Final Jeopardy: European Novelists (7-16-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/16/2015), in the category “European Novelists” was:
Alfred Dreyfus was among the thousands who marched through the streets of Paris in his 1902 funeral procession.
2-day champ Ben Hemmens has won $43,200 so far. Today he takes on these two players: Christianne Gadd, from Bethlehem, PA; and Jennifer Morrow, from New York, NY.
Round 1: Jennifer found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “History, Old & New” under the $800 clue. She was in second place with $3,200, $1,000 less than Ben’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
In effect the last battle of the Wars of the Roses was on this field on August 22, 1485. show
Jennifer finished in the lead with $6,800. Ben was second with $6,200 and Christianne was last with $800.
Round 2: Christianne found the first Daily Double in “She Married a Veep” under the $1,200 clue on the third pick of the round. She got the first two clues right and was still in third place, but she now had $2,000, $4,800 less than Jennifer’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
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Jennifer found the last Daily Double in “‘V’3” under the $1,600 clue. In the lead with $12,400, she had $4,800 more than Christianne in second place. She bet $2,112 and she was RIGHT.
The ancient Romans may have used the fragrant flowers of this plant to bathe with, hence its name.
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Jennifer finished in the lead with $18,912. Christianne was next with $9,600 and Ben was in third place with $9,000.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“The sudden death of Emile Zola– who suffocated under poorly-explained circumstances on the night of 28 September 1902– stunned the Dreyfusards, and above all Captain Dreyfus. His Carnets mention the ‘terrifying news’, and the request by Zola’s widow that he not attend the funeral. Finally, after keeping vigil over Zola’s body in the hours preceding the burial, the captain joined the front rows of the funeral cortege. The next day, L’Aurore described him walking ‘in the midst of the people of Paris, towards the radiant rehabilitation that is his due, and that is as necessary for France as for himself.'” (Zola: A Moment of Human Conscience)
Ben got it right. He bet his whole $9,000 and finished with $18,000.
Christianne thought it was Victor Hugo (he died in 1885). She bet and lost it all.
Jennifer also got it right. She bet $288 so she won the game with $19,200 and she is the new champ.
Jennifer is an editorial assistant. During the chat, she displayed her good luck charm: a pair of drumsticks. Not just any drumsticks– she got them from Neil Peart of Rush at a concert after she displayed a banner announcing that she might be on Jeopardy! She is a big fan of Rush and he is a big fan of Jeopardy!
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novels”
Its first line is “A green hunting cap squeezed on the top of the fleshy balloon of a head”. show
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I thought Jennifer’s drumstick story was not only unique, but very cool. Besides the ‘who would think of doing that’ aspect, everyone found out that the drummer of Rush is a big fan of Jeopardy! (@Tom, her story was not made up — Rush congratulated her on Twitter).
That is, of course, good publicity for Jeopardy! so why wouldn’t Trebek encourage her?
Anyone remember Elliot Yates’ chat stories from back in January? I found them so entertaining I made a youtube of them and Elliot favorited the tweet about it.
Elliot was very upbeat and energetic like Jennifer and the reaction to him was far more positive. I don’t really get this overly negative reaction to Jennifer.
I never thought it was made up. What I don’t get is how people in 2015 can honestly believe that pieces of wood can bring you luck — that you wouldn’t have won otherwise.
If that’s true, could someone explain to me how it works, because, boy, could I use some good luck charms!
Oh, sorry. It was disgusted who wouldn’t have been surprised if it was made up.
I believe in belief: maybe by believing that she was lucky to have them, she believed luck (some may call it a charm) was on her side, or they just made her feel better and that feeling helped her perform better. I have no doubt that a neuroscientist, or perhaps a Wiccan, could explain it better than I.
Jennifer, intelligent but vain and insecure, can stand as an archetype of America, a representative public American, in 2015. She’s undoubtedly a success and can take her pick, whatever she chooses to do. Disappointingly, Alex showcased her ostentatious manner, though Jennifer calls enough attention to herself.
Long ago it astonished me that anyone could find such boorish behavior entertaining or delightful. I now expect it. It’s common — in both senses of the word. What’s especially sad is that, obviously, Jennifer needn’t behave in this crass way. Let your learning speak for itself, Jennifer.
From Googling around a little, it seems we’re in the majority with our opinion of this character.
But what do we expect? Judge Judy is paid something like $50,000,000 a year now to be rude and obnoxious. All you need is about 10% of the population getting a kick out of obnoxious behavior, and you’re a winner. It doesn’t matter what the other 90% think. Look at Donald Trump.
I truly wish, as I have many times before, that William were here.
Neil Peart is way more than likely the greatest percussionist in rock music. Ever.
Good luck Jennifer! Either march to your own beat or Neil’s.
It isn’t her own beat though. People have acted silly at inappropriate times before. The only time splattering paint on a canvas and calling it art mattered was the first time it was done.
However, I agree with your stance on Neil Peart.
Lol. My stance, at least partially, is that Peart’s contributions are unique : not only because he is unique, but also because of his interest in different people.
Either way, I hope your philosophy brings you some peace.
OK, people, we need to have a meeting here. Someone told me there was a major error in a clue today.
In the one about the Edsel, did they refer to G.M. General Manager Richard Krafve predicting it would be a big success? (G.M. standing for General Motors.)
Edsel, of course, was from Ford, named after Henry Ford’s only son.
Or is this person mixed up, because the initials of General Manager are also G.M. and maybe that’s what was in the clue?
Anyone remember?
@Tom, I saw the game and can never forget that ugly Ford Edsel. The clue read as follows: “In 1957 Ford G.M. (General Manager) Richard Krafve said that this new model would exceed sales expectations; it failed miserably.”
The clue writers just abbreviated General Manager. it had nothing to do with General Motors. I hope this helps.
Btw, the parentheses are mine they were not in the clue on the board.
Yes, that’s exactly what I needed to know, and thank you very much.
Now I need to convince the person who thought there was a mistake, and he’s quite stubborn. But I’ll try.
I find it absolutely appalling that people seem to think they’re on Jeopardy to ham it up. Nobody in this world is unique or interesting, so, shut up and play. The board wasn’t finished because Jennifer is too full of herself to behave with humility and dignity. I would not be shocked even in the slightest if she made up her drumstick’s origins just so that she can appear “quirky.”
And it saddens me that it’s 2015, and people still pretend that inanimate objects can bring them “luck,” whatever that is.
She won because she knew stuff, not because she had two sticks of meaningless wood jammed in her pocket.
The ToC is as important to my family as the Baseball Hall of Fame is to baseball fans. It doesn’t matter how much you know in this world, nobody will ever take you seriously if you can’t take yourself seriously.
Don’t get me wrong: unless her hamming was an intentional tactic, she played a good, honest, game.
“Nobody in this world is unique or interesting “? Please tell me that you don’t really believe that.
Wow. No wonder you’re disgusted.
Yes, I do believe that. I would get into detail about the belief, but that would be assuming that the belief is unique enough to warrant interest. Which, it isn’t. It’s been around since Ecclesiastes.
I know what you mean. I’ve been thinking about it a lot recently.
We’re taught to think we’re very special. This universe is unimaginably huge, with probably quadrillions of intelligent creatures in it, and yet people think whatever superadvanced intelligence created it loves to “talk” to them and tell them what to do, up to and including cutting off other peoples’ heads.
That’s the tragedy of homo sapiens. We all need MUCH more humility. I’m a total nothing, but I’ve learned to live with it.
Tom, I’m not saying that either of your arguments are without merit. I am saying, however, that a snowflake is (purportedly) unique and that crystalline structures are interesting, but yes, in the end, they all melt.
Jennifer was annoying
I agree.
I’ll third the motion. I don’t like it when contestants think they need to entertain us. All that time wasted, and I’d have loved to have known what the final clue in “You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About” was.
Agree will not watch tomorrow because of her
If Christianne had been right, it would have been a tie and we could have seen our first tiebreaker.
@Marilyn, that would have been great to see too.
Well, yeah, but how could Jennifer possibly lose with those lucky drumsticks? I mean, come on.
Jennifer bet for the tie which would have happened if Christianna got it right, The 2112 DD bet is a reference to an early Rush album. Alex probably is a little bit familiar with Rush as they are, well, Canadian
VJ, congrats on your “spot on” accurate prediction.
Enjoyed watching Jennifer play. She was a very good contestant. Jeopardy needs more like her. Congratulations to Jennifer.
Thanks, Jacob. Down here, the program was delayed for a message from Obama so I missed the part of the game before the chat. Luckily, the J! round DD was after that
Wow! You missed Jennifer dancing when she was introduced. Alex commented that she was auditioning for “Dancing with the stars.” 🙂
I did get a glimpse of it though on the commercial before the show. It’s a safe bet that it will be on youtube soon if it’s not already.
That lil gal is very knowledgeable and has a unique and entertaining type of personality. I’m guessing that the cry – babies that are complaining about her must be CONFORMIST robots? Congratulations to her. Hopefully she will have a hot 30 day streak and the BUSH – BABIES won’t be able to watch the game! lol