Final Jeopardy: 1920s Novels
The Final Jeopardy question (4/18/2012) in the category “1920s Novels” was:
This title guy says ‘Do you believe in my innocence, in the fiendishness of my accusers? Reassure me with a Hallelujah!’
New champ Mary Harris faced off against these two new players today: Dan Adkinson from Brooklyn, NY and Eileen McQuiggan, from Orlando, FL., in an effort to add to her $5,900 winnings from yesterday.
Dan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Newspapers” before the commercial break. He had the lead with $2,400, $1,800 more than Eileen in second place. Dan went for the gusto with a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
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Dan finished in the lead with a whopping $9,800. Eileen was next with $2,600 and Mary was last with $200.
Dan found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Books About Rock Stars.” He now was in the lead with an amazing $15,400, $10,400 more than Eileen in second place. Dan wasn’t too inclined to coast with his runaway and risked $5,000. He said Ringo Starr and that was WRONG.
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Dan also found the last Daily Double, a video, in “That’s Where I Draw the Lion.” He was still in the lead but now he had $10,800. He was also still in runaway mode with $8,200 more than Mary, who now held second place. A chastened Dan only risked $1,000 this time. As luck would have it, this time he was RIGHT.
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Dan finished in the lead with $14,600. Mary was in second place with $4,200 and Eileen was last with $2,200.
Only ONE of the players got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ELMER GANTRY?
Sinclair Lewis’s novel “Elmer Gantry,” which was published in 1927, put a decidedly negative spotlight on evangelicals: “Elmer Gantry created a public furor. The book was banned in Boston and other cities and denounced from pulpits across the USA. One cleric suggested that Lewis should be imprisoned for five years, and there were also threats of physical violence against the author. The famous evangelist Billy Sunday called Lewis “Satan’s cohort”. The novel remains unpopular with many evangelical Christians.” (wikipedia)
The novel was loosely adapted in 1960 for the movie of the same name, starring Burt Lancaster as Elmer. It’s a great film and a great Lancaster role, not to mention Jean Simmons as a lady evangelical and Shirley Jones as a prostitute. But it’s vastly different from the book.
Mary and Eileen both bet nothing. Their totals did not change, but only Eileen got the correct answer.
Dan took a guess with the Great Gatsby. He lost his $1,400 bet but won the game with $13,200. He really made most of his winnings from the regular clues and he may want to remember that tomorrow if he happens to run into a few more Daily Doubles.
