Final Jeopardy: Symphonies (9-28-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/28/2023) in the category “Symphonies” was:
Debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1893, it was written by a European living in New York & partly inspired by “The Song of Hiawatha”
Today is the first of two final matches in Week 3 of the Second Chance Tournament. The finalists are: Michalle Gould, a librarian from Laguna Beach, CA; Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, FL; and Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Beastly Literary Characters – Marvel Villains – Natural Biology – Seoul Food – People Who Knead People – New Words In The 1600s
Jilana found the first Daily Double in “Beastly Literary Characters” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,200, $400 more than Michalle in second place. Jilana made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
The title character of this 19th c. tale had “a pretty white star on my forehead, I was thought very handsome” show
Jilana finished in the lead with $6,400. Michalle and Barb were tied for second with $3,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: We’ve Got To Stop Meeting Like This – Games People Play – Invest – Around The Horn – Fashion History – From The Greek
Barb found the first Daily Double in “Around the Horn” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $5,400, $200 more than Jilana in second place. Barb made it a true Daily Double and guessed Thor Heyerdahl. That was WRONG.
An around-the-world yacht race that requires sailors to round Cape Horn awards a trophy named for this author show
Barb got the last Daily Double in “We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This” under the $1,600 clue with 11 clues left after it. She was in last place with $400, $17,200 less than Jilana’s lead. Barb bet the $2,000 allowance, sighed, and said Walt Disney World. She knew that was WRONG.
In February 1945, FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at the Livadia Palace near this Black Sea resort show
Jilana finished in the lead with $19,200. Michalle was second with $11,400 and Barb was last with negative $800. A reversal on a previous response (see below) put Barb back in the game with $3,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY?
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony was published and first performed in 1893. It is also known as “From The New World” and Symphony No. 9 in E Minor.
As for inspirations, according to www.antonin-dvorak.cz, Dvořák told the New York Herald: “It is merely the spirit of Negro and Indian melodies which I have tried to reproduce in my new symphony. I have not actually used any of the melodies”. In “Antonín Dvořák in America” (1919), author Kateřina Emingerová reported that Dvořák said the second movement was inspired by Longfellow’s woodland burial scene but, alas, that could not be verified. Kateřina failed to name the newspaper article she got that from and the maestro passed away in 1904.
Barb bet it all and doubled her score to $6,400.
Michalle bet $10,000 and finished with $21,400.
Jilana also bet $10,000 and came out on top today with $29,200. These scores will be added to tomorrow’s score and we will find out this week’s grand prize winner then.
Reversal: Reversal: WE’VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS ($2000) Holy Roman Emperor Charles V called the 1521 meeting of this assembly at Worms – Ken nixed Barb’s “Council” response in favor of “Diet”; the judges gave “Council” a thumbs up. As a result, Barb got out of negative territory and she ultimately finished with $6,400.
A triple stumper from each round:
PEOPLE WHO KNEAD PEOPLE ($400) Focusing on stimulating this part of the body, Eunice Ingham developed the concept of reflexology
AROUND THE HORN ($400) In August 1578 this English navigator sailed around Cape Horn
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Food & Drink in the Bible”
In the King James version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11 show
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Ken Jennings is my favorite Jeopardy host of all time, but I don’t like one thing. Ken is continuing to accept only last names when a first name should also be required. Tonight, ‘Brolin’ was accepted when there are two famous Brolins, James and Josh. Also, King James was accepted without Ken requesting the contestant to be more specific in answering with James I or James 2. I can’t be the only jerk who missed that.
I believe those rules are set by the writers and producers, not Ken. He’s just the host.
I was surprised the two librarians lost. Normally most contestants in that particular occupation fare quite well on the show. Surprises all around for me tonight.
My classical music knowledge is severely lacking, although sometimes I make a good educated guess. Not tonight. Classical Music was the category that sealed my undoing in 1987, when I was edged out by a classical music DJ.
The Black Sea resort is pretty basic world history. A librarian should have known that. Stumpers were tough, other than the D’Onofrio character and Schouten’s birthplace.
I agree with Jason that Barb is too over-the-top. She makes Michalle’s “Okay” after her correct responses seem tolerable.
Wow – Barb certainly didn’t strike me as having a typical Jeopardy! temperament. She actually started to bug me, just a bit. Then, last night, to go into Celebrity Jeopardy! was more of the same. I just don’t like the over-emotive thing.
I had zero idea for final.
We haven’t had a literature question as the FJ clue in the tourney since the first day. Maybe they’ll go to my wheelhouse twice in a row for the final game, and have a Dostoevsky-related clue?