Final Jeopardy: Mythology (5-16-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/16/2018) in the category “Mythology” was:

Ulysses & Menelaus were among those who emerged from the “womb” of this, called “tall as a mountain, ribbed with pine”

It’s the last semi-final match of the 2018 Teachers Tournament. Competing today: Larry Martin from Missouri, (2nd Grade), Jake Allen from Arkansas, (K-12 Gifted & Talented), Katherine Saxby from California, (HS English & French)

Round 1 Categories: Fer Sure, It’s the Valley, Dude – Fast Food – I Hear Voices – Alphabetic Homophones – Etiquette – Those Darn Etruscans

Jake found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Those Darn Etruscans” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000, $200 more than Larry in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was the Po. That was WRONG.

The Etruscans mainly lived between the Arno River and this historic river farther south. (image) show

WHAT IS THE TIBER?

Larry finished in the lead with $6,800. Jake was second with $3,400 and Katherine was last with $2,800.

Round 2 Categories: City of the Novel – Flags – Movie Quotes – Sociology – European Paintings – Sorta Before & After

Larry found the first Daily Double in “Flags” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick. He was in the lead with $8,400 now, $2,600 more than Jake in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

The flag of the United Nations has a map of the world framed by 2 of these. show

WHAT ARE OLIVE BRANCHES?

2 clues later, Katherine landed on the last Daily Double in “City of the Novel” under the $1,600 clue. In third place with $4,800, she had $6,600 less than Larry’s lead. She bet $2,000 and guessed Rome. That was WRONG.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” & “The Art of Racing in the Rain” show

WHAT IS SEATTLE?

Larry finished in the lead with $21,400. Jake was next with $12,600 and Katherine was in third place with $9,200.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE TROJAN HORSE?

In the beginning of Book II of Virgil’s “Aeneid”, Aeneas tells Dido, Queen of Carthage, about the Trojan Horse. You’ll only find snippets of Frank O. Copley’s translation online, where the quoted words in the clue come from: “Broken by war, forced back by fate, the Argive kings watched year on year slip by, 15 then built with help of Pallas’ holy hand a horse tall as a mountain, ribbed with pine.” Poetry in Translation has A.S. Kline’s version: “After many years have slipped by, the leaders of the Greeks, opposed by the Fates, and damaged by the war, build a horse of mountainous size, through Pallas’s divine art, and weave planks of fir over its ribs.” Copley uses “womb” for inside the horse; Kline uses “belly” so we’ve got that translation thing going on here like we did with the Cerberus FJ.

For Latin Lovers: a link to Book II in the original Latin.

Katherine came up with Athena. She lost her $9,000 bet and finished with $200.

Jake thought it was Vesuvius. That cost him $9,000 as well, leaving him with $3,600.

Larry got it right. He bet $4,000 so he won the last semi-final with $25,400. The 3 finalists in the next 2 games are: Steve Mond, Claire Bishop and Larry Martin.

2 triple stumpers from the first round:

FER SURE, IT’S THE VALLEY, DUDE ($1200) The 1912 eruption of Katmai’s Mount Novarupta created the Valley of 10,000 Smokes in this state

I HEAR VOICES ($800) Phil Lamarr tried to get back, back to the past voicing this magic sword-wielding title guy who took on the wicked Aku

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The Supreme Court”

With the passing of Antonin Scalia, this Reagan appointee became the longest-tenured justice on the court. show

WHO IS ANTHONY KENNEDY?

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