Final Jeopardy: British Novels (6-9-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/9/2023) in the category “British Novels” was:
Midway through this 1928 novel, the title character briefly takes “their” instead of his or her
3x champ Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, GA, has now won $38,199. In Game 4, his competitors are : Vickie Cyr, a retired postmaster from Minneapolis, MN; and Tim Hagood, a communications consultant from Washington, DC.
Round 1 Categories: State Holidays – Pets on Film – Diaspora – Classic Toys and Games – Quick Books – Retronyms
Tim found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Pets” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He had $1,000 and was the only one on the board with $$ to burn. Tim bet it all and said “Cujo”. That was WRONG.
This title of this 2003 film about a big dog is also a symphony that premiered in 1808 in Vienna show
Suresh finished in the lead with $4,800. Tim was second with $1,200 and Vickie was last with $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Around the World – Starts with “W” – Eponymous Science – With This Ring – TV: Who Said It – A Euro Leader Pass
Tim found the first Daily Double in “Around the World” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,600, $4,000 less than Suresh’s lead. Tim bet $2,000 and said Bunker Hill. That was WRONG.
In 1898 the Rough Riders charged up Kettle Hill as well as this more famous one in Cuba show
Suresh got the last Daily Double in “A Euro Leader Pass” under the $2,000 clue with 9 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $15,200 now, $10,800 more than Tim in second place. Suresh bet $1,000 and guessed Walesa. That was WRONG.
”Leaving”, a 2008 tragicomedy by him, was his first play in more than 20 years & drew from his time as Czech republic president show
Suresh finished in the lead with a runaway $15,800. Tim was second with $7,200 and Vickie was last with $3,800. The $400 “With This Ring” clue was not shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “ORLANDO”?
0n COVE Studio, Emily Cersonsky writes: “In Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography, the protagonist, Orlando, a writer who lives from Elizabethan times to the present (1928), encounters various famous figures, and transitions from a man to a woman halfway through the novel. … The novel holds many themes involving identity, social class, gender, and time, however, Woolf is able to tell a satirical biography completely eliminating everything that holds true in a biography. By doing this she challenges the nature of truth and meaning as Orlando is a fictional character that is transported over decades and experiences life as both a man and a woman.”
On the Royal Society website, Dr. Rachel Crossland has a full passage where Woolf uses “their”. Crossland says “in this moment of gender change it is notable that the word ‘their’ allows Woolf to do something significant: to talk about Orlando as both a man and a woman at the same time.”
Vickie got it right. She bet $3,795 and finished with $7,595.
Tim was going for “The Importance of Being Earnest”, an 1895 play. That cost him $506 and left him with $6,694.
Suresh also went to the 19th century with Jekyll and Hyde (1886). He stood pat on his $15,800 and now has a 4-day total of $53,999.
A triple stumper from each round:
CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES ($800) It originally required a 25-watt bulb & came with colored plastic pegs & black construction paper to make an illuminated picture
WITH THIS RING ($2000) Around 1850, Richard Wagner began writing a poem called “The Death of” this heroic character in the “Ring” cycle
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “17th Century Writing”
This 17th century work quotes the Book of Job, “Behold the giants groan under water, and they that dwell with them” show
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I got FJ because I recalled the film from almost 30 years ago, with an early effort from Tilda Swinton as the title character. I did forget who wrote it, though, fortunately for me. I thought it was DH Lawrence, but, as VJ recapitulated, it was Virginia Woolf. That was good that that wasn’t the requested response!
Another low scoring affair. The current champ seems brainy enough, but, can’t seem to really break loose. He needs some tougher opponents.
Ah, 31 years ago!
Funny, “1928” made me think of V Woolf right away, but I didn’t know the novel. I have heard of the movie but that was decades ago.
As William Weyser says, darn those daily doubles.
Yes, but Suresh Krishnan is a 4-Day Champion with $53,999. Win or lose, I think he’ll be in the Tournament of Champions.
Good thing that we got spared for getting our third wipeout of wagering clues this season.
Disappointing show with all 3 DDs missed resulted our third skunking of the season.