Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Poetry (11-15-11)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/15/2011) in the category “19th Century Poetry” was:
“He wrote ‘He looked upon the garish day with such a wistful eye; the man had killed the thing he loved & and so he had to die.”
Jeopardy! champs, Buddy Wright, Tom Nissley and Roger Craig returned today for the last match of the Tournament of Champions. Roger brought 50 grand with him; Tom had $18,800 from yesterday and Buddy’s total was $6,000.
It could mean we’ll see some wild betting today if Tom or Buddy get a shot at a Daily Double or two. They shrugged cutely when their scores from yesterday were announced. They can also just compete against each other for second and third place.
Roger got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in the category “Casablanca.” Big surprise — not! He risked his whole $3,200. Again, no surprise and no surprise again when he was RIGHT.
After Nazi Major Strasser has been shot, the command goes out to “round up” this group, the title of another film. show
Roger had the lead with $10,000 going into Double Jeopardy. Tom was next with $3,800 and Buddy was last with $1,600.
In Double Jeopardy, Roger lost $2,000 right away because he thought Carrie Underwood married Tony Romo. LOL. He should read Fikkle Fame. Then he lost another $1,800 in “Bodies of Water.”
Buddy then got the first Daily Double in “17-Letter Words.” Alex said the good news was Buddy gets to deal with the clue himself and he also prevented Roger from getting it and betting all his money. Unsure whether he had anything to lose, Buddy bet it all. “money.” Unfortunately, Buddy could not come up with the answer so he went from $4,800 to zero.
This adjective means ‘thwarting an intended goal’, like living on credit while trying to save money. show
Tom got $2,000 grand of that back on the next clue chosen in “17-Letter Words” after Roger flubbed it. Only Roger didn’t flub it for long — his response was later judged acceptable–
“In politics, really, really traditional and right-wing.” Both paleoconservative (Roger) and ultraconservative (Tom) ended up being accepted.
Buddy also got the second Daily Double in “Have you heard the ‘News'” and this time bet only $600 so he could hang in there for Final Jeopardy. Buddy is from Fort Worth, Texas so this was a no-brainer for him. Of course, he wished he bet more or got this Daily Double first.
It’s Nov. 22, 1963 front-page headline read: ‘storm of political controversy swirls around Kennedy on visit.” show
Buddy finished in last place with $4,600. Tom, who actually held the lead a few times in this round, finished second with $14,600. And Roger, finishing first with $15,600, only had a $1,000 lead today.
Only Buddy was still writing as the final strains of the music played. We would have bet everything we had if we had anything that Tom got this right. He’s aces in the literary and poetry categories. But NONE of them got it right!
WHO IS OSCAR WILDE?
“The Ballad of Reading Gaol” recounts the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, who was executed for killing his wife during the time that Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol. The long long poem was originally published under the name C.3.3. (Cellblock 3, Landing 3, Cell 3) so as not to be associated with Wilde and his disgraced status. If you read “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” you probably won’t forget it — not so much for its contents — but because it imitates the style of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”
Buddy wrote down “who is Shelley” and bet nothing of his $4,600. His 2-day total was $10,600 and he won the third prize of $50,000.
Wowee! Tom wrote down “who is Coleridge?” Guess he recognized the style anyway — or he thought the mariner loved the albatross. He bet it all and his 2-day total of $18,800 was still good enough to earn him second place and $100,000.
Roger wrote down “who is Shelley.” He bet $14,400. So he added $1,200 to his score from yesterday for a grand winning total of $51,200 that gets him that quarter of a million grand prize.
A wiser and richer man (a little play on a line from the Ancient Mariner), Roger will now be off to Easter Island and France, but not on the same trip.
