Final Jeopardy: Islands (1-24-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/24/2012) in the category “Islands” was:
The Carabelli and Durazzo families are considered the Hatfields & McCoys of this island.
New champ Kirby Burnett returned today after winning a healthy $27,600 yesterday. He gets to keep that even if one of these new players takes his title away today: Elizabeth Edwards from Hendersonville, TN. or Sean O’Connor originally from St. Louis, MO.
Kirby kicked the game off by running the “New Age Thinking” category and getting $3,000 before anybody else even buzzed in. When Alex chatted with the contestants, Kirby’s prior interest in the topic was revealed with a funny story about how he ran into ex-Beatle George Harrison at a self-realization center and thought he was actor Dudley Moore.
Kirby found the Daily Double in the Jeopardy! round in the category “You’ll Need Insurance.” He had $8,400. His nearest competitor, Elizabeth, had $2,800. He bet $3,400 and he was RIGHT.
A film noir classic or a clause providing for payment of twice the face value of a policy. show
Kirby finished in the lead with $11,800. Elizabeth was second with $3,400 and Sean was last with $1,200.
In Double Jeopardy, Kirby got the first Daily Double in “Asian History.” He had $13,000 and bet $5,000. He was RIGHT.
1946’s Linggarjati Agreement gave grudging Dutch recognition to the autonomy of this island country. show
Kirby got the last Daily Double in “Play Dates.” He now had a whopping $24,800 with Sean in second place with $8,000. He bet $6,000. He couldn’t come up with a guess on this one.
“In 1955, impatient Dodger fans got a title & the theater got this Tennessee Williams play about an impatient woman.” show
We found the clue confusing, too, but despite that blow, Kirby finished in the lead with $27,200, almost as much as his final score yesterday. Sean had $6,800 and Elizabeth had $5,800.
Kirby got all of today’s Daily Doubles, getting two out of three right.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy right.
French wikipedia has some information on the Carabelli and Durazzo families if you happen to read French, or want to tangle with the google translation. French author Prosper Mérimée apparently became fascinated with vendetta tales when he traveled in Corsica and wrote a story called “Colomba,” which has been made into a bunch of films and TV series, mostly in France and Germany. (IMDB). Other 19th century writers who found the topic fascinating include Balzac, Guy de Maupassant and Alexandre Dumas.
Elizabeth went for “Sicily” and that cost her $5,000. She ended up with $800.
Sean also wrote down “Sicily.” That cost him everything because he bet everything
Kirby got it right and bet $3,000. His haul for today was $30,200 and his 2-day total is $57,800.
