Final Jeopardy: Nobel-Winning Novelists (5-25-21)
Here are some more clues from the 5/25/2021 Jeopardy! game:
HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS ($1000) Riverfest is a big annual celebration in Wichita, Kansas & this is the river
THE FAMILY BUSINESS ($400) In 2006 the new CEO of this beverage company was August IV, great-great-grandson of co-founder Adolphus
($1000) The Piëch-Porsche family has the largest stake in this automaker that owns Audi, & yes, Porsche
TOURNAMENTS ($1000) In 1851 the first international tournament of this game was held in London, with Adolf Anderssen crowned champion
DOUBLE THE DOUBLE VOWELS ($1000) This transparent feature first debuted for Ford on the 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS ($400) Choreographer Eliot Feld turned the music of Johann Strauss Jr. into these “dotty” dances
VEGETABLES ($1600) This vegetable was described by Mark Twain as a “cabbage with a college education”
THE “TOC” ($1200) Fans of vintage stuff covet old unsold items classed as this inventory with a “mortal” name
($2000) The name of this cloud layer means “high heap”
Sneak Peek clues — BESTSELLERS
($200) This bestselling novel by Laura Esquivel was published in Spanish as “Como agua para chocolate”
($400) In a novel by Matt Haig, infinite books line the shelves of “The Midnight” this title place; most offer another story of reality
($600) Sergio D’Angelo sneaked this story of Yuri & Lara out of the USSR & it became a bestseller
($800) Madeline Miller had bestsellers with “Circe” & “The Song of” him
($1000) This 1956 book about a politician in his final campaign became a phrase meaning any fine or brave farewell performance
ANSWERS: show
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Ryan looked deflated; Veronica overcome with emotion. Bittersweet ending to a great game..
Ryan Bilger: It was “Sabin” that cost me my game.
Gotta root for VVV because we both live in Portland. She’s now guaranteed at least 50K. Didn’t hurt the librarian a bit to get Novels for FJ and a best-seller category earlier. I saw the movie “The Last Hurrah” back in 1960, so that one I actually knew. Never heard of the Faulkner novel, though.
One of last week’s defeated quarter-finalists wrote on Facebook the other day that the 3 semis are the best games she’s ever seen. I wouldn’t say that, but the first 2 were pretty good.
Oh man, Ryan must be beating himself up because he bet $5,000 on that Daily Double. If he had bet $2,500 or less, he would have won if he wagered enough to cover Veronica if she doubled.
Those of us of a certain age are well familiar with the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines.
One was a shot; one was a sugar cube.
Veronica placed the big bet for two reasons: “go big or go home” (likely based on the category, since she’s a librarian) and also because the semi-finalist with the highest total is the contestant who chooses first (occupying the daily champion podium on the far left) for the ToC finals.
Thank you, Kathy. Did not know the high-scoring finalist got the catbird seat.
Baffled by the 15,400 wager.
A great game played today by all the players and veronica has actually improved a lot since her previous four game run. I think Jennifer might do the same thing that veronica did but we will see how Jason and nibir will do as they are equally competitive.
Which author has the name Baldwin was Kevin referring to?
Lou , I’m guessing Kevin was referring to James Baldwin who was an African American author. He wrote about race issues. I read his book “The Fire Next Time” which is not a novel. Hopefully Kevin will pop in and let us know for sure.
I think Jennifer or Nibir will win. Jason is my least favorite.
I hope Jennifer is wins but regardless of what happens tomorrow I am rooting for Veronica as this years winner.
YEAH!!!
Yeah but why do you not like Jason? I don’t really want him to win but if he did I wouldn’t be upset
And then there were 5.
Well we’ll see how tomorrow’s game goes for Jennifer, Jason, and Nibir.
Jennifer and Nibir all the way.
So far we have Sam and Veronica waiting in the wings to come back on Thursday and Friday to play for 250,000. It will be a rematch between them since they first compete each other last Friday but Veronica had the highest score in the semi-final so far.
I don’t want Jason to win.