Final Jeopardy: World Literature (4-18-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/18/2022) in the category “World Literature” was:
Befitting the title, Antoine Galland, the first western translator of this collection, worked on it only “after dinner”
9x champ Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario won $210,802 so far. In Game 10, she is up against: Caitlin Hayes, a musician and educator from North Vancouver, British Columbia; and Sarah McGrath, a business manager from New York, NY.
Round 1 Categories: World Leaders – Fantasy Fiction – Out of … – Pillow Talk – Smith & Jones – Vigorous Vocab
Mattea found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “World Leaders” under the $600 clue on the third pick of the round. At $600, she was the only one with any currency. Mattea bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
Otto Von Bismarck was this Germanic nation’s prime minister from 1862 to 1890 with a brief break around 1873 show
Sarah finished in the lead with $5,200. Mattea was second with $5,000. Caitlin was last with $3,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: West of the Mississippi – Geology – Art on Commission – Airlines – Actors on Broadway – One E, Double E
Mattea found the first Daily Double in “Airlines” under the $1,200 clue on the fourth pick of the round. She was in first place with $6,600, $1,400 more than Sarah in second place. Mattea bet $3,200 and she was RIGHT.
A shamrock has been the emblem of this airline for over 80 years show
Mattea got the last Daily Double in “Art on Commission” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $12,600, $4,400 more than Caitlin in second place. Mattea bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
It was Leonardo Da Vinci’s patron Ludovico Sforza who commissioned this work painted on the wall of a monastery in Milan show
Mattea finished in the lead with $20,800. Sarah was second with $12,400 and Caitlin was last with $9,800. All clues were shown.
WHAT IS “1,001 NIGHTS or ARABIAN NIGHTS”?
The 1,001 Nights are a collection of Arab tales supposedly told by Scheherazade to her husband, the king, in an effort to postpone his plans to execute her. She tells him the stories at night, cleverly leaving off the ending so he will have to let her finish it the next night. Antoine Galland’s French translations were published in 12 volumes over a 13-year period (1704-1717) under the title “Les mille et une nuits” (“The Thousand and One Nights”). This wikipedia article has a list of the titles in each volume. Galland came up in the additional info on Final Jeopardy! on 3/24/22 when the category was “Disney Characters” and the correct response was Aladdin’s princess. It is mentioned that “French translator Antoine Galland added it to 1001 Nights in the early 18th century.”
Did you know? In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe published a short story entitled “The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade”
Caitlin got it right. She bet $2,000 and finished with $11,800.
Sarah wrote down “dessert stories.” That cost her $9,000 and left her with $3,400.
Mattea wrote down Midnight and some gobbledygook. “I tried to go for “Midnight’s Children”, she explained while expressively waving her little hands around. She lost her $4,001 bet but won the game with the remaining $16,799. Her 10-day total is $227,601.
A triple stumper from each round:
FANTASY FICTION ($600) In George R.R. Martin’s saga of Westeros, this blustery & bloody volume follows “A Game of Thrones” & “A Clash of Kings”
ART ON COMMISSION ($2000) There’s quite a bit of red in the painting he did of Pope Paul III with his grandsons (image) during a visit to Rome in the 1540s
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Religious Words”
This word for a concept in Eastern religions comes from Latin roots for “made in flesh” & “again” show
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VJ, do you think they would have accepted “1,001 Arabian Nights”?
Yes, Rhonda, I don’t see why they wouldn’t
Thanks, VJ.
Or, even, the REAL old “The Thousand Nights and a Night”!
Ugh. As others have said, Caitlin! The only sensible wager was Mattea’s. Now, Caitlin has lost her chance of ever being a J! champion.
As I said several days ago, Mattea is vulnerable against quality players. It is literal chance that she found all 3 DDs, and you can’t rely on that for a reproducible winning strategy.
I did not get FJ correct; I had no response. However, the art clue TS with the red – I did get that! I don’t know why I knew it. What’s funny is that my wife is an artist – not me! She usually refers me to Janson’s History of Art, which she says to look up, but, she gives me the section, and, sometimes, the page number! I was somewhat irrationally very satisfied with myself when I got that.
I predict Mattea’s streak ends this week, with a whimper.
Instant analysis (show just aired here): Sometimes it’s wise for the player in 3rd to bet $0 in FJ.
In this case, Sarah had to wager between $8401 and $12400 to have any chance of winning.
Mattea was near-certain to wager $4001 to protect her near-runaway total. She blew her shot at a lock game with that wrong answer in West of the Mississippi.
Caitlin therefore had to wager at least $7K or so to have a shot at winning, which likely would happen only if she got FJ and the others missed. Which we know is what happened.
Good group tonight, despite all the tough stumpers. Did know the 2 in the E-EE category. Surprised no one knew the city in Kansas; not a lot of metropolises there. Close friend of mine just moved to that town last summer with her husband.
FJ too tough for me this time. DDs were all gettable.
VJ, Thanks SO much for the Poe reference in the recap!! I can’t imagine a lot of people knew/remembered that. I spent many pleasant minutes checking it out.
Thank you, Sam! I appreciate you’re letting me know you enjoyed the story.
Same here I also enjoyed the story as well VJ. Thank you much appreciated.
Oh no Caitlin, you absolutely have to bet at least $7K in that spot.
These contestants probably spend countless hours studying all sorts of subjects in order to improve their chances of winning. Why not take a 30 minute lesson on optimal wagering strategy?? Grrrrr.
Caitlin demonstrated that she doesn’t understand basic betting strategy for final. Either that or she doesn’t understand math. Major fail!
Vj the last time this answer was used in a previous game before mattea came aboard wasn’t it? I remember it pretty well. A win is a win even if mattea didn’t know it. Pretty soon she will tie with Jonathan Fisher with number of wins. Not that many triple stumpers today but happy to see the daily doubles working in our champion’s favor.