Final Jeopardy: Name the French Author (5-20-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/20/2019) in the category “Name the French Author” was:

“I am making myself liable to articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense”

22x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, returns today after the 2-week Teachers Tournament. His winnings so far: $1,691,008. In Game 23, his opponents are: Adam Stone, an associate poli sci professor from Marietta, GA; and Jenny Gibbs, a handywoman and gardener from Charlottesville, VA.

Alex welcomed everyone back to the regular games and reminded us that James not only holds the record for the most money won in a single episode, but the top 12 spots as well.

Round 1 Categories: A Degree in Literature – Murphy, Brown – Let’s Go To That Sports Thing – Hammer Time – Stock Symbols – The Double L With You

James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Murphy, Brown” under the $1,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in a tie for the lead with Adam. They both had $1,000, $800 more than Jenny in second place. He bet his $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

Among the items she lost on the Titanic were crates of ancient artifacts that she had acquired for the Denver Museum. show

WHO IS MOLLY BROWN?

James finished in the lead with $12,000. Adam was second with $4,200 and Jenny was last with $1,800.

Round 2 Categories: Art School of Fish – New to the Scrabble Players Dictionary – A Shapely Category – A Prince Among Men – “O” the Places You’ll Go – The Monthly Movie Title

James found the first Daily Double in “‘O’ Places” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick. He was in the lead with $13,200 at this point, $7,400 more than Adam in second place. He bet $10,617 and he was RIGHT.

Pack your bags for this city, Japan’s third-largest & the first in Asia to host a World’s Fair. show

WHAT IS OSAKA?

2 clues later, James landed on the last Daily Double in “A Prince Among Men” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $25,017, he had $19,217 more than Adam. He bet $9,812, and he was RIGHT.

In the mid-19th century, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg helped restore this Austrian line to prominence. show

WHO ARE THE HABSBURGS?

James finished in the lead with $45,229. Jenny was next with $8,600 and Adam was in third place with $4,200. Two reversals were announced before FJ! (see below). The scores changed to $49,229 for James and $4,600 for Jenny.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS EMILE ZOLA?

The quotation in the clue is but one of many translations of Emile Zola’s statement in his famous 1/13/1898 letter, “J’Accuse…”, regarding the conspiracy to frame Captain Alfred Dreyfus for treason. Here is the original French: “En portant ces accusations, je n’ignore pas que je me mets sous le coup des articles 30 et 31 de la loi sur la presse du 29 juillet 1881, qui punit les délits de diffamation.” It comes right after Zola names names in specific accusations. He then adds that he is exposing himself to the risk of being charged with a crime voluntarily. Zola was brought to trial and convicted of libel. Watch Paul Muni portray Zola at the trial in this 1937 film clip.

This was the topic of FJ 2 years ago on 4/21/2017, only then they wanted the letter’s name

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Adam didn’t have a response. He lost $4,199, leaving him with one dollar.

Jenny got it right. She bet $4,201, bringing her up to $8,801.

James got it right, too. He boldly bet $40,000 (not his highest FJ! bet) and won the game with $89,229. His 23-day total is $1,780,237 and now, he’s got the Top 13 spots for single-game winnings.

Reversals:

A PRINCE AMONG MEN ($2000) Charlemagne had a son with this name who found he had “magic to do” in Italy – Alex accepted Jenny’s response of “Pepin the Short.” He was Charlemagne’s father. Jenny got docked for $4K. It certainly seems this confusion occurred because the card Alex had only said “Pepin.” Charlemagne actually had two sons called Pepin, one was “the Hunchback” and the other “of Italy”

A SHAPELY CATEGORY ($2000) In TV & movies, the shape of the screen is measured by this 2-word term– standard HDTV is 16:9 – Jenny gave them the response they wanted: aspect ratio. James got $4K when display ratio was accepted.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

ART SCHOOL OF FISH ($2000) This Frenchman who inspired the Impressionists painted some controversial works and his fish were unorthodox too.

THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE ($2000) In 1964 Burt Lancaster played a general attempting a military takeover of the government in this film

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The British Empire”

The city that some 19th century Englishmen called “Caranjee” is now the biggest city in this country. show

WHAT IS PAKISTAN?

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