Final Jeopardy: Poetic Inspirations (6-29-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/29/2015), in the category “Poetic Inspirations” was:
One summer day in 1797 this British poet fell asleep reading a book that adapted the writings of Marco Polo.
Returning champ Ankoor Bagchi won $16,401 last Friday. He goes for a second win today against these two players: Amanda Mough, from McKeesport, PA; and Brandon Powell, from Huntsville, AL.
Round 1: Brandon found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sao Tome & Principe” under the $800 clue with one clue left after it. He was in the lead with $5,800, $3,000 more than Ankoor and Amanda, who were tied in second place. He bet $1,400 and thought it was a duck. That was WRONG.
Sao Tome & Principe is an important nesting site for the hawksbill variety of this marine creature. show
Brandon finished in the lead with $4,400. Ankoor was second with $3,800 and Amanda was last with $2,800.
Round 2: Brandon found the first Daily Double in “‘Sta’ With Me” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,800, $2,600 more than Ankoor in second place. He bet $1,200 and thought it was a stationarist. That was WRONG but it has a hashtag on Twitter.
Rarely used word for a person who sells writing paper. show
Brandon found the last Daily Double in “War of 1912” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $11,200 now, he had $4,200 more than Ankoor in second place. He bet $1,800 but had no idea so he was WRONG.
An armistice ended when Turkey’s government was overthrown by this “youthful’ nationalist group. show
Brandon finished with a runaway $15,400. Amanda was next with $7,600 and Ankoor was in third place with $4,200.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Time and again critics have described “Kubla Khan” as fragmented and incoherent. Coleridge himself chose to call it a fragment of a fuller composition in a state of dream, an account of which was supplied in a prefatory note to the piece on its publication in 1816, some nineteen years after its so-called mysterious genesis. Coleridge begins his preface by claiming that another title might be “A Vision in a Dream. A Fragment.” (Coleridge claims the work came to him in an opium trance. When he regained his senses, he could still remember it, and wrote down what would become Kubla Khan. Unfortunately, he was suddenly disturbed by a “visitor from Porlock” who kept him distracted for a full hour. When he was finally free of the visitor, he discovered that he’d forgotten the rest of it, so that the existent poem is just a fragment of the full vision.) LiteratureWise.in
Ankoor got it right but he didn’t bet anything. He remained at $4,200.
Amanda thought it was Milton (who died in 1674). That cost her $7,501 and left her with $99.
Brandon thought it was Lord Byron (who is credited with convincing Coleridge to publish the poem the way it was). He only bet $12 so he won the match with $15,388.
Brandon is a contracting officer. During the chat, he revealed how he sings the wrong words to lyrics intentionally so that his 5-year-old daughter can correct him. Hmmmm, Lydia was probably watching and now she knows you know the words, Brandon.
2 years ago:: ALL of the players got this FJ in “The Ancient World”
The area that the people of ancient Rome called this was their city’s equivalent of the Greek agora. show
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I expected Brandon to come up with the correct response in Final, but you know, he’s still the winner.
Congrats to Eric on the one right.
Thank you both! In this case, skepticism paid off (lol: as it often does).
Imagine if Brandon had gotten all three DD right instead of wrong!
or at least only bet $12 on each 🙂
@Marilyn, I agree.
This was a flat game. Surprised at Ankoor’s performance since he was so fast on the buzzer last game. Congrats Brandon.
@Eric, good call on fj 1 correct prediction.