Final Jeopardy: German Books (7-1-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/1/2024) in the category “German Books” was:

First published in 1812, this anthology included “The Water Nymph” & “The Booted Tom Cat”

New champ Cat Pisacano, a nurse from New York, NY, won $11,500 last Friday when we bid a temporary farewell to 7x champ Drew Basile. In Game 2, she is up against: Matt Brooks, a healthcare IT analyst from Fredericksburg, VA; and Zoe Strassfield, a park ranger & writer from Water Mill, NY.

Round 1 Categories: Strange Currencies – Rhyme Time – Novellas – Taking You to School – Last Century – Based on a True Story

Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Taking You to School” under the $1,000 clue with 6 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $4,200, $200 more than Cat in second place. Matt bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

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Matt finished in the lead with $6,600. Cat was second with $5,200 and Zoe was last with negative $1,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: It’s Alive – Guests on Hot Ones – Same First & Last Consonant – O Canada – We Stand on Guard – For Thee

Zoe found the first Daily Double in “It’s Alive” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in last place with $1,400, $5,000 less than Cat’s lead. Zoe made it a true Daily Double and, although she appeared to be on the right track, she switched gears with botulism. That was WRONG.

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Cat found the last Daily Double in “Same First & Last Consonant” under the $2,000 clue with one clue left after it. She was in the lead with $14,800, $6,200 more than Matt in second place. Cat bet $2,500 and drew a blank so she was WRONG.

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Cat finished in the lead with $12,300. Matt was second with $10,600 and Zoe was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE GRIMMS’ FAIRY TALES?

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, two German librarians, rounded up over 50 folk tales in 1808 because their poet friend, Clemens Brentano, wished to use them in a fairy tale book. However, Brentano lost the manuscript so the Grimm brothers decided to publish the tales themselves. By 1812, they published 86 tales in a collection called “Children’s and Household Tales” (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen). They were actually not intended for kids and were far from the “happily ever after” stories many eventually became. Learn how they changed substantially by the 7th revised version in 1857. Note this sentence in the article: “Some tales, such as “Puss in Boots,” “Bluebeard,” “Princess Mouseskin,” and “Okerlo,” were also omitted because they were considered too French….” This would seem to indicate that “Puss in Boots” preceded “The Booted Tom Cat”.

The FJ! clue, you may notice, doesn’t really say that “The Water Nymph” and “The Booted Tom Cat” are in the 1812 publication. As near as I can find, “The Water Nymph” showed up in 1815 as “The Water Nixie.” We might assume she was a beauty from our acquaintance with Greek myths, but she was a real piece of work!

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Zoe got it right. She bet $1,500 and finished with $3,100.

Matt got it, too. He didn’t bet a pfennig, standing pat on $10,600.

Cat couldn’t come up with a response so she sent a personal message. She bet $8,901 and finished with $3,399. That made Matt Brooks the new Jeopardy! champion.

A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)

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