Final Jeopardy: Debut Novels (6-16-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/16/2022) in the category “Debut Novels” was:
Published in 1991, this novel, the first in a series, has been described as “historical fiction with a Moebius twist”
2x champ Megan Wachspress, an attorney from Berkeley, CA, has now won $28,801. In Game 3, her opponents are: Steve Ruiz, a doctoral student from Gilbert, AZ; and Sarah Borrelli, an attorney from Hamilton, MT.
Round 1 Categories: Artists & Their Subjects – All Alliterative Familiar Phrases – Classic Lit – Horror Movies – Get Out – The “O” Men
Megan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Artists & Their Subjects” under the $400 clue on the second pick of the round. She was the only one on the board with $200. Megan bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
Kehinde Wiley has jasmine (to represent Hawaii) & chrysanthemums (Chicago’s official flower) in his portrait of this man show
Megan and Steve finished in a tie for the lead with $6,600. Sarah was second with $2,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Who Was Where, When – Places in the USA – It’s All Relativity – Classic Cars – Everything’s Coming up Roses – From “B” to “I”
Sarah found the first Daily Double in “It’s All Relativity” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in last place with $5,800, $6,000 less than Steve’s lead. Sarah bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
Nobel winner Kip Thorne made sure the science was right in “Interstellar”, about a trip through one of these relativistic tunnels show
4 clues later, Sarah picked up the last Daily Double in “Places in the USA” under the $1,200 clue. She was in last place with $10,600 now, $1,600 less than Steve’s lead. Sarah bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
A favorite restaurant of Joe Biden’s is Piccolina Toscana in this Delaware city, his longtime home show
Steve finished in the lead with $16,200. Sarah was second with $13,400 and Megan was last with $11,800. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
On her website, author Diana Gabaldon delves into the birth of her Outlander” series, which she calls “Big, Fat, Historical Fiction, à la James Clavell and James Michener” that includes “history, warfare, medicine, sex, violence, spirituality, honor, betrayal, vengeance,…time travel” and a lot more. “Outlander” heroine Claire Beauchamp (aka Randall, Fraser and Grey) is a 1940s nurse who travels back to 1740s Scotland, so check off medicine and time travel (the Moebius twist) for starters. 😁WHAT IS “OUTLANDER”?
Now up to 9 titles, Gabaldon says that each novel “can be read independently of each other.” I don’t know whether that is true of the STARZ TV series, now up to 6 seasons.
Megan thought it was “Wolf Hall”. She lost her $6,199 bet and finished with $5,601.
Sarah went with “Interview with a Vampire”. That cost her $10,000. She had $3,400 left.
Steve was going for Abraham Lincoln but only got as far as “Lin”. Finished or not, that was a $10,601 loss. Steve landed in second place with $5,599 and, for the second time, Megan emerged the winner by a margin of $2.00. Amazing! Her 3-day total is $34,402.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE “O” MEN ($1000) Rossini called this Prussian-born composer “our little Mozart of the Champs-Élysées”
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES ($800) She starred in the movie “The Rose” & had a No. 3 hit with the title song in 1980
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Medical History”
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks show
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My wife, who is usually disinterested in J!, got this FJ easily. Me, not so much (i.e., at all).
I did chuckle at Sarah giving the same, incorrect response twice in a row!
Another tough FJ to be sure, and I couldn’t even wager a guess.
That was a tough final as we got a triple stumper.
I will have to add the outlander book to my bucket list later. Good players today and a good game by everyone.
VJ, Thank you for reinforcing what Mayim Bialik said at the end of today’s game that Megan won for the 2nd time by $2. Two must be her lucky number. 🤔 We’ll see what tomorrow brings. Fascinating. Also, glad I wasn’t the only one who had no idea on today’s fj. Way out of my wheelhouse. Yikes.