Final Jeopardy: New York Times Book Reviews (6-10-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/10/2024) in the category “New York Times Book Reviews” was:

In 1958 a review of this book now considered a classic called it repulsive, disgusting & “highbrow pornography”

8x champ Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, IN, has now won $183,100. In Game 9, she is up against: Aaron Lemos, a H.S. video production teacher from Northridge, CA; and Josh Fry, a software developer, orig. from Peachtree Corners, GA.

Round 1 Categories: Capitals & Their Airports – Bunny Lit – Well, That Happened – Time for Some Drugs – Duets With Dads – Find “Out”

Josh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Capitals & Their Airports” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,800, $1,000 less than Adriana’s lead. Josh made it a true Daily Double and said Amman. That was WRONG.

King Khalid International is its gateway show

WHAT IS RIYADH?

Adriana finished in the lead with $3,000. Aaron and Josh were tied in second with $1,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Senate History – The Animal Kingdom – Monuments & Memorials – There’s Gold in Your Future – They Directed Themselves – Emotions

Adriana found the first Daily Double in “Monuments & Memorials” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $9,800, $4,200 more than Josh in second place. Adriana bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

The Washington, D.C. area memorial to this service branch depicts a flag-raising on Mount Suribachi show

WHAT IS THE MARINE CORPS?

Josh found the last Daily Double in “The Animal Kingdom” under the $1,600 clue, with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $7,200, $3,300 less than Adriana’s lead. Josh bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.

Rats must gnaw constantly because these teeth whose name means “cutter” grow their whole lives, around 4-5 inches per year show

WHAT ARE INCISORS?

Adriana finished in the lead with $12,100. Josh was second with $10,700 and Aaron was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “LOLITA”?

“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov was first published in the USA in 1958. Orville Prescott, for the New York Times, is the one who wrote the scathing 8/18/1958 review, stating: “Mr. Nabokov, whose English vocabulary would astound the editors of the Oxford Dictionary, does not write cheap pornography. He writes highbrow pornography.” Prescott’s particular gripe appears to be Nabokov’s use of “middle-aged European intellectual and pervert” Humbert as the narrator: “To describe such a perversion with the pervert’s enthusiasm without being disgusting is impossible. If Mr. Nabokov tried to do so he failed.”

On the 62nd anniversary of the American publication of “Lolita”, Literary Hub re-published a number of book reviews, including Prescott’s and a 30th anniversary NYT review from Erica Jong.

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Aaron thought it was “Portnoy’s Complaint”. He bet and lost his whole $1,600.

Josh went with “The Catcher in the Rye”. That cost him $1,401 and left him with $9,299.

Adriana got it right. She bet $9,500 and won the game with $21,600. Adriana’s 9-day total is $204,700.

2 triple stumpers from MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS:

($800) Begun in 1885 & inaugurated in 1911, the Victor Emmanuel II monument commemorates the unification of this country

($2000) A memorial to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was dedicated in 2023 on Washington Place in the heart of this New York City area

More clues on Page 2

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

Of the Argonauts seeking the Golden Fleece, these 2 from the same family were from Sparta according to Homer show

WHO ARE CASTOR & POLLUX?

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