Final Jeopardy: Authors (7-22-24)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/22/2024) in the category “Authors” was:

“Love” is within the titles of 3 of his most famous books; a fourth, “The Rainbow”, calls love “the flower of life”

New champ Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, PA., won $12,000 last Friday. In Game 2, he is up against: Sean Duffie, a Spanish & civics teacher from Kentwood, MI; and Monica Anderson, a master control operator from Sterling, VA.

Round 1 Categories: Scientific Discoveries – Stars We Lost Last Year – All Apologies – State Holidays – Mouth to Mouth – Classic Poems’ Endings

Neilesh found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Classic Poems Endings” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,000, $4,400 more than Sean in second place. Neilesh bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.

“Noble six hundred!” show

WHAT IS “THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE”?

Neilesh finished in the lead with $9,000. Sean was second with $3,600 and Monica was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: That’s an Executive Order – The II – Songs From the Movie Soundtrack – Food History – World Cities – 3 “O”S

Neilesh found the first Daily Double in “World Cities” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,600, $5,000 more than Sean in second place. Neilesh bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

It’s France’s oldest city & its main seaport show

WHAT IS MARSEILLE?

Neilesh found the last Daily Double in “That’s an Executive Order” under the $1,600 clue with 1 clue left after it. He was in the lead with $23,600, $16,000 more than Monica in second place. Neilesh bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.

Martin Van Buren’s first order, March 7th, 1837, commanded the Surgeon General to accompany this ailing man headed home to Tennessee show

WHO IS ANDREW JACKSON?

Neilesh finished in the lead with a runaway $26,100. Monica was second with $7,600 and Sean was last with $5,200. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS D.H. LAWRENCE?

“Sons and Lovers” (1913) was the first novel published by D.H. Lawrence, who wrote it after the death of his mother. Two years later, he published a family saga he called “The Rainbow” (1915). That was followed with a sequel called “Women in Love” (1920). The third novel that has “love” in the title is “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” (1928). Learn more about them here.

All of these novels have been made into novies, with “Lady Chatterley” being a particular favorite of filmmakers.

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Sean didn’t have a response. He lost $2,401 and finished with $2,799.

Monica wrote “Hi, James” to her son, although Ken initially thought she wrote Henry James. She lost $5,000 and finished with $2,600.

Neilesh got it right. He bet $3,000 and won the game with $29,100. His 2-day total is $41,100.

2 triple stumpers from SONGS FROM THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)

($1200) “Sunflower” by Post Malone & Swae Lee brightened up this 2018 installment in the “Spider-Man” franchise

($1600) Curtis Mayfield’s “Pusherman” & “Freddie’s Dead” are cuts from the uber-cool soundtrack of this 1972 movie

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “BIOGRAPHIES” (see the recap for the tiebreaker)

Asked to design a new set for a restaging of this 1952 play, Alberto Giacometti came up with one scraggly plaster tree show

WHAT IS “WAITING FOR GODOT”?

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