Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Fiction (2-8-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/8/2022) in the category “20th Century Fiction” was:
The author’s foreword to this novel says, “When I read it now I feel myself back again on the steamer from Aswan to Wadi Halfa”
New champ Lawrence Long, a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, NC won $23,201 yesterday. In Game 2, the opponents are: Krystle Valerio, an executive assistant from Norristown, PA; and Andrés Quijano, a student at Cornell University orig. from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Round 1 Categories: A Confrontation of Biblical Proportions – The Last Thousand Years – Around the USA – Cooking Aids – The Song Title Pronoun – 2-Syllable Words
Lawrence found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Last Thousand Years” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,200, $800 less than Krystle’s lead. Lawrence bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
In November 1853 Russia destroyed Turkey’s fleet in the Black Sea; France & Britain came to Turkey’s aid in this war show
Krystle finished in the lead with $7,000. Lawrence was second with $5,800 and Andrés was last at negative $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Read the Room! – South American Capitals – His Big Paint Sale – Connect Four – Just “Z” Movie for You – What Acute Accent
Andrés found the first Daily Double in “South American Capitals” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in third place with $200, $6,800 less than Krystle’s lead. Andrés bet the $1,000 allowance and responded with the capital city so he was WRONG.
Guyana’s capital was founded in 1781 & named for him, a far-off king at the time show
Krystle got the last Daily Double in “Rooms” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $8,200, $1,600 more than Lawrence in second place. Krystle bet $1,200, and couldn’t come up with a response so she was WRONG.
biography,com reports Frank Case, this hotel’s “savvy manager, soon moved (the group) to a round table in the Rose Room” show
Krystle finished in the lead with $10,600. Lawrence was second with $10,600 and Andrés was last with $800. 2 clues worth $2,000 were left on the board.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “DEATH ON THE NILE”?
Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel “Death on the Nile” is “a sweeping mystery of love, jealously and betrayal.” Per agathachristie.com, the author’s travels in Egypt inspired many details of the story. Kenneth Branagh is directing and starring in the most current film adaptation of “Death on the Nile”, due out in theaters this coming Friday, 2/11/2022. Branagh plays that famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The 1978 “Death on the Nile” featured Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.
Andrés went with 1001 Arabian Nights. He lost his $799 bet and was left with $1.00.
Lawrence got it right. He bet $10,190 and finished with $20,390.
Krystle came up with a different Agatha Christie mystery, “Murder on the Orient Express”. She lost her $10,201 bet and finished with $399. That meant Lawrence Long remained the champ. His 2-day total is $43,591.
A triple stumper from each round:
AROUND THE USA ($800) Head to New Orleans’ French Quarter to visit the Old Absinthe House named for this pirate
CONNECT FOUR ($1200) In Catholicism: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “World Mammals”
A drawing of it by John Hunter, naturalist & governor of New South Wales, published in 1802 labels it Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus show
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Poor Andres couldn’t get anything going till it was way too late. Still, he could have won (maybe) if the others had missed the final. The opponents were not world-class, but still quicker and smarter.
Many of the stumpers were difficult, although I thought all 3 DDs and FJ were pretty simple.
“Death on the Nile” is in the news lately because the movie is about to come out and is being heavily advertised. There were obvious references to Egypt in the clue.
Ugh! I picked ‘The African Queen’. Well, C’est la vie!
I am glad that Lawrence got final. Overall Lawrence is more likely to get a streak running if he can string together more correct responses for final.
No the unrevealed clues are LEFT COVERED, not uncovered. You are saying exactly the opposite of what you mean! I’ve told you this before and you keep doing it!
Sorry about that, Doug. As I said before, I get confused with the covered / uncovered thing so I tried to change it to ‘all the clues were seen’ and the other one is supposed to be ‘xx clues were left on the board.’ But I am not always the one doing the DDs these days. That’s why we revert to the old ways sometimes. We’ll try our best to keep that straight but hope you won’t let it upset you that much if we have a relapse now and then.
Undercover police everywhere…
As you can see all three players overbet in Final Jeopardy, what would have happen is that if Lawrence came up with an incorrect response then he’ll lose the game and it will made Krystle the new champion with only $399 which would be lowest total ever recorded on the show.
Are you sure that 399 has been the lowest win?
It is not.
Yeah, wasn’t it two separate military guys that won with $1?