Final Jeopardy: Russian Culture (4-17-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/17/2018) in the category “Russian Culture” was:

This work was over 50 years old & excerpts had been popularized when it had its first full U.S. performance on Xmas Eve 1944

In the second semi-final of the 2018 College Championship, the players are: Univ. of Oklahoma sophomore, Thatcher Chonka, QF #2 Wild Card; Univ. of Central Fla. sophomore, Hannah Sage, QF #1 winner; and Dartmouth senior, Eric Thorpe, QF #5 Wild Card.

Round 1 Categories: Official State Stuff – Acting Up on TV – Elementary – Seeing Red – Hit the Books – The “Gre”S Are Coming

Thatcher found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Elementary” under the $400 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,800, $1,000 more than Hannah in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and guessed gold. That was WRONG.

This precious metal boasts the highest thermal & electrical conductivity. show

WHAT IS SILVER?

Eric finished in the lead with $5,000. Thatcher was second with $4,600 and Hannah was last with $3,800.

Round 2 Categories: Historic Geography – Words of Communication – Art – Deep Lyrics – Debate Topics – Combinations

Hannah found the first Daily Double in “Art” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. She was in second place with $5,000 at this point, $400 behind Thatcher and Eric, who were tied for the lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

He painted the yellow house that he had rented in Arles, hoping to establish a studio of the south with fellow artists. show

WHO IS VINCENT VAN GOGH?

3 clues later, Thatcher landed on the last Daily Double in “Historic Geography” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $7,400, he had $400 more than Hannah in second place. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

The site of a temple to Apollo & an ancient oracle, this city was located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. show

WHAT IS DELPHI?

Hannah finished in the lead with $18,200. Thatcher was next with $14,200 and Eric was in third place with $10,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE NUTCRACKER?

“When the San Francisco Ballet company performed the first complete version of The Nutcracker in the U.S. on Christmas Eve, 1944, … the music wasn’t new to Americans. The ballet debuted in 1892 in St. Petersburg, and Tchaikovsky’s Suite of the eight most popular songs (like the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and the “Russian Dance”) quickly became a hit internationally. In 1940, Walt Disney had included the Suite in Fantasia. In one notable scene, fairies freeze a pond while skimming its waters across the top of a pond—foreshadowing another great American moment for the ballet: The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice, starring Dorothy Hamill in 1983.” (Time: How The Nutcracker Colonized American Ballet)

Eric bet it all and doubled his score to $20,400.

Thatcher bet the farm, too. He finished with $28,400.

Hannah bet $10,201 and won the second final spot with $28,401.

A triple stumper from each round:

ACTING UP ON TV ($200) Tea Leoni runs the State Department on this drama

DEEP LYRICS ($1200) “What are you doin’ to me? What are you doin’, huh? What are you doin’ to me? What are you doin’, huh?”

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “18th Century British Scientists”

In 1705 he wrote, “And, if it should then return, we shall have no reason to doubt but the rest must return too.” show

WHO IS EDMOND HALLEY?

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