Final Jeopardy: The Tudors (10-31-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/31/2013) in the category “The Tudors” was:
“Alone in prison strong / I wail my destiny” and “Let pass my weary, guiltless ghost” are lines from a poem attributed to her.
New champ Jennifer Spirko won $20,001 in yesterday’s game. Today she takes on these two players: Jermaine Jones, from Brooklyn, NY; and Rhea Hantelman, from Marysville, WA.
Rhea found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Your Business” before the first break. She was in the lead with $1,200, $200.00 ahead of Jennifer in second place. She bet $600 and came up with Texas, but that was WRONG.
Delta Airlines. show
Jermaine finished in the lead with $6,000. Jennifer was second with $5,600 and Rhea was last with $2,400.
Jermaine found the first Daily Double in “Frankly, My Dear.” He was in second place with $9,600, $7,200 behind Rhea who took over this round in a spectacular way. He bet $3,000 and took a shot with Sophocles. That was WRONG.
This ancient playwright’s “Lysistrata” contains the line “can’t live with them, or without them!” show
Rhea found the last Daily Double in “We Give a Dam.” She now had a runaway lead with $18,400, $11,000 ahead of Jermaine in second place. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Originally named the Karababa, a dam on the upper Euphrates was renamed this to honor the founder of modern Turkey. show
Rhea finished in the lead with $26,000. Jermaine was next with $7,400 and Jennifer was in third place with $5,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ANNE BOLEYN?
These lines appear in the poem “O Death Rock Me Asleep,” often attributed to Anne Boleyn, unfortunate 2nd wife of Henry VIII. In the featured video, musician Martin Pope was able to ascertain that the poem dates back to Anne’s time; however, British historian Eric Ives tells Pope that, in reality, Anne Boleyn did not have the opportunity to write anything in her final days, let alone poetry. Ives, the author of The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
Jennifer thought it was “Elizabeth I.” She lost her $5,500 bet, finishing with $100.
Jermaine thought it was Elizabeth’s cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. He lost $2,600, finishing with $4,800.
Rhea thought it was Mary (Stuart) too. She only lost $1,000, winning the game with a very healthy $25,000.
Random Observation: In addition to both of them winning the Jeopardy! champ title, Rhea and Jennifer come from similarly named cities in far apart states. Rhea, as noted above, is from Marysville, WA. Jennifer is from Maryville (no ‘s’), TN, as noted yesterday.
Today’s Trip Giveaway: Costa Rica and Panama
@john – you’re right on both counts.
I didn’t pay that much attention to the wording of the clue but since she actually answered Kemal Ataturk, I decided to put in Mustafa. Yes, the clue did call for a ‘what is the Ataturk Dam’ response.
And yes, you are a bit of a stickler, but in a good way… ;)
maybe i am excessively critical here, but the second clue was -imho- somehow not quite correctly worded. if you take it verbatim, the response should be “WHAT is the ata turk DAM?”.
a better phrasing would have been – also easier to comprehend- “./…was renamed for him, to honor the founder of modern turkey.” or”…..was renamed in honor of him, the founder of modern turkey.” all they had to do was replace “this” with “for him”. the writers get paid to write the clues, that’s all they do. sounded real awkward to me. maybe i am too much of a stickler, but even english not being my native language, the clue sounded somehow strange to me.” THIS” is not a person.
Jermaine didn’t wager right to have second place if Jennifer and him were right. He should have wagered $3801. DIdn’t matter anyway.