Final Jeopardy: Women Authors (3-30-15)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/30/2015), in the category “Women Authors” was:

In addition to her novels, she also wrote a children’s book about Sun Yat-Sen and an “Oriental Cookbook”.

Returning champ Michael Bilow won $12,401 and the title on Friday. Today he takes on these two players: Cynthia Davis, from Atlanta, GA; and David Zimand, from Silver Spring, MD.

Round 1: Michael found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Adjectives” under the $1,000 clue. He was in the lead with $6,400, $2,800 more than David in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Going back to the Greek word for womb, it can mean uncontrollably emotional or wildly funny. show

WHAT IS HYSTERICAL?

Michael finished in the lead with $13,000. David was second with $3,800 and Cynthia was last with $1,400.

Round 1 had a category called “Bottles of Waters” and the contestants kept calling it “Bodies of Water.” That category came up in Round 2. Alex kidded Cynthia not to called it “Bottles.”

Round 2: Cynthia found the first Daily Double in “Bodies of Water” under the $2,000 clue. She was still in third place with $3,000, $10,000 less than Michael’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double, too, and she was RIGHT.

This river forms the boundary between Laos & Myanmar & a large part of the boundary between Laos & Thailand. show

WHAT IS THE MEKONG?

Just a few clues later, Michael found the last Daily Double in “Vaccines” under the $1.600 clue. In the lead with $15,400, he had $10,200 more than Cynthia in second place. He bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.

A weakened chickenpox virus is used in a vaccine to prevent this painful condition, especially in people over 60. show

WHAT IS SHINGLES?

Michael finished in the lead with $29,200. Cynthia was next with $13,200 and David was in third place with $10,600.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS PEARL S. BUCK?

Buck won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1931 “The Good Earth” and later, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. It was made into a 1937 film starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer (Best Actress Oscar). Oprah featured the novel in her Book Club in 2004, putting it back to the best-seller list that year. Buck wrote many more novels, biographies and short stories. Her cookbook was published in 1972.

Just about a month ago, Paper and Salt reviewed her cookbook and her Brown Bean Shrimp with Garlic Green Beans recipe: “‘Never forget that the essence of the Chinese meals is variety and harmony,’ Buck counsels. Any proper dinner, she notes, should include at least one seafood dish, one pork or beef option, a vegetable, and an egg dish … and that’s not including the requisite accompaniments of rice, soup, tea and fruit. ‘Second helpings need not be a repetition, but a fresh new taste,’ she writes– a mantra that, forty years later, has taken root today in small-plates restaurants around the country, Chinese or not.”

David got it right. His $3,600 brought him up to $14,200.

Cynthia thought it was Amy Tan. That cost her $13,000 and she finished with $200.

Michael also thought it was Amy Tan. He only lost $2,799 so he won the match with $26,401. His 2-day total is $38,802.

During the chat, Alex and Michael discussed “virtual reality.” Alex said he only believes in reality.

2 years ago:: ONE of the players got this FJ in “At The Grocery Store”

The national promotion board for this food, Citrullus lanatus, lists hydration as a primary health benefit. show

WHAT IS WATERMELON?

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