Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Lit (7-6-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/6/2023) in the category “20th Century Lit” was:
Squashing the allegory theory, the daughters of the author of this novel say it’s “just a story about rabbits”
New champ Anji Nyquist, a social media coordinator from Minneapolis, MN, won $8,800 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Alex Gordon, a medical student from Somers, NY; and Carol Oppenheim, a retired computer programmer from Owing Mills, MD.
Round 1 Categories: Myth Misery – A TV Series – So I’m Reading This Book – Antiques – Road – “Show”
Carol found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Roads” under the $800 clue with 2 clues left after it. She was in second place with $2,800, $2,600 less than Alex’s lead. Carol bet it all and guessed Havana. That was WRONG.
Lively Las Ramblas is a main street in this city & links Placa de Catalunya to the city’s old harbor show
Alex finished in the lead with $5,400. Anji was second with $2,600 and Carol was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Geographic Anagrams – The Main Ingredient – Science – 10-Letter Adjectives – Names in History – Some “Hard” Songs
Alex found the first Daily Double in “10-Letter Adjectives” under the $1,200 on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,200, $4,400 more than Carol in second place. Alex bet $2,500 and he was RIGHT.
Only superficially relevant, or related to a line making contact with a curve at a single point show
Alex got the last Daily Double in “Names in History” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $15,100, $6,500 more than Carol in second place. Alex bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Famed Roman talker Marcus Tullius, who ended up talking himself to death, was better known by this one name show
Alex finished in the lead with a runaway $22,900. Carol was second with $7,800 and Anji was last with $7,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “WATERSHIP DOWN”?
The last time “Watership Down” (1972) was a Final Jeopardy! clue was on 11/26/2021, Amy Schneider’s 8th game. That one was about Lapine, the rabbits’ language. The daughters of Richard Adams, the novel’s author, reiterated their father’s reaction to the public reading hidden meanings about communism and/or religion into the work. “Rubbish!” he always said. “It’s just a story about rabbits.” The daughters’ 2018 revelations came out ahead of a 2018 animated remake of the tale that was “less gory” than the 1978 original.
On Sporcle: How many of these famous rabbits do you know?
Anji didn’t have a response. She bet and lost her whole $7,000.
Carol got it right. She bet $6,201 and finished with $14,001.
Alex got it right, too. He bet $2,100 and won the game with $25,000. Alex Gordon is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from SO I’M READING THIS BOOK:
($600) A fictional journal: “129 lbs. (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14… cigarettes 22, calories 5424”
($800) 1950s self-help, opening strong: “BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!” (in all caps) “Have faith in your abilities!”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Rivers”
In “Notes on the State of Virginia”, Thomas Jefferson said the most beautiful river on earth is this one no longer in Virginia show
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Sometimes FJ leads me down a rabbit hole, but tonight that was not an issue!
Carol was impressive at times and had a few shots at preventing a runaway, but too many wrong responses. Alex was poised and darn smart. The Roman orator stumped him till the last moment.
The fictional journal wasn’t too tough, neither was the notable boulevard.
The E-W interstate was tricky, but I’ve been there a number of times. It runs from Jacksonville to Santa Monica.
The Mt Pentelicus clue was not difficult to decipher. Neither was Judaism’s greatest prophet.
Not into reggae but knew the Jimmy Cliff classic tune’s name.
Thanks for the fun lapin quiz, VJ! Just a few of my many, many relatives lol!