Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Classical Musicians (4-4-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/4/2018) in the category “19th Century Classical Musicians” was:
The father of this future composer was a French teacher at the Warsaw Lyceum, where the child would later attend.
New champ Jack Dickey, won a whopping $30,401 yesterday. In his second game, he is up against these two players: Michael Boss, from Broomfield, CO; and Lydia DiSabatino, from Chicago, IL.
Round 1 Categories: Hotels & Motels – Virginia Governors – Big 12 Schools – The Fiction Section – Betting at the Track – The Postman’s 4-letter Words
Jack found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Virginia Governors” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $2,200 more than Michael in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In June 1776 Virginia became an independent commonwealth & this famed orator was elected its first governor. show
Jack finished in the lead with $8,600. Michael was second with $4,400 and Lydia was last at $800 in the red.
Round 2 Categories: Stolen Art Recovered – Entrepreneurs – On TV – Bridges – A “Nip” Before Bed – It’s Medicinal
Lydia found the first Daily Double in “Entrepreneurs” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick. She was in second place with $8,000 at this point, $3,800 less than Jack’s lead. She bet $3,000 and thought it was Hong Kong. That was WRONG.
Stanley Ho build this administrative region’s gaming industry, owning more than 15 casinos though he doesn’t gamble. show
Michael got the last Daily Double in “Bridges” under the $2,000 clue, the very last. In third place with $6,000, he had $8,200 less than Jack’s lead. He bet $4,000 and went with the Nile. That was WRONG.
As you can guess, the Victoria Falls Bridge over this African river has amazing views. show
Jack finished in the lead with $14,200. Lydia was next with $8,200 and Michael was in third place with $2,000.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Frederic Chopin is Poland’s most famous composer. He spent half his short life in the land of his birth and half in France, where his father was born. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute has a great deal of information on Chopin’s early life in Poland and on his family. His father, Nicolas, came to Poland at age 16 and married Justyna Krzyżanowska, a Polish woman, in his 30s. They had 4 children, Frederic being the second and only boy, born in 1810. Nicolas began teaching at the Warsaw Lyceum later that year. By the time his son enrolled there in 1823, Frederic was already well-known as a musical prodigy and had performed for the Polish aristocracy many times.
FYI: 12 Polish Composers You Should Know (Who Aren’t Chopin)
Michael bet $1,998, bringing him up to $3,998.
Lydia bet $8,199, finishing with $16,399.
Jack bet $2,201 bet so he won the match with $16,401. His 2-day total is $46,802.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE FICTION SECTION ($800) Irving Stone’s fictionalized biography of artist Vincent Van Gogh has this passionate 3-word title
IT’S MEDICINAL ($1200) Introduced in 1899, this brand “works at the site of pain to provide targeted pain relief”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Astronomy”
Its name means “fear”, & this moon orbits closest to a planet’s surface of any moon in the solar system. show
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I knew there was something else on Chopin I wanted to add to the info but couldn’t fit it in — his body is buried in Pere Lachaise and, at his own request, his heart was taken out of his body and sent to Warsaw. Here’s a Live Science article from last November about it.
It makes no sense to me that these folks wanted to be cut open to make sure they were dead.
I don’t know if it’s an old wive’s tale or an urban legend or is based in fact, but supposedly people from the middle ages through the 19th century had a fear of being pronounced dead and accidentally being buried alive. I guess there were enough tales of people coming to in a mortuary that people wanted to ensure they were dead before the funeral.
Again, don’t know if it’s true or not, but I heard somewhere that sometimes a coffin would include a rope attached to a bell at the surface of the grave, so the “deceased” could pull the rope if they awoke in the coffin. Supposedly, that’s a reported origin of the term “dead ringer.” Even if false, it makes a good tale.
Hi Kevin, that is a good tale. On their fear of being buried alive, though, I couldn’t help thinking that if it got to the point where they cut your chest open, if you weren’t already dead, you would be soon!!
Won by $2 again.
Well a triple solve today but I am not very certain on how michael did not know the Whitestone Bridge in Queens. Verrazano bridge is in New Jersey and not part of the triborough section of New York. Plus. Jack had dominated the game despite missing a few clues although I knew all the entrepreneur people and the bridge category including the postal code four letter words.
VJ you heard of nocturne and the minute waltz from Chopin right? Do you still have the classical music,on a CD somewhere that you still keep?
Actually the Verrazano Bridge connects Brooklyn with Staten Island, two of New York City’s five boroughs.
We missed the first 5 questions because of a tribute to Martin Luther King. I can’t believe that 50 years have gone by, I was in the 7th grade then. I imagine he would be quite appalled at where we are now.
Here are the first 5 clues, Rhonda, showing who got it. The category was BIG 12 SCHOOLS:
($200) Located in Lawrence, it has produced 27 Rhodes Scholars (Michael)
($400) In 1966 a student holiday at this Waco school was named Dia Del Oso, or “The Day of the Bear” (Jack)
($600) Though its name connotes more engineering than soft rock tunes, this Lubbock U. boasts John Denver as an alum (Jack)
($800) This university Ames to please with murals by Grant Wood in its library (Michael)
($1000) Well, we’re livin’ here in Morgantown / At this Big 12 land-grant school of renown (Jack)
Thanks so much, VJ!
Michael and Lydia should have been in yesterday’s game when they had the Physics category and “Lydia, Oh, Lydia.” hahaha
In my next life, I hope to have enough time on my hands to think up word game clues like The Postman’s 4-Letter Words 😀
LINK: 11 more clues from the match
So VJ, did you listen to the video I posted yesterday?
Yes I did, Becci. That kid was very cute 🙂 Still, my favorite “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” is always gonna be Groucho.
Glad to see that I was wrong! @ Jacob & Nell: I guess we should have given the players more credit, after all Chopin is THE French/Polish connection. But I rather be wrong here and have a triple solve than have only one or none be right. So I stand corrected. I think Jack may go far. He does not ring in when he does not know the answer. He’s not a “wild guesser”. I think he had only 6 or so wrong answers in both games when ringing in first.
Those Daily Doubles make contestants so irked!