Final Jeopardy: Children’s Literature (6-9-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/9/2022) in the category “Children’s Literature” was:
First published in French in 1943, this book has been called the most translated non-religious work, rendered into more than 300 languages
3x champ Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, MN, now has $75,601 in the plus column. In Game 4, his opponents are: Allison MacDonald, a lawyer from Randolph, NJ; and Sean McGrath, a middle school teacher from Washington, DC.
Round 1 Categories: Ancient History – Abbreviated TV – One-letter First Name Change – Book It! – Pump-pourri – Silent W Words
Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ancient History” under the $1,000 clue on the third pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400. Nobody else was on the board yet. Eric made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In the 2nd Millennium B.C. these seafarers had cities or colonies from the Eastern Mediterranean to North Africa show
Eric finished in the lead with $8,400. Sean was second with $3,800 and Allison was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Presenting Jeopcoin! – Classical Music – Country of the Waterfall – That’s Not a President – Drink Up Pop Culture – Words of Comfort
Eric found the first Daily Double in “Country of the Waterfall” under the $1,200 clue on the second pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,800, $5,000 more than Sean in second place. Eric made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Corra Linn, part of the Falls of Clyde show
Eric got the last Daily Double in “Classical Music” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $22,000 now, $16,000 more than Allison in second place. Eric bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
“Saturn, the bringer of old age” was Gustav Holst’s favorite part of this work of his show
Eric finished in the lead with a runaway $32,600. Allison was second with $10,400 and Sean was last with $5,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “THE LITTLE PRINCE” (LE PETIT PRINCE)?
“Le Petit Prince” is a children’s book written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in French and English (as “The Little Prince”) in the USA in 1943. Time Magazine wrote about how the author’s own experiences inspired “The Little Prince”: “On the most obvious level, the plane crash that begins the story, through which the narrator meets the title character, mirrors a real mishap that left the author stranded in the Sahara in the mid-1930s….” Saint-Exupéry had already published “Wind, Sand and Stars” in 1939, an account of the Saharan desert ordeal, complete with vivid descriptions of hallucinations and mirages. “Le Petit Prince” was not published in France until the fall of the Vichy regime in 1944. That same year, Saint-Exupéry disappeared forever while on a wartime reconnaissance flight over Europe, never to benefit financially from his most famous work. The wreckage of his plane was discovered at sea 60 years later in 2006.
Translated into over 300 languages and dialects, “The Little Prince” is one of the best-selling books of all time. Numerous adaptations have been made of it, including film, TV, ballet, and opera.
Sean got it right. He bet $5,799 and finished with $11,599.
Allison got it, too. She bet $2,000 and finished with $12,400.
Eric thought it was “Goodnight, Moon” (first published in 1947 in English). He only lost $2,400 and won the game with $30,200. Eric’s 4-day total is $105,801. Oddly enough, Ryan Long had that exact same total after his 5th win.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
COUNTRY OF THE WATERFALL ($2000) Reichenbach Falls
DRINK UP POP CULTURE ($2000) In “Another Round”, this actor plays one of a quartet of teachers in Copenhagen who tests a theory about drinking
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Notable Brits”
On this man’s death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his “pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary” show
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FJ was interesting, because I said “Madeleine”. Why interesting? Because, about 6 feet away from me, where I am sitting, are the English and French versions of “The Little Prince”. I even had the image of those in my mind, but, still, got it wrong. (My wife got those book versions some several years ago.)
The 4 TS in the change one letter category was bad. I got 3 1/2 (knew the Australian part, but the other half didn’t come to me).
Eric used the DD to very good effect.
Oh, and, apparently, none of the players seem to have been Sherlock Holmes fans!
That’s funny about the books. I was the opposite — I have the Madeline series on DVD and said the Little Prince. I was using Madeline to supplement teaching my granddaughter French. That was when she was 4. Now she is 7 and just graduated 1st grade. All that paid off when the teacher chose France for their foreign culture study.
Every little bit of French studying helped me with this clue for Children’s literature.
I see that a fifth win is in Eric’s corner. I am very happy Eric made gutsy moves on the daily doubles like James did previously.