Final Jeopardy: Famous Characters (5-7-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/7/2024) in the category “Famous Characters” was:

She’s introduced in an 1845 novella in which she wears a short skirt with her mantilla thrown back to show her shoulders

New champ Matthew Smith, paramedic from New York, NY, won $26,400 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Daniel King, a Brown University grad from Parsippany, NJ; and Allison Gross, a data scientist from Cleveland, OH.

Round 1 Categories: “One” of Those Books – Death in the Capital – It’s All Relative – Hodgepodge – TV Movies – Words in Jeopardy

Allison found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Death in the Capital” under the $800 clue just after the break. She was in second place with $2,000, $200 less than Matthew’s lead. Allison made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

Pope Julius II called him to Rome to do his art thing; he died there in 1564 show

WHO IS MICHELANGELO?

Allison finished in the lead with $5,600. Matthew was second with $2,600 and Daniel was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Around the Adriatic – Pronunciation Advice – Dinosaurs – Do You Know Your Ralphabet? – Pop Music – Tear U-S Apart

Daniel found the first Daily Double in “Pronunciation Advice” under the $1,600 clue on the first pick of the round. In last place with $1,200, he was $4,400 behind Allison’s lead. Daniel bet $2,000 but drew a blank so he was WRONG.

It became a Canadian province in 1949 & poet E.J. Pratt advised, accent on the last syllable, swallow the 1st D show

WHAT IS NEWFOUNDLAND?

Allison found the last Daily Double in “Around the Adriatic” under the $1,600 clue on the 18th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $9,400, $4,000 more than Matthew in second place. Allison bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Once federated with Serbia, it’s the smallest in the area of the nations bordering on the Adriatic Sea show

WHAT IS MONTENEGRO?

Allison finished in the lead with $11,800. Matthew was second with $7,000 and Daniel was last with $2,000. 3 clues were not shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS CARMEN?

“Carmen” is the ill-fated gypsy in Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella about obsessive love and jealousy. Mérimée was inspired to write the tale by Napoleon III’s mother-in-law, the Countess de Montijo.

In the English Librivox translation on YouTube, it is the jasmine that hints at her seductive powers when Carmen first appears in Chapter 2: “In her hair, she wore a great bunch of jasmine, a flower which at night exhales a most intoxicating perfume. She was dressed simply, almost poorly, in black as most work girls are dressed in the evening…. When she drew near me, the woman let the mantilla which had covered her head drop on her shoulders and, by the dim light falling from the stars, I perceived her to be young, short in stature, well proportioned and with very large eyes.” The short skirt and bare shoulders show up in Chapter 3 when she meets Don Jose.

If you just want to know the differences between Merimee’s story and Georges Bizet’s opera, click here.

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Daniel got it right. He bet $1,998 and finished with $3,998.

Matthew thought it was Maria. That cost him $4,900 and left him with $2,100.

Allison was going for Lady somebody but didn’t shed any light on her self-described scribbles. She lost $2,201 but won the game with $9,599 she had left. Allison Gross is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

DEATH IN THE CAPITAL ($400) This Doors frontman reportedly died in a Paris bathtub July 3, 1971; others believe he faked his death

DO YOU KNOW YOUR RALPHABET? ($1200) E: In “The American Scholar” he wrote, “Character is higher than intellect”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “NATIONAL ANTHEMS”

“Terre de nos aïeux” follows the title in the French version of this anthem show

WHAT IS “O CANADA”?

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