving a choice of four names, (1) Edgar Cuthwellis (2) Edgar U.C. Westhall (3) Louis Carroll, and (4) Lewis Carroll The first two were formed from the letters of his two Christian names Charles Lutwidge. The others are merely variant forms of those names Lewis = Ludovicus = Lutwidge; Carroll = Carolus = Charles. Mr Yates chose the last and thenceforward it became Mr Dodgson’s ordinary nom de plume.” This book is freely available on Google Books, or as a free Kindle download on Amazon.

Brian came up with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). He lost his $5,499 bet and finished with $3,901.

Shana thought it was Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler). She lost her $10,000 bet and was left with $2,400.

Tim didn’t have a response. He only bet $4,000 so he won the match with $16,900. His 2-day total is $63,499.

The last triple stumper in the Double Jeopardy! round was the $1,600 clue in “Presidential Campaign Songs.” Tim thought it was FDR. Brian said Adlai Stevenson and Shana didn’t buzz in.

“In 1928, this New York governor used “The Sidewalks of New York” in a losing contest against Hoover.”

Hoover’s song was “If He’s Good Enough for Lindy.”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Authors”

On his death in 1862 a Mass. paper said: “No man ever lived closer to nature or reported it more eloquently. show

WHO IS HENRY DAVID THOREAU?

We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.