Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Literary Characters (5-15-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/15/2024) in the category “19th Century Literary Characters” was:
John Elwes, a millionaire member of Parliament who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles, inspired this character
3x champ Will Stewart, a political organizer orig. from Nashville, TN., has now won $70,501. In Game 4, he takes on these two players: Kathy Olson, a journalism professor from Allentown, PA; and Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk from Prescott, AZ.
Round 1 Categories: Union Men – Sportswomen – TJ Max – Facts About Foursomes – Foodie Book Titles – Antonymic Perrys
Will found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Union Men” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with $1,400. Will bet it all and he was RIGHT.
After a march from Atlanta to the sea, Gen. Sherman gave Lincoln a nice Xmas gift – this city, & 150 cannons & 25,000 bales of cotton show
Will finished in the lead with $7,600. Grant was second with $3,400 and Kathy was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: 2020s Politics – Trees – In the Period Film – The Runaways – Once Yugoslavia – The Next Word in the Dictionary After…
Grant found the first Daily Double in “The Runaways” under the $1,600 clue on the 15th pick. He was in 2nd place with $7,400 now, $3,400 less than Will’s lead. Grant bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Runaway Production (shows shot outside L.A.) is big in this foreign city; on “Suits” it played NYC, less than a 2-hour flight away show
Grant found the last Daily Double in “2020s Politics” under the $1,200 or $1,600 clue, with a dozen clues left after it. He was in the lead with $13,200, $1,200 more than Will in second place. Grant bet $4,000 and guessed Fetterman. That was WRONG.
Quite the center of attention in 2022, in the ‘60s this senator played QB for West Virginia & assistant coach Bobby Bowden show
Grant finished in the lead with $13,200. Will was second with $12,800 and Kathy was last with $6,600. One $400 clue was not shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS EBENEZER SCROOGE?
There are actually a bunch of different people who have been suggested as the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser-turned-philanthropist, in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (1843). One of them was John Elwes (1714-1789), a wealthy member of Parliament whose reputation as a cheapskate was, we hope, somewhat exaggerated. It was said this millionaire would eat meat that was going or had gone bad before he would buy fresh meat. Yikes!
According to the BBC, “Dickens would have known of Elwes through a biography written by Edward Topham, Life of the Late John Elwes (1790), which became a bestseller, going through 12 editions and establishing ‘Elwes the miser’ as the archetypal penny-pincher.” While Elwes was said to take self-denial to crazy extremes, he was allegedly generous in his dealings with other people.
Actor Cary Elwes talks about his miserly ancestor in this video.
Kathy bet $6,599 and finished with $13,199.
Will bet $401 and finished with $13,201.
Grant bet $12,401 and won the game with $25,601 (the same amount Will Stewart won in his first game last Friday). Grant DeYoung is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
IN THE PERIOD FILM ($2000) In 2020 this actor played a duke over on Netflix & in the period movie “Sylvie’s Love”, he played a jazz cat named Chico
THE RUNAWAYS ($1200) Runaway slave Henry Brown adopted this middle name for what he made it to freedom in
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “SAY IT IN ITALIAN”
It’s an Italian word for “mercy”, but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo show
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Congrats, Grant! You’ve earned the hell out of this win and champion title!
I think the last time all 3 players got the final clue was the one about the smoking room on the Titanic. This one was easier though.
Uneven game; the challengers began poorly, then rallied nicely.
When was the last time there was such an easy Final? That last $400 clue nailed by Grant essentially decided the outcome.
Not often I can say I hit all the doubles. “West Virginia” was a huge clue, and I thought it was going to cost Grant a possible win.