Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Novels (5-29-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/29/2019) in the category “19th Century Novels” was:
The author of this tale dedicated the novel to British philosopher William Godwin, her father.
29x champ James Holzhauer, a pro sports gambler from Las Vegas, NV, has won $2,254,938 now. In Game 30, he takes on these two players: Faizan Kothari, an investment banking analyst from New York, NY; and Lisa Clark, a freelance designer from Atlanta, GA.
Round 1 Categories: 1919 – Robots – Your TV Government at Work – Clothes Minded – I’m Reading You – Loud & Clear
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “1919” under the $600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in a tie for the lead with Faizan. They both had $2,800. Lisa was still at zero. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.
This informal literary group that included Robert Benchley & Dorothy Parker began meeting for lunch in 1919. show
James finished in the lead with $10,400. Faizan was second with $5,200 and Lisa was last with $2,000.
Round 2 Categories: One Big Swamp – 1980s Pop Lyrics – Differs by a Vowel – Awards & Prizes – Space “Ex” – A Little Trouble With Names
James found the first Daily Double in “One Big Swamp” under the $1,600 clue on the second pick. He was in the lead with $12,400 now, $7,200 more than Faizan in second place. He bet $11,914 and he was RIGHT.
It comes between “Great” & “Swamp” in the name of a part of Virginia & North Carolina that doesn’t sound like a tourist spot. show
3 clues later, Faizan found the last Daily Double in “Space ‘Ex'” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $6,800, he had $18,714 less than James in the lead. He bet $4,000 and said “escape.” No “ex” in there, even though he said it like it did, so that was WRONG.
The speed of expulsion of a rocket’s gas or other propellant is this “velocity” show
James finished in the lead with $43,914. Faizan was next with $9,200 and Lisa was in third place with $2,800.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The author of “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus” was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797. Her biographical sketch on Victorian Web tells us that “Before her marriage to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite the fact that she had grown up without ever knowing her birth mother Mary always referred to herself as ‘Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.’ After her marriage, she dropped the ‘Godwin,’ but hung on to her mother’s name, signing her letters ‘MWS.'” Mary’s already troubled relationship with her father was made worse when she ran off with Shelley. Her “Frankenstein” dedication to her father simply reads: “To William Godwin, author of ‘Political Justice,’ ‘Caleb Williams,’ etc., this volume is respectfully inscribed by the author.”
From 2000: This clue was a triple stumper although one player was close with “Goodwin”: “G” MEN ($600) He was Mary Wollstonecraft’s husband & Mary Shelley’s father
Lisa had a smiley face for her response. She lost everything but $1.00.
Faizan got it right. He only bet $23 so he finished with $9,223.
James got it, too. He bet $25,119 and won this game with $69,033. His 30-day total is $2,323,971. OMG– less than $200,000 to beat Ken Jennings’ record now.
A triple stumper from each round:
YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK ($1000) Ex-CIA analyst Elizabeth McCord practices both international & domestic diplomacy on this CBS show
1980S POP LYRICS ($1200) Michael Jackson: “The word is out you’re doing wrong, gonna lock you up before too long”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Communication”
Shigetaka Kurita designed the original set of 176 of these, which included the zodiac glyphs, hearts & a pair of googly eyes. show
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James must be mighty fast. He has blazing speed. Just like Blaze, Stripes, Starla, Darington, Zeg, and Watts from Blaze and the Monster Machines.
Sunday is the 15th anniversary of the first aired episode of Ken Jennings. My guess is Monday is the day James beats Ken’s regular game record. Brad Rutter won only $55,102 in regular games by comparison (old dollar values in 2000 and five day limit, not counting the two Camaros he won for winning five games)
There has been a couple of games based on the book of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley both of them were from the early 90s. There was also a wishbone episode that also did the story of Frankenstein. Shame that Lisa couldn’t get things rolling but congratulations to James again. My favorite quote from Frankenstein was come and get Me Frankenstein.” And if you do not come do as I ask. I think the last line was while I am lonely.
$196,729 to be exact.
Well, it seems to me that getting all 3 DD’s isn’t a regular thing anymore so it doesn’t look like he’s going to pass Ken’s winnings by Friday. It would sure be bummer if he lost the day he only needed less than $25K to do it!
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
Also, while I’m at it, here’s the other 4 clues from 1980s Pop Lyrics. They didn’t think it was necessary to put the artist in the first two clues:
($400) “Did I ever tell you you’re my hero? You’re everything, everything I wish I could be”
($800) “If you’re lost, you can look– and you will find me”
($1600) Bon Jovi: “Take my hand and we’ll make it, I swear”
($2000) Queen: “How long can you stand the heat? Out of the doorway the bullet rip to the sound of the beat”
The Bon Jovi song is my favorite in the category
@VJ… my dear friend, re: the $400 clue, YOU are the wind beneath all our J! lovin’ wings!😉
Thank you, JJ 😊
I thought the Italian superlative clue was incorrect when I first saw it. I knew fortissimo is very loud, and thought that superlatives always corresponded to the ‘-est’ adjectives in English (or adding ‘most’ or ‘least’). But it turns out that those words are technically called ‘relative superlatives’, and that there is something called ‘absolute superlatives’, which, in English, are indicated with the word ‘very’. So ‘fortissimo’ is actually a ‘relative superlative’.
It’s always interesting to learn that something you are certain about for years is actually incorrect, or, at least, only half the picture.