Final Jeopardy: American Authors (3-29-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/29/2023) in the category “American Authors” was:

In a periodical in 1807, he called New York City “Gotham, Gotham! Most enlightened of cities”

New champ Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, NY, won $9,601 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Jordan Davis, a private music teacher and choir director from Draper, UT; and Iris Masucci, a pharmacist from Rockville, MD.

Round 1 Categories: European National Nicknames – Writers & Poets – Common Bonds – A Real Long Shot – A Disaster Aria – Ps Out!

Lisa found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “European National Nicknames” under the $800 clue on the second pick of the round. She was the only one on the board with $1,000. Lisa bet it all and she was RIGHT.

Hungarians know their country not as the Land of the Huns, but as the land of the nomadic people who settled there in the 9th C.
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WHO ARE THE MAGYARS?

Iris finished in the lead with $6,200. Lisa was second with $5,400. Jordan was last with $4,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Science Initials & Acronyms – Dali Goes Hollywood – Tree-Named Places – Synonyms – Planes, Trains – Autocrats

Iris found the first Daily Double in “Synonyms” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick. She was in the lead with $9,000, $1,600 more than Lisa in second place. Iris bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.

In opera, diva is a synonym for this 2-word Italian term show

WHAT IS PRIMA DONNA?

Lisa got the last Daily Double in “Tree-Named Places” under the $800 with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $17,400, she had $1,800 more than Iris in second place. Lisa bet $6,000 and she was RIGHT.

This town in the Mojave Desert is named for a plant that early settlers said reminded them of a biblical guy show

WHAT IS JOSHUA TREE?

Lisa finished in the lead with $21,400. Iris was second with $17,200 and Jordan was last with $5,200. All clues were shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS WASHINGTON IRVING?

Untapped New York delves into why the city is called Gotham, dubbing it “a nickname with a millennium of history.” Back in 1807, Washington Irving of “Sleepy Hollow” fame teamed up with his brother and a friend to make fun of New York City culture, politics, and its residents in a literary magazine called Salmagundi. “Irving’s depiction of Gotham’s residents as ‘self-important and foolish people,’ according to Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace in Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, actually parallels the simpleminded and idiotic residents of the medieval village of Gotham in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The name Gotham actually means “goat home” in Old English, and the village still exists today, a home to approximately 1,600 people.”

Wikipedia’s “Wise Men of Gotham” article expands on Gotham references, including the title nursery rhyme and a mention by Thomas Paine in his book “Rights of Man”.

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Jordan went with Thomas Paine. He lost $5,000 and finished with $200.

Iris wrote down Harper. She lost $8,200 and was left with $9,000.

Lisa wrote down “goodbye cruel world,” evidently thinking she would lose. However, she only bet $4,201 so she won the game with the remaining $17,199. Her 2-day total is $26,800.

A triple stumper from each round:

WRITERS & POETS ($800) The many travails of the title hero of this Dumas novel include an involuntary swim after being tossed into the sea

AUTOCRATS ($800) Central American strongman Omar Torrijos negotiated the 1977 treaties to cede this to his country’s control

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “International Business”

The “Effect” named for this company founded in 1943 refers to increased value of a product to a consumer whose own labor is needed. show

WHAT IS THE IKEA EFFECT?

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