Final Jeopardy: Mythology (2-2-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/2/2023) in the category “Mythology” was:
Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object
New champ Patti Palmer, a bookseller and retired teacher from Tulsa, OK, won $32,200 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Anita Perala, a product management consultant from Jersey City, NJ; and Matthew Marcus, a software developer from Portland, OR.
Round 1 Categories: Dwight Eisenhower – Art-Pourri – Seven Heaven – “B”+3 – Toucan – Play that Game
Anita found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Art-Pourri” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in second place with $800, $2,200 less than Matthew. Anita bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1786 this artist was appointed court painter to Spain’s King Charles III show
Matthew finished in the lead with $6,600. Anita was second with $4,000 and Patti was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Big River – The Book’s Supporting Characters – Nobel-Winning Scientists – Word & Phrase Origins – Pop Music – Getting Close to the End
Patti found the first Daily Double in “The Book’s Supporting Characters” under the $1,600 clue on the 1st pick of the round. She was in last place with $2,200, $4,400 less than Matthew’s lead. Patti bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Dr. Brodsky & Dim, a Droog until he’s very much not a Droog show
Matthew got the last Daily Double in “Big Rivers” under the $800 clue with 6 clues left after it. In the lead with $21,400, he had $11,000 more than Anita in second place. Matthew bet $8,000 and he was RIGHT.
No respect! Though more than 2,300 miles long, this North American river is still just a tributary show
Matthew finished in the lead with a runaway $32,200. Anita was second with $10,800 and Patti was last with $9,400. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE GOLDEN FLEECE?
Theoi.com has a big collection of various stories concerning the “fabulous, flying, golden-fleeced ram.” In the Classic Literatures Quotes section, it says Poseidon (or Neptunus) took the beautiful Theophane to an island where he could have her to himself, but her many suitors followed them. Poseidon changed himself into a ram and Theophane into a ewe. Poseidon and Theophane became the parents of “the Golden-fleeced Ram (Aries Chrysomallus) which carried Phrixus to Colchis, and whose fleece, hung in the grove of Mars [Ares], Jason took away.”
Patti bet $9,000 and finished with $18,400.
Anita bet $8,001 and finished with $18,801.
Matthew bet $10,000 and won the game with $42,200. Matthew Marcus is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
DWIGHT EISENHOWER ($1000) Opened in 2020, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is the first public work in Washington, D.C. by this renowned American architect
SEVEN HEAVEN ($1000) The craft Freedom 7 took this American into space for a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5, 1961
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Authors”
In a 1959 article he wrote, “People began to call themselves beatniks, beats…bugniks &…I was called the ‘avatar’ of all this” show
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I thought “ewe” was relevant, but I still got it wrong.
There was something compelling about Anita being just gorgeous, and Matthew and his British accent. I, too, thought that Patti’s run would be short.
The 80-number casino game clue was a softball. My sharp son knew the British metal band
In May 1961, our 5th-grade class was jammed into another class’s room so we could watch the 15-minute flight of Freedom 7 on an institutional, small-screen, black and white TV. We did the same the next year for the US’s first orbital flight with the future Senator.
What I know about mythology could fit on the head of a pin, but I figured out FJ from “ewe.”
And “Yay” for Matthew from my current home of Portland, OR. Patti is a good player, but I didn’t envision a long run for her.