Final Jeopardy – Notable Groups (11-4-11)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/4/2011) in the category “Notable Groups” was:
Harpo Marx was among this group when it met in NYC’s Rose Room for its final time, in 1943 & found there was nothing left to say.
In the 3rd quarter-final match of the 2011 Tournament of Champions, the champion contenders are Joon Pahk, from Somerville, MA; Tom Kunzen from Orlando, FL; and John Krizel, from Oceanside, NY.
Joon found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Title Occupations” early. He only had $600 but went with the $1,000 allowance. He got it RIGHT.
It’s the occupation mentioned in a 1916 James Joyce book title. show
Joon finished in the lead with $6,800. John was second with $1,600 and Tom was last with $600.
Tom hit the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy! in “Mapmaker, Mapmaker” on the third pick. He had $1,000 and he went for the allowance, which is $2,000 in the second round. He picked the wrong two word country so he was WRONG.
However you draw the border between Nicaragua & this 2-named country, somebody gets mad, huh? show
Joon got the last Daily Double in “Gimme an ‘H’” With $11,200, he had a tremendous lead over John in second place with $2,400, He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Anglers & crafters, not just surgeons, use this instrument whose name means “blood stop”. show
Joon finished in the lead with an unbeatable $20,800. Tom was next with $4,800 and John was in third place with $2,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE?
“The period that followed the end of World War I was one of gaiety and optimism, and it sparked a new era of creativity in American culture. Surely one of the most profound — and outrageous — influences on the times was the group of a dozen or so tastemakers who lunched together at New York City’s Algonquin Hotel. For more than a decade they met daily and came to be known as the Algonquin Round Table. With members such as writers Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross (founder of THE NEW YORKER) and Robert Benchley; columnists Franklin Pierce Adams and Heywood Broun, and Broun’s wife Ruth Hale; critic Alexander Woollcott; comedian Harpo Marx; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, and Robert Sherwood, the Round Table embodied an era and changed forever the face of American humor.” (PBS.org: About the Algonquin)
John wrote down “I have no idea.” That cost him. $1,986 and he was left with $14.
Tom had know idea either so he drew an angry face. He bet and lost it all.
Joon got it right. He bet. $10,000 and won a finalist spot with $30,800.
We’re sure that the $10K consolation prize John and Tom are both taking home will go a long way in erasing all feelings of dismay.
