Final Jeopardy: Newspaper Names (6-2-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/2/2021) in the category “Newspaper Names” was:

Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient roman official who represented the people’s interests

New champ Robin Lozano, a hospitality executive from San Antonio, TX won $12,601 yesterday. In Game 2, the challengers are: John Alba Cutler, an English professor from Wilmette, IL; and Lydia Glaw, a biomedical engineer from Gaithersburg, MD.

Round 1 Categories: The Bible – European History – Describing the Film Trilogy – The Giving Tree – I’d like to Buy – “A” Vowel

John found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “European History” under the $600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,600, $3,000 more than both Robin and Lydia in second place. He bet $2,000 and came up with Serbia and Montenegro. That was WRONG.

This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1933 show

WHAT IS CZECHOSLOVAKIA?

Robin finished in the lead with $7,000. John was second with $4,400 and Lydia was last with negative $800. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Islands – It’s All About Her – Art Movements – Potpourri – New to the Oed – Pop Psychology

Robin found the first Daily Double in “It’s All About Her” under the $2,000 clue on the 16th pick. She was in the lead with $9,800 now, $1,800 more than John in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

”The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas” is less about Alice and more about this woman, her life partner who wrote the book show

WHO IS GERTRUDE STEIN?

John got the last Daily Double in “Art Movements” under the $800 clue on the 19th pick. In second place with $9,600, he had $2,200 less than Robin’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

With work like “Indefinite Divisibility,” Yves Tanguy helped import this European movement to the United States show

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Robin finished in the lead with $13,000. John was next with $11,000 and Lydia was in third place with $2,800. One $2,000 clue stayed on the board.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS TRIBUNE?
From Ancient Roman Odyssey: “By the time of the Roman Republic the name tribunes does not refer to any one specific office as there were different types of tribune with varying degrees of influence, power and responsibility. Tribunes were meant to act as a check on the Senate, keeping their power under scrutiny and ensuring there was no corruption. The most powerful and influential tribune was the tribune of the plebs.”

The sole duty of the ‘Tribune of the Plebs’ was to protect the plebeians and ease tensions between the classes. With that in mind, “Tribune” became a very popular name for newspapers. As Mayim Bialik said: “We have the New York Tribute, later the Herald Tribune, the San Diego Union-Tribune, among many others”, and of course, that would include the Chicago Tribune.

Lydia got it right. She bet $1,241 and finished with $4,041.

John got it, too. His $8,700 brought him up to $19,700.

Robin wrote down “Senator”. She lost her $9,001 bet and finished with $3,999. That made John Alba Cutler the new Jeopardy! champion.

A triple stumper from each round:

IT’S ALL ABOUT HER ($1600) “Daughter of Destiny” is the autobiography of this slain Pakistani prime minister

ART MOVEMENTS ($1600) Henri Matisse was the leader of this “wild beast” art movement that flourished in the early 1900s

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Novels”

The author of this tale dedicated the novel to British philosopher William Godwin, her father. show

WHAT IS “FRANKENSTEIN”?

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