Final Jeopardy: Literature (5-17-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/17/2022) in the category “Literature” was:
A contemporary review of a novel by this man said he commands attention as a kind of literary James Dean
2x champ Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, PA, won $43,000 since last Friday. In Game 3, his challengers are: Jason Smith, a head of risk operations from Scottsdale, AZ; and Justinne Lake-Jedzinak, a museum educator from Oyster Bay, NY.
Round 1 Categories: The American Red Cross – Poets – Indigenous Peoples – Tool Time: Pairs Edition – My Name Is a Palindrome – Talk to the Hand
Jason found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Indigenous Peoples” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,400, $600 less than Ryan’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The Chakma people are the largest indigenous group of this country once known as East Pakistan. show
Ryan finished in the lead with $9,200. Jason was second with $6,400 and Justinne was last with $1,200. All clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Military History – Countries in the U.S. – Water, Water Everywhere – Remembering the Ladies – Movie Title Before & After – Scoring a “T–D”
Ryan found the first Daily Double in “Scoring a ‘T–D’” under the $1,200 clue with 10 clues left. He was in second place with $10,800, $4,000 less than Jason’s lead. Ryan bet $8,000 and he was RIGHT.
An increase from $20 to $200 is this show
Justinne got the last Daily Double in “Water, Water Everywhere” under the $1,600 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in third place with $3,200, $15,600 less than Ryan’s lead. Justinne bet $2,200 and she was RIGHT.
This dwarf planet is about 25% water which could be handy for the goddess of crops it’s named for show
Ryan finished in the lead with $20,000. Jason was second with $16,000. Justinne was last with $6,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS JACK KEROUAC?
Time Magazine’s opinion of “On the Road” wasn’t exactly flattering, complaining that “The post-World War II generation–beat or beatific–has not found symbolic spokesmen with anywhere near the talents of Fitzgerald, Hemingway, or Nathanael West. In this novel, talented Author Kerouac, 35, does not join that literary league, either….”
Joshua Chaplinsky, Managing Editor of LitReactor, translated that to mean that Kerouac “had little to offer other than good looks and youthful rebellion,” In “Your Favorite Book Sucks: On The Road”, he notes that Time Magazine changed its tune when it named “On The Road” one of the 100 Best Books of All Time. In his amusing essay (which includes mild profanity), Chaplinsky concludes that reaction to Kerouac’s novel is similar to “how Nickelback can simultaneously be the most popular and most hated band in the world.”
Justinne thought it was J. D. Salinger. She lost her $2,201 bet and finished with $3,999.
Jason went with John Updike. That cost him $3,500 and left him with $12,500.
Ryan got it right. He bet $7,000 and won the game with $27,000. His 3-day total is $70,000. Nice going, Ryan!
2 triple stumpers from REMEMBERING THE LADIES:
($400) Kenyan activist Wangarĩ Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement that encouraged women to do this to help the environment
($1200) For eluding the Nazis, Resistance heroine Nancy Wake was dubbed “La souris blanche”, or this in English
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “21st Century Oscar Winners”
These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars but none of their films has won Best Picture show
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Ryan playing with fire, again with an inadequate wager. I thought Jason was going to pull it out. His knowledge of indigenous persons was remarkable.
I mentioned yesterday about graduating from college, and, my final semester, I took a course on Milton, and, so, I was happy that clue was answered correctly!
And, it holds true – Scottish poet means Burns. Period.
This was a good game, and enjoyable to watch. I didn’t come up with an answer for FJ.
Jason, Scottish poet also means Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson to me.
I always loved Scott’s “My Native Land” — (esp read by Bullwinkle)
I always loved RLS’ A Child’s Garden of Verses and taught some of those poems to my children.
Ryan definitely has a strong potential for the Tournament of Champions.
Very impressive gameplay tonight especially with Jason.