Final Jeopardy: Name the Novel (2-26-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/26/2018) in the category “Name the Novel” was:
“I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet”
2x champ Alan Harrison won $23,710 last week. In Game 3, he is up against these two players: Jonah Platt, from Los Angeles, CA; and Maryann Penzvalto, from Cleveland, OH.
Round 1 Categories: Deep State – Bejeweled – The Book’s Original Language – Search Terms – Rock, Paper & Scissors – The TV Character Is Having a Moment
Jonah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Book’s Original Language” under the $600 clue, with 2 clues, worth $600, to go after it. He was in the lead with $2,800 now, $1,000 more than Maryann in second place. He bet $1,600 and he was RIGHT.
“A Journey to the Center of the Earth” show
Jonah finished in the lead with $4,400. Maryann was second with $1,800 and Alan was last with $200.
Round 2 Categories: A Long Elevator Ride – “Small” Talk – The Weather – How ’bout those…. – Have a Great One! – You Two
Jonah found the first Daily Double in “Have a Great One!” under the $1,600 clue, with 8 more clues after it. He was in third place with $6,800 at this point, $5,000 behind Maryann’s lead. He bet $2,500 and guessed “Petrushka.” That was WRONG.
This ballet about a feathered creature was Igor Stravinsky’s first international success. show
Alan found the last Daily Double in “Elevator Ride” under the $1,600 clue, with two clues left after it. In second place with $9,400, he had $2,400 less than Maryann’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Even the elevator doors are art deco in this skyscraper whose name honors an automobile builder. show
Alan finished in the lead with $13,400. Maryann was next with $11,800 and Jonah was in third place with $7,900.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The line in the clue is in the second sentence of Chapter 5 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” which starts out: “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishments of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life…” In the 1818 classic, Victor Frankenstein doesn’t say “it’s alive” as in the 1931 horror film with Clive Colin and Boris Karloff, or 1974 parody with Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle. He is overcome with horror at the monstrosity he brought to life. Listen to Chapter 5 on YouTube or read it on the Literature Network.
Jonah got it right. His $7,898 bet brought him up to $15,798.
Maryann got it, too. She bet $4,001, giving her $15,801, three more bucks than Jonah.
Alan came up with “Pinocchio,” eliciting audible gasps from the audience. He lost $10,201, dropping him down to $3,199. That made Maryann Penzvalto the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
DEEP STATE ($400) One of Texas’ largest colonies of Mexican free-tailed these lives 300+ feet down in Devil’s Sinkhole
A LONG ELEVATOR RIDE ($2000) Push the button for floor no. 124 at this tallest building in the world, then gaze out over Dubai, where it’s located
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “World Leaders”
In 2006 a former llama herder became President of this country. show
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Good luck Maryann…she seems very congenial and is smart as well.
Ironic that a librarian got the FJ correct — novels.
Sounded like Trebek still has his cold and I don’t mean when he did that Frankenstein grunt before revealing the responses– his voice sounded hoarse when he was saying “if you want to earn money in Final Jeopardy” before reading the clue. Then after results, he did the Frankenstein lurch walking towards the players. ha ha ha. My brother (a much bigger guy than Trebek) used to do that for the little kids who would pretend they were scared and run around screaming.
Have to admit, I was blown away by the Pinocchio response. In the original Collodi story, the wood that would become Pinocchio could already talk when Geppeto got it.
LINK: 9 more clues from the match
He already has it and he has gotten over it and felt better now.
Congrats to Maryann on the win. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is one of my favorite novels of all time since it reminded me of the wishbone episode I saw that had similarities with this, VJ. Are you a fan of horror novels like phantom of the opera or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, VJ? Or perhaps sherlock Holmes?
@Lou, I never much liked horror books or films unless whatever it was struck me funny. I like to watch stuff that makes me laugh, and not stuff that is scary or suspenseful. It’s funny though, I remember the old Frankenstein, Mummy and Wolfman films and also the Abbott and Costello monster series fondly.
Whoa, I am surprised very surprised! I’m impressed Maryann.