Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Europeans (6-17-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/17/2020) in the category “19th Century Europeans” was:

In an 1889 letter to his brother, he wrote, “I wouldn’t exactly have chosen madness if there had been a choice”

Today’s contestants: 4x champ Rachel Lindgren; Jeff Machusko, from Centennial, CO; and Rosie Jonker, from New York, NY.

This is a rerun from 1/25/2018. The full recap is over here

Click here if you want to see all the Final Jeopardy! clues from the week of 1-22-18, when Rachel won each game.

Here are some more clues from other Rachel Lindgren games:

STATES BY LAKES ($1000) Tippecanoe Lake, Cagles Mill Lake

SERIAL KILLERS ($1600) Mistah Kurtz–he dead; in the April 1899 issue of Blackwood’s Magazine thanks to this author (Daily Double – Rachel won $2000)

COUNTRY NICKNAMES ($1000) “The Land of the White Elephant”, aka “The Land of Smiles”

CRUSADERS ($2000) After Crusaders captured this city in 1098, they found the relic called the Holy Lance, though not the Holy Hand Grenade

QUESTIONABLE MOVIE TITLES ($1600) Escaped convict George Clooney forms a bluegrass band

LET’S TALK DESSERT ($800) “The proof is” here likely referred to a meat dish back in the day; to us, it sounds much sweeter

PITT LIT ($2000) A nurse is supposed to institutionalize a girl born with Down syndrome in this novel but instead moves to Pittsburgh with her

“YOU” TUNES ($800) Tom Cruise sings… well…performs… this Righteous Brothers hit in “Top Gun”; now the clue is gone, gone, gone…

THE THING’S THE PLAY ($400) The title of this 1879 Ibsen masterpiece is a child’s plaything

CHARACTERS IN MYTH ($2000) These 2 Greek buddies were so faithful to each other one volunteered to die in the other’s place