Final Jeopardy: 18th Century Literature (5-1-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/1/2023) in the category “18th Century Literature” was:
The first name of this title character is from Hebrew for “devoted to God”; his last name suggests he can be easily duped
New champ Kevin Belle, a trail planner from Silver Spring, MD, won $11,599 last week. In Game 2, he is up against: Maryhelen Shuman-Groh, a retired university administrator from Clearwater, FL; and Cyrus Zhou, a graduate student from Saint Louis, MO.
Mayday News: Mayim Bialik begins hosting the regular shows for the rest of Season 39.
Round 1 Categories: Titles with Exclamation Points! – World of Belief – 3-Letter Words with 2 Vowels – Time to Dance – It’s Gonna Be May! – Doctor: Who?
Kevin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It’s Gonna be May” under the $600 clue, with 4 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,600, $2,600 less than Cyrus’ lead. Kevin bet $2,400 and he was RIGHT.
On May 10-11, 1927 he flew from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis show
Cyrus finished in the lead with $6,400. Kevin was second with $6,200. Maryhelen was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Sitting in with the Orchestra – Divided Islands – Hi, TV Neighbor – World of Words – Better Angels – “R” Nature
Kevin found the first Daily Double in “World of Words” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in second place with $8,600, $200 less than Cyrus’ lead. Kevin bet $1,400 and he was RIGHT.
French for “work”, this vowel-heavy word is often used for all of the works by an artist or composer show
Maryhelen got the last Daily Double in “Sitting in with an Orchestra” under the $1,600 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in last place with $4,600 now, $7,400 less than Kevin’s lead. Maryhelen bet $3,600 and she was RIGHT.
On xylophone, I’ll keep the square dancing going in the hoe-down segment of this Aaron Copland ballet show
Kevin finished in the lead with $14,000. Maryhelen was second with $9,800 and Cyrus was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS LEMUEL GULLIVER?
Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical novel “Gulliver’s Travels” originally had a super long title that included the main character’s first name: “The Travels Of Lemuel Gulliver, Into Several Remote Nations Of The World; Who Was First A Surgeon, And Then A Captain Of Several Ships”. The given name Lemuel is a biblical name, seen in Proverbs 31. Swift coined a number of words in “Gulliver’s Travels”, with Yahoo probably being best known.
As for the last name, Per etymology online, “gull” as a verb “to dupe” has been around since the 1520s. This 2001 clue was a Daily Double in OLDEN INSULTS: The name of this seabird, meaning “one easily fooled”, later had -ible added to it
Cyrus thought it was Voltaire’s 18th century work “Candide”. He bet and lost the whole $7,600.
Maryhelen went with an 1895 Hardy character, Jude the Obscure. That cost her $6,000 and left her with $3,800.
Kevin had Simple Simon, an 17th or 18th century nursery rhyme. He lost $1,201 and won the game with $12,799. Kevin’s 2-day total is $24,398.
2 triple stumpers from HI, TV NEIGHBOR:
($1200) Winnie Cooper
($2000) Babette Dell (Sally Struthers)
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “City Origin Stories”
The mythical founder Byzas consulted the Oracle of Delphi before establishing what’s now known as this city show
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I started with 1700s novels, and Gulliver’s Travels went through my head. The “of God” made me think of “-el”. However, I didn’t put it all together, and had no answer.
The pauses and choppiness do not endear me.
“Easily duped” and “18th century lit” made FJ a giveaway. Cannot believe no one got it. Kevin bet enough to knock out Cyrus, but not nearly enough to beat Maryhelen if both got FJ right. It looked as if he was playing for 2nd.
Some tough stumpers, although there were a few I thought might have been answered. Winnie Cooper show; violin family instrument; Caribbean island; and Diestag/Dies Martis word.
Nobody wants to answer all the $2,000 clues in the Double Jeopardy round today.
The last clue in FJ was obviously an indirect reference to Lemuel Gulliver so my mother and I both got it right. Anyways, we’re glad to see Mayim Bialek back as the Jeopardy host.
Interesting FJ wager from Kevin, betting to cover an all-in from 3rd place but not defending vs. 2nd place. Though so many triple stumpers lately, maybe going small is smart. Would be tough to live with if FJ turns out to be a layup, though.
And we start off the month with a triple stumper as today’s final was a tough one.