Final Jeopardy: Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey (6-28-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/28/2022) in the category “Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey” was:
At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, “I hope to see my Pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar”
2x champ Joe Feldmann, a technology professional from Bethesda, MD, has now won $45,000. In Game 3, his challengers are: Pete Chattrabhuti, an attorney from Washington, DC; and Marina Hays, a textile conservator orig. from New York, NY.
Round 1 Categories: The Nifty ’50s – Othello, Macbeth or Hamlet Sayeth… – Never Won an Emmy – 12-Letter Words – What Are You Afraid Of? – Shoe Know It!
Marina found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Othello, Macbeth…” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,000, $200 more than Joe in second place. She bet $1,000 and thought it was hate. That was WRONG.
Othello: “And on the proof, there is no more but this: away at once with love or” this emotion, one he is told to beware. show
Joe finished in the lead with $5,800. Marina was second with $1,400 and Pete was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Map of Europe – Archaeology Glossary – Dual Biographies – Government Programs – Hit Me – With Your Best “Shot”
Marina found the first Daily Double in “Dual Biographies” under the $1,600 clue at the halfway point. She was in second place with $5,000 now, $4,800 less than Joe’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
A biography of this pair includes chapters entitled “The Mikado” & “The Savoy Theatre”. show
Joe got the last Daily Double in “Archaeology Glossary” under the $800 clue, with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $12,600, he had $1,800 more than Pete in second place. Joe bet $2,000 and was off by one so he was WRONG.
Published in 1836, Christian Thomsen’s “Three Age System” refers to the progression of early crafters using these 3 materials. show
Marina finished in the lead with $11,000. Pete was next with $10,800 and Joe was in third place with $10,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON?
Alfred Tennyson, (1809-1892), is one of the longest-lived poets of the 19th century. He was Poet Laureate of the U.K. for the last 42 years of his life. Tennyson used the sandbar as a metaphor for dying in his 1889 poem “Crossing the Bar”, comparing death to a voyage at sea in the first stanza and ending with a hopeful meeting with his “Pilot”. Emphasizing the finality of it all, Tennyson insisted that the poem be placed last in collections of his works.
In 1884, Queen Victoria made Tennyson Baron of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. The title is currently held by Tennyson’s great-great-grandson.
Joe thought it was Lord Byron, who died in 1824. (Byron got a memorial in Poet’s Corner in 1969.) Joe didn’t bet a shilling so his score stayed at $10,600.
Pete seconded Lord Byron. He also bet zero so he finished with $10,800.
Marina made Lord Byron unanimous. She bet half her $11,000 and finished with $5,500. That made a very surprised Pete Chattrabhuti the new Jeopardy! champ. That orange tie worked its magic, Pete!
2 triple stumpers from DUAL BIOGRAPHIES:
($1200) “The Windsor Story” is “An Intimate Portrait of Edward VIII” & this woman whom he loved
($2000) “Nearer the Heart’s Desire” tells of Omar Khayyam, who wrote this poetry collection, & of Edward Fitzgerald, who translated it
4 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Famous Russians”
In Nov. 1836 this writer got a letter naming him to the Most Serene Order of Cuckolds; in Feb. 1837 he was dead show
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Pretty good scores today, considering the wrong answers and stumpers. Pete stood like a statue early on, then made a heck of a comeback
FJ stumped me. “Baron” probably was a big clue leading one to “Lord.” You just had to know which one. I’d dozed off for a few minutes before FJ and woke up just as the clue was exposed.
Somewhat surprised not one of them knew King Edward’s lover; Khayyam’s famous work; the C in UNIVAC; Israeli Parliament; Hamlet quote; ergophobia. I still remember my HS English teacher, Dr. Stern in 1967-68, drilling that Hamlet quote into our heads with a simple 3-word phrase: “Thought inhibits action.” He put that question on a written test, and I blew it.
As far as English poetry goes, Jeopardy! hopefuls should know that Keats, Shelley and Byron died young in the 1820s. Byron was 36, the only one of the 3 to make it past 30. The 2 youngest Bronte sisters, born in the 1820s, also died young in the 1840s.
At least no one here has said “Nobody knows anything about 19th century British poets” (yet, at least).
I had no idea, so, I said “Rudyard Kipling”, even though, in my mind I thought he lived into the 20th century.
One thing I noticed about Joe was that he didn’t seem to buzz in until/unless he knew it (vs those that just want to be first on the buzzer, and figure they’ll come up with it).
This game didn’t seem to be as erudite as yesterday’s.
And, a teeny factoid about George Gordon, Lord Byron: at death, his brain was weighed, and was found to be 82.25 ounces. Lord Byron had a 5 pound brain. (That’s large.)
I got, as per usual, about half of the TS.
I am happy to see Pete winning and happy that Pete and Joe stayed with their original bets. I hope that orange tie will give Pete some good luck tomorrow.
That was a tough one as we got a triple stumper since today’s Final was not nice to anybody.
It hasn’t been fully nice to everybody since April 8th. Way too long.
Day 57 of Jeopardy games since we’ve seen a fj triple solve and counting.
Well! I certainly wasn’t anticipating that result this morning when I said I hope I don’t see Lord Byron up there!
By the way, the contestants had the same response in the final.
Yes, of course. That is what unanimous means, Ismael..