Final Jeopardy: Names in the Bookstore (3-7-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/7/2023) in the category “Names in the Bookstore” was:

This man made lists, perhaps to cope with depression; a set of lists he published in 1852 made his name synonymous with a type of book

In the last semifinal match of the High School Reunion tournament the contestants are: Caleb Richmond, a sophomore at Georgetown University from Bedford, NH; Maya Wright, a senior at Emory University from Peachtree City, GA; and Tim Cho, a senior at Columbia University from Champaign, IL.

Round 1 Categories: March Madness – American Composers – “Y” on the Map – This Is How I Win – Mermaids – Anagrams of Each Other

Caleb found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “‘Y’ on the Map” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,600, $1,200 less than Tim’s lead. Caleb made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Site of a historic 1945 conference, this city on the Crimean Peninsula is known for its many health resorts show

WHAT IS YALTA?

Tim finished in the lead at $8,200. Maya was second with $3,400. Caleb was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: The Royal Past – College Talk – Science – Alliterative Authors – Official State Stuff – Recent Commercials

Caleb found the first Daily Double in “State Stuff” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,200, $3,000 less than Tim’s lead. Caleb bet $4,018 and took a shot at it with quaver. That was WRONG.

As a verb, the name of this cute little bird, California’s official one, means “to become fearful” show

WHAT IS QUAIL?

Tim got the last Daily Double in “The Royal Past” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. In the lead with $9,000, he had $3,018 more than Caleb in second place. Tim bet $3,000 and said marquis. That was WRONG.

From 1350 to 1830 the French used this 7-letter title for the eldest son of the king of France show

WHAT IS DAUPHIN?

Caleb finished in the lead with $9,582. Tim was second with $8,800. Maya was last with $7,800. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS ROGET?

In 2008, novelist Michael Upchurch wrote a review of “The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget’s Thesaurus” by Joshua Kendall. The man who made lists was Peter Mark Roget. Kendall believed that Roget’s emotionally unstable mother was the reason behind Roget’s need to organize and categorize things, which he channeled into creating lists of words. At age 26, Roget “compiled the first draft of his famous thesaurus in 1805” but put it aside until the late 1840s. He published the first edition of “Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases” in 1852 and continued to expand on it until he died at age 90.

Peter Mark Roget’s name is indeed synonymous with thesaurus. He is also credited with giving the meaning “collection of words arranged according to sense” to the word. However, Upchurch’s article says Roget also “worked as a physician, published a two-volume work on animal and vegetable physiology, contributed 300,000 words to the Encyclopedia Britannica and was involved with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, promoting self-education for the working class.”

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Maya got it right. Her “Rogett” spelling was accepted. She bet it all and doubled her score to $15,600.

Tim went with Webster. That cost him $6,801 and left him with $1,999.

Caleb wrote down Smith. He lost $8,019 and finished with $1,563. So Maya Wright won the match and she will join Jackson Jones and Justin Bolsen in the 2-day finals.

Reversal: “Y” ON THE MAP ($400) If you know “owt” about England, you know this historic county with its own accent & vocabulary – Caleb was dinged for York. Tim got it with “Yorktown”. The judges came back and gave Caleb a thumbs up so he got his $400 back plus $400 more for a correct response.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

THE ROYAL PAST ($2000) Xerxes praised Artemisia, warrior queen of this city, & according to legend gave her a jar that was later found in a mausoleum

SCIENCE ($2000) The law that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is the sum of those of the component gases was stated by this Brit in 1801

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “World Leaders Address Congress”

The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country’s longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015 show

WHO IS BENJAMIN NETANYAHU?

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