Final Jeopardy: World Literature (2-8-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/8/2021) in the category “World Literature” was:

In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city

New champ Leah Wiegand, a stay-at-home Mom originally from Asheville, NC. won $17,000 last Friday. In Game 2, she is up against: John Focht, a software team leader orig. from El Paso, TX; and Michael White, a marketing professional from Mission Viejo, CA.

Round 1 Categories: The B_G’s – How Deep Is Your Love? – Facts & Figures – States by National Forest – Literary Allusions – Technology

John found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Allusions” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. He was in the lead with $9,400, $5,800 more than Michael in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

The contradictory thought that some are more equal than others comes from a slogan in a satire by this man. show

WHO IS GEORGE ORWELL?

John finished in the lead with $12,400. Michael was second with $3,600 and Leah was last with $2,600. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Take ‘Em to Their Royal Houses – Classical Music Titles – People & Places – Female First Names – Non-Vocabulary – Before & After Goes to the Movies

John found the first Daily Double in “People & Places” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick. He was in the lead with $18,400 now, $10,000 more than Michael in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

It’s the French word for an inhabitant of Canada’s largest province by area. show

WHAT IS QUEBECOIS?

4 clues later, Michael landed on the last Daily Double in “Their Royal Houses” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $7,600, he had $16,400 less than John’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

Empress Maria Theresa & Emperor Franz Josef. show

WHAT IS HAPSBURG?

John finished in the lead with a runaway $32,400. Michael was next with $12,200 and Leah was in third place with $6,200. No clues went uncovered.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS ST. PETERSBURG?

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” was first published in 12 installments, beginning in January 1866. The main character, Rodion Raskolnikov, is a poverty-stricken law student forced to discontinue his education, unable to even afford his lodgings. He murders Alyona Ivanovna, a wealthy pawnbroker, after convincing himself that he will be able to complete his education and improve the lives of many. At the same time, he will have rid the world of a wicked predator that no one will mourn. When Alyona’s half-sister, Lizaveta, comes home unexpectedly and sees what has happened, Raskolnikov is forced to kill her, too. That’s the first thing that goes wrong.

From 2001: IF THEY WERE MUSICALS… ($400) “That Rascal Raskolnikov” sings Petrovich while awaiting a confession in the musical based on this novel

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Leah thought it was London. She bet and lost it all.

Michael started out with London but crossed it out in favor of Moscow. He lost $201, finishing with $11,999.

John came up with Paris. That cost him $7,600 but he still won the game with $24,800, and we start the week out with a new Jeopardy! champion: John Focht.

A triple stumper from each round:

FACTS & FIGURES ($600) There are still about 10,000 Jews in this country, the most in any Mideast Muslim land

CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES ($2000) Wanting to be taken seriously, Camille Saint-Saens wouldn’t let all of this “zoological fantasy” be published in his lifetime

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Senate”

An 1890 Resolution by Sen. Aldrich was killed by this, the very technique it sought to limit; A 1917 rule set some boundaries on it show

WHAT IS A FILIBUSTER?

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