Final Jeopardy: Art History (5-26-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/26/2016) in the category “Art History” was:

Escalier is in the original title of a work by this artist that scandalized NYC’s Intl. Exhibition of Modern Art in 1913.

8x champ Buzzy Cohen has now won $147,803. He plays his 9th game today against these two players: Dan Rothfarb, from Annandale, VA; and Riley Molin, originally from Bloomington, IN.

After the introductions, Alex Trebek said: “Well, as you just saw, our champion, Buzzy, is feeling his oats, but he’s running out of body parts. He told his friends when he started winning on the program, that he would, you know, touch something different each day. Well, you saw today, the last thing he touched is his eyebrow. He’s only got one eyebrow to go, then who knows? Oh gosh, where will he go?” LOL!

Round 1 Categories: Romantics – TV’s Greatest Hits – Words of Encouragement – Mountain / Man – Hazardous – “P” In Fashion

Buzzy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “”P” in Fashion” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was the only one with any money — $600. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

J. Crew offers this classic skirt in a style appropriately called No. 2.  show

WHAT IS A PENCIL SKIRT?

Buzzy finished in the lead with $6,000. Dan was second with $4,000 and Riley was in the hole to the tune of $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: Rome Antics – Prologues – “Young” Men & Women – Beastly Expressions – My First Car – What Is It?

Dan found the first Daily Double in “Rome Antics” under the $2,000 clue. There were 2 categories and one clue to go after it. In second place with $8,800, he had $4,800 less than Buzzy’s lead. He bet $5,000 but could only come up with “fountain” so he was WRONG.

In 2015 this landmark reopened after a 17-month restoration– don’t forget to bring coins to throw in. show

WHAT IS THE TREVI FOUNTAIN?

3 clues later, Dan landed on the last Daily Double in “Prologues” under the $1,200 clue. He was still in second place and now had $3,400, $10,200 less than Buzzy’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

This Shaw play is prefaced by a section called “A Professor of Phonetics”. show

WHAT IS “PYGMALION”?

Buzzy finished in the lead with a runaway $16,800. Dan was next with $7,600 and Riley was in third place with $2,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS MARCEL DUCHAMP?

“Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) sparked a storm of controversy at the International Exhibition of Modern Art held at the National Guard 69th Regiment Armory in New York in 1913. The painting was perceived by the majority of art critics to be utterly unintelligible, and it soon became the butt of jokes, jingles, and caricatures. The American Art News offered a ten dollar reward to the first reader who could “find the lady”1 within the jumble of interlocking planes and jagged lines, and newspaper cartoonists had a field day with the painting, lampooning it…. When Duchamp learned of the scandal, he was delighted, and the widespread notoriety that the painting brought him encouraged the French artist to move to New York two years later.” Excerpt from Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Museum’s website

Also see The Armory Show at 100, the Exhibit’s anniversary website. It has an “Armory Funnies” section.

Riley wrote down “M.C. Escher.” That cost her $2,199 and she was left with a dollar.

Dan wrote down “Gustave Klimt.” He lost his $2,400 bet, finishing with $5,200.

Buzzy was back to his runaway antics, betting nothing and writing down a message for his host: “Who is once more Trebek … once more?” He won the match with his pre-FJ $16,800. That’s a 9-day total of $164,603. Buzzy’s feeling his oats even more now and we will get to see him touch his other eyebrow tomorrow.

ROMANTICS ($800) Pop band The Romantics had a hit with this song that could be called “Somniloquy”

PROLOGUES ($2000) The prologue of this Wilkie Collins novel mentions a yellow diamond, “a famous gem in the native annals of India.”

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Fruits”

It’s the only commercially important edible fruit of the bromeliad family. show

WHAT IS THE PINEAPPLE?

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