Final Jeopardy: U.S. Authors (6-18-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question in the category “U.S. Authors” was:

In his 1958 essay “Essentials of Spontaneous Prose”, he compared a writing technique to a jazz musician’s style.

Today’s players: 3x champ Ryan Fenster from SeaTac, Washington; Justin Earnshaw, from Cheyenne, WY; and Sara Helmers, from Washington, DC.

This is a rerun from 2/1/2018. The full recap is over here

Ryan Fenster’s run was split up between different months. This game was when he was first on in the week of 1/29/18. He also was in 4 games in the week of 7-16-18.

Here are some more clues from other Ryan Fenster games:

HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA ($800) The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is in this building that in November 1963 became instantly world famous

FREEZE FRAME ($2000) 2 animated shows have been based on this Ezra Jack Keats kids’ book in which Peter plays in the city’s first snowfall

ON STAGE ($1000) Let’s go to this Lillian Hellman show whose “small” title comes from creatures in the Bible “that spoil the vines”

2-WORD SONG TITLES ($1600) In 2013 Katy Perry was “coming atcha like a” this, perhaps James K. Polk

FOREIGN FILMS ($800) This 1969 French-language film with a 1-letter title was subtitled “Anatomy of a Political Assassination”

FICTIONAL DOCTORS ($2000) A doctor himself, he created Dr. Stapleton, who solves medical mysteries in thrillers like “Contagion”

PUN-ISHING CLUES ($800) “What a chicken does to an egg”, or a small ax

WHO DIS? ($1200) Adjusted for inflation, this director’s “Animal House” made more than $400 million

MIDDLE AGE ($800) Keen, ardent, impatiently longing

FROM BOOK TO TV ($2000) Aidan Turner plays this Winston Graham title hero fighting injustice in Cornwall on PBS’s “Masterpiece”