Final Jeopardy: Women in Mythology (2-28-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/28/2018) in the category “Women in Mythology” was:

Poet & translator Anne Carson addresses her: “Your name in Greek means something like ‘against birth'”

2x champ Maryann Penzvalto has now won $28,602. In Game 3, she’ll test her skills against these two players: Laura McLean, from Nashville, TN; and Garan Geist, from Chicago, IL.

Round 1 Categories: Some Serious Foreign Coin – 4 of the Same Vowel, One Word – False or Misleading – March Madness Champs – Top Seeds – Racket Busters

Maryann found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Racket Busters” under the $600 clue, with 3 clues left after it. She was in third place with $1,200, $4,200 less than Laura’s lead. She bet $1,000 and guessed Massachusetts. That was WRONG.

As a U.S. Attorney in this state, Patrick Fitzgerald helped convict ex-governor George Ryan for racketeering. show

WHAT IS ILLINOIS?

The round ended there. Laura was in the lead with $5,400. Garan was second with $2,200 and Maryann was last with $200.

Round 2 Categories: The World Almanac 2018 – Native American History – The Brit’s No. 1 Hit – Odd-Numbered Phrases – Books to Broadway – Where “RU”?

Laura found the first Daily Double in “Where ‘RU’?” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick. She was in the lead with $9,000 now, $6,000 more than Garan in second place. She bet $3,000 and came up blank so she was WRONG.

Getting a signature in this meadow on the banks of the Thames. show

WHAT IS RUNNYMEDE?

Garan found the last Daily Double in “Odd-Numbered Phrases” under the $1,600 clue on the 18th pick. In second place with $3,800, he had $6,200 less than Laura’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

A line from this kids’ book: “Horrid little beasts… I shall like you so much better when you’re skins instead of pups. show

WHAT IS “101 DALMATIANS”?

Laura finished in the lead with a runaway $11,600. Garan was next with $5,200 and Maryann was in third place with $4,200.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS ANTIGONE?

There are too many different meanings assigned to Antigone to tackle here but this one comes from “Antigonick” a 2012 translation of Sophocles’ 5th century B.C. play “Antigone” by Anne Carson, Canadian professor, poet and translator. At the start of the book in “The task of the translator of antigone,” Carson talks directly to Antigone, examining her name with observations on various interpretations by Bertolt Brecht, Jean Anouilh and Hegel, among others. See the preview of Antigonick on google books

There’s also a 2012 blog post offering an alternate meaning for Antigone on Literature & Human Rights, related to Seamus Heaney’s version of Sophocles’ play, “The Burial at Thebes.”

Maryann got it right. She bet $4,199 and finished with $8,399.

Garan thought it was Pandora. He lost his $3,201 bet, leaving him with $1,999.

Laura got it right, too. Her $1,199 bet brought her win up to $12,799, and Laura McLean is the new Jeopardy! champ. (But you knew that before FJ!, didn’t you?)

A triple stumper from each round:

MARCH MADNESS CHAMPS ($800) In the 2012 final Anthony Davis & this team went wild on defense with a record 11 blocks

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ($2000) Brother to “The Prophet”, this Shawnee leader organized 18th c. Native American resistance in Ohio & Indiana

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “State Capitals”

Settled in the 1780s, it’s the only state capital without a McDonald’s. show

WHAT IS MONTPELIER (VT)?

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