Final Jeopardy: Literature & Religion (3-8-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/8/2024) in the category “Literature & Religion” was:
This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for “The Comedy of Errors”
In Semifinal No. 2 of the Tournament of Champions, the players are: David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, WA; Yogesh Raut, a social & personality psychologist from Vancouver, WA; and Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, MN.
Round 1 Categories: Literary Awards – Suffixes – Leftovers – We’re Goin’ To Broadway! – Paper – Trail
Yogesh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Trail” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,800, $800 less than Emily’s lead. Yogesh made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Surname of settler John, who blazed a trail to Montana & left his name on a city there show
Yogesh finished in the lead with $7,400. Emily was second with $5,600 and David was last with $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Middle Ages – 13-Letter Words – Shades Of Blue – South Of The Equator – Film Bros – 150 Years Of The 92nd Street Y
Emily found the first Daily Double in “Shades of Blue” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in second place with $7,600, $5,400 less than Yogesh’s lead. Emily made it a true Daily Double and said cobalt. That was WRONG.
In his “Great Wave” print, Hokusai used this imported blue pigment first made in Germany show
Emily found the last Daily Double in “150 Years of the 92nd Street Y” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,800 now, $15,800 less than Yogesh’s lead. Emily made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
In his U.S. reading debut, in June 1966, this S. Amer. poet said his country was in full winter but his welcome was like spring show
Yogesh finished in the lead with a runaway $21,400. Emily was next with $6,800 and David was in third place with $6,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS EPHESUS?
The apostle Paul lived in Ephesus for a couple of years but he was imprisoned in Rome when he wrote his epistle to the Ephesians. Ephesus was located in ancient Greece at the time. It was an important city, the site of the Temple of Artemis, but over time, it was reduced to a tiny village and completely abandoned in the 15th century. The ruins of Ephesus have become a tourist attraction and they were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
Shakespeare’s play “The Comedy of Errors” was published in 1595 and is set in Ephesus. Click here for a list of Shakespeare’s plays and their settings
David thought it was Corinth. He lost $3,721 and finished with $2,479.
Emily also went with Corinth. That didn’t cost her a drachma. She hung on to her $6,800.
Yogesh got it right, standing pat on his runaway 1,800. Yogesh is the second finalist. One more semifinal to go but we have to wait till Monday.
A triple stumper from each round:
LEFTOVERS ($1000) This book about Natty Bumppo’s youth was chronologically first of the “Leatherstocking Tales” but was written last
SHADES OF BLUE ($1200) Some call it a bachelor’s button, others call it this, also a shade of blue
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Literary Characters”
Dostoyevsky wrote that this title man in an earlier European novel is “beautiful only because he is ridiculous” show
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The FJ was certainly gettable, but I didn’t come up with the correct response. Anyways, it was a great game!
I got Final and all three DD, but missed all the TS.
Yogesh may have wiped up the competition, but, after his dis of J!, I find him unlikeable. God forbid he win. If he holds true to form, that will be a PR nightmare for the producers.
Well, it looks like Yogesh is trying to mitigate the bad impression he made previously. I don’t see any good reason to define him by remarks he made when he was being roasted on social media. If we all were judged by that standard, we’d all be unlikeable.
He didn’t need to say anything in the first place. No one put words in his mouth. He got roasted after he cursed J!. Better to be thought a fool, than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt!
Just my take.
Yogesh too tough for this pair, is deserving of his place in the finals.
Tough night; missed FJ, all the stumpers, and 1/3 DDs (the middle one).