Final Jeopardy: American Poets (3-24-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/24/2020) in the category “American Poets” was:
This New York woman died in 1887, the year after the subject of her most famous poem was unveiled
Kimberly Flynn, a writer & editor from Wayne, PA, won $32,800 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Lindsay Evans, a prospect research strategist from Seattle, WA; and Nick Klotz, a financial analyst from Milwaukee, WI.
Round 1 Categories: I Wrote That! – Car “MA” – Foreign Geographical Terms – African-American Performers – What an Idiom! – Shiny Things
Lindsay found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “I Wrote That” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,400, $1,000 more than Kimberly in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and took a shot at it with Shaw. That was WRONG.
“He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive” show
Nick finished in the lead with $5,000. Lindsay was second with $3,200 and Kimberly was last with $1,200.
Round 2 Categories: Get-Togethers – Film Analysis – Bones – Commedia dell’arte Characters – Colonial America – “CH” Squared
Lindsay landed on the first Daily Double in “Film Analysis” under the $800 clue on the 8th pick. She was in the lead with $7,600, $200 more than Nick in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
A Raquel Welch poster does a lot more than just hang on the wall in Andy Dufresne’s prison cell show
Lindsay got the last Daily Double in “Comedia dell’arte Characters” under the $1,200 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In second place with $12,400, she had $1,000 less than Nick’s lead. She bet $3,000 and tried acrobatics. That was WRONG
This type of physical comedy is named for the bat Arlecchino, aka Harlequin, used to beat his comic victims. show
Nick finished in the lead with $15,400. Lindsay was next with $11,400 and Kimberly was in third place with $4,800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS EMMA LAZARUS?
Emma Lazarus was a 19th century author, poet and activist. She wrote “The New Colossus” in 1883 at the request of William Maxwell Evarts and Constance Cary Harrison for the Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty, an auction raising funds for the statue’s pedestal. After the auction, the sonnet was published in New York World and The New York Times. The Statue of Liberty was unveiled on 10/28/1886. Emma Lazarus passed away a little over a year later at age 38. She did not live to see her words inscribed on a plaque placed on the inner wall of the Statue of Liberty in 1903 through the efforts of her friend, Georgina Schuyler.
Interesting: In the early 1900s, folks could buy an Emma Lazarus autographed letter for $1.50. One might be worth $100,000 now.
Kimberly wrote down “Eliz Barrett,” an English poet. She bet and lost it all.
Lindsay thought it was Emily Dickinson (from Massachusetts). That cost her $1,801 and left her with $9,599.
Nick got it right. He bet $7,401 and won the game with $22,801. Nick Klotz is the new Jeopardy champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
CAR “MA” ($1000) This last name of Mercedes designer Wilhelm follows Mercedes in the name of a very upscale line of cars
“CH” SQUARED ($1200) Alan Moore created this “Watchmen” character as a bad version of Batman, & cringed a bit when fans idolized him
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “1960s No. 1 Songs”
Complaints about heavy workloads inspired the titles of 2 songs by this group, No. 1 hits 7 months apart. show
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On another subject, wasn’t the poster in the Shawshank Redemption was of Rita Hayworth, not Raquel Welch?
Hi Harvey, he had 3 posters, Hayworth, Monroe and Welch — check it out.
In another weird coincidence, I watched “The Shawshank Redemption” with my girlfriend on Saturday – it was the first time she had seen it.
Cool, JP. I love it when stuff I just saw or talked about comes up on the show within the same week.
By the way, another thing that’s good to remember about Emily Dickinson is that she was not a known poet during her lifetime. Very little she had written was published while she was alive (and anonymously at that, it seems). She died before the Statue of Liberty was unveiled (but the same year).
Got it, thanks!
Emma barrett Browning? She died 20 years apart from Emma Lazarus. What was Kim thinking with that response,VJ? I thought she knew Lazarus and as a writer and editor, this should have been a triple solve. By the way the hint harlequin, it reminded me of that villain from the batman comics.
I don’t know what anyone is thinking, including you, Lou. But I assume you just looked up when Browning died and failed to notice that her first name was Elizabeth. 🤣🤣🤣
That she died 20 years apart was not such a big deal. But that she was not an American poet is a better reason to doubt her choice. As an old dude and someone who grew up in NYC, I knew Emma Lazarus before he finished reading the clue. If you knew the Statue was dedicated in 1886, that really narrowed it down. There was a big centennial celebration in 1986 led by Lee Iacocca.
Remember the fight over Liberty Island between New York and New Jersey, Howard?
VJ (Jersey Girl)