Final Jeopardy: Characters in Poetry (2-9-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/9/2012) in the category “Characters in Poetry” was:
The name of this title heroine of an 1847 poem is from the Greek for “good news.”
The College Championship tournament finals continued today and these three players were giving it the old college try: Jaime Alayon, (George Washington U.); Greer Mackabee (Duke) and Sarah Bart (Goucher College).
Jaime is our wild card player and we wouldn’t dream of discounting his chances of winning after Monica whupped Weston and Tyler yesterday, and Jaime did take an early lead by supplying the answers to most of the questions in the “Urban Dictionary” category.
Sarah found the Daily Double in the Jeopardy! round in the category “Nonfiction.” She had $1,800, $3,600 less than Jaime. In an effort to catch up, she made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
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Sarah finished in the lead with $7,000. Jaime was next with $4,000. They both lost $1,000 each on the last clue about water dog or mud puppy salamanders! Greer was third place with $1,800.
In Double Jeopardy, Sarah found the first Daily Double in “World Capitals.” She now had $9,000, $5,800 more than Jaime, her closest competitor. She risked $4,000 on her knowledge of this topic and she was RIGHT again.
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She now had a runaway lead going on with $13,000 and the guys (Jaime with $3,200 and Greer with $1,600) needed to do some serious buzzing in to catch up to that!
Greer got the last Daily Double in “Festivals.” He had $8,400, $16,200 less than Sarah. He went with a $6,000 bet and he was RIGHT.
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Sarah finished in the lead with $25,800. With $14,400, Greer now had a shot if he bet it all in FJ and Sarah was wrong. Jaime had $3,200.
Three correct Daily Doubles today and we totally expected three correct Final Jeopardy answers but, just like yesterday, only ONE player got Final Jeopardy right.
We thought this was one where you didn’t necessarily need to know Longfellow and his epic poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie” to get it. Knowing the etymology of the word evangelist would have done it, but then Evangline isn’t the only feminine form of that word as a name, so maybe you would have to know Longfellow after all.
“Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s first epic poem, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, published in 1847, is a story of loss and devotion set against the deportation of the Acadian people in 1755. The poem elevated Longfellow to be the most famous writer in America and has had a lasting cultural impact, especially in Nova Scotia and Louisiana, where most of the poem is set.” (H.W. Longfellow.org)
Jaime did not take a guess and lost the $3,199 he bet. He was left with $1.
Greer wrote down “Who is Persephone,” which actually is the opposite of good news. Its meaning is believed to have to do with death and destruction. That’s bad news! Greer lost $11,401 and finished with $2,999.
Sarah was the only one who got it right and added $3,500 to her score, finishing with $29,300. She will join Monica in the finals, where they are each guaranteed $25,000.
Jaime and Greer each get to take home $10,000.
