Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Artwork (9-6-21)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/24/2021) in the category “20th Century Artwork” was:

The artist’s wife described the scene of this 1942 painting as “brilliant interior of cheap restaurant”

It’s the first day of the semi-final matches of the 2021 Tournament of Champions and the players are: 5x champ Sam Kavanaugh, a teacher orig. from Carlton, MN; 8x champ Karen Farrell, a political consultant from Chesapeake, VA; and 4x champ Ryan Hemmel, a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Music for Champions – Newer History Books – Flags – Starts with Something You Can Ride – What to Wear – Zodiac Rhyme Time

Ryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Starts with Something You Can Ride” under the $800 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in third place with $3,200, $200 less than Sam and Karen who were tied for the lead. He made it a true Daily Double and couldn’t come up with a response so he was WRONG.

To discard an object to lighten a craft, perhaps a really fast plane. show

WHAT IS JETTISON?

Sam finished in the lead with $6,600. Karen was second with $4,200 and Ryan was last with $600. No clues went uncovered.

Round 2 Categories: Chinese Theatre Hand & Footprints – On the River – Non-Italian Roman Emperors – Element”ium” – Too Much – Never Enough

Ryan found the first Daily Double in “Element’ium'” under the $1,600 clue on the 1st pick. He was in third place with $600 now, $6,000 less than Sam’s lead. He bet the $2,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

Kalium is another name for this element show

WHAT IS POTASSIUM?

Sam got the last Daily Double in “Non-Italian Roman Emperors” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. In the lead with $13,000, he had $8,800 more than both Karen and Ryan tied for second. He bet $8,000 and he was RIGHT.

Claudius and Caracalla were born in this Roman region in what is now the city of Lyon show

WHAT IS GAUL?

Sam finished in the lead with a runaway $28,600. Karen was next with $11,400 and Ryan was in third place with $3,800. No clues went uncovered.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS “NIGHTHAWKS”?

MyModernMet.com has Josephine “Jo” Hopper’s detailed notes on “Nighthawks”, Edward Hopper’s 1942 masterpiece: “Night + brilliant interior of cheap restaurant. Bright items: cherry wood counter + tops of surrounding stools; light on metal tanks at rear right; brilliant streak of jade green tiles 3/4 across canvas–at base of glass of window curving at corner. Light walls, dull yellow ocre [sic] door into kitchen right.” The notes go on to describe much more in the painting in great detail, including describing the man at the counter whose face you can see as a “Man night hawk (beak)” Click here to read more and see the Nighthawks painting plus close up detail of the “Man night hawk.”

Interestingly, while Buzzy said the woman in the figure is red-headed Jo herself, Mrs. Hopper described her as “Girl in red blouse, brown hair eating sandwich.”

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Ryan got it right. He bet $107 and finished with $3,907.

Karen bet $1,119 and finished with $12,519.

Sam bet nothing and won the game with $28,600. Sam Kavanaugh is the first Jeopardy! ToC finalist. Tune in tomorrow to see semi-finalists Ryan Bilger, Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, and Kevin Walsh compete.

2 triple stumpers from CHINESE THEATRE HAND & FOOTPRINTS:

($400) A bit over “Four Christmases” ago, this 6’5″ actor put his big shoes in the theater’s cement

($800) This veteran actor left his hand & foot, but not mustache prints (image)

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Name the French Author”

“I am making myself liable to articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense” show

WHO IS EMILE ZOLA?

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MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS ($1000) The 2014 song, “Champion”, is by Matthew Miller who performed under this Hebrew stage name