Final Jeopardy: Shakespeare (6-28-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/28/2018) in the category “Shakespeare” was:
The prologue of this tragedy is a sonnet whose rhymes include dignity & mutiny; scene & unclean; & life & strife
New champ Scott McFadden, a librarian from Indiana, won $26,001 yesterday. In his second game, he is up against: Frank Young, an animation writer from Canada; and Kat Long, a journalist from New York.
Round 1 Categories: Daytime TV Memories – Kitchen Confusion – Children’s Books – Hodgepodge – “F”ive-letter Words – Brush Up on Your…
Scott found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Children’s Books” under the $800 clue, with 6 clues left after it. He just got out of the hole and had zero, $5,800 less than Kat’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
A selfish boy takes shade & apples among other things, from this, the title of a Shel Silverstein classic. show
Kat finished in the lead with $7,000. Frank was second with $4,600 and Scott was last with $2,800.
Round 2 Categories: Nowhere Land – Movie / Stars – 1958 – Mental Fitness Bookshelf – George Gershwin – IRA
Kat found the first Daily Double in “1958” under the $2,000 clue, with 2 whole categories left after it. She was in the lead with $13,000 at this point, $2,800 more than Frank in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Later Vice President, he was elected to the first of 4 terms as governor of New York. show
4 clues later, Scott found the last Daily Double in “IRA” under the $1,600 clue. In second place with $12,400, he had $3,600 less than Kat’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Contributions but not always distributions are taxed in the type of IRA named for this Delaware senator. show
Scott finished in the lead with $17,400. Kat was next with $16,800 and Frank was in third place with $11,400.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “ROMEO & JULIET”?
The clue at least narrowed it down to Shakespeare’s tragedies but if you know the second line of the sonnet prologue in “Romeo and Juliet,” you’re golden. “In fair Verona where we lay our scene” has produced a bunch of Jeopardy! clues. The last time it appeared was in a Daily Double on 9/19/2014
The sonnet does present an interesting question “Spoiler much, Will?” — it reveals what happens to the young lovers. The blog Shakespeare’s Diary says: “Why spoil the surprise? In fact, there was no surprise to spoil as Shakespeare’s audience was already fully aware of the story line from Arthur Brooke’s long poem The Tragical History of Romeo and Juliet (1562). Thus the real interest in the play is the manner in which Shakespeare will handle the tale. (In fact, this is Shakespeare’s usual methodology–he rarely invented a plot.)”
Frank got it right. He bet $600 and that brought him up to $12,000.
Kat thought it was Hamlet. That cost her $14,799. She was left with $2,001.
Scott also got it right. He bet $16,201 so he won the match with $33,601. That gives Scott a 2-day total of $59,602 as well as a spot on the Top 10 daily payouts of Season 34. Outstanding!
A triple stumper from each round:
KITCHEN CONFUSION ($200) If this spicy powder ends with an “E”, it’s likely pure; with an “I”, it’s a blend
MOVIE / STARS ($1600) 2016: Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “International Film Awards”
Released in 2011, it’s the only film that has won both the Oscar & France’s Cesar for Best Film of the Year. show
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@JJ
Left you a post on CotD re: knowledge vs intelligence.
Speaking of the Top 10 Daily Payouts of Season 34, it’s now time to say ”Adios” to the lady that defeated Austin Rogers, named Scarlett Sims, but Osman Syed with $33,333 is on the bubble right now.
Slow start, but strong finish for Scott.
Romeo and Juliet one of my favorite plays. Do you have a favorite quote from this play,VJ? A few I remember were Romeo Romeo where for art thou romeo. Deny my father and through thy name, I will no longer be a capulet. The other was, I defy you stars! Congrats to Scott, now I hope he wins tomorrow to secure a toc spot. Plus, what other Shakespeare plays have you read previously?
@Lou, I read Romeo and Juliet in high school in comparison to West Side Story and then we had to watch both. At that time, I really hated reading Shakespeare and Chaucer, though the Bard has grown on me since then and I’ve read a lot of his plays and sonnets and know a lot of quotes. I still love West Side Story and know all those songs, too.
“Gee, Officer Krupke, we’re really upset,
we never had the love that every child oughta get
We ain’t no delinquents, we’re misunderstood,
deep down inside us there is good!”
LINK: 9 more clues from this match
Video of Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting.
She was a stunning Juliet
Congratulations to Scott! Now if he can win tomorrow and make it 3, he will probably surpass Ali and become # 9. Scott’s average so far is 29.801 and he is only 8.199 behind Ali.
@ Doris
Congrats as well, I guess you have a magic 8 ball hidden somewhere….so now it’s I who has to play catch up…
Alex said when Scott’s response was revealed that he would have won even if he was wrong, because he would have still had the most money, when an incorrect response by him would have given Frank the win.
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…if Scott didn’t wager more than 4.200, that is, right? That would have gotten him – even with a wrong response 12.001, 1 buck more than Frank. I believe when they come back from the commercial break, Alex has already he amounts and the responses on his card and knows before he even gets to the first player who won the game.