Final Jeopardy: Artwork (5-23-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/23/2024) in the category “Artwork” was:
Rembrandt’s only seascape is set here, where the main figure once said, “Why are ye fearful, o ye of little faith?”
New champ Amar Kakirde, a grad student from Lake Hiawatha, NJ, won $16,600 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Brendan Gilfillan, a consultant from Alexandria, VA; and Liz Capouch, a knowledgebase specialist from Blaine, MN.
Round 1 Categories: Lit Titles by the Numbers – It’s a Plane – The Real Taglines of the Real Housewives – “Stop” the Presses! – One for the Money – 2 for the Show
Amar found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “One for the Money” under the $1,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was tied for the lead with Brendan at $2,800, $1,400 more than Liz in second place. Amar made it a true Daily Double and guessed piastre. That was WRONG.
Named for a city in Italy, it was a gold coin of Austria, the Netherlands or Great Britain show
Brendan finished in the lead with $3,800. Liz was second with $1,800 and Amar was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Congress Acted Up – Men of Science – Name, the Expression – Signature Songs – Mistaken Identity – Where in “The” World?
Liz found the first Daily Double in “Name the Expression” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was tied for the lead with Brendan at $3,000, Amar had negative $1,200. Liz bet it all and tried fried. That was WRONG.
A nickname for Friedrich is in this expression use of broken electronics show
Amar found the last Daily Double in “Congress Acted Up” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in second place with $800 now, $2,200 less than Brendan’s lead. Amar bet $1,200 and said Nicaragua. That was WRONG.
The Helms-Burton Act notes, “Radio Marti” was one of the “effective vehicles for providing the people of” this nation “with news” show
Amar finished in the lead with $9,200. Liz was second with $5,200 and Brendan was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE SEA OF GALILEE?
Rembrandt’s 1633 seascape, “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee”, was inspired by accounts of Jesus calming the storm in the synoptic Gospels. It is only in Matthew 8:26 that Jesus says ““O ye of little faith”; in Mark 4:40, he says “How is it that ye have no faith?” and in Luke 8:25, he says “Where is your faith?” You may already know that the painting was stolen from a Boston Museum in 1990 and is still missing. If you didn’t know that Rembrandt painted himself into the picture, watch this video:
More Stolen Artwork: The Collector’s has a list of 5 stolen masterpieces that are still missing. Rembrandt’s seascape is one of them.
Brendan went with the Red Sea. He lost $2,900 and finished with $100.
Liz got it right. She didn’t bet a shekel so she finished with what she started with– $5,200.
Amar also thought it was the Red Sea. He only lost $1,201 so he won the game with $7,999. Amar’s 2-day total is $24,599.
A triple stumper from each round:
LIT TITLES BY THE NUMBERS ($600) Kathy Reichs came up with this many “Bones”, typically the amount found in adult humans
MISTAKEN IDENTITY ($2000) In legend Merlin transforms this man into the likeness of Igraine’s hubby, the Duke of Cornwall, so he can seduce her
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “THE ANCIENT WORLD”
New research suggests a device now called the Archimedes screw helped maintain this one of the 7 Wonders of the World show
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Ken’s impression of Jimmy Stewart was spot on!
My knowledge of the Bible and geography could fit on the heads of two pins, but I nailed FJ quickly. Liz blew a win by not wagering at least $4001. Dumb!
Although this lame group finished DJ strongly, they were underwhelming throughout. Not one knew how many bones in the body? We learn that as children. I remembered the McQueen B movie, although may not have seen it. The nickname for Friedrich expression was fairly simple, and “Marti” was the key word in that last DD. The EL James trilogy was huge and also led to a couple of movies. I lived in LA long enough to know the freeway’s nickname. How could no one know that famous Hitchcockian actor? The chasm between everyday players and the masters grows deeper all the time.
Wow. You got all my points, and the proper emotion.
When everyone lost everything on an episode of “The Price Is Right”, Bob Barker called it an “El Skunko”. This was close enough.
On a lighter note, look up “Jesus Brother Bob”, by the Arrogant Worms. That will give you Final.
Thanks for the interesting clip about the painting, VJ.
I’m glad you liked it, Rhonda. I didn’t know most of the info in that video.
It’s a terrible shame and waste that the painting was stolen. It’s said to be worth tens of millions if recovered but I think it must have been damaged or destroyed by now. In the article about the stolen paintings, one thief said the painting he stole was hidden in a trash bin and it got picked up by the garbagemen before the thief could retrieve it
Same here about the info in the video, VJ.
I would be surprised if the painting still exists after all of this time.
Wow, whenever I have a dull time at Jeopardy, all I have to do is to refer to this lackluster game for consolation. I mean, none of the contestants could come up with the 1958 horror film, and they couldn’t even name the lead actor in ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Rear Window. Huh? Well anyways, the FJ was a dead giveaway.
Were you disappointed that none of the daily doubles were nailed tonight?
I was only amazed that Liz even wagered the family jewels on one daily double as something told me that it just wasn’t going to lead to a happy conclusion.
Unimpressive show as all 3 DDs were missed resulted our eighth skunking of the season as the DDs are not nice to anybody today. I hope William Weyser will say darn those daily doubles to Amar.
I was just shocked by Liz not betting anything. Admittedly, I am no great shakes when it comes to math. It gives me a headache unless I round everything off.
In this case, I would have bet the farm.
In any case, I don’t think I would ever bet that the two other players would be wrong.
Liz did bet everything on one DD, but lost it all.
Liz should have won today’s match if she bet it all but she didn’t and she handed the game to Amar. It was an ugly match today with low scores and the leader only had 1,000 while two players had no money after 10 clues in DJ!