Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Novels
The Final Jeopardy question (3/27/2012) in the category “20th Century Novels” was:
“Books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers” is a line from this novel.
New champion Margie Cohen returned for another shot at winning some more cash, especially since she only won $6,199 yesterday. These two new players hope they will bag the title and money: Chuck Ettleson from St. Louis, MO, and Beau Henson, originally from Mt Carmel, IL.
Chuck discovered the Jeopardy! round Daily Double right off the bat in “Quotations.” It was the second clue so he was the only one with any money, and that was only $200. He risked the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
Bartlett’s says that around 1900, upon seeing an imitation of herself, she said “We are not amused.” show
Chuck kicked butt in this round, running the Quotations category, and had a big lead with $8,000. Beau didn’t do too bad. He had $4,400 and he ran the Double M category. Even if he didn’t get a round of applause and a nod from Alex, we noticed. Margie was in third place with $2,800.
Margie found the first Double Jeopardy! Daily Double in “5-Syllable Words.” She had $6,000 at this point, half of what Chuck had and $2,400 less than Beau. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
By having operations in both Libya & Liechtenstein, a corporation is entitled to be called this. show
Chuck found the second Daily Double in the category “19th Century American History.” He was in the lead with $14,800, a $4000 lead over Beau in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1866, the Supreme Court said this military rule may not be in place when the civil courts are functioning. show
Chuck finished in the lead with $18,800. Beau had $10,800 and Margie had $8,200.
TWO of the players got Final Jeopardy! right.
Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novel is about a firefighter named Guy Montag who lives in a society where he must burn books. The line in the Jeopardy clue comes right after Montag sets a bedroom on fire and reminds himself to torch the books. In 1996, Oskar Werner portrayed Montag in a film version directed by Francois Truffaut.
Margie got it right and bet $2,601. She finished with $10,801.
Beau got it right, too, and bet $5,201, bringing him up to $16,001.
Chuck wrote down “The Tin Drum.” He bet $3,000 and that brought him down to $15,800, giving the victory to Beau. You might say that was hot!
