Final Jeopardy: American Authors (3-21-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/21/2019) in the category “American Authors” was:
Alfred Hitchcock wrote, “It’s because I liked” his “stories so much that I began to make suspense films”
New champ Jonathan Lindeen, a senior finance manager from Denver, CO, won $22,001 yesterday. In Game 2, he is up against: Kate Becker, a hospital administrator from Albuquerque, NM; and Stephanie Strong, an audiology student from Chicago, IL.
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Round 1 Categories: Dickens Will Be the Death of Me – TV Doctors – Coin Star – Invented in the 1800s – Suit Up – Rhymes With All
Jonathan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Coin Star” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in a tie for the lead with Stephanie. They both had $2,400. Kate was at zero. He bet $1,400 and he was RIGHT.
The stars allude to fireworks on a two pound coin the Royal Mint issued in 2005 to remember this plot on its 400th anniversary. show
Jonathan finished in the lead with $8,200. Stephanie was second with $4,600 and Kate was last with $2,800.
Round 2 Categories: The Arts – Myth-pourri – 3 Consecutive Consonants – Traveling – 18th Century Nicknames – The Sporting “New”s
Jonathan found the first Daily Double in “The Arts” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. He was in the lead with $11,000 now, $4,400 more than Stephanie in second place. He bet $2,000 and had no guess so he was WRONG.
The title character of this drama by Henrik Ibsen is bored by her marriage to Jorgen Tesman. show
Kate got the last Daily Double in “18th Century Nicknames” under the $2,000 clue, with 2 full categories left after it. She was in second place with $9,600, $600 behind Stephanie and Jonathan who were tied in first place. She bet $600 and she was RIGHT.
Shunned by his faith, Revolutionary War Gen. Nathanael Greene was paradoxically called “The Fighting” this. show
Close scores! Jonathan finished in the lead with $14,200. Kate was next with $13,400 and Stephanie was in third place with $13,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In a 1960 essay “Why I Am Afraid of the Dark,” Alfred Hitchcock directly tackled the question: “Was I influenced by Edgar Allan Poe?” He allows that “very probably, it’s because I liked Edgar Allen Poe’s stories so much that I began to make suspense films.” But he points out major differences between them that affected their careers: “because of the difference in means of expression and the difference in ear, I don’t think that there exists a real resemblance between Edgar Allan Poe and myself. Poe is a poète maudit and I am a commercial filmmaker. He liked to make people shiver. Me too. But he didn’t really have a sense of humor. And for me, ‘suspense’ doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.” Ultimately, Hitchcock concludes that one thing they have in common is being “prisoners of a genre: ‘suspense.’ You know the story that one has recounted many, many times: if I was making ‘Cinderella’ everyone would look for the corpse. And if Edgar Allan Poe had written ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ one would look for the murderer.”
From 1988: MOVIE CLASSICS ($400) The only Alfred Hitchcock film to win an Oscar as Best Picture, it was partially set in Monte Carlo
Stephanie didn’t have a response. She only lost $2,000, leaving her with $11,000.
Kate got it right. She added $13,000 to her score to finish with $26,400.
Jonathan got it, too. He bet $12,601, winning the game with $26,801. His 2-day total is $48,802.
A triple stumper from each round:
INVENTED IN THE 1800s ($1000) Don’t fear his reaper, patented in 1834
18TH CENTURY NICKNAMES ($400) Named for France’s near bankruptcy, this 18th century queen came to be called “Madame Deficit”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Fictional Characters”
The word that gave us “picaresque” may also have inspired the name of this clever valet featured in a 1786 opera. show
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I’m sorry, I forgot to congratulate our winner today, Jonathan. At least it proves his win over Lindsey was not a one day tripper. Maybe……???? It’s been over 5 months and counting.
Kate could have won this one if she bet more on that last DD in that Nicknames but I guess she wasn’t feeling good about it when only one of the previous clues got answered
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
This was a very very close game.
I have noticed that sooooo many times. Many people could have won if only they had more courage with the DDs.
March Madness is an advantage for HI. They moved J! up from 4:30 to noon!
Well at least two got it today despite one daily double missed. Still though Stephanie made a wise bet here. Congratulations to John once again on winning today. As for Kate, she almost covered John’s bet but not enough to overtake him. Let’s see if John can try to break the four game curse. Overall a impressive performance. John and VJ, what story titles from Poe specifically influenced Hitchcock?
@Lou
It did not really matter in this case.
Even if she had bet it all she would have lost by a buck. Jonathan covered her.
Well, there’s a twist.