Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Art (7-9-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question in the category “20th Century Art” was:

A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting “Houses at l’Estaque” gave this art style its name

Today’s players: Josh Hill from Little Rock, AR, Eric R. Backes from Oviedo, FL, and Emma Boettcher from Chicago, IL

This is a rerun from 11/7/2019. The full recap is over here

Here are two categories from the third quarter-final of the 2017 Tournament of Champions (with Austin Rogers, Alan Lin and David Clemmons):

GIVE US THE “____ING” TITLE! ($200) “____ing Las Vegas” by John O’Brien

($400) “____ing Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History”, edited by Dave Walter

($600) “____ing for Mr. Goodbar” by Judith Rossner

($800) “____ing on My Feet” by Kerri Strug

($1000) “____ing towards Bethlehem” by Joan Didion

NOTORIOUS ($400) Upon his arrest in 1933, “Machine Gun” Kelly inadvertently gave this nickname to the FBI agents who nabbed him

$800: Saying “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn was with her all day February 14, 1929, Louise Rolfe got the name “The Blonde” this

$1200: Kevin Poulsen & Kevin Mitnick are on Kaspersky Lab’s list, “Top Ten Most Notorious” these “of All Time”

$1600: To spy on the U.S., Maksim “Schultz” Martynov used his cover as part of the USSR’s 1950s delegation to this organization

$2000: On July 7, 1865, this boardinghouse operator became the first woman executed by the U.S. government