Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Literature (6-27-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/27/2023) in the category “19th Century Literature” was:
In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man
2x champ Donna Matturri, a librarian from Columbus, OH, won $40,200 so far. In Game 3, her challengers are: Erin Gold, a teacher from Aurora, CO; and Chris Ban, an oral and facial surgeon from Pittsburgh, PA.
Round 1 Categories: Some Thoughts on the Book – Only Fans – Australian Universities – What Are You Made of? – Starts with “Z” – It Came from New Jersey
Donna found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Starts with ‘Z’” under the $1,000 clue on the 20th of the round. She was in the lead with $4,800, $3,000 more than Erin in second place. Donna bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
DNA research has shown that this California red wine grape may have come from an ancient source in Croatia show
Erin finished in the lead with $6,000. Donna was second with $5,200 and Chris was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Country, Please – War Films – Banking “A” “B” “C”s – Word Origins – 2001 – A Space Odyssey
Chris found the first Daily Double in “War Films” under the $1,600 on the 7th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,800, $5,400 less than Erin’s lead. Chris made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The title of this 1962 film starring John Wayne refers to June 6, 1944: clocking in at almost 3 hours, the title’s accurate show
Erin got the last Daily Double in “Banking ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’s” under the $1,600 clue with 6 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $10,400 now, $1,600 more than Donna in second place. Erin bet $2,000 and thought it was annuity. That was WRONG.
“A”: This word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for “dead” show
Donna finished in the lead with $8,400. Chris was second with $8,000 and Erin was last with $7,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS RUDYARD KIPLING?
George and Elizabeth Peckham were American teachers, taxonomists and arachnologists. In 1896, they chose names from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” (1894) for several new species of jumping spiders, specifically: Akeela, Bagheera, Nagaina. According to Wikipedia’s list of animal characters in “The Jungle Book”, these are all names derived from Hindustani words meaning wolf, panther and snake. Additionally, the Peckhams named another spider species Messua, after the human woman who adopted Mowgli.
The Peckhams also had a number of spider species named after them.
Erin thought it was Robert Louis Stevenson. That cost her $2,000 and left her with $5,600.
Chris got it right. He bet $5,000 and finished with $13,000.
Donna came up with Jules Verne. She lost $6,000 and finished with $2,400. That made Chris Ban the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK ($800) The title is cribbed from the best–Billy Shakespeare; y’all live in a hard-to-say county; Benjy the hunted
2001 ($2000) This Trinidad-born author of “A House for Mr. Biswas” won the Nobel Prize for Literature
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Literary Characters”
The author said the name of this 10-letter creature in his poem meant “the result of much excited discussion” show
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FJ sure stumped me; I too gave the meek guess of RL Stevenson.
How could you not root for Chris in light of his interview subject? He made a great comeback from way behind. His D-Day DD wasn’t hard, but he barely came up with the answer. Good for him.
Donna the librarian is very likable and a good player, but some of her doltish guesses irked me during her run. There were a couple more tonight that escape me at the moment.
Decent pre-FJ scores tonight, but they left a lot on the table, IMO. The debt installment beginning with A (DD); the Rangers’ arena; Kon-Tiki wood; Eiger’s country; obsolete/over 1 year old from Latin; and daughter who led her father’s country all were gettable. Donna was on the right track for the goddess of strife; but she gave a synonym and not the goddess’s name which is a common crossword clue.
Usually the show’s season wraps up around mid-July, but this year I’m not so sure. I was recently messaged on FB by a woman whom I’ve never met, but used to buy baseball cards from 30+ years ago. Somehow she knew I was on the show ages ago, and told me she’s going to be a contestant on July 28, I believe. Over time I’ve seen at least 2 people whom I’d known much earlier.
Howard, for many seasons, the show ended around the end of July / beginning of August. Of course, Season 36 ended early due to co-vid restrictions. In any case, that’s really nice that the lady you used to buy baseball cards from let you know she’ll be on the show. July 28th is the last show of this season, according to J-Archive.
I’m not surprised that Chris got FJ! He did so well in the war movie category and FJ! apparently led him to “Jungle Book”, I think he’s a film buff. Disney’s “Jungle Book” has two of my favorite voices: Louie Prima and George Sanders. I was surprised the ladies missed it.
Hmmm………In retrospect, that wasn’t such a tough FJ, but I nevertheless was stumped.
I confidently went with Jack London to my wife, but then said, Maybe Kipling?, but stayed with London. Oh well! I was a bit dismayed that the librarian didn’t get it correct.