Final Jeopardy: Book Characters (7-15-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/15/2021) in the category “Book Characters” was:

Trying to emulate the title character, he fails & is told “you lack a set of spinnerets, & you lack know-how”

New champ Tyler Vandenberg, a marine officer from Washington, D.C. won $30,000 yesterday. In Game 2, he is up against: Judith Pond, an attorney orig. from The Bronx, NY; and Andre Golovchenko, a human resources specialist from Damascus, OR.

Round 1 Categories: School of Rock – What’s that Literary Initial? – Law Slaw – Double that T – It’s Lights Out – & Away We Go!

Andre found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It’s Lights Out” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,800, $4,000 more than Tyler in second place. He bet $1,500 and came up with Orpheus. Close, but WRONG.

Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep; he was Hypnos’ son who brought men their dreams, and maybe a way out of the matrix as well show

WHO IS MORPHEUS?

Tyler finished in the lead with $6,000. Andre was second with $4,500 and Judith was last with $400. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Thomas Paine – Back from the Dead in the Bible – Time for Science – Architects – Broadway Musicals by Setting – -Ologies

Tyler found the first Daily Double in “Architects” under the $800 clue on the 6th pick. He was in the lead with $10,000 now, $7,900 more than Andre in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Here is this architect outside his famous pyramid show

WHO IS I.M. PEI?

Judith got the last Daily Double in “Broadway Musicals by Setting” under the $1,600 clue, with 8 clues left after it. In second place with $6,400, she had $7,400 less than Tyler’s lead. She bet $3,200 and she was RIGHT.

In and around The Royal Palace in Bangkok in the 1860s show

WHAT IS “THE KING AND I”?

Tyler finished in the lead with $17,400. Judith was next with $10,800 and Andre was in third place with $100. No clues went uncovered.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS WILBUR?

In Chapter 9 of “Charlotte’s Web”, E.B. White’s children’s classic, Wilbur the pig thinks he can spin a web like the spider Charlotte. Amused, Charlotte dares him to try it, offering him some instructions. Charlotte laughs when Wilbur falls flat on his face, but when he cries after his second try, she explains to him why he can’t spin a web and tells him to cheer up because he doesn’t need a web to trap food like she does.

An old clue from 2006: POSSESSIVE LIT ($1,200): 1952: On a farm in Maine, 2 animals with a total of 12 legs strike up an unusual friendship

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Andre didn’t have a response. That cost him $97 and left him with $3.

Judith went with Pancho Villa. She bet and lost it all.

Tyler wrote down Oliver Twist. He lost his $6,000 bet but won the game with $11,400. Tyler Vandenberg remains the Jeopardy! champ. His 2-day total is $41,400.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

THOMAS PAINE ($2000) Paine defended the French Revolution in this work that was a response to Edmund Burke’s hostile “Reflections”

BACK FROM THE DEAD IN THE BIBLE ($1600) King Saul gets a witch to summon this Hebrew prophet back to life for encouragement, but he only foretells doom for Saul

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Women on TV”

This character featured in a 1992 Time Magazine cover story on “Hollywood & Politics” returned to television in 2018 show

WHO IS MURPHY BROWN?

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