Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Literature (1-23-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/23/2019) in the category “20th Century Literature” was:
The writing of this novel, the author’s first with no Canadian setting, appropriately began in 1984
New champ Haley Zapal, a copywriter from Atlanta, GA, won $27,400 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Rachel Paterno-Mahler, an astrophysicist from Playa Del Rey, CA; and Tim Edwards, a paralegal from Tulsa, OK.
Round 1 Categories: Popular Literature – Brand Mascots – There Comes a Time – Names in Music – A Rhyme for Feel – The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell
Tim found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Brand Mascots” under the $400 clue on the second pick of the round. He got the first clue and therefore had $200. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
A dog named Bullseye: this retailer. show
Rachel finished in the lead with $6,400. Haley was second with $4,000 and Tim was last with $3,600.
Round 2 Categories: 1970s TV Movies – Criminology – 2 of the 3 Letters are Vowels – World History- Gorge of the Jungle – Watch Out for That Tree!
Haley found the first Daily Double in “World History” under the $2,000 clue on the second pick. She was in second place with $4,800 now, $1,600 less than Rachel’s lead. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1274 & 1281 Mongol invasion fleets headed to this country were blown away by storms called “divine winds” show
Rachel found the last Daily Double in “1970s TV Movies” under the $1,600 clue, with 7 clues worth $9,200 left after it. In second place with $13,600, she had $400 less than Tim’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
1971’s “Duel”, a pulse-pounding tale of a highway chase, made some think this young director had a future. show
Tim finished in the lead with $16,000. Rachel was next with $14,800 and Haley was in third place with $12,600.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
In a LitHub article, Margaret Atwood says she began writing “The Handmaid’s Tale” in “the spring of 1984, while living in West Berlin—still encircled, at that time, by the infamous Berlin Wall.” She returned to her native Canada in June of that year, then finished the book in 1985 during the time she spent in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The novel is set in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the USA, a repressive society. The main character, Offred, is one of its victims. Atwood’s previous novels were about Canadian characters, although the settings in the novels did not all take place in Canada.
From last November: THE WRITER SPEAKS ($200) “When I first began ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ it was called ‘Offred,’ the name of its central character”
Haley got it right. She bet it all and finished with $25,200.
Rachel got it and doubled up, too. That brought her up to $29,600.
Tim wrote down “Dystopia.” He lost his $13,601 bet, leaving him with $2,399, and that’s how Rachel Paterno-Mahler became the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
POPULAR LITERATURE ($800) Dame Daphne Du Maurier’s works made into Hitchcock films include “Rebecca” & this high-flying novelette
MASCOTS ($1000) Elsie the Cow: this dairy company
2 years ago: BOTH players left in FJ got this one in “Religious Groups”
Their name comes from the Greek word for “Egyptian” show
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Things worked out for Rachel in the end, but I think she made a big mistake in the tv category with the DD. She was really strong in that category and should have bet a lot more on the tv category DD. When a person is strong in a category then a lot should be bet on the DD, especially when you are playing against two strong players.
Did anyone else catch the error in the response (question) for a word with two vowels meaning unwell?
Yes. They blew it with “ill” as the answer, without two vowels.
I believe the response was actually “ail,” which does have two vowels.
I played it back two times to make sure that I heard it correctly. I cannot understand how they did that. Aren’t there many people who check all the questions?
@Freddy
@Lilian
Not the first time the judges/writers made a mistake, won’t be the last time…..
there are several synonyms for not feeling “well” with 2 vowels, e.g. poor, infirm, etc. If they were looking for “ill” somebody needs glasses since it looks almost like the same 3 letters or 2 “i”s.
I played it a third time and closed my eyes. I finally heard “ail.” Reminds me of “Laurel or Yanny?”
yeah it was supposed to be ail but sounded like ill, and the closed caption said ill.
neither of them rhyme with feel anyway —
ail rhymes with fail
ill rhymes with fill
nevermind – I got the categories mixed up LOL!!
I heard “ail”.
unless you pronounce it like iiiill or “eel”, like some French would when the say “i am feeeeling eeeell”LOL
Remember last week when a player pronounced “Goodall” instead of ‘Goodell”? I would have given the person credit because in our huge country there are soooo many dialects and pronunciations for words. I used to work for a man named “Nodar” and a southerner pronounced his name “Nidoor”. Trebek would have ruled the southerner wrong, I guess, on Nodar’s name.
The clock is reset, and another BIG payday is in the books.
It’s great to see the ladies going back and forth for the lead since Rachel simply dominated the whole game today. Tim was close though I would Love to see Rachel build up on her win before February rolls in. So far this month had back to back four time winners so I would like to see a five time winner and soon. Jackie is safe for now but VJ and John what was your favorite quote from the handmaid’s tale?
@Lou, well, Tim did finish in the lead, you know, so I wouldn’t say Rachel dominated the game. They all had categories that were favorable for them. Tim ran Criminology.
I like this quote: “Better never means better for everyone… It always means worse, for some.”
LINK: 10 more clues from the game
@Lou I watched the Alternate Historian’s video on “The Handmaid’s Tale”, about the Republic of Gilead, and such.
OK, first of all congratulations to our winner today, RACHEL!
Pretty high scores today, over 43K before FJ, btw. Nice going and Tim was sort of in the ballpark since THT is a dystopian novel.Always good to see high scores.