Final Jeopardy: Children’s Books (9-21-21)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/21/2021) in the category “Children’s Books” was:
A book by her says, “It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’…but then I am not a rabbit”
24x champ Matt Amodio, a PhD student from New Haven, CT is now up to winning $857,001. In Game 25, his opponents are: Melissa John-Guisti, a corporate attorney from Salisbury, MA; and John Klass, a logistics manager from Huntington Beach, CA.
Round 1 Categories: The Great Divide – One-Word Book Titles – Let’s Booze It Up – Color Me Good – Penny Ante – Decipher Our Top-Secret Code
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Color Me Good” under the $600 clue on the 16th pick. He was in the lead with $7,400, Melissa wasn’t on the board and John was $600 in the red. Matt bet it all and he was RIGHT.
On Oct. 2, 1976 the game was over for Dave Wagstaff of the Blackburn Rovers, the first English player ousted with this. show
Matt finished in the lead with $18,600. Melissa was second with $1,200 and John was in third with $800. No clues went uncovered.
Round 2 Categories: Abdication Nation – Classical Music – The Cell – Awards & Prizes – Movie Series by Sequel – New to the OED
John found the first Daily Double in “Abdication Nation” under the $2,000 clue on the 4th pick. He was in second place with $2,000 now, $19,800 less than Matt in first place. He made it a true Daily Double and quickly answered Charles II. That was WRONG.
In 1689 the English Parliament announced that this King II abdicated; “was allowed to escape” is probably more accurate. show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “Awards & Prizes” under the $2,000 clue, with just 11 clues left after it. In first place with $36,200, he had $34,200 more than Melissa in second place. He bet $15,000 and thought it was Berners-Lee. That was WRONG.
Named for a British man, this prestigious award is funded by Google & Intel & given for contributions in computer science. show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $23,200. Melissa was next with $3,600 and John was in third place with $2,000. No clues went uncovered.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Beatrix Potter, English writer and illustrator, is most well-known for her children’s books, particularly “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. Frederick Warne & Co. published the first commercial edition in 1902. An immediate success, the book has continued to delight generations of children. Potter wrote many more children’s books starring bunnies and other woodland creatures and her name has been closely associated with rabbits ever since. The quote in today’s FJ! clue comes from the opening paragraph of “The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies” (1909). The Flopsy Bunnies are the children of Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy, Peter Rabbit’s sister.
Many, but not all, of Potter’s works are in the public domain in the United States. “The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies” is freely available online; however, if you’re reading this story to a young’un, it would certainly seem that a much more magical experience would be an actual book with the author’s watercolor illustrations.
John added $1,000 to his $2,000 to finish with $3,000.
Melissa added $3,000 to her $3,600. She finished in second place with $6,600.
Matt added $13,000 and won the game with $36,200. His 25-day total is $893,201.
3 triple stumpers in MOVIE SERIES BY SEQUEL:
($800) “Rogue Nation”
($1600) “The Golden Army”
($2000) “Parabellum”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “National Anthems”
With lyrics by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, it debuted on June 24, 1880, at a celebration of St. Jean Baptiste Day show
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I wanted to put in an old clue with the word “soporific” in it and I found two on J-Archive but it was taking me too long to choose one over the other. You can see them both here.
Cinch Final Jeopardy today. Still in shock that Matt didn’t know Turing. Thought that would be right in his wheelhouse–isn’t he a computer science PhD student? Also found it mildly amusing that all 3 missed the state in the Great Divide while I was shouting out “New Mexico” (an educated guess).
Wow that 15000 dollar bet didn’t pay off for Matt but I am just happy that all three got final today. Anyone else here read about Beatrix Potter aside from me and VJ? I thought Matt would have lost today’s game for sure, but he made a strong comeback. How many runaway games has Matt had so far during his time on jeopardy?
Way too many. 19 runaways.
25 runaways now. Not too many. Just the winning amount.
Not all of Matt’s games have been runaways.