Final Jeopardy: Literary Thrillers (3-10-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/10/2021) in the category “Literary Thrillers” was:

The only Ian Fleming James Bond novel not told in the third person, it’s narrated by one of 007’s paramours

New champ Zach Shrier, a financial advisor from Los Angeles, CA, won $22,801 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these two players: Lori White, a fiction & part-time science writer, orig. from Grangeville, ID; and James Fraser, a naval aviator from Norfolk, VA.

Round 1 Categories: Leaders – Characters in Children’s Lit – Nicknames – U.S. Coins – Brit Speak – I’ve Won an Oscar & an Emmy

Zach found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “U.S. Coins” under the $800 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in third place with negative $200, $4,200 less than James’ lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and thought it was the Indian head penny. That was WRONG.

Old West artist James Earle Fraser designed this 1913 coin with a Native American design. show

WHAT IS A NICKEL?

James finished in the lead with $6,600. Lori was second with $4,200 and Zach was last with $200. Two clues worth $1,000 went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Women in Mythology – Colorful Rivers – Going from First to Third – Medicine – Song Title Adjectives – -“Matic”

Lori found the first Daily Double in “Colorful Rivers” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick. She was in a tie for the lead with James. They both had $7,400, $4,800 more than Zach. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Stretching from Tibet to the Bo Hai Gulf in the Pacific, this 3,400-mile river is often called the cradle of Chinese civilization. show

WHAT IS THE YELLOW RIVER?

6 clues later, Lori got the last Daily Double in “Medicine” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $10,600, she had $2,800 more than James in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

As its name indicates, this heart valve regulates blood flow to the lungs, if it’s damaged, the heart gets stressed. show

WHAT IS THE PULMONARY VALVE?

James finished in the lead with $17,400. Lori was next with $14,800 and Zach was in third place with $9,400. No clues went uncovered.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “THE SPY WHO LOVED ME”?

From James Bond Fandom: “The Spy Who Loved Me is a clear departure from previous Bond novels by Ian Fleming, in that the novel is told in the first-person by a young woman named Vivienne Michel. James Bond himself actually doesn’t appear until two-thirds of the way through the book and the novel itself breaks up Fleming’s “Blofeld Trilogy” of books….”

Interesting: The Ian Fleming book had nothing to do with the 1977 film with the same title, as Fleming only gave permission for “The Spy Who Loved Me” title to be used. On IMDB trivia, it says that this was the last film that Elvis Presley watched before he died.

---

---

Zach got it right. He bet $1,600 and finished with $11,000.

Lori got it, too. Her $4,001 bet brought her up to $18,801.

James thought it was “You Only Live Twice”. That cost him $12,202. He finished with $5,198 and Lori became the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from the first round:

CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN’S LIT ($400) When Wendy first meets Peter Pan, he’s flown into her room searching for his lost this

I’VE WON AN OSCAR & AN EMMY ($600) “Shakespeare in Love” & “Glee”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Newsmakers”

In 1982 a probate judge in his home state of Michigan declared him legally dead show

WHO IS JIMMY HOFFA?

IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING GUEST HOSTS, PLEASE SEND YOUR FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO JEOPARDY!