Final Jeopardy: Book Words (3-11-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/11/2020) in the category “Book Words” was:

A 1964 essay coined this 2-word term for “artistically serious” comic books & endorsed it over “illustories” & “picto-fiction”

5x champ Paul Trifiletti, an attorney from Athens, GA, brought his winnings up to $106,801 yesterday. In Game 6, he takes on these two players: Jessica Babbitt, a personal stylist from Austin, TX; and Laurie Amsterburton, a help desk specialist from Seattle, WA.

Round 1 Categories: Put That Singer’s Name on a Post Office! – Home Decor Basics – Punny Job Loss Reasons – Their Final Novel – Gold Rush – Requiem for a Skyline

Paul found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Skyline” under the $800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He had $600 and was the only one with any money. He bet that $600 and he was RIGHT.

Northwestern University’s old Prentice Women’s Hospital (image), an example of brutalist architecture, was demo’d 2013-14 in this big city. show

WHAT IS CHICAGO?

Paul finished in the lead with $5,600. Laurie was second with $4,000 and Jessica was last with $600.

Round 2 Categories: Name That Insect – A Year Ending in 0 – Island Nations – Foe Pas – People – Should Be in the Forest

Laurie found the first Daily Double in “Year Ending in 0” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. She was in third place with $3,600 now, $5,000 less than Jessica’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

The Environmental Protection Agency was established. show

WHAT IS 1970?

6 clues later, Jessica landed on the last Daily Double in “Island Nations” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $13,400, she had $6,400 more than Laurie in second place. She bet $2,500 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.

Religion is important in Tonga; around 1/3 of the population is of this Christian denomination they call Free Wesleyan. show

WHAT IS METHODIST?

Jessica finished in the lead with $11,700. Paul was next with $11,200 and Laurie was in third place with $7,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE GRAPHIC NOVELS?

Fan historian, Richard Kyle is generally credited with coining the term “graphic novel” in 1964 and Will Eisner is credited with popularizing it in the 1970s. However, it remains a topic of much debate among comic historians. Caitlin McCabe writes: “The confusion surrounding the origin of the term ‘graphic novel’ in large part comes from the fact that in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the term was nonchalantly bandied around by many different people, comics creators and fans alike, from Richard Kyle using the term in a fanzine article in “The Future of Comics” in 1964 to DC calling The Sinister House of Secret Love no. 2 “A Graphic Novel of Gothic Terror.” In 1974, underground comix creator Jack Katz, with Eisner’s encouragement, produced The Last Kingdom, a 700+ page work that Katz labeled a graphic novel.”

Can you identify 10 literary characters’ illustrations in graphic novels in this Sporcle quiz?

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Laurie got it right. She bet $200 and finished with $7,200.

Paul wrote down “pop art.” That cost him $11,100 and left him with $100.

Jessica got it, too. She bet $11,698 and won the game with $23,398. Jessica Babbitt is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

REQUIEM FOR A SKYLINE ($600) Sunset Boulevard isn’t the same since the bulldozer came for the home & playground of many movie stars called “The Garden of” this

FOE PAs ($800) In “The Great Santini”, this Oscar winner plays a macho dad who menaces his family

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The Electoral College”

Each state has as many electors as its total of Senators & Reps.; D.C. has this many, the minimum for any state. show

WHAT IS THREE (3)?

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