Final Jeopardy: British Novels (3-5-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/5/2020) in the category “British Novels” was:

A laboratory known as the House of Pain is on Noble’s Isle, the title setting of this novel

New champ Paul Trifiletti, an attorney from Athens, GA, won $21,000 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Wes Hom, a stay-at-home dad from San Francisco, CA; and Zahkia Mendoza, a marketing analyst from Canton, MI.

Round 1 Categories: Hold My Beer – Children’s Books – Singers Not Singing – “C” as in Seize – Continental – Congress

Paul found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Congress” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,600, half of Wes’s lead. He bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.

In 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act & established the first U.S. Mint in this city. show

WHAT IS PHILADELPHIA?

Paul finished in the lead with $7,800. Zahkia was second with $4,200 and Wes was last with $2,400.

Round 2 Categories: The Cold War – Neat Animal Stuff – Get Schooled – Retro Phrases – Monuments & Memorials – The Meg

Zahkia found the first Daily Double in “Get Schooled” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick. She was in second place with $5,400 now, $2,400 less than Paul’s lead. She bet $1,200 and said “fancy English school.” Very funny, but WRONG.

Alumni of this exclusive boarding school near Windsor include Princes William & Harry & actor Tom Hiddleston. show

WHAT IS ETON?

Paul found the last Daily Double in “Monuments & Memorials” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick. In the lead with $15,400, he had $8,000 more than Zahkia in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

Paris’ Chapelle Expiatoire, meaning the to-make-amends-for-executing-you chapel, is on the original 1793 burial site of this couple. show

WHO ARE LOUIS XVI & MARIE ANTOINETTE?

Paul finished in the lead with $20,200. Wes was next with $11,600 and Zahkia was in third place with $10,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU”?

H.G. Wells’ 1896 novel “The Island of Dr. Moreau” is about a mad scientist and his efforts to turn animals into humans in the House of Pain. It is narrated by the character Edward Pendrick. An introduction by Pendrick’s nephew names Noble’s Isle as the location taken over by crazy Moreau. Dr. Moreau was portrayed on film by Charles Laughton in “Island of Lost Souls” (1932). Burt Lancaster played him in 1977 and Marlon Brando in 1996 in films with the same title as the novel.
A Daily Double from 7/31/2015: This H.G. Wells doctor remarks, “I took a gorilla… and mastering difficulty after difficulty, I made my first man.”

Zahkia went with “Frankenstein.” That cost her nothing so she remained at $10,600.

Wes didn’t have a response. He lost his $8,601 bet and had $2,999 left.

Paul wrote down “Shutter Island”. He lost $3,001, hanging on to $17,199, more than enough to remain Jeopardy! champ. His 2-day total is $38,199.

A triple stumper from each round:

HOLD MY BEER ($400) This beer holder is German for “stone”

GET SCHOOLED ($1600) This university’s informal “Dropout Hall of Fame” includes author Jack London & ’60s activist Jerry Rubin

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Best-Selling Novels”

This 1990 novel made into a blockbuster film says the Hammond Foundation “has spent $17 million on amber” show

WHAT IS “JURASSIC PARK”?

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