Final Jeopardy: French Authors (2-23-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/23/2024) in the category “French Authors” was:
Trained as a priest & a physician, in 1532 he published his first novel under the pen name Alcofribas Nasier
It’s the first quarterfinal of the long-awaited Tournament of Champions. Tpday’s champs are: Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, MN; Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, GA; and Matthew Marcus, a software developer & substitute teacher from Portland, OR.
Round 1 Categories: 1960s Fiction – TV Comedy – Sleep-Pourri – Condiments – Election Lingo – Triple Rhyme Time
Suresh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Triple Rhyme Time” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. Suresh was in the lead with $2,400, $400 more than Emily in second place. Suresh made it a true Daily Double but being one word off made him WRONG.
A clever little song about any metropolis show
Emily finished in the lead with $4,800. Matthew was in second place with $1,000. Suresh was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The American Revolution Era – Pop Culture Dragons – Judges – That Building Has Great Bones – Quick Geo – 2020s & 1920s Slang
Emily found the first Daily Double in “That Building Has Great Bones” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $14,000, $9,200 more than Matthew in second place. Emily bet $7,000 and she was RIGHT.
You’ll think of mortality in a Rome church housing 3,500 skulls of friars of this order that makes me think of Italian coffee show
Suresh found the last Daily Double in “Pop Culture Dragons” under the $2,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $3,000, $18,000 less than Emily’s lead. Suresh bet it all but drew a blank. No answer is a WRONG answer.
Falkor the white luck dragon helps Atreyu in this epic fantasy film from Wolfgang Petersen show
Emily finished in the lead with $21,800. Matthew was in second place with $7,400. Suresh was last with $0 and out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants left in FJ! got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS FRANÇOIS RABELAIS?
The website No Sweat Shakespeare includes French author François Rabelais among its list of 30 greatest authors of all time and calls him “the first great prose author.” Initially a monk, Rabelais broke his vows to become a physician. In 1532, Rabelais used an anagram of his name (Alcofribas Nasier) to publish his first novel: “The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes”.
Pantagruel is the son of the giant Gargantua, and Rabelais went on to write a prequel about the father and 3 more novels. These works were popular in their own time, despite being condemned by the Sorbonne and the Catholic church. They are known for satirizing religion and politics, bawdy songs and dirty jokes.
Matthew got it right. He bet $7,399 and finished with $14,799.
Emily gave a shoutout to Jeopardy! fans but had no response to the clue. She didn’t bet anything so she won the match with $21,800 and advances to the semifinals.
A triple stumper from each round:
TV COMEDY ($400) Louis Gossett Jr. & Richard Pryor played owners of a Detroit club that mistakenly booked this ’70s musical act with Shirley Jones
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA ($800) In the early hours of April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker & his militia waited for the British at Buckman Tavern in this town
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Plays”
First published in 1602, its title characters are Margaret & Alice show
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I would have been horrible at this category!
How much money did the 2 losers tonight get to go home with?
@Helen, both 2nd and 3rd place get $5K in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, 2nd and 3rd get $10K.
Emily is one tough opponent. Too bad for my fellow hometown guy that he didn’t have enough to beat her.
Last 2 DDs and FJ all tough. I thought I knew French authors pretty well, too.
I have a very close college friend who’s from the Buckman Tavern town, but I sure didn’t know it. I’ll give them a pass for not knowing the Shirley Jones group or the “Three’s Company” character, but both were hugely popular in my time. Very disappointed that none knew the reclusive author of “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters” or the “House of Payne” person.
@Howard, here’s a link to the hilarious part in “The Music Man” where Chaucer, Rabelais and Balzac are named as authors in Marian the Librarian’s scandalous inheritance.
Thanks, I’ll look at it in a little bit. I saw the movie when it was new. In Oct ’22, I saw the Broadway version with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. We loved it and got good same-day seats for $49. Ball-zac!!!! Speaking of roof beams (above), two of my neighbors, including the one right behind me, had extensive, expensive damage to their homes from fallen trees last month. Not even their own trees.
I thought you didn’t recognized Matthew after he cut his hair, shaved off his beard and mustache, and got glasses.
I did rather poorly in today’s game as I had a difficult time connecting the dots. As for the FJ, I didn’t have a clue.
Seemed like very hard answers tonight . Glad I wasn’t on a podium.
Suresh, darn those Daily Doubles! Not only that, the swing you took on that last clue didn’t work out.
Suresh is now the third contestant to become ineligible to play Final Jeopardy.
For this season.