Final Jeopardy: Art Exhibitions (3-15-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/15/2023) in the category “Art Exhibitions” was:
In 1898 what’s been called the first blockbuster art show was devoted to him & put on for Queen Wilhelmina’s coronation
6x champ Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, CO, has now won $155,281. In Game 7, he takes on these two players: Gwen Lockman, a Ph.D candidate from Missoula, MT; and Govind Dandekar, a solutions architect from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
Round 1 Categories: Literary Villains – Standing on a Board Sideways – Alphabetically Next – The Morning After – Hangover Cures – Hair of the Dog
Gwen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Morning After” under the $800 on the 10th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,400 now, $2,000 more than Stephen and Govind tied in second place. Gwen bet $1,500 but drew a blank so she was WRONG.
An October 9, 1871 headline declared this city was “utterly destroyed… both North and South Sides” smoking ruins” show
Stephen finished in the lead with $4,600. Gwen was second with $2,500 and Govind was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: World Travel – Biblical First Names – Pop Culture – Those Darn Nebraskans – Tough Science – “F”our Letter Words
Gwen found the first Daily Double in “Pop Culture” under the $1200 clue on the 11th pick. She was in second place with $4,100 now, $6,100 less than Stephen”s lead. She bet $3,500 and she was RIGHT.
The 2 individuals with the most Grammy nominations are this married couple, tied with 88 nominations each. show
3 clues later, Govind landed on the last Daily Double in “Pop Culture” under the $2,000 clue. In third place with $4,000, he had $7,000 less than Stephen’s lead. Govind bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The son of Abraham & Hagar & the kingly husband of Jezebel gave their names to these 2 characters onboard the Pequod. show
Stephen finished in the lead with a runaway $20,200. Gwen and Govind were tied in second place with $8,000 each. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS REMBRANDT?
An art exhibition as part of the festivities for the Netherland’s Queen Wilhelmina’s coronation was conceived in 1897. It was the country’s first art exhibition to be dedicated to a single Old Master, as well as the first dedicated to Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), whom many still consider the most important figure in Dutch art history. Royal approval was granted, art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot set about arranging loans of some 124 paintings and over 350 drawings from all over Europe and the exhibition debuted in September 1898.
Among many other details, the Art Histories Room blog reported on who loaned what and who wouldn’t loan anything and also broke down the number of visitors to the Rembrandt exhibition.
Learn even more: Beyond Rembrandt: 7 Other Noteworthy Dutch Old Masters
Govind thought it was Van Gogh. He lost $1,000 and finished with $7,000.
Gwen didn’t finish the three letters (B-u-f?) she wrote down. That cost her $7,000 and left her with $1,000.
Stephen came up with Norway’s Munch. He only lost $199 but won the game with the remaining $20,001. Stephen’s 7-day total is $175,282.
A triple stumper from each round:
HANGOVER CURES ($800) Some believe in this type of “pressure”, especially a point on the thumb side of the hand called the Great Eliminator
POP CULTURE ($2000) In 2022 he returned as Ralphie, all grown up with a family of his own, in “A Christmas Story Christmas”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Literary Thrillers”
The only Ian Fleming James Bond novel not told in the third person, it’s narrated by one of 007’s paramours show
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What I know about art could fit on the head of a pin, but somehow Wilhelmina led me to Rembrandt. That was a toughie, though.
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow–who really didn’t cause the great Chicago fire on 1871–must be spinning in her grave after that missed DD.
Too many stumpers tonight. The type of pressure; actor who was Ralphie; working breed of dog; fast stream; and Hawaii pipeline were there for the taking, but certainly not softballs.
A tough FJ to be sure.
And we got a triple stumper as we got a tough final.