Final Jeopardy: Shakespearean References (3-22-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/22/2021) in the category “Shakespearean References” was:
This name given to U.K. labor strife in December 1978 and January 1979 was taken from the first line of a Shakespeare history play.
New champ Nick Cascone, an orthopedic physician assistant orig. from Queens, NY., won $26,801 last Friday. In Game 2, he is up against: Kathryn Peters, a research center exec. director from Carrboro, NC; and David Eadington, an operations manager from Long Beach, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Boots on the Ground – Words in Books – Animals – Sleepy Time – Egg – MacGuffin
Nick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sleepy Time” under the $1,000 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in a tie for the lead with Kathryn at $800, $1,400 more than David’s negative $600. He bet $1000 and took a guess with nap. That was WRONG and landed Nick in the red.
A joke about how dull the Anglican 39 articles are is an early reference to this phrase for a short doze. show
Kathryn and Nick finished in a tie with $3,200. David was next with $1,600. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: 20th Century Art & Artists – Initially Yours – History – R&B & Soul Hits – from A to Y – Bay Watch
Kathryn found the first Daily Double in “History” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick. She was in the lead with $5,600 now, $2,400 more than Nick in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Sued in 1455 by a man who had loaned him hundreds of guilders, he lost his printing equipment. show
Nick got the last Daily Double in “Baywatch” under the $1,600 clue, with 10 clues left after it. In third place with $4,000, he had $12,800 less than Kathryn’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The Bay of Navarino is a nearly landlocked bay of this Greek sea which a 2-letter goddess once swam. show
Kathryn finished in the lead with $16,800. Nick was next with $10,000 and David was in third place with $6,000. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
No Sweat Shakespeare says: “‘Now is the winter of our discontent’ opens a quite stunning soliloquy by the young Richard, Duke of Gloucester in the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III play. This line ranks among the most famous and most quoted opening lines of any Shakespeare play, alongside such openings as ‘When shall we three meet again/In thunder, lightning or in rain? (Macbeth), ‘If music be the food of love play on’ (Twelfth night) and ‘Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona where we lay our scene’ (Romeo and Juliet)”
As you will see from Wikipedia’s disambiguation page for “Winter of Discontent”, the phrase has been adopted as a title for novels, films and albums, with or without the word “our”. The particular “Winter of Discontent” application referred to in the clue is the 1978-79 labor strikes in Great Britain, the largest cessation of labor since the 1926 General Strike. Learn more about that on Libcom.org.
David didn’t finish writing his FJ answer that began with “crull”. He lost his $4,001 bet and finished with $1,999.
Nick was going for “O, for a muse of fire” from the prologue of “Henry V”. That cost him $9,000 and left him with $1,000.
Kathryn’s response of “the winter of our discontent” was acceptable. She bet $3,201 and won the game with $20,001. Kathryn Peters is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
WORDS IN BOOKS ($800) This playwright translated the German term “übermensch” & used it in the title of his play “Man and Superman”
20TH CENTURY ART AND ARTISTS ($1600) A book called “The Magic Mirror of” this Dutch artist gives insight into how he created those optical effects
2 years ago: Only ONE of the two players left in FJ! got this one in “Best Picture Oscar Winners”
These 2 films, recent back-to-back winners, both have 9 letter titles that end with the same 5 letters? show
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VJ, the funny thing is that you and I posted at the same time with strong opinions on two different topics. 7:10 p.m. LOL.
That is funny, Jacob!
Imo Mike Richards made it sound as if he was in a bind as Executive Producer when Alex passed away unexpectedly. Even though Alex had told all of us his condition was terminal none of us, including Alex, knew when that last day would be. So Mike Richards hit with a double tragedy (the death of Alex and Covid-19) had to figure out a way to keep the show going without interruption.
Speaking for myself I thank Mike Richards and Sony Studios for keeping Jeopardy on the air during a trying time and contributing to the charities of each guest host who is willingly stepping up to the plate on behalf of Alex. These guest hosts make it sound like they were friends to Alex and deeply respected him. I do not envy the position Mike Richards is in as Executive Producer of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. What a heavy burden. Again, thanks Mike Richards for keeping Jeopardy on the air during a difficult transition period.
I guess we’ll have to wait till the new season to see if they are just relaxing the rules for the guest hosts because the money is going to charity. In this game, Nick says Holy Roman Empire on this History clue ($800) This imperial title, which had been around for quite a while, ended when Francis II abdicated it in 1806. Dr. Oz says “yes”, and Nick corrects himself with Emperor. I guess that was okay though because no one ruled against him.
In FJ, the event was the Winter of Discontent. They accepted “our discontent” even though that changes it to be the actual quote. I can’t come up with a good explanation for that when the “our” is not inside the name of the event. It’s just inconsistent with the show’s rule that has been applied many times. They should have just asked for the quote.
I agree that they should have just gone with asking for the quote to remove any room for controversy. That said, I’m fine with the decision from today’s game (and not just because it rendered my prediction this morning correct).
Here’s one line of reasoning, which I don’t necessarily find convincing, that could be made:
There was a clue some years ago asking for the actress “Eva Marie Saint”. A contestant answered “Eve Marie Saint” which was ruled incorrect. This was later reversed because they determined that she had actually been credited as “Eve Marie Saint” in multiple films, so the contestant would have a good argument that it should be accepted if the same person was known by that name professionally.
The “Winter of Discontent” is not an official name, but rather an informal name that has gained popularity in media and history. Perhaps at some point someone who lived through it referred to it as “The Winter of _Our_ Discontent” (perhaps even in public writing). This would seem to be a perfectly valid description of the same time period – everyone knows what he’s talking about and it’s not contradicting an officially defined name. If a person using “The Winter of Our Discontent”, theoretically or actually, is understood to be referring to the same event, it would not be right to penalize a contestant for providing a similar such name when there is no official name to judge harshly against.
Yeah, I considered that possibility but I think it’s pretty flimsy. They just need to be more careful, esp with the final clues.
I remember that Eve Marie Saint thing, JP. 😁 I commented on it at the time –Eva Marie Saint was her real name. She did not use Eve Marie professionally. She used her real name. There was only one instance of it on her IMDB page at that time (now there are 2). It is clearly a mistake caused by whoever did the credits misremembering her first name or thinking it was Eve if people were calling her Evie. The very idea that a contestant would have seen that and thought her real name was Eve is laughable to me.
It reminds me of my Nikki and her first name problems. She always introduces herself as Nikki. She gets the reverse of giving your proper name, then having people shorten it. Some people decide to call her Nicole but her name is actually Nicolette. And then there was the cable company, sending her bills as Cicolette. omg! that was hilarious but it doesn’t make Nicole or Cicolette names she would ever use.
Ah, I just assumed that she perhaps went by “Eve” as well, but it being a mistake definitely would make more sense.
Cicolette is too much lol. The most memorable was when my mom, whose name was Sylvia, received a piece of mail addressed to Saliva LOL. It still cracks me up to this day.
LOL, Rhonda, and to think – they didn’t even have autocorrect back then
And they were still using typewriters to type envelopes back then lol!
I don’t want recaps. I want to watch entire show. How, during March madness??
Kathleen, check with your local station for help with that. They are most likely running the episode at an alternate time
It sounds like the new guest host will create two weeks of discontent for many fans, which I can understand.
David couldn’t get much going today and I was hoping Nick would know about Shakespeare. Still no triple solve but hoping tomorrow will make it up. Congrats to Kathy on her win though I really hope she can break this dry spell of the two game curse. Not sure how long it could last but we hope to see a 5 time game winner soon.