Final Jeopardy: Literary Detectives (3-18-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/18/2016) in the category “Literary Detectives” was:

His creator sometimes found him a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature”.

New champ Gwen Niksic won $14,000 yesterday. In her second game, her opponents are: Aurora Nibley, from Valley Village, CA; and Steve Stoffle, from Decatur, GA.

Round 1 Categories: Let’s Ride the Wheel! – British History – Political Shorthand – Anagrams – Books for Young Readers – Hitt-“ing” the Top 40

Aurora found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Young Readers” under the $1,000 clue not long after the chat. She was in the lead with $4,200, $800 more than Steve in second place. She bet $1,400 and she was RIGHT.

In this Roald Dahl work, the title edible eventually comes to rest on top of the Empire State Building.  show

WHAT IS “JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH”?

Aurora finished in the lead with $6,800. Steve was second with $4,800 and Gwen was last with $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: Space Firsts – Tom, Dick & Harry – Bays – “Inner” Thoughts – I Have a Great Idea – That Just Won’t Fly

Aurora found the first Daily Double in “Bays” under the $1,200 clue. There were 10 clues left after it. In third place with $9,200, she had $6,200 less than Gwen’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

Washington, D.C. chefs suggest that one way to rid this bay of the invasive blue catfish is to simply eat more blue catfish. show

WHAT IS THE CHESAPEAKE?

Aurora found the last Daily Double in “Space Firsts” under the $1,200 clue right after the less-than-a-minute warning. There were 5 clues left after it. She was in second place with $12,600 now, $3,200 less than Gwen’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

In 1975 a Soviet spacecraft landed on this planet & sent back the first photographs from the surface; the craft soon melted. show

WHAT IS VENUS?

Gwen finished in the lead with $15,800. Aurora was next with $15,600 and Steve was in third place with $8,800.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS HERCULE POIROT?

A physical description of Poirot appears in “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” (1920): “Poirot was an extraordinary-looking little man. He was hardly more than five feet, four inches, but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible. I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound.” That certainly explains why Agatha Christie added the words “little” and “tiresome” to her frustrated description of her Belgian detective.

Steve got it right He bet $8,799 bet and finished with $17,599.

Aurora thought it was Sherlock Holmes, who was very tall. She lost her $8,000 bet, finishing with $7,600.

Gwen came up with Sherlock, too. That cost her $15,401 and left her with $399.

The last clue read in each round was a triple stumper today:

LET’S RIDE THE WHEEL ($1000) Enjoy a butler-served meal on the “Flyer” in this Asian island & city-state at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula

SPACE FIRSTS ($1600) The mission of this first Mars rover lasted 3 months in 1997 before communications were cut from Pathfinder — Sojourner

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Current Reality TV”

On learning what his series would be called, the star of this reality show said: “That sounds like a Chinese food place.” show

WHAT IS “DUCK DYNASTY”?

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