Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Literature (6-22-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/22/2022) in the category “19th Century Literature” was:
This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird “equally capable of speech”
6x champ Megan Wachspress, an attorney from Berkeley, CA, won $60,603 so far. In Game 7, she takes on these two players: Sarah Brogren, a writer from Burbank, CA; and Jeff Weinstock, a marketing lecturer from Miami, FL.
Round 1 Categories: ____ing Book Titles – Old Ad Slogans – Word Origins – The Senator’s First Name – Face/Palm – The Song of the Day
Megan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Word Origins” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,600, $2,600 less than Jeff’s lead. Megan bet $1,000 and thought it was cholera. That was WRONG.
Bad air was thought to cause this disease, so it was given a name meaning “bad air”; it’s caused by parasites show
Jeff finished in the lead with $5,000. Sarah was second with $3,800. Megan was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Hail to the Chef – The 1800s – On Planet Pop Culture – Double Double E – Rocks & Plants… – In This Economy?
Sarah found the first Daily Double in “On Planet Pop Culture” under the $1,200 clue with 7 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $7,400, $400 more than Jeff in second place. Sarah bet $4,000, and went with Mick Jagger. That was WRONG.
This member of singing royalty said, “Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band… called Hair, Nose & Teeth” show
Sarah got the last Daily Double in “Rocks and Plants” under the $1,600 clue with 2 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $8,000, $1,000 more than Jeff in second place. Sarah bet $1,000, and tried granite. That was WRONG.
The dimension type of this metamorphic rock is in blackboards, while the crushed type can go into composition roofing show
Sarah and Jeff finished in a tie for the lead with $7,000. Megan was last with $5,600. Two clues worth $3,200 were not shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Edgar Allan Poe published “The Philosophy of Composition” in 1846, in which he chose to dissect his 1845 poem “The Raven”. Apparently aware of comparisons to prior literary works, Poe stressed originality as his foremost consideration in composing “The Raven”. The poem had already been called an imitation of Dicken’s raven in “Barnaby Rudge”. A year before Poe died, poet James Russell Lowell lampooned Poe in “A Fable for Critics”: “There comes Poe with his raven, like Barnaby Rudge, / Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer fudge.”
In “The Cryptographic Imagination: Secret Writing from Edgar Poe to the Internet”, Shawn James Rosenheim suggests that Poll, Robinson Crusoe’s parrot was the original inspiration for a talking bird before Poe chose another “equally capable of speech”
Here’s a list of fictional birds in various mythologies, literature, film and a lot more.
Megan got it right after starting with Robert Louis Stevenson. She probably was thinking of Captain Flint, the “pieces of eight!” squawking parrot from “Treasure Island” but crossed him out and went with the right birdman, Edgar Allan Poe. She bet $1,401 and finished with $7,001.
Sarah went and stayed with Robert Louis Stevenson. She bet and lost her whole $7,000.
Jeff got it right, too. He bet $4,202 and won the game with $11,202. Mayim’s opening observation that Megan defeated a 6x champ and the same could happen for Jeff or Sarah came true. Jeff Weinstock is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
____ING BOOK TITLES ($600) A young adult bestseller that’s kind of a twist on “The Breakfast Club”: “One of Us is” this
THE 1800S ($1600) Tenskwatawa, known as the Shawnee prophet, was the brother of this leader
4 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Novels”
“I’ve killed my brother” is said near the end of this 1952 book with a biblical title & a plot echoing a biblical story show
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VJ, Jeff’s wager was $4202, not $4002. Evidently he thought Megan would wager all $5600, so his M.O. was to beat her by $2 if both were correct. But it would have backfired if Sarah had nailed FJ with her $7K wager. Had Sarah nailed that easy last DD (slate), the wagering likely would have been different.
Despite all the incorrect responses and stumpers, this was a pretty smart group, IMO.
In hindsight, FJ was pretty easy, but I drew a blank. But earlier today, I sent an email to some football-loving friends about the current and former Baltimore Ravens who’d just died, and I used “Quoth the Ravens, Nevermore” as my subject line. (I know, that was a “Poe” excuse for a joke.)
Thanks, Howard. I fixed that.
“EQUALLLY” Seriously Jeopardy at the bottom of the screen during fj of June 22, 2022 show? Now the mass media has picked up on it. Not good for a show that penalized 2 people this week for spelling.
Congratulations Jeff. It feels good to see someone from a School of Business beat Megan at her wagering strategy. VJ, I bet you said I know Jacob will be happy to see a Business Professor win.🤗
Megan was a gracious loser and probably relieved to have no more pressure. Just speculation on my part.
VJ, of course you remember I’m Professor Emeritus, Business enjoying my retirement after 50 years of turning out graduate & doctoral students upon graduation into the Business world. Hanging out on Fikkle Fame is a real joy for me & my favorite retirement activity. Love it & the people. 💕
Yes, Jacob, of course I remember that you’re a professor emeritus. I meant to say something about it in Megan’s first game when the other contestant, Barry, was a professor emeritus.
Rhonda, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the dunce cap today! Congrats in advance on becoming a grandma. I know how excited you must be!
VJ, I didn’t say anything about him because his discipline was Biology. Sam Buttrey was the last professor i recall from Business & J. P. Allen. Now we have Jeff. Don’t see too many Business Professors on Jeopardy. Too quantitative. Not well rounded imo. Sam Buttrey was a walking encyclopedia though.
Wasn’t that nuts when they actually showed the dunce cap, VJ? Thanks for your kind words, I’m an especially noivous bunny these days, waiting for the arrival of the new little baby bunny.
yes, Rhonda, that was absolutely nuts! Now I have to find a dunce cap emoji or, if all else fails, I’ll make one
Oh, yes, please do, VJ!!
VJ, what are the chances of the dunce cap showing up just when we were discussing our need for one the other day?
Rhonda, I thought that was too funny. I thought about you two when I saw it. Speaking about Business how is your son doing?
That’s so funny and kind that you thought of us, Jacob! My son is doing well, thanks so much for asking. I can’t believe that he is about to become a father in a little more than 3 weeks, my dear daughter-in-law is having a baby girl. I am so happy for the two of them, they are the sweetest couple. It still seems quite surreal to me.
I’m sure my son would have very much enjoyed taking one of your classes.
Rhonda, What fantastic news. The purpose of grandchildren is to have grandparents spoil them. We spoil ours big time. If your son is anything like his mom he was definitely a stellar Business major & probably would have told you I lectured too long & required too much research. I heard that a lot. 🤣 It’s been 2 years now & I miss their inquiring minds. Don’t know how long Jeff will last. We’ll see tomorrow.
Thanks, Jacob! I agree, I am definitely going to spoil her as much as possible!
My son loves doing research, he would have definitely loved your class! His job specifically entails research, he has a passion for it and he says that he is very fortunate that he gets to do what he loves for a living.
So we have back to back 6 day champions in Eric and Megan but the difference is that Eric has earned over 160,000 and Megan has earned over 60,000 so Eric has earned 100k more than Megan did. But the same thing in their 7th game is that they both lost but another same thing is that they finished in second place and gets an additional 2,000.
Terrible episode as all 3 DDs were missed resulted a skunking. I am sure William Weyser would say darn those daily doubles to Sarah.
Yes, and tonight’s game just had tough material. Still, we’ll see Megan Wachspress in the Tournament of Champions, and we’ll see what Jeff Weinstock, from Miami, Florida, does tomorrow.