Final Jeopardy: Literary Adaptations (4-12-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/12/2019) in the category “Literary Adaptations” was:

The director of the 2018 TV version of this 1953 classic said, yes, books were harmed in the making of this motion picture

6x champ James Holzhauer, is up to $325,877 now. That could rise by leaps and bounds in Game 7, unless one of these challengers can send James home. Ali Filipowicz, a homemaker from Alexandria, VA; and Mike Dindoffer, a writer & teacher from Greenfield, MA.

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Round 1 Categories: General Knowledge – Women Of Politics – I’d Like To Sell A Vowel – American Literature – City Adjectives – Google’s Top Searches, 1999-2018

James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “City Adjectives” under the $400 clue, with 10 clues to go after it. He was in the lead with $10,400, $7,200 more than Ali in second place. He bet $9,812 (his wedding anniversary) and he was RIGHT.

Cantabrigian means from one of 2 notes college cities named this. show

WHAT IS CAMBRIDGE?

James finished in the lead with $22,012. Ali was second with $3,600 and Mike was last with $1,800. There was a reversal in this round that affected Mike (see below).

Round 2 Categories: Moolah – Science – A “B”6 Shot – Colombia Pictures – Classic Film – 5 Easy Pieces

James found the first Daily Double in “Moolah” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $29,212 now, $24,012 more than Ali in second place. He bet $11,914 and he was RIGHT.

The mint in this Western city produces about half of U.S. coinage & is the USA’s second-largest gold depository . show

WHAT IS DENVER?

3 clues later, James found the last Daily Double in “Colombia Pictures” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $42,726 now, he had $36,326 more than Ali in second place. He bet $11,022 and he was RIGHT.

There are great beaches at the Walled City founded as this de Indias, meaning “Carthage of the Indies” in English. show

WHAT IS CARTEGENA?

James finished in the lead with $58,148. Ali was next with $13,200 and Mike was in third place with $7,400.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “FAHRENHEIT 451”?

Ramin Bahrani, the director of the 2018 TV adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel “Fahrenheit 451” wrote a big ol’ essay in the NYT, explaining why the books had to go up in flames in his film and how the books were chosen. On the IMDB trivia page for the 1966 version directed by François Truffaut, it says that he ignored a request from the studio’s legal department to only burn public domain books because he thought that living authors would think it was hot to be included (pun intended).

Funny, that they’ve never had a clue on who played Guy Montag in the 1966 film (Oskar Werner). Maybe they will have him and Michael B. Jordan in a “Same Role” category someday.

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Mike thought it was “Burn After Reading,” never a novel. He only lost $300 so he finished with $7,100.

Ali got it right. She bet $1,601, bringing her score up to $14,801.

James got it, too. He bet $31,010 bet so he won this game with $89,158. His 7-day total is $415,035.

Reversal: CITY ADJECTIVES ($1000) Of or relating to a northern Italian city, like veal coated with breadcrumbs – Mike’s response of “Parmagian” was rejected and James got what they were looking for with “Milanese.” Right before the chat, Mike got an okay on that and $2,000 added to his score.

I only saw one triple stumper in the whole game:

MOOLAH ($2000) This 5-letter word refers to a special non-circulating coin that collectors prize for its fine detail and mirror-like finish

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Countries of the World”

A 2010 study of this country is subtitled “Inside the Land of Milk and Money” show

WHAT IS SWITZERLAND?

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