Final Jeopardy: Women Writers (5-10-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/10/2018) in the category “Women Writers” was:

On her 2012 passing this Oscar nominee was described as “an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold” (but funnier)

The teachers in the 4th quarterfinal of the 2018 Teachers Tournament are: Beth Binder from Colorado (6th Grade); Indi Ekanayake from Washington (8th Grade Science); and Katherine Saxby, from California, (H.S. English & French)

Round 1 Categories: Hobbies & Pastimes – Great American Novels – Shall We “Dance”? – Titles Made Metric – All Eyes – On You

Katherine found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Great American Novels” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,400, $800 less than Beth’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

This Dreiser novel lives up to its title: Clyde dies in the electric chair for murdering his pregnant girlfriend. show

WHAT IS “AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY”?

Beth finished in the lead with $5,600. Katherine was second with $3,800 and Indi was last with $3,400.

Round 2 Categories: An Appellation for the Teacher – TV: Who Played ‘Em? – Asian Geography – Rhetorical Devices – Quotes About Music – Fast Company

Indi found the first Daily Double in “Asian Geography” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick. He was in second place with $5,000 at this point, $600 less than Beth’s lead. He bet $2,500 and couldn’t think of it so he was WRONG.

A large region of Turkey aka Asia Minor is called this, from the Greek for “east” show

WHAT IS ANATOLIA?

Indi found the last Daily Double in “Appellation” under the $1,600 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In third place with $2,900, he had $4,700 less than Beth’s lead. He bet $2,000 and thought it was Augustus. That was WRONG.

A Yorkshireman, Alcuin was “schoolmistress to France” & taught this first Holy Roman Emperor. show

WHO IS CHARLEMAGNE?

Katherine finished in the lead with $7,000. Beth was next with $6,800 and Indi was in third place with $2,500.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS NORA EPHRON?

The quote in today’s final clue comes from Nora Ephron’s 6/27/2012 obituary in the New York Times, the day after the multi-talented writer passed away. “She was a journalist, a blogger, an essayist, a novelist, a playwright, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a movie director,” it adds, and recounts her many successes in those fields. They included 3 Best Writing Oscar nominations for “Silkwood” (1983), “When Harry Met Sally” (1989) and “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), as well as her best-selling essay collections: “I Feel Bad About My Neck” (2006) and “I Remember Nothing” (2010).

In 2013, the Tribeca Film Festival created the $25,000 Nora Ephron Award, given annually to a female writer or filmmaker “with a distinctive voice.”

Indi didn’t have a response. He lost his $2,000 bet and finished with $500.

Beth wrote down Fannie Flagg (alive and 73). She lost her $4,000 bet, leaving her with $2,800.

Katherine got it right. She bet $6,601 and won the 4th semi-final spot with $13,601.

A triple stumper from each round:

GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS ($1000) This Heinlein novel begins, “Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith”

AN APPELLATION FOR THE TEACHER ($400) Thomas Jackson, an artillery tactics instructor at VMI in the 1850s, later acquired this famous nickname

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “African Geography”

After the secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, this became the largest country in Africa by area. show

WHAT IS ALGERIA?

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