Final Jeopardy: Children’s Books (5-13-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/13/2021) in the category “Children’s Books” was:
The last book Dr.Seuss published in his lifetime, it climbs bestseller lists every spring
New champ Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, TX, won $14,000 yesterday. In Game 2, the challengers are: Matt McAndrews, a marketer from Philadelphia, PA; and Susan Schulman, a baker from Alexandria, VA.
Round 1 Categories: For Your Pies Only – Science – The Daily Triple – From TV Show to Film – Numbering the Nonfiction Books – Deadly Sin-onyms
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Numbering the Nonfiction Books” under the $600 clue, with 9 clues still to go after it. At $2,800, he was in a second place tie with Amanda. They both had $600 less than Susan’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and, to his surprise, he was RIGHT.
Hyeonseo Lee is one of the names of the author of “The Girl with Seven Names”, about defecting from this country. show
Matt finished in the lead with $7,400. Susan was second with $6,800 and Amanda was last with $3,400. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: History Class – 2-Letter First Namers – A Category about Nothing – Opera – “Light” at the End – The Tunnel
Susan found the first Daily Double in “Opera” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick. She was in the lead with $8,400 now, $200 more than Matt in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
“Almaviva, or the Useless Precaution” was the original title of this Rossini opera; its current title honors Figaro’s profession. show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “The Tunnel” under the $2,000 clue on the 17th pick. In second place with $11,800, he had $6,400 less than Susan’s lead. He bet $2,000 and thought it was a battery tunnel. That was WRONG.
In 1920, work began in a NYC-NJ tunnel named for him; it was said he could make you think of a tunnel as a mole thinks of a burrow show
Susan finished in the lead with $20,200. Matt was next with $15,000 and Amanda was in third place with $9,800. No clues went uncovered.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Dr. Seuss published “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” in January 1990. It became an immediate best-seller, reaching No. 1 on The NYT Best-Selling Fiction Hardcover list. Its positive and inspirational messages continue to resonate for proud parents and relatives of graduates from kindergarten through college. Its popularity in that respect causes “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” to sell well every year during graduation season in the USA and Canada.
5 years ago, Ben Orlin, writing for Slate, suggested that “We’re Giving the Wrong Dr. Seuss Book as a Graduation Gift”, and we ought to be giving “I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew”, as a more realistic depiction of life’s ups and downs (or perhaps representative of the grumpy relative who always has to say something like “I know a lot of college graduates who can’t get a job.” 🤣🤣🤣 )
Amanda got it right. She bet $9,799 and finished with $19,599.
Matt wrote out the “You’ll” contraction with “You Will”. That cost him $5,201 and left him with $9,799.
Susan came up with “The Lorax”. She lost her $10,000 bet and finished with $10,200. Amanda Ganske remains the Jeopardy champ with a 2-day total of $33,599.
A triple stumper from each round:
2-LETTER FIRST NAMERS ($400) Beginning in 1973 he received 4 consecutive Oscar nominations for acting
“LIGHT” AT THE END ($1600) 17th century artist Georges de la Tour was known as the “Master of” this type of illumination
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “The Cold War”
The Cold War became entrenched in the mid-1950s after the formation of these 2 rival military alliances show
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Proper wording of a book title is crucial here, especially when it comes to a children’s books from dr seuss. Alex previously reminded players about this because this has been a common mistake that contestants have made in final jeopardy and in the main rounds.
I’ve been to new york many times but have never traveled through the Lincoln or the Holland tunnels, but the previous tunnel we went to was the Queens-Midtown Tunnel coming out of laguardia.
Good comeback today by Amanda.
I agree, but the judges blow hot and cold sometimes. They rule you wrong if you add or omit a syllable (rightly so), but look the other way when it comes to misspelling. If Matt had written “Oh, the Plaices You’ll Go” they might have allowed it. Matt will fret about the curse of the apostrophe for a long time to come.
I had always assumed the Holland Tunnel was named for the Netherlands. But given the other NYC-NJ tunnel is the Lincoln Tunnel, “Holland” would have been a good guess, as the Lincoln Tunnel is more obviously named for the president.
Man that contraction You’ll cost Matt a victory. But Amanda prevails again and whoever wins tomorrow’s game gets to relax for 2 weeks because the Tournament of Champions begins next Monday.