Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Novels (9-17-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/17/2018) in the category “20th Century Novels” was:

“I’ve killed my brother” is said near the end of this 1952 book with a biblical title & a plot echoing a biblical story

3x champ Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, CO, won $58,800 last week. It’s Game 4 and he is up against: Christine O’Donnell, a philanthropic advisor from Elmwood Park, NJ; and Reese Wallace, an editor from Orlando, FL. Will Kyle be the one to break the leader curse?

Round 1 Categories: Lettuce Begin – A Bit O’ Brit Lit – Show Boats – Compan”ee”s – Regional Vocabulary – State Songs

Kyle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Songs” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. At $1,200, he was the only one with any money after answering the first 3 clues. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT, naturally– it was his own state song!

“In its fair western home, may the columbine bloom till our great mountain rivers run dry.” show

WHAT IS COLORADO?

Kyle finished in the lead with $8,800. Christine was second with $3,600 and Reese was last with $3,200.

Round 2 Categories: Specific General History – Mammals – Rhyming Terms Starting With “H” – Stripes on the Flag – Just for Reference – Reinstate Songs

Christine found the first Daily Double in “Specific General History” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. She was in second place with $4,400 now, $4,000 less than Kyle’s lead. She bet $1,000 and took a guess with Patton. That was WRONG.

Known by a “colorful” nickname, he got the rank of General of the Armies of the U.S. in 1919. show

WHO IS “BLACK JACK” PERSHING?

Reese found the last Daily Double in “Stripes on the Flag” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick. In third place with $3,200, he had $8,400 less than Kyle’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

Stripes were added for Vermont & Kentucky, so the star-spangled banner that flew over Fort McHenry had this many. show

WHAT IS 15?

Kyle finished in the lead with $17,600. Reese was next with $12,400 and Christine was in third place with $9,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “EAST OF EDEN”?

John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel “East of Eden” is well known for its Cain and Abel symbolism. There are actually two cases of it involved with the Trask family: first between Adam and Charles Trask, two brothers growing up in Connecticut; and later, in California, between Adam’s twins, Aron and Cal– or are they Charles’ kids? Their mother, Cathy, married Adam but drugged him and slept with Charles on her wedding night.

Take a look at John Steinbeck’s bibliography on Nobel Prize.org. He wrote the screenplay to “Viva Zapata!” the same year he published “East of Eden.” Jeopardy! has had a couple of clues about the screenplay. Here’s one of them from 2011: AUTHORS IN HOLLYWOOD ($1200) After scripting “The Pearl” & “The Red Pony”, he wrote “Viva Zapata!” for Brando

Christine chose another Steinbeck novel with a biblical title “The Grapes of Wrath.” She lost her $8,998 bet and was left with $2.00.

Reese wrote down “Cain and Abel,” the brothers the book was based on. He bet and lost it all.

Kyle got it right. He bet $7,201 so he won the game with $24,801. At last, we have another 4-day winner. Kyle’s total winnings now: $83,601. Yay!

Here are 2 triple stumpers from the last round:

SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY ($2000) He said overseeing writing of the war history in Europe in 1945 was like being an “undertaker at my own funeral”; it wasn’t far off

REINSTATE SONGS ($2000) “Got him back in my arms again, so satisfied”, sang this trio in a 1965 chart-topper

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Authors”

In 1948 he wrote he had an idea for a novel in which 2 guys hitchhike to Calif. “in search of something they don’t really find”. show

WHO IS JACK KEROUAC?

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