Final Jeopardy: American Authors (9-23-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/23/2020) in the category “American Authors” was:

Reluctant to write what became her most famous novel, she said, “Never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters”

2x champ, Dana Hill, a book dealer & stay-at-home mom from Simi Valley, CA, has now won $44,800. In Game 3, she takes on these 2 players: Lisa Grove, a writer from Los Angeles, CA; and Robert Kaine, a copy editor from Hacienda Heights, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Around the USA – Politics Gets Physical – Musical Instrument Etymology – Jonathan Swifties – TV Inspirations – Name That Part of Speech

Robert found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Musical Instrument Etymology” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,200, $1,600 more than Dana in second place. He made it a true Daily Double and tried mandolin. That was WRONG.

Whether hammered or strummed, this instrument gets its name from the Latin for “sweet song” show

WHAT IS A DULCIMER?

Robert finished in the lead with $3,600. Dana was second with $1,000 and Lisa was last with $400. Three clues in “Jonathan Swifties” stayed on the board.

Round 2 Categories: Journalists – On the Globe – Gases – “UU” Complete Me – It’s a Date – Celebs Coming & Going

Robert landed on the first Daily Double in “On the Globe” under the $1,200 clue on the 10th pick. He was in the lead with $9,200 now, $7,000 more than Dana in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Argentina has a fertile region between 2 rivers, the Parana and the Uruguay, that’s known by this 11-letter name, the same as a Middle Eastern civilization. show

WHAT IS MESOPOTAMIA?

Robert got the last Daily Double in “Gases” under the $1,600 clue, with 9 clues left after it. In the lead with $14,600, he had $8,400 more than Dana in second place. He bet $3,000 again and came up with hydrogen. That was WRONG.

Trapped in pockets underground where plant decomposition has occurred, natural gas is primarly this gas. show

WHAT IS METHANE?

Robert finished in the lead with $14,400. Lisa was next with $9,200 and Dana was in third place with $8,200.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS LOUISA MAY ALCOTT?

Louisa May Alcott commenced to writing “Little Women” in 1868, writing in her journal that her father, Amos Bronson Alcott “saw Mr. Niles [her publisher] about a fairy book. Mr. N wants a girl’s story, and I begin ‘Little Women’…. I plod away though I don’t enjoy this sort of thing. Never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters, but our queer play and experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.” When it was later accepted and published, Alcott kept the copyright, a decision she was surely thrilled about when “Little Women” sold extremely well.

An old clue from 2015 (and 1987, 1996 and 2003, in one form or another): FIRST LINES (400) “‘Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents’ grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.”

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Dana bet it all and doubled her score to $16,400.

Lisa bet $9,100, bringing her up to $18,300.

Robert bet $4,001 and won the game with $18,401. Robert Kaine is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

TV INSPIRATIONS ($1000) Women’s wrestling director Matt Cimber is an inspiration for Marc Maron’s character on this show set in the 1980s

IT’S A DATE ($1000) This Mideast war ended on June 10, 1967 when the U.N. negotiated a cease-fire

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “18th Century Americans”

In a famous 1775 speech, he said, “Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!” show

WHO IS PATRICK HENRY?

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